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"The X Files" Fearful Symmetry (1995)


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Overview

User Rating:
6.5/10   466 votes
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Writers:
Chris Carter (creator)
Steve De Jarnatt (written by)
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Original Air Date:
24 February 1995 (Season 2, Episode 18)
Plot:
An elephant found roaming an interstate road in Boise, Idaho escaped from a locked cage in a zoo across the county... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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David Duchovny ... Fox Mulder

Gillian Anderson ... Dana Scully
Jayne Atkinson ... Willa Ambrose
Lance Guest ... Kyle Lang
Jack Rader ... Ed Meecham
Bruce Harwood ... John Fitzgerald Byers
Tom Braidwood ... Melvin Frohike
Jody St. Michael ... Sophie (as Jodie St. Michael)
Charles Andre ... Ray Floyd

Garvin Cross ... The Red Head Kid
Tom Glass ... The Trucker
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Additional Details

Runtime:
Argentina:60 min
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Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Errors in geography: Malawi's Government is said to dispute the ownership of Sophie the Gorilla to the zoo. However, gorillas aren't native to Malawi. more
Quotes:
Fox Mulder: Where's Langly?
Byers: He has a philosophical aversion to having his image bounced off a satellite.
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11 out of 13 people found the following review useful.
Just enjoy..., 7 November 2007
9/10
Author: Edgewalker from Tuxford, England

Whilst it is universally acknowledged that Fearful Symmetry was heavily influenced by the Kolchak episode They Have Been, They Are, They Will Be, whether this makes it a rip-off or a homage is an altogether more controversial point. As a huge fan of both series I subscribe to the latter belief, although the less charitable may not do. James Whitmore was brave to take on the task of directing such a difficult episode, invisible elephants and gorilla suits sounds like a recipe for disaster, but he pulls it off with style, the teaser being an absolute gem. Lance Guest does a great job of making a credible character out of Kyle Lang and Jack Rader seethes with menace as Ed Meecham. Forget Fearful Symmetry's dubious originality and just enjoy it as a deeply satisfying X File.

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