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| Series: | The X-Files |
| Original Airdate: | 9-29-1995 |
| Production Number: | 3x02 |
| Date(s): | 1995 |
| Written by: | Chris Carter |
| Directed by: | Rob Bowman |
After Mulder and Scully are reunited, they investigate a photograph that seems to connect Mulder's father to experiments that were conducted after World War II but used scientific knowledge from Nazi Germany.
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Mulder and Scully search for answers regarding the old photograph with his father and other unnamed men. Their search takes them to the abandoned Strughold Mining Facility where they uncover a dangerous secret.
This is the third and final episode in a three part continuation in which Mulder and Scully come across a government conspiracy regarding alien/human hybrids and the colonisation of Earth.
The episode opens as a the shaman who healed Mulder narrates a native american belief about the symbolism of a white bull been born. The story somehow references Mulder's desperate attempts to reveal the truth.
After the opening credits end, Scully is seen pointing a gun at Skinner while telling him, that he is lieing about having the tape that Mulder hid in his desk, which holds secret government files pointing to the truth about important UFO events that occured after the 1940s, including Roswell.
Background InformationEdit
- The voice-over at the start of this episode was drawn from stories that Navajo medicine men shared with Chris Carter. The idea of a white buffalo being a harbinger of change was influenced by Carter reading about Native Americans beliefs that a white buffalo calf birth was an omen.
- The scene in which Krycek flees from the imminent car bomb was hampered by difficulties with the pyrotechnics. Krycek actor Nicholas Lea was among a group that repeatedly rehearsed the scene but found that the pyrotechnics were not working. Although this caused him to become more nervous while filming the scene, the crew finally managed to make the explosion work and, according to Lea, he got about thirty or forty feet away from the rigged detonation before the concussive pressure of the blast almost pushed him to the ground.
ContinuityEdit
- In contrast to the birthdate listed on Samantha Mulder's biography (referenced in the episode "Conduit"), Samantha's birthdate is noted as being on November 21, 1965 on her medical file in this episode. Her middle name is also noted as "Ann" on the file, which contradicts her biography as well.
- Mulder and Scully are directed to the "Strughold" Mining Facility by Victor Klemper, where they discover evidence of government experiments on the public. It is unclear whether this facility is connected to Conrad Strughold, who is depicted as the leader of the Syndicate in X-Files: Fight the Future. Also, Dr. Hubertus Strughold was a Nazi medical researcher who emigrated to the U.S. as part of Operation Paperclip. His experiments were similar to those described by Victor Klemper in this episode.
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Guest StarsEdit
- Mitch Pileggi as AD Walter Skinner
- Walter Gotell as Victor Klemper
- Melinda McGraw as Melissa Scully
- Sheila Larken as Margaret Scully
- Nicholas Lea as Alex Krycek
- William B. Davis as The Cigarette Smoking Man
- John Neville as The Well-Manicured Man
- Tom Braidwood as Frohike
- Dean Haglund as Langly
- Bruce Harwood as Byers
- Floyd "Red Crow" Westerman as Albert Hosteen
- Rebecca Toolan as Mrs. Mulder
- Don S. Williams as First Elder
- Robert Lewis as ER Doctor
- Lenno Britos as Hispanic Man
- John Moore as Third Elder (uncredited)
ReferencesEdit
omen; white buffalo; Native American; tape; hospital; coma; Nazi; scientist; World War II; mining; West Virginia; file cabinets; state's evidence; Roswell; alien/human hybrid; genetic code; smallpox; vaccination; Samantha Mulder; Navajo
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