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Miracle Man
Episode: 1X17
First aired:3/18/94
Written by: Howard Gordon and
Chris Carter
Directed by: Michael Lange
10 years ago: a boy brings a horribly burned man back to life.
10 years later: Mulder and
Scully investigate the
Miracle Ministry, an
evangelical ministry who claims that the boy, Samuel, has power to heal, however, two people have died recently after he laid his hands on them.
They find Samuel in a
local bar who says his gift has been corrupted. He shakes up Mulder by telling him about
Samantha, Mulder's missing sister. They arrest Samuel and take him to his
bail hearing where the
courtroom is suddenly filled with
locusts.
Saumuel continues his show but he touches a woman in a
wheelchair who goes into a
seizure and
dies, and Samuel is put back into
jail. An
autopsy shows that the woman was
poisoned with
cyanide and Mulder and Scully find that the locusts were put into the courtroom through the roof.
The
sheriff puts two men into Samuel's cell who
beat him to death.
Mulder and Scully find that the man Samuel saved 10 years ago, Leonard Vance, has been trying to
incriminate him. However, he takes his own life after seeing a vision of Samuel.
Samuel's body is missing from the
morgue and a nurse says she saw him walk out.
Throughout the episode, Mulder sees images of Samantha.
Important Quotes:
Mulder -- " I think I saw some of these same people at
Woodstock."
Scully (smiling) -- " Mulder, you weren't at Woodstock."
Mulder -- "I saw the movie."
Samuel -- "I've looked on the infirm and seen their
sickness ... their
cancer. Just as I can see the pain on this man (points at Mulder) right here."
Mulder -- "Really? What pain is that?"
Samuel -- "The pain you have regarding a brother or a sister. It's an old pain. It's never been healed."
Scully -- "I was raised a
Catholic, and I have a certain familiarity with the
scripture. And
God never lets the
Devil steal the show."
Mulder -- (smiling) "You must have really liked '
The Exorcist'?"
Scully -- (nodding and smiling) "One of
my favorite movies."
Mulder -- "I think people are looking hard for
miracles ... so hard that maybe they make themselves see what they want to
see."
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