"Kaddish" is the fifteenth episode of the fourth season of television series The X-Files. In the episode, Isaac Luria, a Jewish man, is killed by a group of teenagers working for a racist shop owner, but one of them is soon strangled to death and the fingerprints on his neck are of Isaac. Despite other factors, Mulder becomes convinced that the man has returned from the dead to exact revenge. The episode references the Jewish myth of the Golem, and the title is a reference to the Jewish mourning prayer service.
Three teenage murder suspects involved in the death of a Jewish store clerk in Brooklyn, New York, are in danger, for it seems that the murder victim himself is vengefully claiming their lives. Mulder and Scully work to solve the case, but their suspect may not be alive enough for them to take in, or stop.
[edit] Broadcast and reception
Juliette Harrisson of Den of Geek named "Kaddish" the best stand-alone episode of season four.[1] Zack Handlen of The A.V. Club rated the episode B+, claiming it was "the sort of episode that works best if you enjoy it for its style and presentation without getting too caught up in the script."[2]
[edit] References
[edit] External links
