dead guy, just pan over and next to him will be his dead dog.'" (X-Files Confidential, pp. 74-75)

This episode features the first time that Mulder narrates the story; instead of seeing Scully typing computer reports and hearing her voice-over wrap-up, the audience sees Mulder writing longhand in a field journal and hears his summation of the plot at the episode's conclusion.

A line of dialogue spoken by Mulder in this episode – pertaining to the case of a man who "could influence undeveloped film" and "create shapes on the negative from his mind" – foreshadows the fourth season outing "Unruhe", as well as the characters Ted Serios and Gerry Schnauz therein.

In this episode's teaser, Detective Lazard jokingly tells Detective Barbala he is "a regular Mr. Green Jeans" with children.Lazard is referring to a character from the long-running children's television series Captain Kangaroo, in which Mr. Green Jeans was the sidekick of the series' title character.

When Mulder first informs Scully he suspects Michelle Bishop is a reincarnation of Charlie Morris, Scully makes fun of the postulation by asking Mulder if he believes that, "like Peter Proud," Morris has returned from death to avenge his own murder. This is a reference to the movie The Reincarnation of Peter Proud.

There exists no rail service between Buffalo and its suburbs, including Orchard Park,

Buffalo accents have more in common with Midwestern accents such as Chicago than with New York City, which makes Det. Lazard's accent bizarre.

There is a major medical mistake in this episode. Scully deduces that Morris was drowned in