2.24 Our Town
US Airdate: May 12, 1995
writer: Frank Spotnitz
director: Rob Bowman
STARRING:
David Duchovny as Special Agent Fox Mulder
Gillian Anderson as Special Agent Dana Scully
Guest Cast:
Sheriff Tom Arens .............. Gary Grubbs
Doris Kearns ................... Caroline Kava
George Kearns .................. John MacLaren
Creighton Jones ................ Hrothgar Matthews
Walter Chaco ................... John Milford
Paula Gray ..................... Gabrielle Miller
Dr. Vance Randolph ............. Robin Mossley
Jess Harold .................... Timothy Webber
MULDER AND SCULLY INVESTIGATE DISAPPEARANCES IN A REMOTE ARKANSAS TOWN WHERE LEGENDS ABOUT MYSTERIOUS LIGHTS IN THE WOODS GO BACK FOR DECADES.
When a federal inspector vanishes in a remote Arkansas town, Mulder and Scully look into reports of strange lights. Legends mentioning the fox fire lights, linked with strange disappearances, go back for years in the lore of the region. But the deeper they dig into the missing man's connections in the town, the stranger the town begins to look. Unusually long life spans and youthful appearances cause Mulder and Scully to suspect that there may be more to the local chicken-processing industry than meets the eye. Mulder stumbles onto the horrifying secret even as Scully's life is threatened by a masked murderer.
Notes
The title is probably a homage to the Thornton Wilder play, "Our Town", about life in a small town.
Mr. Chaco and Chaco Chicken are named for Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, where the Anasazi tribe lived and where boiled bones such as those depicted in the episode were uncovered.
Quotes
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Scully: "They're sending us on some kind of a wild goose chase."
Mulder: "Chicken chase."
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Scully: "I'm surprised she didn't call Oprah as soon as she got off the phone with the police."
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Mulder: "Well, most legends don't leave behind 12 foot burn marks."
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Mulder: "...It gave me nightmares."
Scully: "I didn't think anything gave you nightmares."
Mulder: "Well I was young."
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Mulder: "The state police found his car on the I-10, right in the middle of Dudley, Arkansas. Home of Chaco Chicken."
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Chaco Motto: Good Food. Good People.
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(after being told that chicken feed contains dead chickens)
Mulder: "Chickens eat chickens?"
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Mr Chaco: "Not many people I know as useful as these chickens."
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Mulder: "Who knows, Scully? This could turn out to be even *more* interesting than foxfires."
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Scully: "I just came up with a sick theory."
Mulder: "Oooo, I'm listening!"
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Mulder: "Well I'd like it (the river) dragged as soon as possible."
Sheriff: "Why would ya wanna do that?"
Mulder: "To see what's in there."
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Scully: "All of them share one strange detail, Mulder."
Mulder: "Well they seem to have lost their heads..."
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Mulder: "Someone's been playing with matches..."
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