"The X Files"
The Host (1994)

Director:

Daniel Sackheim

Writers:

Chris Carter (creator)
Chris Carter (written by)

TV Series:

"The X Files" (1993)

Original Air Date:

23 September 1994 (Season 2, Episode 2)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Plot:

A body is found in the sewers of New Jersey, and Agent Mulder is strangely assigned to the case. Soon...

Plot Keywords:

Title Spoken By Character | Male Female Relationship | Shipper | Fictional Government Agency | FBI Agent

Cast

David Duchovny	...	Fox Mulder
Gillian Anderson	...	Dana Scully
Mitch Pileggi	...	Walter Skinner
Darin Morgan	...	Flukeman
Matthew Bennett	...	Workman #1
Freddy Andreiuci	...	Inspector Norman
Don MacKay	...	Charlie
Marc Baur	...	Agent Brisentine (as Marc Bauer)
Gabrielle Rose	...	Dr. Zenzola
Ron Sauvé	...	Ray (as Ron Sauve)
Dmitri S. Boudrine	...	Russian Engineer
Raoul Ganeev	...	Dmitri (as Raoul Ganee)
William MacDonald	...	Federal Marshall

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Russian

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Goofs:

In one of the final scenes, there is a shot of a city at night captioned "Newark, New Jersey". It is actually a shot of downtown Baltimore, Maryland, filmed from Federal Hill.

Quotes:

Dana Scully: Platyhelminthis are often hermaphroditic. Mulder, this is amazing. It's vestigial features appear to be parasitic, but it has primate physiology. Where the hell did it come from?
Fox Mulder: I don't know, but it looks like I'm going to have to tell Skinner that his suspect is a giant, blood-sucking worm after all.

Well, maybe that Flukeman thing. I could've lived without that just fine.

The Host helps the x-files get back into the gross, creepy groove. This episode is a solid beginning for the season two monster-of-the-week(MOTW) episodes. Mulder thinks that he's just being jerked around by Skinner, but apparently Skinner knows a bit more about this case than he's letting on to. The Host introduces us to the newest Mulder informant, X. We only hear his voice on the phone, making it very mysterious. X has a couple of good lines, "Success in your current assignment is imperative." and "Reinstatement of the X-Files must be undeniable." The grossness factor in this episode is high, especially the scene where the sanitation worker is brushing his teeth and then pukes up the worm. Disgusting! I like how the writers were still able to have Mulder and Scully work together even though they've been officially separated. This is a fun episode that has plenty of witty dialogue, creepiness and grossness to suit anyone.