French title: Âmes damnées
translation: Cursed Souls
Italian title: Congiunzione astrale
US Airdate: January 26, 1996
writer: Chris Carter
director: Rob Bowman
STARRING:
David Duchovny as Special Agent Fox Mulder
Gillian Anderson as Special Agent Dana Scully
Guest Cast:
Margi Kleinjan ..... Wendy Benson
Minister ..... Ryk Brown
Bob Spitz ..... Garry Davey
Dr. Richard W. Godfrey ..... Tim Dixon
Terri Roberts ..... Lisa Robin Kelly
Brenda Summerfield ..... Gabrielle Miller
Scott Simmons ..... Russell Porter
Eric Bauer ..... Jeremy Radick
Jay "Boom" DeBoom ..... Ryan Reynolds
Detective Angela White ..... Dana Wheeler-Nicholson
Zirinka ..... Denalda Williams
MULDER AND SCULLY FIND THEIR OWN RELATIONSHIP AFFECTED BY THE MYSTERIOUS COSMIC FORCE
THAT IS CAUSING THE DEATHS OF TEENAGERS IN THE SMALL TOWN OF COMITY.
When several teenagers meet untimely deaths in a small town swept by rumors of a
satanic cult, Mulder and Scully answer a local investigator's call for help. Detective
Angela White is convinced that evil is stalking the town's high school students, but
Scully soon wonders if Detective White is not stalking Agent Mulder. Mulder, in turn,
searches for the answer to the mystery of the horned beast found burned in a local boy's
body, and Scully doubts the story of two sobbing teenage girls who fear that the local
cult wants to sacrifice blonde virgins. The local astrologer warns Mulder and Scully that
a once-in-every-84-years planetary alignment is about to focus the energies of the cosmos
on this town, whose local geography makes it a "cosmic G-spot".
Notes
Note that this is episode number 13 of the season, cosmic!
The title refers to an astrological term for the conjunction and harmony of certain
planets, occuring only at specific times of the year.
The name of the school, Grover Cleveland Alexander High School, is another nod to David
Duchovny's infamous appearance on Jeopardy. He gave this as an incorrect answer.
The name of the town, Comity means "courtesy". Notice how the camera shows
the sign saying "Leaving Comity" on the other side of the intersection as our
intrepid agents arrive in town, and as it turns out, they ARE leaving courtesy behind!
Then at the end, we see the other sign as they leave saying "Entering Comity".
Whew! Back to courtesy right?
We like to think that the dialogue about Scully driving is another nod to us, as the
on-line xphiles were deep in discussion about how much driving Mulder does!
When Mulder brings the first girl into the police station, the time is 11:48 (Chris
Carter's wife, Dori Pierson, was born 11/21/48).
Quotes
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Scully: "Map says to turn right at the intersection."
Mulder: "The Detective who contacted me told me to turn left."
Scully: "At the intersection?"
Mulder: "At the stop light."
Scully: "This isn't a stop light it's a stop sign."
Mulder: "Well, I'm sure she meant the stop sign."
Scully: "...Turn right."
(car goes offscreen ..... then returns going other way)
Mulder: "If, ah, you detect a hint of skepticism or incredulity in Agent Scully's
voice, its because of the overwhelming evidence gathered by the FBI debunking virtually
all claims of ritual abuse by Satanic cults."
Mulder: "If you detect a hint of impatience in Agent Scully's voice that's because
the FBI study also found that in most cases, like the McMartin preschool trial, witnesses
were often prompted in their statements by rumors of stories that were being circulated,
and there was in fact nothing to support them."
White: "How do you explain the burning coffin at the funeral?"
Mulder: "If it's no bother -- if it's not too big a deal -- maybe you can get me a
few photographs of that thing which bears absolutely no resemblence to a horny
beast."
Scully: "Sure. Fine. (SNAPS on latex glove) Whatever."
(White throws Mulder onto his motel room bed and straddles him)
White: "Maybe we can solve the mystery of the horny beast."
Mulder: "Maybe we should just watch some television...uh...there's, there's a
movie on the TV. Actually, its the same, the same movie on every channel."
White: "Weird. I like weird. I feel weird." (kisses him)
Mulder: "You're the driver. Uh, Scully. If I'm not mistaken, we're going to take a
left up here...Uh, there's an intersection up here. You're gonna wanna...Scully! You're
going to want...You just...ran a stop sign back there, Scully."
Bob: "Maybe Harvey's got something to hide. We got two kids who are prepared to
say he took them on a camping trip and made them play naked movie star games!"
Scully: "The bones... turn out to be the skeletal remains not of an infant but of
a beloved 14 year old Llasa-Apso, formerly known as... (pulls out collar) Mr. Tippy."
Terri: "Mr. Tippy!"
Mulder: "This may not be any time to mention it, but somebody is wearing my
favorite perfume."
"Die menschliche Natur gleicht einem Wasserstrudel. Oeffnet man ihm einen Ausweg nach Osten, so fliesst das Wasser ostwaerts; oeffnet man ihm einen Weg nach Westen, so fliesst es westwaerts." Meng-Tzu