Die Hand Die Verletzt

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“Die Hand Die Verletzt”
The X-Files episode
Susan Blommaert as Phyllis Paddock
Episode no.	Season 2 Episode 2X14
Guest stars	Susan Blommaert
Written by	Glen Morgan and James Wong
Directed by	Kim Manners
Original airdate	January 27, 1995
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"Die Hand Die Verletzt" was the fourteenth episode of the second season of The X-Files science-fiction television series created by Chris Carter.

[edit] Plot

A group of young adults go out into the forest in New Hampshire at night to play around with black magic. The experiment causes unexplainable things to happen, such as fire erupting from the ground, and rats swarming to the location. The next day one of the kids is found dead and mutilated, and Mulder and Scully are called in to investigate. Locals claim that the children have unleashed a demonic force in their rituals, a theory which is given validity by strange occurrences, such as toads falling from the sky over the crime scene. Mulder and Scully learn of an occult sect which, allegedly, have been murdering and sexually abusing children in the town for many years. The father of one of the children claiming to have been abused deny her allegations. He confesses to being part of a dark cult, but not to performing any violent rituals. Mulder handcuffs him in his house where he is killed by a snake once Mulder has left to meet Scully. The other members of the cult conspire to offer the FBI agents to the devil as sacrificial lambs. Mulder and Scully are captured, but before the ritual can be completed, Mrs. Paddock, a biology teacher, takes control over the cult members and forces them to kill themselves. The episode ends with the case remaining unresolved.

[edit] References to other parts of culture

• The school where many of the cult members work is called "Crowley High School". The selection of this particular school name might be a reference to famous occultist Aleister Crowley.

[edit] Trivia

• The title, "Die Hand Die Verletzt", is German for "The hand that wounds", as translated in the episode's introduction.

The X-Files Season 2
Episode List | Official Website
Little Green Men | The Host | Blood | Sleepless | Duane Barry | Ascension | 3 | One Breath | Firewalker | Red Museum | Excelsis Dei | Aubrey | Irresistible | Die Hand Die Verletzt | Fresh Bones | Colony | End Game | Fearful Symmetry | Død Kalm | Humbug | The Calusari | F. Emasculata | Soft Light | Our Town | Anasazi
TV series and films written, produced or directed by James Wong and Glen Morgan
21 Jump Street • Booker • Wiseguy • The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage • The Commish • The X-Files • Space: Above and Beyond • Millennium • The Others • Final Destination series • The One • Willard • Black Christmas