"The X Files" Quagmire (1996)

User Rating:

7.9/10   

Director:

Kim Manners

Writers:

Chris Carter (creator)
Kim Newton (written by)

TV Series:

"The X Files" (1993)

Original Air Date:

3 May 1996 (Season 3, Episode 22)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Plot:

The disappearances of a Boy Scout leader and a biologist within weeks of each other draw Mulder's attention to Heuvelman's Lake in Georgia...

Plot Keywords:

Toad Licking | Male Female Relationship | FBI | FBI Agent | Alien

Cast

David Duchovny	...	Fox Mulder
Gillian Anderson	...	Dana Scully
Chris Ellis	...	Sheriff Lance Hindt
Timothy Webber	...	Dr. Paul Farraday
R. Nelson Brown	...	Ansel Bray
Mark Acheson	...	Ted
Peter Hanlon	...	Dr. Bailey
Tyler Labine	...	Stoner
Nicole Parker	...	Redheaded Chick
Terrance Leigh	...	The Snorkel Dude

Runtime:

Argentina:60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Certification:

Argentina:13

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Quotes:

Scully: You know, on the old mariners' maps, the cartographers would designate uncharted territory by writing "here be monsters."
Mulder: I've got a map of New York City just like that.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in "Spaced: Chaos (#1.5)" (1999)

Soundtrack:

True Colors

Queequeg and Big Blue

Quagmire completes the "Queequeg Trilogy", the three episodes from season three that feature the tiny dog that Scully adopts. Quagmire sets the mood for the show right away with Scully's facial expressions. Mulder takes Scully out to the middle of nowhere on a Saturday to a wet, rainy, miserable place. Gillian Anderson does the perfect job in showing how bad Scully does not want to be there. She actually looks like she's in pain, she is suffering so bad. Some interesting things of note from this episode: We get to see Scully drive a boat for the first time in the series. I thought the shot of Scully chasing the dog leash was well done. And once again, I must say how miserable it must have been to shoot in Vancouver some of the time. Quagmire looks so wet and cold, and the actors just look miserable, which really helps for this particular episode. What makes this episode so good is that when the agents get stranded out on a rock in the middle of the lake, they have a real in depth discussion about Mulder's reasons and motives for chasing monsters all over. Scully compares him to Ahab from 'Moby Dick'. We get to learn a bit more as to what drives Mulder and how Scully feels about Mulder's ambitions. The show has a cool final shot that summarizes this episode quite well. Get stuck in Quagmire!