▁an ▁occ ult ▁rit ual ▁of ▁some ▁sort . ▁As ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁their ▁arrival ▁in ▁town ▁a ▁few ▁of ▁the ▁local ▁high ▁school ' s ▁fac ulty , ▁who ▁were ▁raised ▁as ▁members ▁of ▁a ▁secret ive ▁Sat an ic ▁cult ▁but ▁whose ▁ze al ▁has ▁w an ed , ▁decide ▁they ▁should ▁take ▁steps ▁to ▁conce al ▁their ▁past ▁activities . ▁Mat ters ▁are ▁further ▁complicated ▁when ▁the ▁devil ▁seems ▁to ▁have ▁decided ▁to ▁personally ▁inter f ere . ▁ ▁Die ▁Hand ▁Die ▁Ver let zt ▁uses ▁the ▁la ps ed ▁devil - wor ship ers ▁as ▁a ▁way ▁to ▁par ody ▁ins inc ere ▁follow ers ▁of ▁main stream ▁relig ions . ▁When ▁confront ed ▁with ▁proof ▁of ▁their ▁religion ' s ▁claims ▁the ▁school ▁fac ulty ▁members ▁are ▁mostly ▁wor ried ▁about ▁how ▁their ▁oblig ations ▁could ▁impact ▁their ▁sec ular ▁lives , ▁several ▁being ▁either ▁sc ared ▁or ▁anno yed ▁by ▁the ▁prospect ▁of ▁having ▁to ▁become ▁dev out . ▁This ▁was ▁the ▁last ▁episode ▁written ▁by ▁Morgan ▁and ▁W ong ▁before ▁they ▁left ▁to ▁create ▁Space : ▁A bove ▁and ▁Bey ond . ▁They ▁decided ▁to ▁add ▁several ▁in - j okes ▁with ▁The ▁X - Files ▁cre ative ▁team . ▁The ▁episode ▁has ▁several ▁scenes ▁involving ▁animals , ▁each ▁fil med ▁with ▁living ▁cre atures . ▁In ▁one ▁such ▁scene ▁fro gs ▁rain ▁from ▁the ▁sky . ▁A ctor ▁Dan ▁Butler ▁has ▁been ▁quoted ▁as ▁being ▁ter r ified ▁of ▁an ▁an a conda ▁used ▁during