All things
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| Series: | The X-Files |
| Original Airdate: | 04-09-00 |
| Production Number: | 7ABX17 |
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| Written by: | Gillian Anderson |
| Directed by: | Gillian Anderson |
- Note: the title of this episode is "all things"
While Mulder is away in England, Scully is led by coincidences, chance, fate and possibly a higher power to a married man whom she had an affair with during medical school, and a look at the life she didn't choose, forcing her to make choices about her future.
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[edit] Summary
While Mulder is in England, Dr. Daniel Waterson, who once was involved with Scully as a teacher and possibly a lover, meets her again. The episode revolves around a religious idea that consciousness and time slices make up our existence. The whole episode falls short of the full spanned idea of free will and determinism. However, it does contribute a much needed view of Scully's more spiritual side.
[edit] Background Information
- This episode was written and directed by Scully actress Gillian Anderson.
- This episode is the fourth of only four, in the entire series of The X-Files, that feature non-diegetic music not composed by Mark Snow, both episodes using songs by Moby; while the earlier Season 7 episode "Closure" features a Moby song entitled "My Weakness", this episode includes the Moby song "The Sky is Broken". The latter song is, however, diegetic at one point in this episode, when Mulder plays the song on a boombox. The other episodes are from Season 5 and Season 4 which are "Chinga" which featured the Hokey Pokey song and "Home" with the Johnny Mathis song "Wonderful, Wonderful".
- In this episode's teaser, while Mulder lies on his bed, Scully is shown in the bathroom, putting clothes on and leaving Mulder's apartment, suggesting that she had sex with him. It is ambiguous, however, since the last scene of the episode indicates that Scully was left sleeping at Mulder's sofa, while he went to bed.
- The back-story regarding Scully, Dr. Waterston, and why his daughter hates Scully was originally much more involved and complicated, culminating in the suicide of Waterson's wife after Scully had left medical school. The intended story, which had to be cut for time, is detailed in the commentary track by Gillian Anderson on the Season 7 DVD extras.
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[edit] Guest Stars
- Carol Banker as Carol
- Victoria Faerber as First Nurse
- Colleen Flynn as Colleen Azar
- Stacy Haiduk as Margaret Waterston
- Stephen Hornyak as Dr. Paul Kopeikan
- Nicolas Survoy as Dr. Daniel Waterston
- Elayn Taylor as Second Nurse
- Scott Vance as Healer
- Cheryl Whiteas Third Nurse
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SEMICOLON-SEPARATED LIST OF ITEMS/LOCATIONS REFERENCED IN EPISODE (BUT NOT LINKED TO IF ALREADY LINKED IN SUMMARY OR GUEST STARS SECTIONS)
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