"The X Files" Anasazi (1995)

Director:

R.W. Goodwin

Writers:

Chris Carter (creator)
Chris Carter (teleplay)

TV Series:

"The X Files" (1993)

Original Air Date:

19 May 1995 (Season 2, Episode 25)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Plot:

A man known as "The Thinker" has hacked into the U.S. Department of Defense mainframe and uncovered...

Plot Keywords:

Cliffhanger | FBI | FBI Agent | Alien | X Files

Cast

David Duchovny	...	Fox Mulder
Gillian Anderson	...	Dana Scully
Peter Donat	...	William Mulder
Floyd 'Red Crow' Westerman	...	Albert Hosteen
Nicholas Lea	...	Alex Krycek
William B. Davis	...	Cigarette Smoking Man / CGB Spender
Mitch Pileggi	...	Walter Skinner
Michael David Simms	...	Senior Agent #1
Renae Morriseau	...	Josephine Doane
Ken Camroux	...	Senior Agent #2
Dakota House	...	Eric Hosteen
Bernie Coulson	...	Kenneth Soona
Bruce Harwood	...	John Fitzgerald Byers
Dean Haglund	...	Richard 'Ringo' Langly
Tom Braidwood	...	Melvin Frohike

Runtime:

Argentina:60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Navajo | Japanese | Italian | German

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Argentina:13

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Trivia:

Cameo: [Chris Carter]appears as an FBI Agent.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Near the end, Mulder jumps inside a buried metal box car yet still manages to use his mobile phone once inside.

Quotes:

Albert Hosteen: In the desert, things find a way to survive. Secrets are like this too. They push their way up through the sands of deception so men can know them.

Movie Connections:

Edited into The X-Files: The Unopened File (1996) (V)

Soundtrack:

Anasazi Music Suite

Does anyone on the show do RESEARCH?

Chris Carter could have saved himself a LOT of headaches by having someone do a little simple research on Navajo culture. All these Navajos claiming to not know the language? If they were raised there, it's likely their first language, so the kid asking what grandpa said doesn't pass, nor does the DC woman only recognizing TWO WORDS, and recognizing them as 'modern'. Any Navajo could tell you what the words are, though yes, it would take a Code Talker to decipher it. Also, Navajo was not the only native language used in code talking. In addition, Anasazi does NOT mean 'ancient aliens', and "Hosteen" is NOT a name, but a term of respect for an male elder, pronounced 'Hah-steen' not 'Hoe-steen'. I can see why the Navajos jumped on Carter for all the boo-boos in this episode. Otherwise, great and enjoyable, but if you're familiar with the culture, these mistakes and others are GLARINGLY obvious, which does kill the thrill a bit.