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The X-Files :: Ghost in the Machine (01x07)

Episode Information

Title:

Ghost in the Machine

Episode #:

01x07

Production Number:

1X06

Original Airdate:

Friday October 29th, 1993

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9.3/10 (3 Votes cast)

Episode Crew
Director:	Jerrold Freedman (1)
Writer:	Howard Gordon (1) Alex Gansa

Episode Summary

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In order to preserve its existence, a computer begins to kill people when it is deemed to be inefficient to continue controlling the workings of an office building.

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Guest Stars

Guest Stars
•Blu Mankuma	played	Claude Peterson	Recurring (first appearance)
•Jerry Hardin	played	Deep Throat	Recurring (second appearance)
•Rob LaBelle	played	Brad Wilczek
•Wayne Duvall	played	Agent Jerry Lamana
Co-Guest Stars
•Gillian Barber	played	Agent Jane Spiller	Recurring (first appearance)
•Marc Baur (1)	played	Man in Suit	Recurring (first appearance)
•Tom Butler (1)	played	Benjamin Drake	Recurring (first appearance)
•Bill Finck	played	Sandwich Man
•Theodore Thomas	played	Clyde

Episode Quotes

Scully: How come you two went your separate ways?
Mulder: I'm a pain in the ass to work with.
Scully: Seriously.
Mulder: I'm not a pain in the ass? We had different career goals. Jerry wanted the fifth floor.
Scully: And you?
Mulder: I was gunnin' for a basement office with no heat or windows.

Episode Goofs

An elevator's emergency breaks are mechanical, so it is quite impossible for anyone to have its breaks switched off electronically.

Scully spools through a digital audio tape, which makes a spooling noise. But digital audio tape machines don't make that kind of noise.

When Mulder's former partner is killed, he appears to be pushed to the floor of the elevator by G-force. But wouldn't that put him at the ceiling if the elevator was falling?

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