2.25 Anasazi
US Airdate: May 19, 1995
writer: Chris Carter
story by David Duchovny & Chris Carter
director: R.W. Goodwin
STARRING:
David Duchovny as Special Agent Fox Mulder
Gillian Anderson as Special Agent Dana Scully
Guest Cast:
Frohike ........................ Tom Braidwood
Thinker aka Kenneth Soona ...... Bernie Coulson
Cancer Man .................... William B. Davis
Antonio ........................ Aurelio Dinunzio
Bill Mulder .................... Peter Donat
Langly ......................... Dean Haglund
Byers .......................... Bruce Harwood
Agent Alex Krycek .............. Nicholas Lea
Agent Kautz .................... Paul McLean
Father ......................... Byron Chief Moon
Josephine Doane ................ Renae Morriseau
Asst. Director Walter S. Skinner .... Mitch Pileggi
Senior Agent ................... Michael David Simms
Albert Hosteen ................. Floyd "Red Crow" Westerman
MULDER'S WORLD FALLS APART AROUND HIM AS EVERY SINGLE PERSON HE TRUSTS SEEMS TO TURN AGAINST HIM IN A CONSPIRACY LEADING TO THE HEART OF THE MYSTERY HE CHASES.
When a computer hacker breaks into the most secret files of the Department of Defense, he uncovers a secret going back to the end of World War II. Mulder is drawn in as he is handed what may be the ultimate proof of extraterrestrial existence, government conspiracy and the fate of his sister. But his increasingly irrational behavior alarms Scully, who must save him from himself as his actions take him farther and farther from the tenuous hold the Bureau has on him, into the realms of the most extreme possibility. The conspirators Mulder has fought against emerge with a vengeance, threatening the lives not only of Mulder's family but of Mulder himself in a season-finale cliff-hanger, the first of a three-part series.
Notes
The title refers to an ancient tribe of Indians who lived in the American Midwest in the Middle Ages; the name translates as 'ancient aliens', and they vanished without trace in the seventeenth century.
Chris Carter himself appears in a cameo (his acting debut) as one of Scully's interrogators in Skinner's office.
Director R.W. Goodwin makes a cameo appearance as a gardener.
On Mulder's screen, as the gibberish scans by, you can see the line "do-ray-me-fa-so-la-todo" (5 lines under the Department of Defense heading).
Tagline: EI 'AANIGOO 'AHOOT'E
Personal notes: What a season ender !!! Not only did we have all summer to fret about how Mulder was going to get out of that boxcar (an answer we'd STILL like!), but we were forced to deal with Cancer Man having a working relationship with Mulder's father, Bill. Of course, Bill never had a chance to explain it all to Mulder as he gets killed by....looks like Krycek right? Maybe, we're still debating who else may have been in that shower...or whether it was really an alien shape-shifter!
This episode is the beginning of our long journey towards the truth about smallpox vaccinations and alien/human hybrids. More questions come up in part two "The Blessing Way" and part three "Paper Clip". Such questions upon questions, where will it end? Who cares, I'm in for the long-haul, however long that may be!
Quotes
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Albert Hosteen: "Leave the snakes alone today, they'll be angry and afraid."
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Thinker: "BITCH! Beautiful!" (as he gains access via computer hacking)
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Mulder: (to Lonegunmen) "I'm not feeling well. I didn't sleep last night. Really not in the mood for the Three Stooges."
Frohike: "I don't think we've been followed."
Mulder: "Who would follow YOU?"
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Langly: "Trained killers. School of the America's alumni."
Mulder: "You boys been defacing library books again?"
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Thinker: "I..I don't want you to know my real name. I..I just don't think it's that important that you know."
Mulder: "Sounds like a line I used in a bar once."
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Mulder: "Are you familiar with the 10 Commandments, Scully?"
Scully: "You want me to recite them?"
Mulder: "Just number 4, the one about obeying the Sabbath. The part where God made heaven and earth but didn't bother to tell anybody about his side projects?"
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Scully: "What is this?"
Mulder: "The Holy Grail..."
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Scully: "Where did you get this?"
Mulder: "Your friendly neighborhood anarchist."
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Scully: "Mulder, are you okay?"
Mulder: "Yeah, I just haven't been sleeping."
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Cancer Man: "As always, we maintain plausible denial. The files are only as real as their possible authentication."
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Bill Mulder's dying words: "Forgive me..."
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Mulder: "I came home. Must be running a fever. Maybe it's the threat of being burned at the stake."
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Mulder: "So you can clear your conscience and your name? You've been making reports on me since the beginning, Scully, taking your LITTLE NOTES !!!"
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Mulder: "You have my files and you have my gun...don't ask me for my trust."
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Mulder: "You shot me!"
Scully: "Yes, I did. You didn't give me much choice. You were about to kill Krycek."
Mulder: "Why'd you shoot ME? HE'S the one..."
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Albert: "You're lucky she's a good shot."
Mulder: "Or a bad one..."
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Scully: "My name is in those files."
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Mulder: "What is the truth?"
Albert: "Nothing disappears without a trace."
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Mulder: "What's buried out there?"
Albert: "Lies. You will see for yourself."
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Cancer Man: "You're a hard man to reach."
Mulder: "Not hard enough, apparently."
Cancer Man: "Where are you?"
Mulder: "I'm at the Betty Ford Center, where are you?"
Cancer Man: "I need to talk to you, Mr. Mulder. In person. There are things to explain."
Mulder: "I'll save the government the plane fare. I just need to know which government that is."
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Mulder: "No, he couldn't live with it because you had him killed."
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Mulder: "But these aren't human, Scully. From the look of it I'd say they were alien."
Scully: "Are you sure?"
Mulder: "I'm pretty damn sure."
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Cancer Man: "Nothing disappears without a trace. Burn it!"
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