"The X Files" Trust No 1 (2002)

Director:

Tony Wharmby

Writers:

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

TV Series:

"The X Files" (1993)

Original Air Date:

6 January 2002 (Season 9, Episode 6)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Plot:

Mulder contacts Scully which sets off a chain of events involving an NSA man obsessed with speaking and giving information to Mulder. |

Plot Keywords:

Number In Title | FBI | FBI Agent | Alien | X Files

Cast

  (Episode Credited cast)

Gillian Anderson	...	Dana Scully
Robert Patrick	...	John Doggett
Annabeth Gish	...	Monica Reyes
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
David Duchovny	...	Fox Mulder (archive footage)
Steven Flynn	...	Man on the Street
Fitz Houston	...	Station Manager
Kathryn Joosten	...	Agent Edie Boal
Terry O'Quinn	...	Shadow Man (as Terrance Quinn)
Brianne Prather	...	Young Woman
James Riker	...	Baby William
Travis Riker	...	Baby William
Allison Smith	...	Patti

Runtime:

Argentina:60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

Argentina:13

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Trivia:

When Scully is reading her e-mail from Mulder, you can see her handle is "queequeg0925". Queequeg is in reference to Scully's dog in Season 3. 0925 is in reference to the birth date (September 25th) of Gillian Anderson's daughter, Piper.

Goofs:

Continuity: The Shadow Man tells Scully that he knows her natural hair color; however, in flashbacks to a younger Scully, her hair has always been red.

Quotes:

Scully: Hold no hope you can respond to this. Or that it reaches you. I only hope that you are alive. I cannot help believing that you jumped off that train because you knew what I now know - that these "Super Soldiers", if that's what they are, can in fact be destroyed...

Trustno1 loves Queequeg0925

Trust No 1 is probably the best mythology episode of the final season, since it deals with Mulder mostly, and just a little bit with the silly Super Soldiers. I love the teaser. Using Tchaikovsky's bacarolle(June) on piano was different and nice for a change of pace. Using screen shots from past episodes and turning them into surveillance shots was creative as well.

The e-mails by both Mulder and Scully are out of character for them. Mulder would never say "dearest Dana" and Scully would never say "physically shaking". That is some poor writing for those e-mails. Fortunately, they make up a very small portion of the episode.

It was interesting to see the hidden camera on Scully at the train station at the beginning of the first two segments, but it was a tad confusing, which isn't good.

Scully sees this lady argue with her "husband" at the internet café, and then later "coincidentally" at her house. Scully then invites her in. I don't buy that. Scully's not that stupid. They just happen to be arguing in front of her twice in the same day? Scully would've caught on earlier.

Stupid contrived plot device warning: Doggett, Reyes, & Scully drive to the quarry. They get out. Doggett says, "Agent Scully, you drive down into the quarry. We'll meet you down there." How stupid! Why separate at that point? Simple. It was a very contrived plot device to separate Scully from Doggett & Reyes, so that Scully could confront the Shadow Man by herself. I repeat, silly.

The Shadow Man says that Mulder or William must die. He's a Super Soldier. He could bust into Scully's apartment at ANY time and kill William if he wanted to. Plus, the Super Soldiers already backed off of William in Existence. That storyline is too inconsistent.

With all my complaints, I still enjoyed this episode, despite some sloppy writing. The mysterious meeting with the Shadow Man was tense and exciting, as well as the prospect of seeing Mulder again. The suspense factor makes Trust No 1 a good episode and helps makes up for some of the discrepancies.