Fight Club (7 May 2000)
"The X Files" Fight Club (original title)

Two strikingly similar women, who do not know one another, cause people to erupt into violence upon each other, whenever these two women come in contact. Mulder and Scully set out to solve ... See full summary »

Director:

Paul Shapiro

Writers:

Chris Carter (creator), Chris Carter

Stars:

David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Cory Blevins

Cast

Episode credited cast:
David Duchovny	...	Fox Mulder
Gillian Anderson	...	Dana Scully
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Cory Blevins	...	Missionary #1
Brian Chenoweth	...	Koko's Manager #1
Randall 'Tex' Cobb	...	Bert Zupanic
Art Evans	...	Argyle Saperstein
Kathy Griffin	...	Betty Templeton / Lulu Pfeiffer
Jim Hanna	...	Koko's Manager #2
Steve Kiziak	...	Man Who Looks Like Mulder
Gene LeBell	...	Bartender
John Mack	...	Customer #3
Jack McGee	...	Bob Damfuse
Christopher Michael	...	Trusty
John O'Brien	...	Missionary #2
Richard Rossi	...	Witness #2

Storyline

Two strikingly similar women, who do not know one another, cause people to erupt into violence upon each other, whenever these two women come in contact. Mulder and Scully set out to solve the mystery of this unexplained violence involving the two women.

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Plot Keywords:

seven and seven | dressing alike | fist fight | bag of money | slide show | 

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Genres:

Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 May 2000 (USA)

Filming Locations:

506 S Beaudry Ave, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

20th Century Fox Television, Ten Thirteen Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

When Betty walks into the bar, after Bert has entered and Lulu has gone to the bathroom, Argyle says, "Holy shoot," but his mouth moves as if saying "Holy shit."

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Quotes

Scully: Mr Danfous, I am Special Agent Dana Scully with the FBI.
Bob Damphouse: What's so special about ya?
Scully: It's an FBI title, sir.
Bob Damphouse: I know it is. I'm not stupid!

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Connections

References Fight Club (1999)

User Reviews

Did you know?

Rob Van Dam is listed in the credits here. He is an actual wrestler who, as of January 2007, works for the WWE. As this appeared in 2000, he was not with the WWE, and was with the old ECW, which appeared on TNN.

The episode itself is a bit goofy and experimental, which generally characterizes any Chris Carter-written non-mythos episode, as this one is. Kathy Griffin, a comedic actress, is one of the main characters in this episode, but she does not do much comedic work. Her presence in the episode only seems to suggest danger. The script is written in such a way that Ms. Griffin's character(s) may actually be one and the same person who keep meeting each other. The presence of Mulder and Scully look alikes at the beginning of the episode seem to suggest that this may be a case of parallel universes intersecting or overlapping. Scully's theory about the origin of the girls, which relies on knowledge of artificial insemination, doesn't hold up in light of the look-alikes, and the presence of a doppleganger or double for the male guest star lead in this episode.

Parallel universe? Or sperm that just won't die? You decide.