Following the monster of the week "Tooms" is the 22nd x-files episode entitled "Born again". This is one of a few episodes pertaining to reincarnation which became a bit of an overkill.
After two deaths were witnessed by a little 8 year old girl, Mulder believes she is involved and that the she is perhaps a reincarnation. the first death takes place in a precinct when a female employee sees the little girl eerily sitting in an alley whom supposedly was lost. However, her true intentions become clear when she is being questioned by a detective and uses ghostly power to throw him out of a window making it look like a suicide. She states she saw a man throw him out of the window.
The second death was something that would later remind me of the Final Destination movies. A man WHO ALSO works at the precinct leaves to get off a bus, but this "ghostly power" lifts the scarf back into the path of the closing bus door. The bus driver notices this after a few seconds and tries to stop, but the ghostly power is pushing on the accelerator. Eventually the driver gains control again when the man dies. For some odd reason the bus driver didn't question the fact that the little girl was also on the bus staring menacingly at the dragging man. Also, the man could of just removed the scarf. Oh well.
The little girl identifies the man who did these two killings to be a former detective at the precinct who we found out later was killed by these two colleagues. A guy named Charlie. Charlie is enacting revenge against his killers through the body of a little girl, which I think is kind of cool, because you would not expect a little girl to be involved with murder. However, one man remains who knew of the murder, Tony. Tony happens to be the former partner of Charlie, and is the husband of Charlie's former wife. Confusing, I know.
The ending is satisfying enough but contains lots of blank staring by the 8 year old. Nothing particularly stands out about this episode, but I felt it entertaining enough. Lazarus still remains a better reincarnation tale but I do like what Carter tried to do in making the viewer change from thinking the girl is a crazy bitch to feeling sympathy. More good than bad here.
6.5/10 or a generous 7
After two deaths were witnessed by a little 8 year old girl, Mulder believes she is involved and that the she is perhaps a reincarnation. the first death takes place in a precinct when a female employee sees the little girl eerily sitting in an alley whom supposedly was lost. However, her true intentions become clear when she is being questioned by a detective and uses ghostly power to throw him out of a window making it look like a suicide. She states she saw a man throw him out of the window.
The second death was something that would later remind me of the Final Destination movies. A man WHO ALSO works at the precinct leaves to get off a bus, but this "ghostly power" lifts the scarf back into the path of the closing bus door. The bus driver notices this after a few seconds and tries to stop, but the ghostly power is pushing on the accelerator. Eventually the driver gains control again when the man dies. For some odd reason the bus driver didn't question the fact that the little girl was also on the bus staring menacingly at the dragging man. Also, the man could of just removed the scarf. Oh well.
The little girl identifies the man who did these two killings to be a former detective at the precinct who we found out later was killed by these two colleagues. A guy named Charlie. Charlie is enacting revenge against his killers through the body of a little girl, which I think is kind of cool, because you would not expect a little girl to be involved with murder. However, one man remains who knew of the murder, Tony. Tony happens to be the former partner of Charlie, and is the husband of Charlie's former wife. Confusing, I know.
The ending is satisfying enough but contains lots of blank staring by the 8 year old. Nothing particularly stands out about this episode, but I felt it entertaining enough. Lazarus still remains a better reincarnation tale but I do like what Carter tried to do in making the viewer change from thinking the girl is a crazy bitch to feeling sympathy. More good than bad here.
6.5/10 or a generous 7