The Unnatural
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| Series: | The X-Files |
| Original Airdate: | 04-25-99 |
| Production Number: | 6ABX20 |
| Date(s): | 1999, 1947 |
| Written by: | David Duchovny |
| Directed by: | David Duchovny |
Arthur Dales, the brother of a retired FBI agent with the same name, tells Mulder about an alien who played baseball for the Roswell Grays in 1947.
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[edit] Summary
SUMMARY
[edit] Background Information
- The title of this episode references the title of a novel and film called The Natural, also about baseball. The book was written by American writer Bernard Malamud.
- This episode was originally written to feature Arthur Dales, from "Travelers" and "Agua Mala", instead of the Arthur Dales who does appear. Two scenes were filmed with actor Darren McGavin, but had to step down from the project due to illness. The script was rewritten and M. Emmet Walsh was called in to play the brother of McGavin's Dales.
- This episode marks David Duchovny's directorial debut and was also the first episode to be writen by him.
- Although budget problems initially prevented Vin Scully from being hired as the baseball announcer, the famed sportscaster - who Dana Scully was named after - agreed to meet an X-Files sound crew in his Dodger Stadium broadcast booth and record the part for free.
- This episode uses footage of the alien bounty hunter that was filmed for the Season 2 episode "Colony", the first appearance of the character.
- The song that can be heard near the end of this episode is Come and Go With Me to That Land, orginally by Bernice Johnson Reagon.
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[edit] Guest Stars
- Lou Beatty, Jr. as Black Coach
- Gabriel Clifton as Black Boy
- Daniel Duchovny as Piney
- Julie Griffith as Beautiful Woman
- Jesse James as Poorboy
- Al Kaplon as Umpire
- Chris Kohn as Catcher
- Frederic Lane as Officer Arthur Dales
- Lennie Loftin as Officer Coranado
- Kerric MacDonald as Moose
- Jesse L. Martin as Josh Exley
- Ken Medlock as White Coach
- Walter T. Phelan, Jr. as Alien
- Robb Reesman as Macon Officer
- Burnell Roques as Buck Johnson
- Brian Thompson as Bounty Hunter
- M. Emmett Walsh as Arthur Dales
- Paul Willson as Ted
- Vin Scully (uncredited, archival voice footage)
[edit] References
[edit] Timeline
1936; 1940s; 1940; 1942; 1947; 1948; 1949; 1998
[edit] People
Dales family; Dales, Arthur (Agent); Dales, Arthur (sister); DiMaggio, Joe; Gibson, Bob; Gibson, Josh; Gibson, Kirk; Koufax, Sandy; Major League Baseball; Mantle, Mickey; Mays, Willie; Mulder, Teena; Robinson, Jackie; Rockefeller, John D.; Ruth, Babe
[edit] Locations
Amarillo; Anchorage; Bangor; Bellflower; Bronx; Canada; Cozy Cactus, The; FBI Headquarters; FBI Library; Florida; Georgia; Los Angeles; Macon; Mars; Mexico; New Mexico; Roswell; Roswell Municipal Ballpark; Washington, DC; X-Files Office
[edit] Other baseball references
American League; base; baseball; baseball (object); batter; box score; Cactus League; catcher; coach; Communicable Disease Center; foul ball; home plate; home run; Homestead Grays; inning; Minor Leagues; Negro Leagues; New York Yankees; outfield; pitcher; Roswell Grays; scout; umpire
[edit] Other miscellaneous references
bee; biological clock; Communism; Dales, Arthur (goldfish); dog; E.T. the Extra-terrestrial; "flying disc"; goldfish; government conspiracy; Gray Bus Lines; grey; ice cream; Ku Klux Klan; MacGyver; Macon Police Department; metaphor; My Best Friend's Martians; myopia; nonfat tofutti rice dreamsicle; passion; Project; Pythagorean theorem; rose; Rosebud, Pete; Rosetta Stone; Roswell Police Department; shape-shifting; shotgun; vegetarianism
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