194. Underneath


Scully, Doggett and Reyes investigate an old case that Doggett worked on as a cop in Brooklyn, dubbed "The Screwdriver Killer". They try to determine whether the man who was convicted and has just been released from prison was actually the man responsible for the murders.


b: 31-Mar-02 pc: 9ABX09 w: John Shiban d: John Shiban

"The Screwdriver Killer"...

Hmm, that reminds me of a story a guy I used to work with told me:

He was at the local prison to fix a printer and the guard told him to make sure he hung onto his screwdriver carefully. He told me he spent the whole day in fear of that some inmate would jump him, take his screwdriver, and poke holes in his chest.

hahaha. Nothing like a good computer repair story.

lol. Man that brings back memories.

My brother has been a cop for 20 years and he has some hellacious tales of things that have happened in max security prisons. Apparently mundane, innocent-looking items can be made into really wicked weapons. He said one guy got his eyeballs ripped out by something made with a paperclip and a ballpoint pen cartridge. Yikes.

I mentioned this in General Discussion, but perhaps the Duke in this episode is the Duke that Frasier's dad talks to on Frasier.

I just find it scary how quickly people are found guilty simply for being at the wrong place at the wrong time.

I'm not a catholic, but reyes explanation because transsubstantiation happens in mass, it can also happen for some devout catholic seemed very blasphemous for me. After all, transsubstatntiation is some kinda miracle, as far as I know, and happens only in mess, only for the hostie and the wine.
Also, I found it difficult to believe that a devout catholic, who wanted to study to become a priest, could believe himself to be without guilt - I thought the catholics are pros at heaping guilt on people. (no offense meant). After all, people are already born guilty, and everytime you think sth. bad its already a sin.
Could maybe some catholic here clear it up?

Apart from that, I liked the concept of the ep. very much - very interesting.
Doggett, holding on to "its a hallucination"explanation because he doesn't know what to do with experiences outside the normal police work made me feel a tiny bit sorry for him. But I also felt that this was some kind of backsliding on his part - he saw a lot of unnatural things since he started on the x-files, so by now he should be used to it and accept the unnatural ways of dealing with criminals, too. Or has this to do with the fact that its a case from his own past, making him think much more cop-like?

Twin Peaks reference-- the killer is Bob (well that's his real name-- the person inside was never named).