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21 October 1994
(Season 2, Episode 6)
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Reviewing Scully's message to him from before she was taken, Mulder tries to piece together where Duane Barry is headed...
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Great follow-up to "Duane Barry"
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Cast
(Episode Credited cast)| David Duchovny | ... | Fox Mulder | |
| Gillian Anderson | ... | Dana Scully | |
| Mitch Pileggi | ... | Walter Skinner | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| William B. Davis | ... | Cigarette Smoking Man / CGB Spender | |
| Peter LaCroix | ... | Dwight | |
| Peter Lapres | ... | Video Technician | |
| Sheila Larken | ... | Margaret Scully | |
| Nicholas Lea | ... | Alex Krycek | |
| Steve Makaj | ... | Patrolman | |
| Steve Railsback | ... | Duane Barry | |
| Michael David Simms | ... | Senior Agent | |
| Bobby Stewart | ... | Deputy (as Bobby L. Stewart) | |
| Steven Williams | ... | Mr. X | |
| Meredith Bain Woodward | ... | Dr. Ruth Slaughter | |
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Argentina:60 min
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Continuity: In the opening, when they show Mulder's apartment, the words at the bottom of the screen say that it is in Washington, DC. Later on, in the first movie, he gets in a cab to go home and tells the cab driver to take him to Arlington.
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The Cigarette Smoking Man:
We tell you only what you need to know.
Krycek: I think I have a right to know.
The Cigarette Smoking Man: You have no rights, only orders to be carried out. If you have a problem with that, we'll make other arrangements.
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Krycek: I think I have a right to know.
The Cigarette Smoking Man: You have no rights, only orders to be carried out. If you have a problem with that, we'll make other arrangements.
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Keeping Faith
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The continuation of the thrilling episode "Duane Barry" is more of a full-fledged mythology-arc affair complete with the reveal of Krycek as a bad guy and plenty of CSM screen time. The episode picks up where the last one left off, with Duane Barry taking Scully to where he plans to have the aliens abduct her instead of him. Meanwhile, Mulder and Krycek go after her, with Krycek attempting to sabotage Mulder's efforts, and following CSM's orders. The episode surprisingly ends with Scully's whereabouts still unknown. That mystery would not be solved until "One Breath", but Mulder appears to believe that the government did, in fact, 'abduct' Scully.
"Ascension" is an excellent, thrilling follow-up to "Duane Barry". The episode doesn't concentrate on him as much, but he is still one of the most memorable guest characters as far as mythology episodes go. "Ascension" is the first episode to very clearly show the 'syndicate' at work. A great early mythology episode.
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