What sets this aside is that we have a role reversal where Scully becomes the believer and Mulder the one who questions stuff, which makes him come across as a colossal tool.
Scully's religious belief can be traced back to Beyond the Sea and having visions of her deceased father.
Other than that, this is usual and tired. Stigmata, fake and real touches of god. And a mysterious killer on the loose.
If you swap the context, here religious, it's the same detective stuff as any number of episodes: there's a lot of running between places, piecing a plot and trying to prevent the final crime. Facing larger powers at work.
Bo-ring. Go to Marjoe if you want a chilling look on faith, a 70s documentary on (then) the 'world's youngest minister'.
Scully's religious belief can be traced back to Beyond the Sea and having visions of her deceased father.
Other than that, this is usual and tired. Stigmata, fake and real touches of god. And a mysterious killer on the loose.
If you swap the context, here religious, it's the same detective stuff as any number of episodes: there's a lot of running between places, piecing a plot and trying to prevent the final crime. Facing larger powers at work.
Bo-ring. Go to Marjoe if you want a chilling look on faith, a 70s documentary on (then) the 'world's youngest minister'.