MITCH PILEGGI as Assistant Director Walter Skinner
WILLIAM B. DAVIS as Cancer Man
LYNDA BOYD as Elizabeth
ALVIN SANDERS as the Bus Driver
KIM KONDRASHOFF as Bobby Torrence
CHILTON CRANE as Mother at Bus Station
BILL ROWAT as Doctor Torrence
JUDE ZACHARY as Winston
THE OUTBREAK OF A GROTESQUE PLAGUE IN A PRISON TRAPS SCULLY IN THE PATH OF AN EPIDEMIC
AS MULDER CHASES ESCAPED FELONS WHO MAY BE CARRYING THE DISEASE INTO SOCIETY.
When two prisoners break out of a federal penitentiary, Mulder and Scully are surprised
to be assigned to the case. But when they learn that a deadly disease is infesting the
inmates, they fear the contagion may be about to be loosed on the populace by the
escapees. In a frantic race against time and biology, Scully must help discover the origin
of the plague and ensure its containment. Her research convinces her that this outbreak
was no accident, and may be part of a massive conspiracy and cover-up. Mulder's attempts
to get to the bottom of the cover-up are thwarted by a sniper, The Cigarette-Smoking Man,
and his own superiors.
Notes
The title is a reference to the full name of the insect
which carries the disease, Faciphaga Emasculata.
The package mailed to the inmate is package number DDP112148 (Chris Carter's Wife, Dori
Pierson, and her birthday)
The house number of the escaped prisoner's wife is 925, the birthdate of Gillian
Anderson's daughter, Piper.
Production assistant Angelo Vacco plays gas station attendant Angelo Garza, a part
Chris Carter wrote especially for him.
Quotes
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Scully: "According to the briefing, prisoners escaped by hiding in a laundry
cart."
Mulder: "I don't think the guards are watching enough prison movies."