The X-Files - 1.

writer: Chris Carter

director: Joe Napolitano

STARRING:

David Duchovny as Special Agent Fox Mulder

Gillian Anderson as Special Agent Dana Scully

Guest Cast:

JASON BEGHE as Larry Moore

TOM O'ROURKE as Steve Humphreys

TITUS WELLIVER as Doug Spinney

BARRY GREENE as Perkins

DAVID HAY as Clean-Suited Man

KEN TREMBLETT as Dyer

THIRTY LOGGERS DISAPPEAR IN A REMOTE WILDERNESS AND MULDER AND SCULLY MUST FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED -- BEFORE THE SAME FATE FALLS ON THEM.

What became of the entire crew of seasoned loggers working a Pacific Northwest cut? Even Mulder dismisses the Bigfoot theory as he and Scully are sent to find the crew. With the aid of a local forest ranger and a timber company security guard, they find a mysterious cocoon with the ghastly remains of one man. A frightened environmentalist caught at the logging camp reveals that a deadly force comes out of the forest at night, capable of lifting a grown man off his feet and sucking the life out of him. Only one thing can save them: light. Whatever it is that made away with the loggers, it shuns the light. Mulder and Scully discover the identity of this night-loving killer: swarms of microscopic green bugs released from a thousand-year slumber by the felling of the giant trees. When the environmentalist disappears with the last of the generator fuel, Mulder, Scully and the ranger face a long and terrifying night watching the last remaining light bulb flicker and flare. Will they make it through the night?

Ranger Moore is played by a childhood friend of David Duchovny's, Jason Beghe, who also helped convince David to try his hand at acting.

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Scully: "What kind of insect could have gotten a man all the way up in a tree?"

Mulder: "Itsy bitsy spider..."

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Scully: "Oh, a *brain* sucking amoebae."

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Mulder: "Come on, Scully. It will be a nice trip to the forest."

Mulder: "I don't think even Bigfoot could choke down so much flannel."

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Mulder: (looking at picture) "Rugged, manly men in the full bloom of manhood."

Scully: "Right, what am I looking for?"

Mulder: "Anything unusual, unlikely, unexplainable... a boyfriend?"

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Scully: "What do you think?"

Mulder: "I think I'm gonna suggest we sleep with the lights on."

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Mulder: "And if you can't...?"

Bubblesuit: "*That* is not an option, Mr Mulder."

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Spinney: "These obviously are *not* your ordinary bugs."

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