Triangle (22 Nov. 1998)
"The X Files" Triangle (original title)

A trip to the Bermuda Triangle lands Mulder in the middle of a bizarre conflict on a mysterious ship, with the fate of the world in his hands.

Director:

Chris Carter

Writers:

Chris Carter (creator), Chris Carter

Stars:

David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Mitch Pileggi

Cast

Episode credited cast:
David Duchovny	...	Fox Mulder
Gillian Anderson	...	Dana Scully / OSS agent
Mitch Pileggi	...	Walter Skinner / SS Sturmbannfuehrer
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Robert Arce	...	Bald-headed Man
Michael Arturo	...	Nazi Soldier
Tom Braidwood	...	Melvin Frohike
Fuad C'Amanero	...	Business Man
William B. Davis	...	SS Oberfuehrer / Cigarette-Smoking Man / CGB Spender
Greg Ellis	...	The 3rd British Crewman
Guido Föhrweißer	...	2nd Nazi
Trevor Goddard	...	The 1st British Crewman
Dean Haglund	...	Richard 'Ringo' Langly
Bruce Harwood	...	John Fitzgerald Byers
Laura Leigh Hughes	...	Kersh's Assistant
Madison Mason	...	Captain Yip Harburg

Storyline

Mulder goes in search of the Queen Anne, a British luxury liner, that mysteriously disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle in 1939. After being shipwrecked, he gets pulled aboard the Queen Anne by a crew that believes they are still in 1939. Meanwhile, at the FBI, Scully tries to get the Lone Gunmen and Skinner to help her locate the lost Mulder.

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Plot Keywords:

bermuda triangle | ship | nazi | time travel | tropic cancer | 

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Genres:

Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English German

Release Date:

22 November 1998 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Long Beach, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

20th Century Fox Television, Ten Thirteen Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The alternate version of Scully is identified as an OSS agent, but the OSS did not exist in 1939.

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Goofs

When Mulder has stolen the parallel Spender's uniform, an SS Untersturmfuehrer's (junior lieutenant's) one, and is trying to sneak away, a lower rank German soldier (probably a petty officer) asks him if he found something. He uses the informal pronoun "du", inconceivable by a subaltern especially in Nazi army, instead of formal "Sie". Instead of "Hast du was gefunden?", he should have said "Haben Sie was gefunden?". However, since the WW2 era sequences are as likely to be a hallucination as time travel, this may be deliberate and based upon Mulder's lack of knowledge.

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Quotes

Mulder: [when being apprehended by the Nazis] You think you're so big and tough now, just wait 'till you get to Russia. I hope you enjoy the cold!

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Crazy Credits

The opening tag line reads 'Die Wahrheit Ist Irgendwo Da Draußen', German for 'The Truth Is Somewhere Out There'.

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Connections

References The Wizard of Oz (1939)

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Soundtracks

"Bei mir Bist du Schön"
(uncredited)
Music by Sholom Secunda
Lyrics by Jacob Jacobs
English lyrics by Sammy Cahn
Performed by The Andrews Sisters

User Reviews

One of the very best

An all-time favorite. The German was pretty bad, but I can't really see much of a flaw otherwise. Mulder's first exchange of dialogue on the ship when he thought it had crossed into the 90's was hilarious ("we're having a little trouble in the white house right now, but it'll blow over, so to speak"), as was essentially the rest of the time on the ship (though the 'puttin' tame' line was quite cringe-worthy, although I imagine on purpose).

I have no problem with the 'lack of an X-Files feel'. To me, the X-Files feel was true creativity, and an episode done so creatively and excitingly, and so brilliantly directed, is just one of the best of the series.

10/10