2.23 Soft Light
US Airdate: May 5, 1995
writer: Vince Gilligan
director: James Contner
STARRING:
David Duchovny as Special Agent Fox Mulder
Gillian Anderson as Special Agent Dana Scully
Guest Cast:
Government Scientist ........... Forbes Angus
Second Officer ................. Steve Bacic
Detective Barron ............... Nathaniel Deveaux
Barney ......................... Guyle Fraizer
Dr. Christopher Davey .......... Kevin McNulty
Doctor ......................... Robert Rozen
Dr. Chester Ray Banton ......... Tony Shalhoub
Detective Kelly Ryan ........... Kate Twa
Mr. X .......................... Steven Williams
Night Nurse .................... Donna Yamamoto
A PHYSICS EXPERIMENT GONE WRONG LEAVES A DISTURBED SCIENTIST WITH A SHADOW THAT CAN KILL.
A former student of Dana Scully's asks for her help in solving some puzzling disappearances: people who have vanished, leaving only strange scorch marks behind. Mulder and Scully pursue a scientist whose shadow has become a terrible weapon as a result of a freak lab accident. But the X-Files team is not the only one chasing the scientist, and Mulder goes up against his own ally in an attempt to keep the secret from falling into the wrong hands.
Notes
The title refers to the fact that the sharper the lighting is, the more dangerous Banton's shadow becomes - in other words, if people are to survive then, as Mulder states, he needs soft light.
Morleys cigarettes are the brand of cigarettes Cancer Man smokes.
Quotes
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Kelly: (to Mulder) "Heard a lot about you..."
Mulder: (to Scully) "We'll talk later..."
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Kelly: "Agent Scully, what are you looking at?"
Scully: "Uh, the heat register."
Kelly: "You don't think anyone could have squeezed in there?"
Mulder: "You never know..." (reference to the character Tooms from the episodes "Tooms" and "Squeeze")
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(Mulder & Scully discussing the possibility of a spontaneous combustion theory)
Scully: "Let's just forget for the moment that there's no scientific theory to support it."
Mulder: "Okay."
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Mulder: "Hey Scully, can you spare a prophylactic?"
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Scully: "Darkness covers a multitude of sins."
Mulder: "Check this out. My newest tool in the fight against crime. $49.95 at your local hardware store."
Scully: "Neat trick. For your birthday I'll buy you a utility belt."
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Mulder: "Yeah but half of Richmond earns their paycheck making cancer sticks."
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Mulder: "Maybe it's not so spontaneous. Get on the phone to your 'young detective' and tell her to get a detail down to the train station."
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Banton: "Oh god, not again!"
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Scully: "Chances are he's not walking around carrying a sign with an arrow on it."
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Mulder: "Why's he doing that?" (looking at the floor)
Scully: "Probably the same reason he spends his whole afternoon in the train station."
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Mulder: "Powered by what?"
Davey: "Couple billion megawatts. Virginia Power loved us."
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Scully: "...Nonsensical repetitive behavior is a common trait of mental illness."
Mulder: "You trying to tell me something?"
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Det. Beren: "Yeah, I was just wondering what your involvement is here."
Mulder: "We caught the guy."
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Mulder: "...He believes the government is out to get him."
Mr X: "It's tax season. So do most Americans."
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Mr X: "Dead men can't keep promises. The next time the blood and regret might be yours."
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Mulder: "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you, Scully."
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