- Hell Money
Infobox Television episode | Title = Hell Money
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Series =The X-Files
Season = 3
Episode = 19
Airdate =March 29 ,1996 (Fox)
Production = 3x19
Guests =B.D. Wong as Detective Glen ChaoJames Hong as Hard-Faced ManLucy Liu as Kim Hsin
Writer =Jeff Vlaming
Director =Tucker Gates
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Prev =Teso Dos Bichos
Next =Jose Chung's "From Outer Space" "Hell Money" is the nineteenth episode of the third season of "The X-Files ". A string of mysterious deaths of recent Chinese immigrants brings Agents Mulder and Scully toSan Francisco 'sChinatown . The Agents team up with a Chinese-American detective to better understand the language and customs of the Chinese culture, but one thing remains frightening clear — all of the bodies are missing various internal organs. Text taken from the "Hell Money" summary .Trivia
*The term 'hell money' comes from the Chinese tradition of offering representations of money or goods to the dead.
*This episode is unusual in that all of the initially perceived supernatural factors turn out to be untrue, with the ultimate outcome grounded entirely in explainable events.
*The popular Chinese-American actressLucy Liu , and David Duchovny's real-life girlfriend at the time, appears in this episode.
*Hell bank notes are also featured in "", as are the Chinese tiles, which were used as a game in the episode as a lottery.
*There is a reference to the theme song fromGhostbusters in the episode.
*A piece of music in this episode can be heard in an episode of the TV series Millennium, also created by Chris Carter. It is heard in the second season episode Siren.
*The young adult novelization of this episode was retitled "Hungry Ghosts", possibly to avoid the usage of the word "Hell" in the title. [Amazon.com [http://www.amazon.com/Files-YA-09-Hungry-Ghosts/dp/0064471780 Hungry Ghosts] ]Notes
External links
*imdb title|0751133|Hell Money
* [http://www.tv.com/the-x-files/hell-money/episode/558/summary.html Hell Money] atTV.com
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