SYZYGY

                        We gotta take action people.....we gotta cast the devil out of our community

In the town of Comity a group of high school students hold a eulogy for their dead friend. Two girls, Terri Roberts and Margi Kleinjan get a ride home from fellow student 'Boom', and tell him that the 'cult' that killed their fellow student will be going after a blond virgin next. The next day Boom is found hung from a cliff, with Terri and Margi sitting at the top, laughing about it. Agents Mulder and Scully arrive at the town after arguing over directions along the way. They meet local detective Angela White and go to the funeral service for the latest victim. He is the third person to die in the previous three months and the town suspects a satanic cult is responsible. Scully, in a bad mood, is skeptical of these claims. The high school principal, Bob Spitz interrupts the funeral, complaining about the cult and the coffin starts smoking.

Mulder and Scully interview Margi and Terri in separate rooms, both of whom offer an identical story about a satanic ceremony where a baby was sacrificed being involved. Scully thinks their stories are cliche. Looking at the latest victim's body, Mulder finds a burn mark in the shape of a horned beast. Scully says she doesn't see anything. Mulder goes to see Detective White to apologize for Scully's behavior and the two visit the local astrologist, Madame Zirinka, who claims the town's crazy behavior is due to the rare planetary alignment of Mars, Uranus and Mercury. Terri and Margi watch basketball practice, lusting over one of the players, Scott, whose girlfriend is a fellow cheerleader named Brenda. One of the other players accidently spills a table of drinks on them, so they cause the basketball to bounce undernearth the bleachers and it closes when he goes to get it, killing him. Scully is angry at Mulder for ditching him to be with Detective White.

A town mob searches for a mass grave in the woods and finds a bag belonging to the town pediatrician filled with bones. The angry mob goes to see the doctor, who claims the bag was sold. The bones end up belonging to "Mr. Tippy", a dog that belonged to Terri. Scully gets angry over a joke Mulder makes and tells him she's returning to Washington. Margi and Terri celebrate their birthday and Brenda uses a Ouija board that says she's going to marry Satan. She rushes to the bathroom where Margi and Terri are chanting and is locked in, killed by glass from a shattered mirror. Detective White heads to Mulder's hotel room and forces herself upon him, but they are interrupted by Scully who informs them about Brenda's death. Terri and Margi try to console Scott, who tells them off. Terri is mad at him but Margi still likes him.

Mulder goes to visit Madame Zirinka again, who tells him that the planets come into alignment like this only once every 84 years, and additional alignments will cause anyone born on January 12, 1979 (Margi and Terri's birthdate) to have all the energy in the cosmos focused on them. Margi goes to see Scott alone but an angry Terri arrives. The two argue with each other and end up accidently killing Scott. Margi goes to Mulder, telling him that Terri is responsible for the murders, while Margi goes to see Scully and tells her the opposite. The agents call each other and bring both girls to the police station, where the place starts shaking and all the guns go off on their own. Mulder locks the girls in a room together and their power goes away once the clock ticks midnight. Mulder and Scully drive home, arguing again over directions

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