E.B.E.

Episode aired Aug 29, 1995
TV-14
45m

IMDb RATING

8.4/10

5.9K

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David Duchovny in Salaiset kansiot (1993)

Crime Drama Mystery

Mulder and Scully become the focus of a disinformation campaign when they attempt to trace the government's secret transport of an alien life form.Mulder and Scully become the focus of a disinformation campaign when they attempt to trace the government's secret transport of an alien life form.Mulder and Scully become the focus of a disinformation campaign when they attempt to trace the government's secret transport of an alien life form.

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IMDb RATING

8.4/10

5.9K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

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Tom Braidwood, Dean Haglund, and Bruce Harwood in Salaiset kansiot (1993)

Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny in Salaiset kansiot (1993)

Gillian Anderson, David Duchovny, and William B. Davis in Salaiset kansiot (1993)

Bruce Harwood in Salaiset kansiot (1993)

Gillian Anderson in Salaiset kansiot (1993)

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Trivia
First appearance of The Lone Gunmen.

Goofs
While following the truck, the electronics go haywire in the Taurus. When Scully slams on the brakes, the transmission shifter is in Park.

Quotes
Byers: He's being put into power by the most heinous and evil force of the 20th century.
Mulder: Barney?

Connections
Featured in Salaiset kansiot: Jump the Shark (2002)

Soundtracks
E.B.E. Theme
(uncredited)
Written by Mark Snow
Performed by Mark Snow

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Featured review

The hoax

Now this is a turning point.

Previously, the pair of detectives had all sorts of close encounters with strange phenomena, with sundry evidence establishing proof. This is complicated here. We have the usual conspiracy and cover-up by secret government, but also we have doctored evidence, and even a whole close encounter staged to dupe the pair away from the 'real' thing.

So when in the end we have deep revelations about Roswell, and the alleged UFO at Hanoi, the narrator is unreliable and could be making up any part of what he reveals, and even the whole secret compound can be a hoax set up because it is something we would expect to discover, wanting to believe. It makes little sense why any of this should happen, but that's the series for you.

The notion is that the most convenient place to hide a lie is between truths, a statement which in our case can be both a lie and true.

Other than that, this is the most cinematic and evocative of the episodes so far.

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