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No-one takes much notice when a death row inmate vows on the electric chair to come back from the dead and kill 5 men who have wronged him during his time in prison; until a guard is mysteriously murdered in the former inmate's cell. Add a recap »

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Writers:: Chris Carter

Director:: Chris Carter

Stars:: David Duchovny (Special Agent Fox Mulder); Gillian Anderson (Special Agent Dana Scully)

Guest Star:: J.T. Walsh (Warden Leo Brodeur); April Grace (Danielle Manley); Ken Foree (Vincent Parmelly); John Toles-Bey (John Speranza); Bokeem Woodbine (Sammon Roque); Greg Rogers (Danny Charez); Mitchell Kosterman (Fornier); Paul Raskin (Jim Ullrich); Denny Arnold (Key Guard); Craig Brunanski (Guard); Joseph Patrick Finn (Chaplain); Bruce Pinard (Perry Simon (uncredited)); Don MacKay (Oates); Badja Djola (Napoleon "Neech" Manley)

Mulder and Scully at Mr. Simon's house. As Mulder knocks on the door a man's face is visibly reflected 27:16, but when Mulder looks around no one is in the room 27:26. edit »
Response: If he was reborn once, why not several times, as several different flies until he was done? And all the victims were at the jail at some point, so that's easy access. edit »
If Manly was reincarnated as a fly (as is suggested), wouldn't his killing spree have been limited to his new lifespan? Also, exactly how could the fly travel some of the distances involved here? edit »

A deleted scene from the beginning of this episode shows Neech Manly's journey to the electric chair, and Danny Charez appealing to the Governor for a last-minute stay of execution. edit »
Joseph Patrick Finn, the line producer at the time, made a cameo as prison chaplain. edit »
This episode went over budget in building the prison set from scratch. The set was recycled in other episodes (Teso dos Bichos, Talita Cumi, ...) and rented to other productions in Vancouver. This way the set paid for itself and then some. edit »
Chris Carter received a Directors Guild of America nomination for this episode. edit »

Scully: Woman gets lonely, sometimes she can't wait around for a man to be reincarnated. edit »
Mulder: The man was obsessed with reincarnation.
Scully: Being obsessed with it doesn't mean you can do it.
Mulder: Well, unless he knew something we don't.
Scully: Like what? The secret password? edit »
Warden: John. Did you hear about your friend Parmelly tonight?
Speranza: He's not my friend.
Warden: Oh, he's not your friend. Well, it doesn't matter any more anyway, does it, huh?
Speranza: You promised me a deal.
Warden: Yeah, well, that was when there was a deal to be made.
(The Warden punches Speranza in the stomach, doubling him over to the ground.)
Warden: Who else was in on it, John?
Speranza: (groaning) I can tell you.
Warden: Tell me.
Speranza: (groaning) I can tell you, what I know.
Warden: Tell me.
Speranza: Neech's list, ain't but got one man left to die.
(The Warden starts beating Speranza to death.) edit »
Speranza: Hey! Where are we going.
Guard: The warden wants to see you.
Speranza: Well, the warden's office is that way.
Guard: We're going down here.
Speranza: Uh-uh. No.
Guard: Why not?
Speranza: Man, this is bull! I ain't going for it! What the hell is this, man? Why do you want to talk to me in the shower for anyway, huh? What the...
(The guard shoves Speranza in the shower area where the warden eagerly awaits for him.) edit »
Warden: Hello, John.
Speranza: What do you want?
Warden: Oh, no, sit down, sit. I'm here to do you good.
Speranza: What you talking about?
Warden: I want to be your advocate. I'm gonna get them to look at your case again, pull a few strings in Tallahassee.
Speranza: And what do you want from me?
Warden: Just call off the dogs. That's all. What do you say? Scratch my back, I'll scratch yours.
Speranza: All right.
Warden: (sarcastically) I'll have somebody from the Governor's office down here to see you by this weekend. edit »

Movie Connection: Shocker

The plot of this episode is very similar to the 1989 film directed by Wes Craven. To continue the connection, it starred Mitch Pileggi (who later played FBI director Walter Skinner) as a foulmouthed death-row con who dies in the electric chair and comes back as a vengeful, murderous electric ghost. edit »
Character's Name: Neech

The main character's name is very similar to the pronunciation of the name of the Prussian philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche (said Neechj-uh), an extremely influential 19th-century theorist on concepts such as religion, morality, ethics, and society. As Neech (in the X-Files episode) is a jailhouse philosopher who expounds on morality and judgment, this is likely an allusion to Nietzsche. edit »

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RJNeb2
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The Bottom Line: "Fine example"
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The Bottom Line: "Unoriginal"
A guy is killed in the electric chair - but he just might have come back to exact his revenge on those who wronged him. ...Continue »
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The Bottom Line: "Not my favorite storyline"
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qbeanz
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The Bottom Line: "Average"
Another prison inmate episode. ...Continue »
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Emielg
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The Bottom Line: "Above average"
"Neech is back!" ...Continue »
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