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3.19 Hell Money German title: Höllengeld French title: La Règle Du Jeu Italian title: Estrazioni macabre US Airdate: March 29, 1996 writer: Jeff Vlaming director: Tucker Gates STARRING: David Duchovny as Special Agent Fox Mulder Gillian Anderson as Special Agent Dana Scully Guest Cast: B.D. WONG as Detective Chao MICHAEL YAMA as Hsin GRAHAM SHIELS as the Night Watchman DOUG ABRAHAMS as Lt. Neary LUCY LIU as Kim STEPHEN CHANG as the Large Man DONALD FONG as the Vase Man PAUL WONG as the Wiry Man DINA HA as Dr. Wu JAMES HONG as the Hard Faced Man ED HONG-LOUIE as the Money Man DEREK LOWE as Johnny Lo
MULDER AND SCULLY INVESTIGATE A SERIES OF CHINATOWN MURDERS AND DISCOVER A LOTTERY WHERE THE PRICE OF A TICKET IS LIFE ITSELF. When a young Chinese immigrant is burned alive in a crematorium, the X-Files team go to Chinatown in search of a ring of masked killers. During the Festival of the Hungry Ghosts, they are aided by a handsome young Chinese-American police detective as they delve into the secrets of the close-knit community, where outsiders are viewed with suspicion and centuries-old traditions still rule. A clandestine burial is uncovered and Scully finds a living frog in a dead man. Finally, a father's desperate sacrifice for his dying daughter leads Mulder and Scully to a secret room, a cold- blooded surgeon, and a lottery from hell. Notes The title refers to the phoney money the Chinese buy to tempt (ie bribe) their family ghosts. Personal note: Unfortunately, after a couple of repeats and "Teso Dos Bichos", we were ready to have our socks knocked off and were disappointed with this one. I have not watched it since it's original broadcast. BUT, points for highlighting the wonderful B. D. Wong, a very underrated Canadian actor. Cute as a bug's ear too :-) He won a Tony (Broadway's biggest award) for "M. Butterfly", so trust me, he's had better showcases than this episode. Quotes ____________________________________________________________ Scully: "What a way to go...." (burned alive in a crematorium) ____________________________________________________________ Cop: "We got lucky with this one." (finding a body) Mulder: "Lucky? Thats an interesting word for it." ____________________________________________________________ Mulder: "How many dishes do you have to break before your boss tosses you in an oven?" ____________________________________________________________ Scully: "So you're saying that the ancestral spirits pushed Johnny Lo into the oven and turned on the gas?" Mulder: "Well, it would sure teach him to respect his elders, wouldn't it?" ____________________________________________________________ Scully: (feeling paint on door) "It's still tacky." Mulder: "Can you copy it down for me?" (painted words) Cop: "Yeah, sure..." Mulder: (looking around apartment) "Talk about tacky..." ____________________________________________________________ Cop: "But the truth is I'm more haunted by the size of my mortgage payments." (than ancestral spirits) ____________________________________________________________ Mulder: "Looks like somebody was trying to get two burials for the price of one." ____________________________________________________________ Scully: "Do you know how much the human body is worth, Mulder?" Mulder: "Depends on the body." |
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Q: How many members of the U.S.S. Enterprise does it take to change a light bulb? A: Seven. Scotty has to report to Captain Kirk that the light bulb in the Engineering Section is getting dim, at which point Kirk will send Bones to pronounce the bulb dead (although he'll immediately claim that he's a doctor, not an electrician). Scotty, after checking around, realizes that they have no more new light bulbs, and complains that he "canna" see in the dark. Kirk will make an emergency stop at the next uncharted planet, Alpha Regula IV, to procure a light bulb from the natives, who, are friendly, but seem to be hiding something. Kirk, Spock, Bones, Yeoman Rand and two red shirt security officers beam down to the planet, where the two security officers are promply killed by the natives, and the rest of the landing party is captured. As something begins to develop between the Captain and Yeoman Rand, Scotty, back in orbit, is attacked by a Klingon destroyer and must warp out of orbit. Although badly outgunned, he cripples the Klingon and races back to the planet in order to rescue Kirk et. al. who have just saved the natives' from an awful fate and, as a reward, been given all light bulbs they can carry. The new bulb is then inserted and the Enterprise continues on its five year mission. Anonymous |
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