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A Snake's Touching
Irresistible & DHDV are two of the best episodes from the second season, the even better being Little Green Men, The Host & Humbug. Die Hand..is very creepy and has a nice scene with a snake strangling and later eating a man. It's also the last episode written by Glen Morgan & James Wong, before taking a break from the third season, and returning in the fourth with the sick "Home". Once again they're showing us to be two of the most original & absorbing writers, dealing with a fragrant subject for an X-file, satanism. The unusual practisings being a bunch of secretive school inspectors, another feature of the well-known black humor. A mystical woman with a snake's eye & organs in her deskdraw, is also doing her part of the tricks, and it all gets more exciting.

Irresistible presents a real weirdo, perfectly acted by Nick Chinlund (Billy Bedlam, Con Air) When you hear this psycho talk, you know something isn't right about him. He's also a deadly fetishist, collecting hair and nails from his victims. Cutting off their fingers, when starts killing on his own, instead of only picking on dead people. The episode is extraordinary, because of the much emotion it adds to the character of Scully. Making her very fragile, when hitting her weak spot. Gillian Anderson is credible here, & I like the last scene where she really let go of all her feelings in front of Mulder. Besides being suspenseful and riveting, it's also the first episode not dealing with the paranormal. A thing the X-files also needs sometimes.

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Two X-Cellent Episodes That I Could Watch Over And Over
As a major fan of the X-Files, I must say these are two of the greatest episodes of the X-Files ever. 'Irresistable' is incredibly creepy.. In that wonderful X-Files way! The acting is amazing, Gillian Anderson portrays a more vulnerable Scully than we usually see. Her acting in this episode is simply superb. And the guy who plays Donnie Pfaster is also very talented, he brings the character to life as a creepy, creepy guy. Creepy is why we love the X-Files, and this episode is plenty creepy. At the end, there is tender, beautiful scene with Mulder and Scully. It isn't to sappy, it can be enjoyed by both No-Romos and Shippers like myself. It is also the first in a sequence of two episodes about Donnie Pfaster, the death fetishist. He comes back in Season 7, to go after Scully yet again. I guess the thought he was such a great character that they had to bring him back. One of my favorite episodes ever.

Die Hand Die Verletzt is also a superb episode. It is creepy, and at times funny too. It does get dark for a while, and it's not happy go lucky, although it does involve raining toads, water going down the drain the wrong way, and one *big* snake. Not to mention a weird PTA and an even weirder substitute teacher.

I could watch both of these episodes hundreds of times, no exaggaration. They are amazing, and I highly recommend them. You don't even need too much background on the series to see them. Actually, you don't really need any! Great episodes for new-comers to the series or old fans. It all comes down to two words.. BUY IT!

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A Must See for any X-Files Fan!
I've got to say, of all the X-Files episodes available on video, Die Hand Die Verletzt is one of the best episodes ever besides The Host, Niesi and 731. Irresistible is okay too. In that episode, several mutilated bodies make Mulder and Scully think of alien attacks, while the real culprit is a man who collects the hair and body parts of young women. This is a pretty sick episode, but its still quite fun to watch. Die Hand Die Verletzt is about a group of New Hampshire teenagers who stumble upon what looks like an altar. When one of the teens jokingly summons "dark spirits" his words actually do conjour up some black magic and soon people in the town start dying. I love that giant snake that swallows Lisa's father alive. Get these episodes and avoid getting Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose.