1.8 "Ice"
US Airdate: November 5, 1993
writers: Glen Morgan & James Wong
director: David Nutter
STARRING:
David Duchovny as Special Agent Fox Mulder
Gillian Anderson as Special Agent Dana Scully
Guest Cast:
Xander Berkeley as Dr. Hodge
Felicity Huffman as Dr. Nancy Da Silva
Steve Hynter as Dr. Denny Murphy
Jeff Kober as Bear
Ken Kirzinger as Richter
Sonny Surwiec as Campbell
THE DEATHS OF AN ENTIRE RESEARCH TEAM UNDER STRANGE CIRCUMSTANCES SEND SCULLY AND MULDER TO THE TOP OF THE WORLD TO SEEK OUT A MENACE HIDDEN FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS IN GLACIAL ICE.
When all five members of an Arctic research team are found dead, Mulder, Scully and a team of scientists seek the answer at a remote Arctic station. There they discover ice samples drilled from the center of an ancient impact crater, holding evidence of a bizarre alien life form over 200,000 years old. Trapped by an ice storm in the tiny station, the team members turn on one another as they are killed one by one. As the increasing fear isolates each member of the party, even Mulder and Scully eye one another with doubt and fear in a tense, angry standoff that tests their relationship. Only a dog and a worm can provide the answer to the riddle and release them from a tightening web of paranoia and suspicion.
Notes
The dog in this episode is Blue's mom (Blue is David Duchovny's dog)
One of the men in the opening standoff, Richter, is played by Stunt Co-Ordinator Ken Kirzinger.
Quotes
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(as the men start to strip for their physical exam)
Mulder: "Before anyone passes judgement, may I remind you, we ARE in the Arctic."
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Mulder: "You give me one worm, you'll infect me."
Scully: "If that's true, then why didn't you let us inspect you?"
Mulder: "I would have, except you pulled a gun on me. I don't trust them. I want to trust you."
Scully: "OK. But now they're not here."
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Mulder: "Scully, for God sakes, it's me!"
Scully: "Mulder, you may not be who you are."
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Mulder: "Bring your mittens!"
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Mulder: "Anyone got the Sports section handy?"
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Mulder: "But the weather operator said we have a 3-day window for traveling."
Radio Operator: "Welcome to the top of the world, Agent Mulder."
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Mulder: "Obviously, they either think we're brilliant or expendable, because we pulled the assignment."
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Mulder: "San Diego? Do you get much of a chance to study ice down there?"
Denny: "Just what's around the keg."
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(with guns drawn on each other)
Scully: "Put it down!"
Mulder: "You put it down first!"
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Mulder: "It's still there, Scully. 200,000 years down. In the ice."
Scully: "Leave it there."
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