Episode
The X-Files: Excelsis Dei
Overview
Mulder and Scully uncover strange occurrences in an elderly care home when one of the nurses is attacked by an unseen force she claims to be one of the 90 year old residents.
Details
- Series
- The X-Files
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 11
- Air date
- 1994-12-16
- Runtime
- 45 min
Episode context
Excelsis Dei is Episode 11 in Season 2 of The X-Files. It aired on 1994-12-16. The runtime is 45 min.
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