S2 E13
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Season 2  "Irresistible"  2x13

Aired 29 years ago - Jan 13, 1995

A mortuary worker who gets his thrills from collecting hair and fingernails from the dead begins killing his soon-to-be collectibles himself and sets his seriously disturbed sights on Scully.

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So I shoot on down here to see what's the what.
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 13 (S02E13) - 5
I hate to disappoint you, Agent Bocks...
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 13 (S02E13) - 6
- Why do they do it? - Well, people collect salt and pepper shakers.
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 13 (S02E13) - 7
You and me.
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 13 (S02E13) - 8
- Comparative religions. - Oh.
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 13 (S02E13) - 9
Cut the hair with a pair of pinking shears. Gotta wonder about this guy!
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 13 (S02E13) - 10
Hospitals should be notified.
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 13 (S02E13) - 11
Truth is... no one ever believed it could happen.
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 13 (S02E13) - 12
A complete model or psychological profile of the death fetishist does not exist.
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 13 (S02E13) - 13
A motive which most people, including law enforcement professionals, dare not imagine.
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 13 (S02E13) - 14
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 13 (S02E13) - 15
The forced-air unit is broken.
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 13 (S02E13) - 16
I'll pay extra if that's something out of the ordinary.
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 13 (S02E13) - 17
Hi, this is Marilyn at Ficicello Frozen Foods. Sorry to bother you so late...
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 13 (S02E13) - 18
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This time he took some fingers, too.
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 13 (S02E13) - 20
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- I'm gonna go over to Steve's now, OK? - OK. You have a good time.
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 13 (S02E13) - 22
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Death is a recorded event...
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 13 (S02E13) - 24
...can serve to recreate the circumstances under which death occurred.
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 13 (S02E13) - 25
Look at each man carefully.
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 13 (S02E13) - 26
I read your profile. Sounds like he can't make it with women. It would explain the hooker.
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 13 (S02E13) - 27
We think of myths as things that entertain or instruct.
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I just don't want you to think you have to hide anything from me.
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 13 (S02E13) - 34
They thought I was some freak who's been diggin' up corpses!
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 13 (S02E13) - 35
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I don't want him to know how much this is bothering me.
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 13 (S02E13) - 39
And I know that it is my job to protect people from them.
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 13 (S02E13) - 40
There must've been a struggle before he killed her-before he put the gloves on.
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 13 (S02E13) - 41
You or Agent Bocks didn't call here for me earlier, did you?
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Right. Right, got it.
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Where would he go?
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Late-model white sedan.
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So I shoot on down here to see what's the what.
#4
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 13 (S02E13) - 5
I hate to disappoint you, Agent Bocks...
#5
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 13 (S02E13) - 6
- Why do they do it? - Well, people collect salt and pepper shakers.
#6
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 13 (S02E13) - 7
You and me.
#7
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 13 (S02E13) - 8
- Comparative religions. - Oh.
#8
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 13 (S02E13) - 9
Cut the hair with a pair of pinking shears. Gotta wonder about this guy!
#9
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 13 (S02E13) - 10
Hospitals should be notified.
#10
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 13 (S02E13) - 11
Truth is... no one ever believed it could happen.
#11
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 13 (S02E13) - 12
A complete model or psychological profile of the death fetishist does not exist.
#12
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 13 (S02E13) - 13
A motive which most people, including law enforcement professionals, dare not imagine.
#13
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The forced-air unit is broken.
#15
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I'll pay extra if that's something out of the ordinary.
#16
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 13 (S02E13) - 17
Hi, this is Marilyn at Ficicello Frozen Foods. Sorry to bother you so late...
#17
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This time he took some fingers, too.
#19
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- I'm gonna go over to Steve's now, OK? - OK. You have a good time.
#21
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Death is a recorded event...
#23
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...can serve to recreate the circumstances under which death occurred.
#24
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 13 (S02E13) - 25
Look at each man carefully.
#25
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I read your profile. Sounds like he can't make it with women. It would explain the hooker.
#26
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 13 (S02E13) - 27
We think of myths as things that entertain or instruct.
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I just don't want you to think you have to hide anything from me.
#33
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They thought I was some freak who's been diggin' up corpses!
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I don't want him to know how much this is bothering me.
#38
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And I know that it is my job to protect people from them.
#39
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 13 (S02E13) - 40
There must've been a struggle before he killed her-before he put the gloves on.
#40
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You or Agent Bocks didn't call here for me earlier, did you?
#41
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Right. Right, got it.
#46
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 13 (S02E13) - 47
Where would he go?
#47
Recap of The X-Files Season 2 Episode 13 (S02E13) - 48
Late-model white sedan.
#48
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