it be hard to imagine when i first watch this just how devastate the hysteria over satanic ritual abuse be to family and community during the 1990s . have since look into it and the episode become a lot more powerful and and a lot more interesting . the reaction make a lot more sense and and the character seem less like obsessive lunatic and more like genuinely frightened people . die hand die verletzt start out so quirky and with the rain of frog and the teen out to try and get some . or maybe it the welter of teenage horror since then that make these thing seem light . either way and even for the x file and this one get dark fast and and the moral ambiguity present be wonderful a the cultist lie turn out to be rather more well intentioned than the comparatively friendly word of the demonic substitute teacher . ms. paddock be remarkable in her power to dominate the episode and even when not on screen and and it great to see the agent ( to quote a late episode with similar theme ) not know which side theyre on . in a way and the story try to do a little too much in too little time and but do at least show the right thing . we do not need to see the ritual and the sacrifice or whatever while theyre far more interesting for be a mystery to u . through skillful editing and we a the audience be keep only slightly less in the dark than the agent and enough to trick u into think we know what go on and which side be on and but at the end and be leave with a bittersweet little epilogue that serve best to show u how foolish we be for think we understand what be go on . it encapsulate everything the precede hour be about and and if that mean we do not get all the answer we want and it much well for it .