"The X Files" Home (1996)

User Rating:

8.8/10   

Director:

Kim Manners

Writers:

Chris Carter (creator)
Glen Morgan (written by) ...

TV Series:

"The X Files" (1993)

Original Air Date:

11 October 1996 (Season 4, Episode 2)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Plot:

The remains of an infant suffering from an uncharted amount of birth disabilities are uncovered in a field in rural Home...

Plot Keywords:

Incest Overtones | Hillbilly | Mother Son Incest | Incest | Inbreeding

Cast

David Duchovny	...	Fox Mulder
Gillian Anderson	...	Dana Scully
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Neil Denis	...	The Catcher
Cory Fry	...	Batter
Adrian Hughes	...	Sherman Peacock
Kenny James	...	Radio Singer
Karin Konoval	...	The Peacock Mother
Judith Maxie	...	Barbara Taylor
Lachlan Murdoch	...	Outfielder
Chris Nelson Norris	...	Edmund Peacock
Tucker Smallwood	...	Sheriff Andy Taylor
Douglas Smith	...	The Pitcher
Sebastian Spence	...	Deputy Barney Paster
John Trottier	...	George Peacock

Runtime:

Argentina:60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Certification:

USA:TV-MA | Argentina:13

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Trivia:

This episode is one of the few X-Files episodes to contain mass media songs in it. During the primal beating of the deputy sheriff and his wife, the radio inside the Peacock family vehicle prominently plays the song "Wonderful! Wonderful!" by Johnny Mathis.

Quotes:

Fox Mulder: Oh, that was just a little too Chuck Bronson for me.

Movie Connections:

References Babe (1995)

Soundtrack:

Wonderful! Wonderful!

Its wonderful wonderful

"Home" has to be the best contribution that Morgan and Wong gave us for this show. Every moment of this episode is disturbing and it is definitely no wonder that this got banned from television. I guess we can just thank our lucky stars that it got past the censors in the first place. And then if you get the DVD you can watch the stuff that got taken out. I think one of the creepiest scenes of any show that I have ever seen is the Peacocks going to the sheriffs house. I love how it is dead silent through out the entire town and how the lack of music accentuates this and also gives more emphasis to the Jimmy Mathis song playing in the car. I also love during this scene how Mulder is so determined to watch TV that he is willing to watch some nature show with a terrible picture rather than just go to sleep. Morgan and Wong seem to have a certain group of actors that they love working with and in this episode the special actor happens to be the Sheriff played by Tucker Smallwood and he does a great job as always. There are many other pluses for the episode. Easily 10/10.