1.20 "Darkness Falls"
US Airdate: April 15, 1994
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?
Notes
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.
Quotes
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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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Mulder: "And I told her it would be a nice trip to the forest."
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