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As the agents investigate a series of murders, they uncover evidence of a Satanic cult at work, including possibly Satan in its midst. The episode is funny, scary, gruesome in the right parts, and hallucinatory like the best horror movies. It was a no-brainer that The X-Files would have to deal with Satanic or evil cults at some point. That they did it so perfectly was a testament to the convictions of the series. While much of the truly occult Satan, demons, and The Complete X-Files bad things was left up to Millennium, The X-Files could rise to the occasion when asked. Peter Boyle plays Clyde Bruckman, an insurance salesman cursed with the psychic ability The Complete X-Files see how people will die. An investigation into a serial killer going after psychics leads the agents to Bruckman, who must protect him from his inevitable fate. The episode was one of four written by Darin Morgan, brother of writer Glen Morgan. Darin's The Complete X-Files netted this episode an Emmy. 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The episode also features a cameo from pre-fame Ryan Reynolds, who dies almost as soon as he's introduced. Once again, the series deals with Satanism, witchcraft, and the occult by refusing to take it too seriously. It's a funny, quotable, breezy episode that knows it's ridiculous and just goes with it. As an "I should sit down and watch just one episode" choice, it's hard to go wrong here. For one, this episode has Kurtwood Smith in it. I could stop at that as a reason to watch, but there's more. In the episode, Mulder becomes wrapped up and obsessed with The Complete X-Files serial killer who claims his crimes are the work of an evil gargoyle spirit. As copycat crimes emerge, all eyes are on Mulder, who's testing his criminal profiling past to get to the bottom of the case. But he may have taken it a step too far. The episode seems to be heavily influenced by the works of H. Lovecraft, with "Pickman's Model" coming specifically to mind. Smith portrays a former mentor disappointed by his current direction, and helps fill in Mulder as a character while also creeping everyone the hell out. Robert Modell is a ruthless killer with a particular skillset: he can convince people of whatever he says, often causing his victims to kill themselves. An FBI manhunt ensues, with agents in pursuit of an antagonist that can alter their very perceptions of reality. It's an unnerving, calculating episode, where the mere appearance of Modell onscreen spells very bad thing. This episode mixed FBI action with a definite X-Files flair, providing a tense manhunt story with just enough of the fantastic to keep it in the realm of the show. Modell returned for a season 5 episode, "Kitsunegari" that The Complete X-Files as a bookend to this episode. While not nearly as good, it is certainly worth a watch. 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Essentially, the episode is about the government using television signals to drive people to madness. It's a sort of prelude to the Season 5 theme: Maybe The Complete X-Files were no aliens, and UFOs are a cover-up for something much bigger. Then there's "Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man," which is easily in the top 10 overall episodes but too mythology-heavy to list here. However, "Small Potatoes" is a stand-out episode for its willingness to delve into the just plain weird end of Fortean phenomena. A man named Eddie, played by writer Darin Morgan, has a vestigal tail and a unique ability: striated muscle tissue that allows him to shapeshift.