All Souls (The X-Files)

"All Souls"
The X-Files episode
The lion-headed part of a Seraphim, as seen by Dana Scully. The effect, created via CGI, was completed hours before airtime.
Episode no.	Season 5 Episode 17
Directed by	Allen Coulter
Teleplay by	Frank Spotnitz John Shiban
Story by	Dan Angel Billy Brown
Production code	5X17
Original air date	April 26, 1998
Running time	45 minutes
Guest appearance(s)
Arnie Walters as Father McCue Patti Allan as Mrs. Kernoff Eric Keenleyside as Lance Kernof Emily Perkins as the Nephilim Jody Racicot Father Gregory Lorraine Landry as Vicki Belon Glenn Morshower as Aaron Starkey Lauren Diewold as Emily Bob Wilde as George Vincent Dyer Tim O'Halloran as the Sergeant Tracy Elofson as Seraphim
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"All Souls" is the seventeenth episode of the fifth season of the American science fiction television series The X-Files. The episode originally aired on the Fox network on April 26, 1998. The episode's teleplay was written by Frank Spotnitz and John Shiban, from a story by Dan Angel and Billy Brown; it was directed by Allen Coulter. The episode is a "Monster-of-the-Week" story, a stand-alone plot which is unconnected to the mythology, or overarching fictional history, of The X-Files. "All Souls" received a Nielsen household rating of 8.5 and was watched by 13.44 million viewers in its initial broadcast. It received mixed reviews from television critics.

The show centers on FBI special agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) who work on cases linked to the paranormal, called X-Files. In this episode, the unexplained death of a young girl with polydactyly (among other health problems) prompts Father McCue (Arnie Walters) to ask Scully for her help, but her investigation leads her to a mystery involving Nephilim—children of mortal women and angels. Scully soon learns that Aaron Starkey (Glenn Morshower), a department of social services worker and demon in disguise, is after the girls, in order that the Devil may control their power.