The X-files - Season 3eps24 May 2026

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The episode’s title, "Talitha Cumi" (Aramaic for "Little girl, arise"), sets the stage for a biblical confrontation. The introduction of Jeremiah Smith, a shape-shifting healer, forces the show to move beyond "aliens" and into the realm of the miraculous. The X-Files - Season 3Eps24

Mulder is forced to choose between saving his mother and saving the "healer" who can expose the truth. This impossible choice highlights the cruelty of the Syndicate’s game. The Shadow of the Colonization in the CSM/Smith dialogue in more detail

The mystery of the photo featuring Teena Mulder and the Cigarette Smoking Man suggests a biological betrayal that haunts Fox for the rest of the series. Mulder is forced to choose between saving his

The most profound scene in the episode—and perhaps the series—is the dialogue between Jeremiah Smith and the Cigarette Smoking Man (CSM) in the prison cell. This is a direct homage to Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov .

While the episode uses heavy religious imagery, the "miracles" are revealed to be extraterrestrial technology, bridging the gap between faith and science-fiction.