Detour (23 Nov. 1997)
"The X Files" Detour (original title)

While driving down to Florida with two other FBI agents to attend a team-building seminar, Scully and Mulder are drawn into the disappearance of several men in a wooded area. Rumors are ... See full summary »

Director:

Brett Dowler

Writers:

Chris Carter (creator), Frank Spotnitz

Stars:

David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Colleen Flynn

Cast

Episode credited cast:
David Duchovny	...	Fox Mulder
Gillian Anderson	...	Dana Scully
Colleen Flynn	...	Michele Fazekas
J.C. Wendel	...	Agent Stonecypher
Scott Burkholder	...	Agent Kinsley
Merrilyn Gann	...	Mrs. Asekoff
Anthony Rapp	...	Jeff Glaser
Alf Humphreys	...	Michael Asekoff (as Alfred E. Humphreys)
Tom Scholte	...	Michael Sloan
Tyler Thompson	...	Louis Asekoff
Simon Longmore	...	Marty Fox
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Axl Aartsen	...	Criature #2

Storyline

While driving down to Florida with two other FBI agents to attend a team-building seminar, Scully and Mulder are drawn into the disappearance of several men in a wooded area. Rumors are soon circulating in the nearby town that there are monsters in the woods. Mulder soon believes there is definitely something in the woods causing these deaths and nature itself may be seeking revenge in the form of invisible creatures. He and Scully go off into the woods and encounter the creatures firsthand.

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Plot Keywords:

double barreled shotgun | hunting | falling into a hole | leon county north carolina | loading gun | 

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Genres:

Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 November 1997 (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

Munder's dialogue "You try any of that Tailhook crap on me, Scully, and I'll kick your ass" is in reference to an incident that took place between September 8 and 12 in 1991. It was the Tailhook Association Symposium conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, in which more than 100 U.S. Military officers allegedly sexually assaulted at least 83 women and 7 men.

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Goofs

Scully says, "If I can separate the shell from the casing, maybe I can get the powder to ignite." A shell is a casing. She should have said, "If I can separate the shell from the bullet/slug, maybe I can get the powder to ignite."

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Quotes

Jeff Glaser: If we become blinded by the beauty of nature we may fail to see its cruelty and violence.
Scully: Walt Whitman?
Jeff Glaser: No, "When Animals Attack." On the FOX Network.

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Connections

Features The Invisible Man (1933)

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Soundtracks

"Joy the World"
Written by Hoyt Axton
Performed by Gillian Anderson

User Reviews

Jeremiah was a mothman?

Great great great episode. I love the scene at the beginning with Mulder and Scully in the car with the other two agents going off to some kind of marriage counseling partner communication seminar thing and Mulder is less than enthusiastic about it.

KINSLEY: I couldn't believe how hard it was not to use the word "but." MULDER: (In hell) I'm having that same problem right now.

Haha! I love it. I also really like the idea they use of the mothmen being chameleon like where you can't see them at all. I did think it a little interesting that they used mothmen to explain these creatures however because it didn't seem to fit with anything that I have ever heard about Mothmen at all. I haven't read a lot but what I have read or seen matches closer to what is shown in the movie "The Mothman Prophecies". Great movie by the way. But I still enjoyed this episode despite that fact. It is also one of those that you can share with your friends who are maybe easily grossed out. This is actually the episode that I used to get my father to check out more of the series. I give it a 10/10 for sure.