Irresistible
- Episode aired Jan 13, 1995
- TV-14
- 45m
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8.0/10
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Scully and Mulder hunt down a fetishist who collects pieces of the dead.Scully and Mulder hunt down a fetishist who collects pieces of the dead.Scully and Mulder hunt down a fetishist who collects pieces of the dead.
Maggie Blue O'Hara
- Young Woman
- (as Maggie O'Hara)
Kiara Hunter
- Coed
- (as Ciara Hunter)
Megan Hilty
- Deceased Girl Jessica
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaDuring the opening scene (post credits), the camera pans past several gravestones. The name on one of the gravestones is Raymond Soames. Ray Soames is a character in Pilot (1993) about whom the plot revolves.
- GoofsWhen Scully and Pfaster are rolling down the stairs, as they reach the bottom step a crew hand is visible on the left hand side rising up to stop them falling into the camera.
- Quotes
Mulder: It's been said that fear of the unknown is an irrational response to the excesses of the imagination. But our fear of the everyday, of the lurking stranger and the sound of footfalls on the stairs, the fear of violent death and the primitive impulse to survive, are as frightening as any X-File; as real as the acceptance that it could happen to you.
- ConnectionsFeatured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Horrifying X-Files Moments (2018)
- SoundtracksTrois Gymnopédies
Performed by Erik Satie
Featured review
The Devil you Don't
The Creep Factor for this 'Sode is beyond all boundaries of disgust. Oh, "Friday the 13th - The Series" had some good disgust, but this is way beyond the boundaries of that series even.
The X-Files could be scary, Truly scary, at times and this is one time they succeeded - Almost Too Well. This episode is exactly on the level with two of season 1's creepo-eps: "Squeeze" and "Toombs." But where Toombs acted out of necessity, this guy here is the personification of what he is revealed to be.
Nick Chinlund ("Toombs" from "Chronicles of Riddick") is Donnie pFaster, who at first seems like a nice clean-cut young man. But he's not, we don't know what he is. His true form is shown, at first to the Mortician then later to Skully. Which leaves the viewer at first questioning what's happening.
But then we see what this guy does: We see it by it not being shown to us. Chris Carter in this ep experiments with pure suggestivity... (suggestiveness?) It is suggested what pFaster is, and our minds and imaginations fill in the blanks.
And my mind filled in quite a few blanks.
This is one of the early Skully-Centric eps, and the story is somehow related to her Faith. Also, pFaster seems to be attracted to Red-Haired Girls, and Skully is the perfect "Girly Girl" - He wants her, Bad.
If only to add to his late-night diner repast.
It is not shown if pFaster eats his victims, it is merely hinted at. Only in the later episode "Orison" does Mulder suggests this guy is doing a Hannibal.
The Devil you Don't Know is the one that's got to be looked out for. Could be anybody - Or AnyThing.
The X-Files could be scary, Truly scary, at times and this is one time they succeeded - Almost Too Well. This episode is exactly on the level with two of season 1's creepo-eps: "Squeeze" and "Toombs." But where Toombs acted out of necessity, this guy here is the personification of what he is revealed to be.
Nick Chinlund ("Toombs" from "Chronicles of Riddick") is Donnie pFaster, who at first seems like a nice clean-cut young man. But he's not, we don't know what he is. His true form is shown, at first to the Mortician then later to Skully. Which leaves the viewer at first questioning what's happening.
But then we see what this guy does: We see it by it not being shown to us. Chris Carter in this ep experiments with pure suggestivity... (suggestiveness?) It is suggested what pFaster is, and our minds and imaginations fill in the blanks.
And my mind filled in quite a few blanks.
This is one of the early Skully-Centric eps, and the story is somehow related to her Faith. Also, pFaster seems to be attracted to Red-Haired Girls, and Skully is the perfect "Girly Girl" - He wants her, Bad.
If only to add to his late-night diner repast.
It is not shown if pFaster eats his victims, it is merely hinted at. Only in the later episode "Orison" does Mulder suggests this guy is doing a Hannibal.
The Devil you Don't Know is the one that's got to be looked out for. Could be anybody - Or AnyThing.
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