Kaddish (The X-Files)
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| The X-Files episode | |||||||
| Episode no. | Season 4 Episode 15 |
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| Written by | Howard Gordon | ||||||
| Directed by | Kim Manners | ||||||
| Guest stars | Justine Miceli as Ariel Luria David Groh as Jacob Weiss |
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| Production no. | 4x12 | ||||||
| Original airdate | February 16, 1997 (Fox) | ||||||
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"Kaddish" is the fifteenth episode of the fourth season of the television series The X-Files. A murder in a Jewish community leads to the deaths of the killers, forcing Mulder and Scully to determine whether vengeance or larger forces are at work.
[edit] Trivia
- The title refers to Kaddish as the part of the Jewish mourning ritual.
Howard Gordon, who wrote this episode, originally scripted the anti-Semitic murderers who are later tracked down and killed by the Golem to be African-American. Fox was uncomfortable with this story element, and Gordon re-wrote the script to turn the murderers into white neo-Nazis.
The Hebrew prayer at the end of the episode is called the Mourner's Kaddish, after which the episode is named. Jews who lose someone close to them are supposed to recite this prayer every day for one year after the death of their loved one. However, it is a responsive prayer and is not said alone.
[edit] External links
- Kaddish at the Internet Movie Database
- Kaddish at TV.com
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