Jeremiah Smith

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Jeremiah Smith (played by Roy Thinnes) was an alien member of the resistance against the Syndicate who exhibited healing and shapeshifting abilities. He gained public attention after saving the lives of several people following a shooting in a fast food restaurant. It is likely that Jeremiah Smith was an alias, because at least five employees around the country used the name while working at the Social Security Administration. One Smith was captured by the Syndicate and held for execution by the bounty hunter but was able to escape and contact Mulder. Mulder and Scully saved Smith from the bounty hunter in hope that he would save the life of Mulder's mother, who had just suffered a stroke. However, Smith brought Mulder to Canada and revealed a Syndicate-run program involving bees. Confronted with the bounty hunter yet again, Smith fled, leaving Mulder on his own.

Smith resurfaced in 2001. In Montana, he was found amongst a cult based on the belief that the apocalypse was near and would be brought about by aliens. He helped the cult's leader, Absalom, heal returned abductees. Scully realized he was involved after observing the remarkable healing of the abductees and the fact that someone appeared to change their appearance on a security video. Upon the mysterious return of Mulder, Scully sought out Smith to heal him, but Smith fled and was not seen again. ("This is Not Happening") Perhaps he was abducted by the UFO that appears over the camp. This is why he asked Scully to protect him.

[edit] Appearances Assumed by Jeremiah Smith

• Mustached man
• "Deep Throat"
• William Mulder
• Doctor Desai
• FBI Special Agent John Doggett
• "Nike Man"

[edit] Background Information

Jeremiah Smith was usually played by Roy Thinnes but, due to Smith's shape-shifting ability, several other actors also temporarily starred as a bounty hunter. In "Talitha Cumi", the first appearance of Jeremiah Smith, an uncredited male actor, Jerry Hardin and Peter Donat all appeared as various guises of Jeremiah Smith. The character did not change his appearance in the following episode, "Herrenvolk", in which he was solely played by Roy Thinnes. However, the last episode in which Jeremiah Smith appeared, "This is Not Happening", featured Bernard White, Robert Patrick and Randy Ross as various representations of the character.

[edit] Appearances

• TXF:
  • "Talitha Cumi" (First appearance)
  • "Herrenvolk"
  • "This is Not Happening"

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