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The X-Files :: Christmas Carol (1) (05x06)

Episode Information

Title:

Christmas Carol (1)

Episode #:

05x06

Production Number:

5X05

Original Airdate:

Sunday December 07th, 1997

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Episode Crew
Director:	Peter Markle
Writer:	Frank Spotnitz John Shiban Vince Gilligan

Episode Summary

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Scully is haunted by dreams which hint at a strange connection to a murdered woman's daughter who bears an uncanny likeness to her sister, Melissa, at that age.

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Guest Stars

Guest Stars
•Gerard Plunkett	played	Dr. Calderon	Recurring (first appearance)
•John Pyper-Ferguson	played	Detective Kresge	Recurring (second appearance)
•Karri Turner	played	Tara Scully	Recurring (first appearance)
•Lauren Diewold	played	Emily Sim	Recurring (first appearance)
•Melinda McGraw	played	Melissa Scully	Recurring (4th appearance)
•Pat Skipper	played	Bill Scully Jr.	Recurring (third appearance)
•Patricia Dahlquist	played	Susan Chambliss	Recurring (first appearance)
•Rob Freeman (3)	played	Marshall Sim	Recurring (second appearance)
•Sheila Larken	played	Margaret Scully	Recurring (10th appearance)
•Dan Shea	played	Deputy
•Gregor Sneddon	played	FBI Courier
•Jo-Ann Fernandes	played	Forensic Technician
Co-Guest Stars
•Eric Breker	played	Dark-Suited Man #1	Recurring (third appearance)
•Stephen Mendel	played	Dark-Suited Man #2	Recurring (first appearance)
•Walter Marsh	played	Pathologist	Recurring (third appearance)
•Joey Shea	played	Dana Scully (1968)
•Rebecca Codling	played	Melissa Scully (1976)
•Ryan de Boer (1)	played	Bill Scully Jr. (1968)
•Zoe Anderson	played	Dana Scully (1976)

Episode Quotes

Margaret: What is it?
Scully: It's the DNA test on Emily Sim's blood.
Bill: What does it say?
Scully: It says, definitely, that Melissa is not Emily's mother, but that they found striking genetic similarities between Emily and Melissa, so many that they ran a test against another sample that they already had.
Margaret: What sample?
Bill: What are you trying to say?
Scully: According to this... I am Emily's mother.

Episode Goofs

When Scully was interviewing Dr. Calderon, some people was sitting on a bench in the background. However, In the next scene, those people and the bench disappeared.

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