Behind the Scenes"Signs and Wonders" was written by The X-Files staff writer Jeffrey Bell. Bell had long desired to write a "down-and-dirty" horror story for the series. In addition, he had informally studied the practice of snake handling, concluding that "anything involving snakes would be scary and I saw the church stuff as something that would
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Thank you for this! I always wondered if he had personal experience in the area because he seemed so thoroughly authentic!
Bell "wanted the snake church people to end up being the good guys."
I haven't seen the ep in a long time, but I remember I loved that twist. This ep could not be made today. The hatred for Christianity - of all sorts, not just the ones with odd or "extreme" practices - is too prevalent. Wow. How far we've come in what is really a short period of time.
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