S.R. 819 (17 Jan. 1999)
"The X Files" S.R. 819 (original title)

Skinner comes down with a mysterious condition that puts him on the verge of death. An unknown voice on the phone tells Skinner that he has 24 hours to live. Mulder and Scully rush to find ... See full summary »

Director:

Daniel Sackheim

Writers:

Chris Carter (creator), John Shiban

Stars:

David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Mitch Pileggi

Cast

Episode credited cast:
David Duchovny	...	Fox Mulder
Gillian Anderson	...	Dana Scully
Mitch Pileggi	...	Walter Skinner
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Raymond J. Barry	...	Senator Richard Matheson
Keith Coulouris	...	Intern
Nasser Faris	...	Silk Shirt Man (as Al Faris)
Jonathan Fraser	...	Uniformed Cop
Jenny Gago	...	Dr. Katrina Cabrera
Julie Hubert	...	Exam Room Nurse
Dan Klass	...	Forensics Technician
Mickey Knox	...	Trainer
Nicholas Lea	...	Alex Krycek
Susana Mercedes	...	Driver
Kenneth Tigar	...	Dr. Plant
John Towey	...	Dr. Kenneth Orgel

Storyline

Skinner comes down with a mysterious condition that puts him on the verge of death. An unknown voice on the phone tells Skinner that he has 24 hours to live. Mulder and Scully rush to find a cure for his condition. His impending death is somehow linked to S.R. 819, a Senate resolution that will supply money and medical supplies to the World Health Organization.

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Plot Keywords:

senator | nanotechnology | sparring | defibrillator | tied to a bed | 

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Genres:

Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Arabic

Release Date:

17 January 1999 (USA)

Filming Locations:

7900 N Figueroa St, Glendale, 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?

Trivia

Final appearance of Senator Matheson.

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Goofs

When Senator Matheson drives up to the power plant and gets out of the vehicle, you can see a member of the crew moving backward reflected in the open door of his Mercedes.

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Quotes

Scully: Sir, if this man poisoned you, you should be off your feet and under doctor's care.
Skinner: If this man poisoned me, I'm going to put a gun to his head, find out why, and ask him how he's going to make me well.

User Reviews

A.D. Slugger

S.R. 819 is a great episode. I hadn't realized it really until just watching it again now for the third or fourth time. The teaser is one of those OMG ones where a main character is pronounced dead. You are then thrown into events from where they started and shown how it led to this. I enjoy the Skinner centric episodes a lot because he is a great character and Mitch Pileggi is a great actor. In this episode we learn that he is a boxer in his free time and is known as "Slugger". Awesome. As he is fighting however, he begins having blurred vision and is knocked out and bruised severely on his right side. He wakes up in the hospital and given a clean bill of health, but on the way home he begins having blurred vision again and stops at the FBI headquarters to rest. This is when Mulder notices him and calls Scully to check him out. From here things start to get intense. Thinking Skinner might have been poisoned, they trace events back to a scientists who asked Skinner for the time earlier that day. They go to the guy's house and are attacked by a bunch of thugs. After a chase, one man is caught but they are forced to let him go due to diplomatic immunity (lethal weapon anyone?). Meanwhile, Scully discovers some interesting cell/nanobot/machine things in Skinner's blood that appear to be multiplying and creating a dam in the blood stream (?) or something like that. Anyway... some stuff happens, Mulder finds out from the Senator that there was a SR 819 dealing with exporting new technology, which some dude has gotten a hold of and infected Skinner with for an unknown reason, Skinner is in the hospital again and is saved from an amputation by mere seconds as Scully bursts in to stop incompetence. Man I would have totally gotten a new doctor after that lady did that. But no then later when he "dies" instead of even trying to revive him the stupid lady is like "no don't even try" and after he is declared dead he pops up like a ghost and sees the long haired bearded Krycek guy. Yeah that's right. Krycek. Who has been going about all kinds of secret stuff to infect Skinner for reasons yet to be seen.

The episode has some interesting plot elements and some great action, not to mention the col looking veiny skin. But I was confused by the nanobots. What exactly did they do? That wasn't explained very well. And if they are just machines, how exactly were they performing mitosis? Confusing. But overall a great episode. 9 out of 10.