Meanwhile, the beggar, somehow disguised as an ordinary-looking white man, applies for a janitorial job at a Cheverly, Maryland, elementary school. A child's bloody print is found, but Scully doesn't believe that a child did this. Soon, blood streams out of his bodily orifices.ĭana Scully ( Gillian Anderson) arrives late to the crime scene and John Doggett ( Robert Patrick) tells her that the man's blood all drained abruptly in the hotel.
Later, the businessman checks into a Washington, D.C., hotel and sits down on his bed. While using the airport's toilet, the businessman is pulled out of the stall violently by the beggar he passed earlier. The episode's title means "vengeance" or "revenge" in Hindi.Īt the Sahar International Airport in Mumbai, India, an obese American businessman dismissively makes his way past a paraplegic beggar missing his legs from the knee down. "Badlaa" was inspired by stories of Indian fakirs as well as the idea of someone asking for money actually being "a bad guy." Gurdeep Roy, a noted stuntman better known as Deep Roy, was chosen to play the part of the antagonistic beggar. But Scully soon comes upon a crisis of faith when she realises how dissimilar her techniques are from those of Mulder, even as she tries to be the believer. When a mystic smuggles himself out of India, Scully and Doggett give chase as his murderous spree starts terrorising two families in suburban Washington, D.C.
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The series centers on FBI special agents Dana Scully ( Gillian Anderson) and her new partner John Doggett ( Robert Patrick)-following the alien abduction of her former partner, Fox Mulder ( David Duchovny)-who work on cases linked to the paranormal, called X-Files. Overall, the episode received mostly negative reviews from critics. The episode received a Nielsen rating of 7.3 and was viewed by 11.8 million viewers. "Badlaa" is a "Monster-of-the-Week" story, unconnected to the series' wider mythology.
The episode was written by John Shiban and directed by Tony Wharmby. It premiered on the Fox network on January 21, 2001.
" Badlaa" is the tenth episode of the eighth season of the American science fiction television series The X-Files. The character was played by noted stuntman Deep Roy. The Indian beggar, the episode's main antagonist.
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