Teso dos Bichos (8 Mar. 1996)
"The X Files" Teso dos Bichos (original title)

At a South American dig, archaeologists unearth the grave of an ancient shaman. Transported to the Boston Museum of Natural History against the wishes of the locals, strange occurrences ... See full summary »

Director:

Kim Manners

Writers:

Chris Carter (creator), John Shiban

Stars:

David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Vic Trevino

Cast

Episode cast overview:
David Duchovny	...	Fox Mulder
Gillian Anderson	...	Dana Scully
Vic Trevino	...	Dr. Alonso Bilac
Janne Mortil	...	Mona Wustner
Gordon Tootoosis	...	Shaman
Tom McBeath	...	Dr. Lewton
Ron Sauvé	...	Mr. Decker (as Ron Sauve)
Alan Robertson	...	Dr. Carl Roosevelt
Garrison Christiohn	...	Dr. Winters (as Garrison Chrisjohn)
Frank Welker	...	Special Vocal Effects

Storyline

At a South American dig, archaeologists unearth the grave of an ancient shaman. Transported to the Boston Museum of Natural History against the wishes of the locals, strange occurrences bring Scully and Mulder onto the case of a murdered anthropologist, seemingly killed by a large cat. Central to the case is Dr. Bilac who seems to have some connection to what is happening. As the FBI agents continue their investigation - a profusion of rats in the museum is only one of the things they have to put up with - the State department in Washington is considering whether to return of relics.

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Plot Keywords:

curse | female shaman | human skull | ecuador | archeological dig | 

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Genres:

Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

8 March 1996 (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?

Goofs

"Yaje," or ayahuasca, is used in tribal rituals in among indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin, on the Eastern half of South America. Ecuador is on the South American West Coast.

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Quotes

Mona Wustner: [horrified] Yaje? You're drinking yaje?

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Connections

References Ben (1972)

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Soundtracks

"Piano Sonata 8 Op 13"
Written by Ludwig van Beethoven

User Reviews

Go with it Scully

Teso dos Bichos:

Kitty cats aren't all that nice

Sometimes they eat more than just mice

They dug up a curse

Now left off for worse

For a professor he's sure not too wise

This is definitely one of my least favorite episodes. First of all I hate cats. I won't go into details about how much I hate cats though I assure you I could. OK the teaser for this episode wasn't all that great. I think maybe the first time I saw it I may have been interested just because there's nothing obvious in it that makes you think the monster is just a really ugly pissy cat. One thing that kind of gets on my nerves is how whenever there is any Spanish in an English movie or TV show the lines they are saying seem so fake just because they are 100% perfect in their grammar. Nobody talks like that! Anwyay that's not that big a deal.

The only possible thing I could say other than that is that the character (possibly just the actor) of Mona also drove me crazy throughout the episode. Especially the scene where she goes to Bilac's house and they argue and she leaves crying. I don't know why but she just bother's me so much in this scene. Anyway, I think that if they had made the evil spirit an actual jaguar like creature rather than just being a bunch of stupid house cats or even some other type of animal then I might have liked this episode a little better. Then again I love dogs but I still hated Alpha as well. I think the animal episodes are just typically bad all together. 3/10