The agents interview Tony Fiore, Morris' ex-partner, who attributes his death to a triad gang they had been investigating together. Braun, who tells him that she habitually mutilated dolls in a uniform manner during their sessions together, removing the same eye and arm each time Mulder realizes that these mutilations match the circumstances of Morris' death. Mulder speaks to Michelle's psychiatrist, Dr. The composite matches that of a Detective Charlie Morris - who died nine years previously in an apparent gangland hit. The agents have Michelle describe the alleged attacker for a computerized facial composite the computer seemingly glitches, displaying a face that Michelle identifies as the killer. She tells them of Michelle's claims that a man had attacked Barbala, even though she was the only person in the room when the detective was killed. Lazard turns to FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully for help.

However, moments later, Barbala is launched through a window, falling to his death. Lazard takes the seemingly lost girl into her precinct and leaves her alone to be interviewed by another detective, Rudolph Barbala. In Buffalo, New York, police detective Sharon Lazard finds a little girl, Michelle Bishop, alone in an alley. Gordon felt that the episode was too similar to the other episodes that had been aired, whereas Duchovny bluntly stated that he 'detested' the episode. Several crew members disliked the episode, most notably Gordon and Duchovny. When Mulder and Scully are called to New York State to investigate the death of a police officer, they come to believe that a young girl present during the incident may be the reincarnation of another officer murdered years earlier. The show centers on FBI agents Fox Mulder ( David Duchovny) and Dana Scully ( Gillian Anderson) who work on cases linked to the paranormal, called X-Files. 'Born Again' earned a Nielsen household rating of 8.2, being watched by 7.7 million households in its initial broadcast, and received mixed reviews from critics. The episode is a 'Monster-of-the-Week' story, a stand-alone plot which is unconnected to the series' wider mythology. The episode featured guest appearances by Brian Markinson and Maggie Wheeler. It was written by Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa, and directed by Jerrold Freedman.

' Born Again' is the twenty-second episode of the first season of the American science fiction television series The X-Files, premiering on the Fox network on April 22, 1994. Maggie Wheeler as Detective Sharon Lazard.A fish-tank ornament visible in the static of a video recording

Reborn by Michelle Fox