X-Cops
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| Series: | The X-Files |
| Original Airdate: | February 20, 2000 |
| Production Number: | 7ABX12 |
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| Written by: | Vince Gilligan |
| Directed by: | Michael W. Watkins |
Something is terrorizing an urban neighborhood and Mulder and Scully are there to find out what...along with the crew of the hit television show COPS.
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[edit] Summary
X Cops starts as a normal Cops episode, a police officer talks to the camera explaining what it's like being a cop then he recieves a call regarding a 'monster' in a small L.A. suburb (the episode is set/shot in Los Angeles). The officer responds to the call, pulls up outside of the women's house, talks to her and then proceeds around to the rear of the house. As the cameraman runs to keep up,camera jogging wildly about, the officer runs back yeling and screaming for the cameraman to go back to the car.They reach the squad car and call for backup just as the car is violently flipped and smashed by an unknown force that the two can't see. Scene fades and opens to the officers in the street, examining the squad car, talking amongst themselves etc. The Sergeant asks the officer what happened, he tells her it was some sort of hairy 'monster' and suddenly all of the officers run off after receiving a call about two armed individuals. The cameras follow the officers down the street and into an alley where Mulder and Scully are standing, baked in light, with their hands in the air. The agents explain the situation, telling the Sergeant that they work for the FBI and that they were investigating a number of reports regarding 'monsters' and the like.
[edit] Background Information
- This episode was made to look like it had been shot exactly like a normal episode of COPS, except its seemingly freestyle story was scripted and intentionally involved Mulder and Scully as the episode's main focus.
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[edit] Guest Stars
- Kevin Beggs as Sheriff #6
- Lombardo Boyar as Spanish Speaking Deputy
- Curtis C. as Edy
- María Celedonio as Chantara Gomez
- Daniel Emmett as Cameraman
- Dee Freeman as Sergeant Paula Duthie
- Curtis Jackson as X-Cops/Edy
- Tara Karsian as Coroner's Assistant
- Judson Mills as Deputy Keith Wetzel
- Frankie Ray as Crackhead
- J.W. Smith as Steve
- John Michael Vaughn as Soundman
- Perla Walter as Mexican Lady
[edit] References
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