Closure 

With help from a police psychic, Mulder continues to search for clues about Samantha's abduction and ultimately finds the long sought after answers concerning her fate.

Director:

Kim Manners

Writers:

Chris Carter (created by), Chris Carter

Stars:

David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, William B. Davis

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
David Duchovny	...	Fox Mulder
Gillian Anderson	...	Dana Scully
William B. Davis	...	CGB Spender
Mitch Pileggi	...	Walter Skinner
Anthony Heald	...	Harold Piller
Stanley Anderson	...	Agent Schoniger
Rebecca Toolan	...	Teena Mulder
Patience Cleveland	...	Arbutus Ray
Christopher Wynne	...	Base Cop
Ed Beechner	...	Deputy
Megan Corletto	...	Amber Lynn LaPierre
Nicolas Stratton	...	Appearing Boy (as Nicholas Stratton)
Mimi Paley	...	Young Samantha
Fort Atkinson	...	Detective #1
Jeff Xander	...	Detective #2

Storyline

Mulder enlists the help of Harold Piller, a police psychic, to search for the missing girl, Amber Lynn LaPierre. Meanwhile, Scully searches for answers about Samantha's abduction, leading her to the Cigarette Smoking Man. Both of their investigations lead to Mulder finally learning the truth about his sister's disappearance.

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Plot Keywords:

episode title spoken by character | year 1979 | serial killer | sacramento california | apparition | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Did You Know?

Trivia

The original script had Mulder break down in tears after learning of Samantha's fate. David Duchovny didn't want to play it that way and asked director Kim Manners to trust his instincts. Instead Duchovny played the scene with such relief and acceptance that he brought tears to the eyes of the cast and crew.

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Goofs

During the climax of the episode, the spirits cast shadows on the ground, yet they are translucent.

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Quotes

Mulder: I wonder what my mom was thinking. I wonder what my mom was gonna tell me.
Scully: Get some sleep.

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Crazy Credits

The tagline of the opening credits reads "Believe to Understand."

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Connections

Referenced in The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008)

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Soundtracks

The X-Files
Written by Mark Snow
Performed by John Beal

User Reviews

Awful episode about the Beautiful Samantha Mulder

Just finish watching closure episode, i read some other reviews, a few i agreed with , that it was horrible. So throughout all the seasons/episodes where Samantha Mulder story-line was that she was taken by aliens( which made more sense anyway ), the bounty hunter alien knowing about her and trying to killed the clones of her, CSM showing Mulder many times his sister Samantha Mulder, for goodness sake we seen her in many episodes, alive and well. Even those taken by aliens told Mulder that his sister is still alive and was a clone from her. Watching the episode closure, made no sense at all. So basically the original story-line was all a waste of time, because it would have made more sense for Mulder to be reunited with her sister, then to say she was killed by some fat man and went into some stupid star light afterlife nonsense.

ugh, i have to remind myself to just never watch that episode ever again and erase it from my memory and just pretend she was taken by aliens and she's living somewhere in a nice home now. Oh wait, the CSM already proved that , remember when him and Samantha Mulder went to see Mulder at the restaurant?

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 February 2000 (USA)

Filming Locations:

San Bernardino International Airport - 294 S. Leland Norton Way, San Bernardino, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Ten Thirteen Productions, 20th Century Fox Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

45 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1