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Series:	The X-Files
Original Airdate:	April 1, 1994
Production Number:	1x18
Date(s):	Unknown
Written by:	Marilyn Osborn
Directed by:	David Nutter

The shooting of a Native American draws Mulder and Scully into mystery involving lycanthropy, the phenomenon that opened the X-files.

Contents 1 Summary 2 Background Information 3 Cast 3.1 Guest Starring 3.2 Co-Starring 4 References

[edit] Summary

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[edit] Background Information

• After Fox suggested doing an episode that featured a more conventional monster than The X-Files had previously used, writing partners Glen Morgan and James Wong - who had been wanting to create a story that explored Native American mythology - proposed the real-life concept of the Manitou. They conceptualized the Manitou as being similar to a werewolf, in order to attract fans of that genre, but attempted to make the episode feel distinctive, in the fashion of the series, by taking a slightly unusual approach to that concept and the word "werewolf" is consequently never mentioned in the episode. As Morgan later remarked, "A horror show should be able to do these legends that have been around since the thirteen hundreds".

• In a potentially humorous scene that did not make it to the final version of the episode, Scully tries to drive away a cow that is blocking the agents' car by waving her arms and yelling, "Baseball glove! Leather purse!"

• This episode reveals several facts about the early history of the X-files.

• Mulder actor David Duchovny and Michael Horse - who, in this episode, plays Charles Tskany - had both previously starred in the early 1990s television series Twin Peaks. This episode marks the second time that a Twin Peaks alumni appears on The X-Files, after Don Davis starred as Scully's father, William, in "Beyond the Sea". Coincidentally, Scully mentions her father's death in this episode.

[edit] Cast

[edit] Guest Starring

• Ty Miller as Lyle Parker
• Michael Horse as Sheriff Charles Tskany
• Donnelly Rhodes as Jim Parker
• Jimmy Herman as Ish
• Renae Morriseau as Gwen Goodensnake

[edit] Co-Starring

• Dwight McFee as David Gates
• Paul McLean as Dr. Josephs

[edit] References

Goodensnake, Joseph; Hoover, J. Edgar; Lycanthropy; Manitou; Mountain lion; Native American; Trego; Watkins, Richard; Wolf

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