Never Again (2 Feb. 1997)
"The X Files" Never Again (original title)

With Mulder off on a week's mandatory leave, Scully is on her own and feeling put upon. While in Philadelphia she meets Edward Jerse who asks her out to dinner. Ed has recently gone through... See full summary »

Director:

Rob Bowman

Writers:

Chris Carter (creator), Glen Morgan,

Stars:

David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Rodney Rowland

Cast

Episode cast overview:
David Duchovny	...	Fox Mulder
Gillian Anderson	...	Dana Scully
Rodney Rowland	...	Edward Jerse
Jodie Foster	...	Betty (voice)
Bill Croft	...	Comrade Svo
Jay Donahue	...	Detective Gouveia (as Jay Donohue)
BJ Harrison	...	Hannah
Jillian Fargey	...	Kaye Schilling
Jan Bailey Mattia	...	Ms. Hadden
Igor Morozov	...	Pudovkin
Ian Robison	...	Detective Smith

Storyline

With Mulder off on a week's mandatory leave, Scully is on her own and feeling put upon. While in Philadelphia she meets Edward Jerse who asks her out to dinner. Ed has recently gone through a nasty divorced. Despondent and more than a little drunk, he gets a tattoo. Soon after, he begins to hear voices and lashing out at work, loses his job and disposes of a neighbor who he thinks is responsible. After drinks, Scully gets a tattoo of her own but the next day two Philadelphia police detectives show up at Jerse's apartment investigating his neighbor's disappearance. Scully may have found a medical reason for Ed's hallucinations.

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Plot Keywords:

philadelphia pennsylvania | getting in tattoo | divorce court | binoculars | memphis tennessee | 

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Genres:

Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Russian

Release Date:

2 February 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:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Quentin Tarantino was reportedly offered the chance to direct this episode, but was unable to do so as he was not a member of the Director's Guild of America at the time of its production.

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Quotes

Scully: I feel like I've lost sight of myself, Mulder. It's hard to see, let alone find, in the darkness of covert locations. I mean, I wish I could say that we were going in circles, but we're not. We're going in an endless line, two steps forward and three steps back. While my own life is standing still.

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Connections

References The Bullwinkle Show (1961)

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Soundtracks

"Tattooed Love Boys"
by The Pretenders

User Reviews

Eenie, meenie, chili beanie, the spirits are about to speak?

Another Scully hates her job and wants a change episode. You think she'd learn that every time she does that she gets attacked by a psycho. I'm in love with Jodie Foster from Silence of the Lambs and I think that the character of Scully is very heavily influenced by Clarice. That being said this episode is a great one. I used to find it boring until I became a little more interested in character development than mythology storyline. In this episode Scully is out doing some of Mulder's busywork while he is "forced" to go to Graceland. Spiritual journey ha! Mulder kills me. As for the actual story of the episode it is interesting to learn a little more about Scully. She definitely is the type that is drawn to powerful men and as we see she is quite turned on by being overpowered by Jerse. Some of the banter and crazy statements made by Jerse to "the voice" are very entertaining. He was very welled acted. All in all I can only give this episode a 7/10.