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The X-Files :: Teliko (04x03)

Episode Information

Title:

Teliko

Episode #:

04x03

Production Number:

4X04

Original Airdate:

Friday October 18th, 1996

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Episode Crew
Director:	Jim Charleston
Writer:	Howard Gordon (1)

Episode Summary

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The mysterious deaths of several African-American men, in which the color from their skin is drained, leads Mulder to believe that the Teliko, an African folktale about a creature who must suck the pigmentation from a person's body in order to survive, is behind those murders.

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Guest Stars

Guest Stars
•Brendan Beiser	played	Agent Pendrell	Recurring (6th appearance)
•Laurie Holden (1)	played	Marita Covarrubias	Recurring (second appearance)
•Carl Lumbly	played	Marcus Duff
•Dexter Bell	played	Alfred Kittel
•Don Stewart	played	Businessman
•Geoffrey Aye-Bonte	played	Seat Mate
•Willie Amakye	played	Samuel Aboah
•Zakes Mokae	played	Minister Diabria
Co-Guest Stars
•Bob Morrisey	played	Dr. Simon Bruin	Recurring (first appearance)
•Will Mackenzie (1)	played	Bus Driver (as Bill Mackenzie)	Recurring (second appearance)
•Danny Wattley	played	First Officer
•Maxine Guess	played	Flight Attendant
•Michael O'Shea	played	Lt. Madson

Episode Notes

Altered Intro Tagline: Deceive Inveigle Obfuscate

Episode Quotes

Pendrell: Shouldn't we wait for Agent Scully? Just so I won't have to repeat myself.
Mulder: She's not coming.
Pendrell: Why not?
Mulder: She had a date.
(Pendrell looks sad)
Mulder: Breathe, Agent Pendrell. It's with a dead man. She's doing an autopsy.

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