"The X Files" Our Town (1995)

Director:

Rob Bowman

Writers:

Chris Carter (creator)
Frank Spotnitz (written by)

TV Series:

"The X Files" (1993)

Original Air Date:

12 May 1995 (Season 2, Episode 24)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Plot:

Reports of foxfire on a field in Dudley, Arkansas lead Mulder and Scully to a bizarre situation regarding the townsfolk. Employees of the Chaco Chicken Corporation are displaying bizarre behavior, and the death rate is slowly increasing. |

Plot Keywords:

Title Spoken By Character | FBI | FBI Agent | Alien | X Files

Cast

David Duchovny	...	Fox Mulder
Gillian Anderson	...	Dana Scully
Caroline Kava	...	Doris Kearns
John Milford	...	Walter Chaco
Gary Grubbs	...	Sheriff Tom Arens
Timothy Webber	...	Jess Harold
John Maclaren	...	George Kearns
Robin Mossley	...	Dr. Vance Randolph
Gabrielle Miller	...	Paula Gray
Hrothgar Mathews	...	Mental Patient
Robert Moloney	...	Worker
Carrie Cain-Sparks	...	Maid (as Carrie Cain Sparks)

Runtime:

Argentina:60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Argentina:13

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Trivia:

Almost every guest character in this episode is named after a real life cannibal.

Goofs:

Errors in geography: A poultry inspector in Arkansas disappears. The next day, Mulder tells Scully that a woman driving along Interstate 10 saw a "foxfire" in the vicinity of where the inspector was last seen. I-10 does not run through Arkansas; the closest I-10 is to Arkansas is the Louisiana Gulf Coast.

Quotes:

Dana Scully: What are you talking about?
Fox Mulder: Some cannibalistic rituals are enacted with the belief that they can prolong life.
Dana Scully: Cannibalism is one thing, but increasing longevity by eating human flesh...
Fox Mulder: Think about it. From vampirism to Catholicism, whether literally or symbolically, the reward for eating flesh is eternal life.

Movie Connections:

References "The Oprah Winfrey Show" (1986)

Small town America

Frank Spotnitz's nimble script and Rob Bowman's elegant direction weave themselves together to create a true forgotten classic, Home or Humbug may be more fondly remembered, but Our Town snaps angrily at their heels - even if it it doesn't quite bring them down. Gary Grubbs is at home in small town America and his performance reflects this comfort and understanding, while the brilliantly creepy Robin Mossley could make buying the morning paper seem the most unnatural thing on Earth. John Milford manages to add angles and shades to the age-old X Files character who isn't all - or anything - he appears to be and Timothy Webber scares the wits out of me, you and everyone else for reasons that me, you and everyone else couldn't really put our fingers on. Our Town will always be an episode that gets stumbled across, rather than sought out, but it's no less powerful because of that.