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- Episode aired Sep 29, 1995
- TV-14
- 45m
As a government hit squad closes in on the agents, Mulder searches for clues about his father's involvement in a top secret project.As a government hit squad closes in on the agents, Mulder searches for clues about his father's involvement in a top secret project.As a government hit squad closes in on the agents, Mulder searches for clues about his father's involvement in a top secret project.
- Albert Hosteen
- (as Floyd Red Crow Westerman)
- ICU Nurse
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaThe fictional Strughold Mining Facility was named for a real Nazi scientist, Hubertus Strughold, who served as the model for the Klemper character.
- GoofsScully and Mulder use Napier's Constant (also known as Euler's Number) to gain access to locked doors using an electronic keypad at an abandoned mine. Mulder checks with Scully that Napier's Constant is in fact "27828" and she confirms that it is. However, the constant is NOT 27828, it is actually 271828 (or 2.71828...). Without the number "1" in the sequence, Scully and Mulder should not have been able to enter any of the doors.
- Quotes
The Cigarette Smoking Man: [on the killing of Scully's sister] This was a mistake. It will be rectified.
Well Manicured Man: By whom? By whom will this be rectified? Your ridiculously ineffectual assassins?
The Cigarette Smoking Man: These men are professionals.
Well Manicured Man: This is not a profession for men who make mistakes. My God, you presume to make us believe that you can simply fix it with enough bullets?
The Cigarette Smoking Man: ...No.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The X-Files: The Truth (2002)
This was a terrific ending to what has been a terrific trilogy story. This is a very political story, with those at the very top pulling the strings from a safe distance. Intensely intriguing, fast paced, it raises a hell of a lot of questions. Smoking Man has a true gripe now with Mulder.
We learned more about Skinner, he is as complex a character as anyone.
What I am now wondering is whether Scully will have lost her scepticism here on in.
Wonderful to see Lea back as Krycek, I'm not sure what they have in store for him next, or if he does indeed return, but he is now a man scorned. Is it me, it is he getting dishier each time.
Very satisfying, 9/10.
- Sleepin_Dragon
- Oct 9, 2020
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