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Date Posted: 19:35:50 01/26/03 Sun
Author: SMH
Subject: All Souls

I just watched this episode a few days ago, and was surprised by how much I got into it. I hadn't seen it in a long time. I'm normally not a big fan of the religion episodes because it always bugs me that Mulder is always very open to all things that cannot be explained by science EXCEPT for religion. But this episode was really tightly written, and Mulder's normal jackass attitude about religion seemed to stem out of his genuine caring for Scully's well being.

This episode did an excellent job showcasing Scully's return to faith after her cancer was cured. She relied heavily on her beliefs in this episode as well as science, and one of my all time favorite quotes is in this episode. "Science only tells us how, not why." And Scully's vision of Emily on the autopsy table was almost too much for me to handle. I was watching this at the gym, and literally got tears in my eyes and looked around quickly to make sure no one was watching me. And when Emily says to Scully, "Let me go, mommmy", the emotion in the scene was overwhelming. I know that it's general belief that the entire show is about Mulder's story, Mulder's journey, but I personally think, and this episode is a good example, that Scully is the one who made the greatest changes throughout the series. Generally Mulder was static while Scully had her beliefs tested and her life turned upside down.

I thought it was interesting that there really wasn't a "bad guy" in this episode. Father Gregory clearly thought that he was doing God's work by protecting these girls from what he thought was the devil. But the person taking the girl's souls was (perhaps?) a Seraphin, sent from God to take the girl's souls to heaven. Now, I'm not to well versed on the Bible, especially old testament, but if I remember correctly there actually is a story in the old testament regarding fallen angels. Did their offspring with humans turn out to be giants? Did I make that up in my head? Does anyone know? I suppose I could dig out my Bible and look it up myself. The big thing about this episode was that, ultimately, Scully let her religious beliefs dictate how she handeled the situation, more than science or even logic.

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Re: All Souls -- Islandgirl, 07:17:26 01/28/03 Tue