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"The X Files" Tempus Fugit (1997)


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Overview

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8.2/10   370 votes
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Writers:
Chris Carter (creator)
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Original Air Date:
16 March 1997 (Season 4, Episode 17)
Plot:
Mulder and Scully investigate a plane crash in New York state. The crash appears to be UFO caused because one of the passengers was Max Fennig... more | add synopsis
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Cast

  (Episode Cast overview, first billed only)

David Duchovny ... Fox Mulder

Gillian Anderson ... Dana Scully

Joe Spano ... Mike Millar

Tom O'Brien ... Sgt. Louis Frisch
Scott Bellis ... Max Fenig
Chilton Crane ... Sharon Graffia

Brendan Beiser ... Agent Pendrell
Greg Michaels ... Scott Garrett

Robert Moloney ... Bruce Bearfeld
Felicia Shulman ... Motel Manager
Rick Dobran ... Sergeant Armando Gonzales

Jerry Schram ... Larold Rebhun

David Palffy ... Dark Man (as David Pàlffy)

Mark Wilson ... The Pilot
Marek Wiedman ... Investigator
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Argentina:60 min | USA:60 min
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The pseudonym Max Fenig (Scott Bellis) uses on his ill-fated flight is Paul Gidney. Gidney is the name of one of the Moon Men in the first adventure of "Rocky and His Friends" (1959), titled "Jet Fuel Formula" (the other Moon Man is Cloyd). more
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8 out of 8 people found the following review useful.
What a birthday present!, 14 September 2006
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Author: Muldernscully from Washington Terrace, Utah

What a lousy birthday present for Scully. She has to go searching through a plane crash of a 134 people for survivors. Tempus Fugit is a good whodunit/whatdunit mystery. Mulder suspects an alien UFO, but of course no one goes along with it. Tempus Fugit has some cute Mulder/Scully moments, especially during Scully's birthday scene. It was interesting to see Scully joke about her implant. I don't think she's ever shown a sense of humor regarding that before. A good look by Mulder is when he glances over at Scully when asked if his theory is the official FBI position. The visuals for the plane crash site are spectacular. I think it says on the special features how the locals mistook it for a real crash site and phoned the authorities. Rob Bowman, the director, knows how to give his mythology episodes the look and feel of a full-length movie. It's incredible. While watching this episode, you don't feel as if you're just watching a TV show. Tempus Fugit also has a double cliff-hanger with someone's life being in the balance and Mulder in danger as well, leaving you to want to watch the second part immediately.

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