"The X Files" The Red and the Black (1998)

Director:

Chris Carter

Writers:

Chris Carter (creator)
Chris Carter (written by) ...

TV Series:

"The X Files" (1993)

Original Air Date:

8 March 1998 (Season 5, Episode 14)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Plot:

Mulder and Scully look to retrieve Scully's memories from the incident on the bridge where the mass killings happened...

Plot Keywords:

FBI | FBI Agent | Alien | X Files | Conspiracy

Cast

David Duchovny	...	Fox Mulder
Gillian Anderson	...	Dana Scully
Mitch Pileggi	...	Walter Skinner
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Veronica Cartwright	...	Cassandra Spender
William B. Davis	...	Cigarette Smoking Man / CGB Spender
Jack Finn	...	Messanger Boy
Jenn Forgie	...	Nurse
Laurie Holden	...	Marita Covarrubias
Chapelle Jaffe	...	Dr. Patou
Jim Jansen	...	Dr. Heitz Werber
Nicholas Lea	...	Alex Krycek
John Moore	...	Elder #3
George Murdock	...	Elder #2
John Neville	...	The Well-Manicured Man
Chris Owens	...	FBI Special Agent Jeffrey Spender
Klodyne Rodney	...	Medic
Willy Ross	...	Quiet Willy
Michal Suchánek	...	Young Jeffrey Spender
Brian Thompson	...	Alien Bounty Hunter
Derek Versteeg	...	M.P. (as Derek Thomas Versteeg)
Don S. Williams	...	Elder #1

Runtime:

Argentina:60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

USA:TV-14 | Argentina:13

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Trivia:

The Title of this episode is taken from a song title by Blue Öyster Cult from the album Tyranny & Mutation. Ironically, BOC has written a few songs about aliens and the Men in Black

Goofs:

Errors in geography: On at least one occasion the scene location title gave the location of a scene as being in "Silver Springs" Maryland. There is no "Silver Springs" Maryland; the proper name of the city just north of Washington DC is "Silver Spring" - singular not plural. There is, however, a "Silver Springs" in Florida.

Quotes:

Alex Krycek: Kazakhstan, Skyland Mountain, the site in Pennsylvania. They're all alien lighthouses where the colonization will begin, but where now, a battle's being waged. A struggle for Heaven and Earth. Where there is one law: Fight or die. And one rule: Resist or serve.

hypnotic regression

I believe Cassandra Spender's abduction is a pure, classic X-Files moment. The visuals in the scene where fantastic. Scully's hypnotic regression scene has to be my favorite moment in the entire season, its just pure "X-Files" greatness. Laurie Holdie is red hot as Marita Covarrubias, she and Krycek share the best kiss in the entire series. Brian Thompson is back for a little while as the awesome Alien Bounty Hunter. Veronica Cartwright gave a great performance in the first part of this two-parter. She is really good. When the episode ends you are left asking for more. These are great mythology episodes, that you should not skip.