The X-Files - 2.

US Airdate: February 10, 1995

writer: Chris Carter

story by: Chris Carter & David Duchovny

director: Nick Marck

STARRING:

David Duchovny as Special Agent Fox Mulder

Gillian Anderson as Special Agent Dana Scully

Guest Cast:

CIA Agent Ambrose Chapel ....... Tom Butler

Bill Mulder ................ Peter Donat

Dr. Landon Prince/Gregor's ..... Dana Gladstone

FBI Agent ...................... David L. Gordon

Field Doctor ................... Bonnie Hay

Federal Marshall ............... Tim Henry

Agent Barry Weiss .............. Andrew Johnston

Samantha Mulder ................ Megan Leitch

Military Policeman ............. Michael McDonald

First Jailer ................... Capper McIntyre

Asst. Director Walter S. Skinner ..... Mitch Pileggi

Mulder's Mother ................ Rebecca Toolan

Pilot .......................... Brian Thompson

MULDER AND SCULLY INVESTIGATE THE DEATHS OF THREE IDENTICAL STRANGERS -- AND A MYSTERY FROM MULDER'S OWN PAST COMES BACK TO SHOCK HIM.

In this first part of a two-part story, Mulder and Scully are alerted to a strange coincidence: the recent murders of three abortion clinic doctors, who have nothing in common save their identical resemblance to one another. Tracing the murders, they are caught up in a web of deception, facing off against an alien assassin who has the ability to change his appearance to resemble anyone at all. A CIA agent who shares Mulder's agenda fills them in on an old Soviet cloning project, with devastating implications. Mulder's own family is dragged into the mystery, as his father calls him home to meet a stranger who claims to be his sister. Scully is confronted by the alien assassin, who enters her room and bears a perfect resemblance to Mulder.

Ambrose Chapel, the CIA agent who speaks with Mulder and Scully shares his name with a church in the Alfred Hitchcock movie 'The Man Who Knew Too Much'. In the movie, the phrase Ambrose Chapel was incorrectly assumed to be the name of a person.

Personal note: If you want to understand anything about Mulder and his search for his sister, you must see these two episodes. We also meet the Alien Bounty Hunter here, and he becomes important in later seasons. These two stand the test of time and are on my must see again list. We finally see some real concern for each other between the two agents. Personally, I was on the verge of tears a few times in these two hours, call me sentimental.

(Mulder's opening monologue)

"I have lived with a fragile faith built on the ether of vague memories from an experience that I can neither prove nor explain.When I was twelve, my sister was taken from me, taken from our home by a force that I came to believe was extraterrestrial. This belief sustained me, fueling a quest for truths that were as elusive as the memory itself. To believe as passionately as I did was not without sacrifice, but I always accepted the risks...to my career, my reputation, my relationships ... to life itself ... What happened to me out on the ice has justified every belief. If I should die now, it would be with the certainty that my faith has been righteous. And if, through death, larger mysteries are revealed, I will have already learned the answer to the question that has driven me here ... that there is intelligent life in the universe other than our own... that they are here among us ...and they have begun to colonize."

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Mulder: "Oh, hey. I've been looking for you."

Scully: "I was just down the street. Someone fired more shots at the White House last night."

Mulder: "You gotta wonder about a country where even the President has to worry about drive-by shootings."

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Scully: "Triplets?"

Mulder: "Nope. I can't find any blood connection between them. In fact, I can't find any records on them at all. It's as if before they died, they never existed."

Scully: "What?"

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Policeman: "Dr. Prince performed legal clinical abortions. He seems to be having his own share of occupational hazards these days."

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Policeman: "We're hoping for an indictment."

Mulder: "Soon as you locate Dr. Prince's remains..."

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Scully: "I've got a bad feeling about this case, Mulder."

Mulder: "What do you mean?"

Scully: "Well, nothing about it makes sense. We've got 3 deaths of identical victims, no bodies, a virtual non-suspect..."

Mulder: "Sounds just like an X-File..."

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Mulder: "If somebody really wanted to set us up would they give us this little to go on?"

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Mulder: "How would you access that?" (voice mail)

Receptionist: "Well, you'd start by paying the bill."

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Dana's computer reads:

--Date-- Mail 485723 Image enclosed

To: D_Scully@FBI.gov

From: 82974@anon.server.ca

Dr. James Dickens, Washington

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(after Mulder gets hit by a car)

Scully: "How are you feeling?"

Mulder: "Like I should have used the crosswalk. (picks up remains of his cell phone) A lot better than my phone."

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Scully: "Our 'friend' from the CIA is about as unbelievable as his story. As is everything about this case. I mean, whatever happened to 'Trust No One,' Mulder?"

Mulder: "I changed it to 'Trust Everyone'. I didn't tell you?"

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Mulder: (to Scully) "I think *you're* paranoid."

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Samantha: "Is it too late for a game of Stratego?"