Clyde Bruckman is going through evidence trying to get psychic visions. When he is holding a blue piece of cloth, he says to Mulder, "I got it! This is yours. This is from your New York Knicks T-shirt!" He was wrong. However, in Season 1's Beyond the Sea (1994), murderer Luther Lee Boggs claims that he gets a psychic vision from a similar blue piece of cloth, but Mulder tells him, "I tore this off my New York Knicks T-shirt. It has nothing to do with the crime."
This episode won two Emmy Awards: Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series (Peter Boyle), and Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series.
In 1997, the TV Guide ranked this episode number 10 on its "100 Greatest Episodes of All Time" list.
Peter Boyle's character has the same name as a famous Hollywood writer and director of the 1920s-1940s Clyde Bruckman. He worked with many of the famous comedians of the day, including Buster Keaton, W.C. Fields, Stan Laurel, and Oliver Hardy. He later fell on hard times and committed suicide in 1955.
Each of the winning lottery numbers announced on the radio is one number off of the numbers on Clyde Bruckman's ticket.