Mulder and Scully investigate the death of Teddy Holvey, a two-year-old child who was run over by a miniature train as he chased a floating helium balloon through a park. Photographs of the incident are analyzed by a laboratory. They reveal a strange amorphous form-not visible to the naked eye-that appears to be pulling the balloon in the direction of the train. This information leads Mulder to speculate that a poltergeist was somehow responsible.

The agents travel to Arlington, Virginia and interview Steve and Maggie Holvey. There, Mulder's interest is piqued by a gammadion, a symbol that resembles a reverse swastika. As the agents question the Holveys, an elderly Romanian woman, Golda, enters the room with their son Charlie, an eight-year-old boy. Golda intones that Charlie is evil and was responsible for Teddy's demise. Scully believes Charlie and Teddy are the victims of Munchausen by proxy, in which a caretaker brings harm to a child by inducing medical symptoms.

Shortly thereafter, Steve is killed in a freak accident after his necktie is entangled in a garage door opener. While investigating the scene, the agents discover a strange ash around Steve's corpse. The substance, called Vibuti, is a holy ash produced during the presence of spiritual beings.

Several Rumanian men, known as Calusari, hold a mysterious religious ceremony involving dead roosters in Golda's room. It is interrupted when Charlie suffers a seizure. Shortly thereafter, Golda is attacked and killed by live roosters. Mulder suspects that Golda and the Calusari were trying to ward off evil from entering the house.

Charlie is transported to St. Matthew's Hospital for observation. A social worker, Karen Kosseff, questions the boy about Golda's murder. Charlie claims Golda was killed by the ghost of Michael, his stillborn twin. But Maggie insists Charlie was never told about his brother. Michael's spectre appears in the hospital and attacks a nurse. Pretending to be Charlie, Michael tricks Maggie into believing he has been released from the hospital.

The agents discover the truth about Michael's spirit. As Mulder supervises a Calusari exorcism over Charlie's body, Scully races to the Holvey residence. Inside, she comes face to face with Michael, a knife clutched in his hand. As the exorcism at the hospital reaches its climax, Michael's ghost suddenly disappears, leaving behind only a trace of ash. The Calusari leader warns Mulder and Scully that the evil now knows who they are.

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THE X-FILES "THE CALUSARI"
#2X21
Original Air Date: 04/14/95

CAST:
DAVID DUCHOVNY as Special Agent Fox Mulder
GILLIAN ANDERSON as Special Agent Dana Scully

GUEST CAST:
JOEL PALMER as Charlie/Michael Holvey
LILYAN CHAUVIN as Golda
HELENE CLARKSON as Maggie Holvey
RIC REID as Steve Holvey
OLIVER and JEREMY ISAAC WILDSMITH as Teddy Holvey
CHRISTINE WILLES as Agent Kosseff
BILL DOW as Doctor Charles Burk
KAY E. KUTER as the Head Calusari
JACQUELINE DANDENEAU as Nurse Castor
BILL CROFT as Calusari #2
CAMPBELL LANE as Calusari #3
GEORGE JOSEF as Calusari #1


WRITTEN BY:
SARA CHARNO

DIRECTED BY:
MIKE VEJAR