The X-Files: Season 3, Episode 4 Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose
(13 Oct. 1995)
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The X-Files: Season 3, Episode 4 Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose
(13 Oct. 1995)
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Stuart Charno | ... |
Puppet
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| Frank Cassini | ... |
Detective Cline
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| Dwight McFee | ... |
Detective Havez
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Alex Diakun | ... |
Tarot Dealer
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| Karin Konoval | ... |
Madame Zelma
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Ken Roberts | ... |
Clerk
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Jaap Broeker | ... | |
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David MacKay | ... |
Young Husband
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Greg Anderson | ... |
Photographer
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Scully and Mulder are called into the investigation of a series of murders where the victims were all psychics of some sort. A tea leaf reader, tarot card reader and palm reader are all the apparent victims of a serial killer. The local police have brought in a well-known TV psychic that Mulder finds laughable. He does come across Clyde Bruckman, an insurance salesman who may be ca genuine psychic. While Scully is appropriately skeptical, Mulder realizes that Bruckman can only see one thing - how people will die. Written by garykmcd
Peter Boyle is a strangely funny guy. I saw him in Everybody Loves Raymond a couple of times, but that wasn't funny or particularly interesting, perhaps because the laughter is enforced in true American sitcom way. But here, in X-Files where he plays a psychic, he makes a great contrast against the serious fabric of the show.
This episode is another black comedy, similar to "Humbug" (though not as good). The story centers around a murderer of fortune tellers and involves several characters who pose as one. The episode manages to be both funny and intense and comes highly recommended from my side. It is mostly a Peter Boyle's episode and the guy doesn't disappoint. He makes the situation comical without having to tell any jokes.