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The X-Files :: The X-Files: Fight The Future (05x21)

Episode Information

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The X-Files: Fight The Future

Original Airdate:

Friday June 19th, 1998

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Episode Crew
Director:	Rob Bowman (1)
Story:	Chris Carter (1) Frank Spotnitz
Screenplay:	Chris Carter (1)

Episode Summary

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Nearly 38 centuries ago, an alien lifeform on Earth became trapped in a cave in Northern Texas. Now, that cave has been accidentally opened and the alien's blood, the black oil, lives again in an evolved state. With the X-Files now closed, Mulder and Scully are assigned to a bomb threat in Dallas, Texas, one week after the new lifeform was found.

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Guest Stars

Guest Stars
•John Neville	played	Well-Manicured Man	Recurring (9th appearance)
•William B. Davis (3)	played	Cigarette-Smoking Man	Recurring (27th appearance)
•Terry O'Quinn	played	Michaud	Recurring (second appearance)
•Dean Haglund	played	Langly	Recurring (15th appearance)
•Bruce Harwood	played	Byers	Recurring (17th appearance)
•Tom Braidwood	played	Frohike	Recurring (19th appearance)
•Don S. Williams (1)	played	Group Elder	Recurring (12th appearance)
•George Murdock	played	Elder #2	Recurring (third appearance)
•Michael Shamus Wiles	played	Black-Haired Man	Recurring (second appearance)
•Steve Rankin	played	Field Agent	Recurring (first appearance)
•Gary Grubbs	played	Fire Captain Cooles	Recurring (second appearance)
•Scott Alan Smith	played	Technician	Recurring (first appearance)
•Larry Rippenkroeger	played	Towncar Driver	Recurring (first appearance)
•Randy Hall (1)	played	Winderbreakered Agent	Recurring (first appearance)
•Martin Landau	played	Alvin Kurtzweil
•Jeffrey DeMunn	played	Bronschweig
•Blythe Danner	played	Cassidy (OPR Lead)
•Armin Mueller-Stahl	played	Strughold
•Lucas Black	played	Stevie
•Chris Fennell	played	2nd Boy
•Cody Newton	played	3rd Boy
•Blake Stokes	played	4th Boy
•Craig Davis (2)	played	Primitive #1
•Carrick O'Quinn	played	Primitive #2
•Tom Woodruff, Jr.	played	Creature #1
•Gregory Ballora (1)	played	Creature #2
•T.W. King	played	FBI Agent on Roof
•Luis Beckford	played	FBI Agent
•Steven M. Gagnon	played	Last Agent Out
•Larry Joshua	played	DC Cop
•Glendon Rich	played	D.C. Cop #2
•Gunther Jensen	played	Security Guard
•Ian Ruskin	played	Well-Manicured Man's Valet
•Paul Welterlen	played	Control Room Operator
•Joel Traywick	played	Young Naval Guard
•Milton Johns	played	British Valet
•Paul Tuerpé	played	1st Paramedic
•Michael Krawic	played	2nd Paramedic
•Josh McLaglen	played	Buzz Mihoe
•Amine Zary	played	Tunisian
•David W. Paris	played	Aerial Coordinator/Pilot
•T.C. Badalato	played	Fireman

Featured Songs

Artist	Song Title	Played When
•Foo Fighters	"Walking After You"
•Mark Coyle and Noel Gallagher	"Teotihuacan"
•X	"Crystal Ship"

Episode Goofs

When the bees are released in the dome, Scully is shown loosening the sash on her suit top and drawing it over her head. Moments later, she is shown performing the exact same action.

Episode References

"I can't. I won't.": "The Red and the Black"
At the end of the movie, when Mulder tells Scully to leave him behind and practice medicine full-time, Scully says, "I can't. I won't." These words were used by her in "The Red and the Black" when she tells Mulder that she will not follow him in his new belief that the government is abducting people rather than aliens, which he had long held to be the truth. The events of Fight the Future make Mulder believe once again that extraterrestrials are responsible for the mass abductions, and Scully, who had followed him for five years on this belief, reaffirms her devotion to his cause to reveal the truth behind everything they have been searching for.

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