"The X Files" Beyond the Sea (1994)

Director:

David Nutter

Writers:

Chris Carter (creator)
Glen Morgan (written by) ...

TV Series:

"The X Files" (1993)

Original Air Date:

7 January 1994 (Season 1, Episode 12)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Plot:

Two college students were kidnapped at Jackson University in North Carolina. Luther Lee Bogs, a convict facing the gas chamber in less than a week...

Plot Keywords:

Title Based On Song | Reference To Jimi Hendrix | Male Female Relationship | Title Spoken By Character | FBI

Cast

David Duchovny	...	Fox Mulder
Gillian Anderson	...	Dana Scully
Brad Dourif	...	Luther Lee Boggs
Don S. Davis	...	Captain William Scully (as Don Davis)
Sheila Larken	...	Margaret Scully
Lawrence King-Phillips	...	Lucas Jackson Henry (as Lawrence King)
Fred Henderson	...	Agent Thomas
Don MacKay	...	Warden Joseph Cash (as Don Mackay)
Lisa Vultaggio	...	Elizabeth 'Liz' Hawley
Chad Willett	...	James 'Jim' Summers
Kathrynn Chisholm	...	Nurse
Randy Lee	...	Paramedic
Len Rose	...	E.R. Doctor

Runtime:

60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Argentina:13

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Trivia:

Near the beginning of the episode, as Mulder takes his coat from the coat rack by the door of his office, Max Fenig's NICAP cap from the "Fallen Angel" episode is hanging from the same rack.

Quotes:

Mulder: It was five hours of Boggs channeling. After three hours I asked him to summon up the soul of Jimi Hendrix and requested 'All Along the Watchtower'. Your know, the guy's been dead for 20 years but he has still got his touch.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008)

Soundtrack:

Hotel California

Brad Dourif does it again

This was the very 1st episode of the X files that I saw and I am glad it was this one. Brad Dourif, basically reprising his role from Excorcist III, delivers another stand-out performance as the psychic serial killer, Luther Lee Boggs. David Duchovny surprised me with his subdued performance; I had heard his character was "the believer" so I naturally expected he'd be the high energy one, but no; I was quite impressed with Gillian Anderson's performance in this--not surprising when I discovered later that this particular episode was written especially for her--to show the producers she had the skills to pay the bills; they were actually thinking of replacing her,at this point in the series.

This episode remains a favorite of mine, particularly Brad Dourif's performance.