From: seanc130@hotmail.com   
      
   "Marc"  wrote   
   > bastXXXette@sonic.net wrote:   
      
   >> Is this the episode where certain people were susceptible to messages   
   >> transmitted via digital displays, urging them to do violent things, and   
   >> which played on (and amplified) their individual anxieties and phobias?   
   >> That was on one of the cable channels not long ago - either SciFi or   
   >> TNT.   
      
   > Yep - that's the one. I don't think it was the displays causing it, more   
   > the crop spraying. It wasn't made clear.   
      
   According to Mulder, what was going on was a controlled experiment. It was a   
   two-part process. First, the chemical LSDM, found in the secret crop   
   sprayings, brought on a psychotic state, along with an acute fear reaction.   
   Then whoever was running the experiment would relay disturbing messages to   
   the victims through the electronic displays, heightening their paranoid   
   state and suggesting that the only way out was to 'kill 'em all'.   
      
   Of course, Mulder's theory, in its entirety, was never actually proved.   
   There is no doubt that the chemical spraying happened, but the deliberate   
   messages are another matter. Another distinct possibility is that the   
   psychosis caused by the LSDM simply caused the victims to *hallucinate* the   
   messages in the electronic displays. In 'The Nitpicker's Guide for   
   X-Philes', Phil Farrand subscribes to this view, based on the fact that the   
   messages included the letter 'K' (as in 'KILL'). It is not possible to   
   represent a K with a normal 7-segment digital display, and it's highly   
   unlikely that the Dark Force went around and replaced every electronics   
   display in town with a special variant that is exactly the same, except it   
   has two extra segments so it can make a 'K'.   
      
   On the other hand, if it was really a hallucination, what about the 'ALL   
   DONE BYE-BYE' message on Mulder's cel phone at the end of the episode? He   
   *was* sprayed with the chemical earlier, but it seems odd that that happened   
   about halfway through the episode, but Mulder did not have any   
   hallucinations except for a minor one at the very end. Also, there is no   
   indication whatsoever that Mulder was experiencing an intense phobic state   
   when he saw the message, as in all the victims. The most logical explanation   
   is that Mulder was right about the controlled experiment, and the last   
   message sent to him had nothing to do with the LSDM, and was simply someone   
   messing with his head.   
      
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   --Sean   
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   Kutner: But why did he test positive for syphilis?   
      
   House: Oh, wait, I know this!   
      
   Kutner: Either one, he has syphilis ...   
      
   House: I was gonna say that!   
      
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