"The X Files" One Son (1999)

User Rating:

8.5/10   

Director:

Rob Bowman

Writers:

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

TV Series:

"The X Files" (1993)

Original Air Date:

14 February 1999 (Season 6, Episode 12)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Plot:

Agents Mulder and Scully find themselves under strict quarantine after coming into contact with Cassandra Spender. Meanwhile, the suspicious Diana Fowley increases her loyalties to the Cigarette Smoking Man.

Plot Keywords:

Number In Title | FBI | FBI Agent | Alien | X Files

Cast

David Duchovny	...	Fox Mulder
Gillian Anderson	...	Dana Scully
Mitch Pileggi	...	Walter Skinner
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tom Braidwood	...	Melvin Frohike
Mark Bramhall	...	Surgical Team Member
Veronica Cartwright	...	Cassandra Spender
William B. Davis	...	Cigarette Smoking Man / CGB Spender
Peter Donat	...	William Mulder
Frank Ertl	...	Elder #5
Dean Haglund	...	Richard 'Ringo' Langly
Bruce Harwood	...	John Fitzgerald Byers
Laurie Holden	...	Marita Covarrubias
Jo Jacob	...	Nurse
Nicholas Lea	...	Alex Krycek
Robert Lipton	...	Head Surgeon
John Moore	...	Elder #3
Chris Owens	...	FBI Special Agent Jeffrey Spender
James Pickens Jr.	...	FBI Assistant Director Alvin Kersh
Mimi Rogers	...	Agent Diana Fowley
Al Ruscio	...	Elder #4
Don S. Williams	...	Elder #1
Scott Williamson	...	CDC Leader

Runtime:

Argentina:60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Certification:

Argentina:13

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: As Mulder is walking to Fowley's apartment door, a crew member can be seen adjusting a hallway lamp behind him.

Quotes:

FBI Deputy Director Alvin Kersh: Who burned those people?
Mulder: They burned themselves. With a choice made long ago by a conspiracy of men who thought they could sleep with the enemy. Only to awaken another enemy.
FBI Deputy Director Alvin Kersh: What the hell does that mean?
Mulder: It means the future is here, and all bets are off.

So long, Syndicate!

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

When trying to make things more serious and dark for mythology episodes, the x-files turns into a nighttime series, meaning most of the scenes are shot at night. And most of the shots indoors are done with extremely low lighting. Being in L.A., this is what has to be done. But it's done well and it's very effective. One Son is the second part of a revealing mythology story arc. Cassandra Spender is the first successful alien/human hybrid and the Syndicate is going to turn her over to the aliens so that colonization can begin. Mulder and Scully are trying to prevent this. Scully senses that Diana Fowley isn't working on their side and tries to prove it to Mulder. But Mulder is blind to anything regarding Diana. It's amazing to see him treat Scully with such contempt in relation to Fowley. Mulder has blind faith in her. I liked the set used for the air force base hangar. Maybe it's a real one. I don't know, but it looks quite authentic. It's shocking to see all of the Syndicate get slaughtered by the alien rebels. You're thinking, "what now for the conspiracy?" But with CSM and Krycek still alive you know that lies are still going to be abundant. From time to time, Mulder speaks in riddles when questioned by higher authorities. He does it at the end of this episode with Kersh, which frustrates Kersh to no end. I enjoy it. It's great to finally get the answers, but true to the X- Files, once one question is answered, they throw in some new wrinkles that begets new questions for us to ponder.