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Quagmire

Episode aired May 3, 1996
TV-14TV-14
43m

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8.1/10

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Gillian Anderson, David Duchovny, and Chris Ellis in The X-Files (1993)

Crime Drama Mystery

Mulder suspects that a beast similar to the Loch Ness Monster is responsible for the deaths of several people who reside near a large lake. Frustrated Scully insightfully confronts Mulder ab... Read allMulder suspects that a beast similar to the Loch Ness Monster is responsible for the deaths of several people who reside near a large lake. Frustrated Scully insightfully confronts Mulder about the futility of their work on X-Files.Mulder suspects that a beast similar to the Loch Ness Monster is responsible for the deaths of several people who reside near a large lake. Frustrated Scully insightfully confronts Mulder about the futility of their work on X-Files.

IMDb RATING

8.1/10

4.1K

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- Kim Manners
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- Chris Carter
- Kim Newton
- Darin Morgan(story editor)
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David Duchovny and R. Nelson Brown in The X-Files (1993)

Gillian Anderson, David Duchovny, and Chris Ellis in Quagmire (1996)

Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny in Quagmire (1996)

Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny in The X-Files (1993)

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Trivia
In reality, Gillian Anderson was no fan of the little dog that played Queequeg, due to its constant noxious flatulence.

Goofs
The flora and topography of the supposed Georgia lake are wrong. There are no snow-capped mountains and spruce evergreens in Georgia.

Quotes
Dana Scully: My father used to read to me from "Moby Dick" when I was a little girl. I called him Ahab and he called me Starbuck. So I named my dog Queequeg. It's funny, I just realised something.
Fox Mulder: It's a bizarre name for a dog, huh?
Dana Scully: No. How much you're like Ahab. You're so... consumed by your personal vengeance against life, whether it be its inherent cruelties or its mysteries, that everything takes on a warped significance to fit your megalomaniacal cosmology.
Fox Mulder: Scully, are you coming on to me?

Connections
Referenced in The X-Files Game (1998)

Soundtracks
True Colors
Performed by R. Nelson Brown

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9/10

The story of Old Blue.

Series three is literally loaded with gems, it has come as something of a purple patch for The X Files, there is originality throughout. Quagmire is no exception, it's a classic mix of three very strong elements, great writing, humour and threat.

I love the story, it's a really well thought out idea, is it a killer, is it something Jurassic, or is it perhaps the monster of the week? You are made to think and wonder about what's causing the problems.

Definitely some nice humour, a few moments are very tongue in cheek, it's not trying to take itself too seriously. As always there is some great dialogue between Mulder and Scully.

I loved the horror element, it doesn't hold back, multiple scare scenes from the very beginning, it just works.

It's another series three high point, 9/10.

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