Bad Blood (22 Feb. 1998)
"The X Files" Bad Blood (original title)

After Mulder drives a stake through the heart of a would be vampire, he and Scully review what happened before they meet Assistant Director Skinner. Their recollection of the case is ... See full summary »

Director:

Cliff Bole

Writers:

Chris Carter (creator), Vince Gilligan

Stars:

David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Luke Wilson

Cast

Episode cast overview:
David Duchovny	...	Fox Mulder
Gillian Anderson	...	Dana Scully
Luke Wilson	...	Sheriff Hartwell
Mitch Pileggi	...	Walter Skinner
Patrick Renna	...	Ronnie Strickland
Forbes Angus	...	Funeral Director
Brent Butt	...	Coroner

Storyline

After Mulder drives a stake through the heart of a would be vampire, he and Scully review what happened before they meet Assistant Director Skinner. Their recollection of the case is significantly divergent. They had gone to Texas to investigate a death by exsanguination and Scully thinks that someone is playing at being a vampire. Her autopsy finds a high level of chlorohydrate in the dead man's system. There's soon a second victim and she finds that both victims had eaten pizza. As she recalls it, she saved an incapacitated Mulder and tried to capture the culprit. Mulder's recollection is somewhat different. It was he, not Scully who developed the key clues in the case including the fact that the victim's shoes were untied and then discovering a second victim in a runaway RV. Before they can speak to Skinner, they have to return to Texas when the vampire Mulder killed seems to have disappeared.

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Plot Keywords:

vampire | reference to gertrude stein | vibrating bed | myth | reference to dracula

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Genres:

Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 February 1998 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Stage 2, North Shore Studios, North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

20th Century Fox Television, Ten Thirteen Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The end of the previous episode, "Kill Switch", ended with the words "Bite Me".

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Goofs

While doing an autopsy, Scully is weighing organs and incorrectly calls the small intestine the large intestine.

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Quotes

Scully: But I just put money in the "magic fingers"!
Mulder: [hops on bed] I won't let it go to waste!

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Connections

References Dracula (1931)

User Reviews

Creep!

By far, this has got to be the funniest X-files episode I've ever seen! It's laugh-out-loud funny! What I like about it are the two different viewpoints of the same events, Mulder's and Scully's. It's really like they're a married couple who see the same exact things in a totally different way. It's hilarious! Especially because there's so much truth to it. And Luke Wilson is just too stinkin' funny! This is a must see for any X-Files fan, or anybody wanting a good laugh!

Two favorite lines:

"Yall must be da guvment peepuhl!"

"Creep!"