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Chris Carter (creator)
Darin Morgan (written by)
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Original Air Date:
12 April 1996 (Season 3, Episode 20)
Plot:
The story of two teenagers who were abducted by aliens interests popular writer Jose Chung. He seeks out Scully to retell her account of what happened... more | add synopsis
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I agree, best episode ever more (7 total)
Cast
(Episode Cast overview, first billed only) | David Duchovny | ... | Fox Mulder |
 | Gillian Anderson | ... | Dana Scully |
 | Charles Nelson Reilly | ... | Jose Chung |
| William Lucking | ... | Roky Crikenson |
 | Daniel Quinn | ... | Lieutenant Jack Schaefer |
 | Jesse Ventura | ... | Man in Black |
 | Sarah Sawatsky | ... | Chrissy |
| Jason Gaffney | ... | Harold |
| Alex Trebek | ... | Man in Black |
| Alex Diakun | ... | Dr. Fingers |
| Larry Musser | ... | Detective Manners |
| Allan Zinyk | ... | Blaine |
| Andrew Turner | ... | CIA Man |
 | Michael Dobson | ... | Sargeant Hynek |
| Mina E. Mina | ... | Dr. Hand |
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Argentina:60 min
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1.33 : 1 more
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The character of Sergeant Hynek is named after Dr. J. Allen Hynek, prominent UFO investigator and author. more
Quotes:
Jose Chung:
Aren't you nervous telling me all this? Receiving all those death threats?
Blaine:
Well, hey, I didn't spend all those years playing Dungeons and Dragons and not learn a little something about courage.
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The X-Files Love Suite more
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I love the witty and well-researched script by Darin Morgan. Everything you see and hear in this episode has a hidden meaning, be it a joke, a tribute to another sci-fi movie or a tribute to an obscure UFO researcher from the 60's. In fact, the entire episode seems to be a tribute to 'Pale Fire', written by Vladimir Nabokov. At any rate, in my opinion, the script was brilliant and also was brilliantly executed by director Rob Bowman (Hmmm... is 'Bowman' his real name or is it a tribute to Kubrick & Clarke's '2001: A Space Odyssey'? Food for thought.) There's so much more I could write about this episode, but I think instead I'll pop it in the DVD and watch it again.
P.S. Charles Nelson Reilly's Jose Chung character appears again in an episode of the 2nd season of Chris Carter's 'Millennium', in another truly brilliant Darin Morgan script.