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SALON'S TV PICKS FOR THURSDAY, OCT. 23, 1997 BY JOYCE MILLMAN S E R I E S Father Ray's former girlfriend helps out with the parish's Halloween festivities on Nothing Sacred (8 p.m., ABC). Fitz tries to head off a young couple's killing spree on Cracker (9 p.m., ABC). 48 Hours (10 p.m., CBS) has a report on adultery that includes a look at people who cheat on their partners via Internet chat rooms. S P O R T S World Series: Marlins at Indians, Game 5 (8 p.m., NBC). T A L K Ethan Hawke and Salt-N-Pepa guest on Rosie O'Donnell (syndicated); Bruce Willis appears on a rerun of David Letterman (CBS); a rerun of Jay Leno (NBC) features Robin Williams; Laura San Giacomo and Andy Richter are panelists on Politically Incorrect (ABC); Anne Rice, Sally Quinn and singer Joe Jackson are scheduled for Charlie Rose (PBS); Sylvester Stallone and Loretta Lynn are featured on a rerun of Conan O'Brien (NBC). E T C. Fox has announced the plot lines of the first five episodes of the new season of The X-Files, and to the surprise of, well, no one, Mulder (allegedly deceased) and Scully (allegedly terminal) are both going to be just fine. The fifth-season premiere on Nov. 2 and the series' 100th episode on Nov. 9 will be parts two and three of the "Mulder is dead" trilogy begun in last season's finale. In the Nov. 9 episode, Scully, near death, gets life-extending help from the Cigarette Smoking Man. Even scarier sounding, though, is the Nov. 16 episode, which is set in 1989. It traces the origins of Mulder's conspiracy-theorizing pals the Lone Gunmen and features Richard Belzer as Detective John Munch, his character on NBC's Homicide: Life on the Street. Now, what the hell is that all about? SALON | Oct. 23, 1997

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