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The Beginning ()

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  • Season 6
  • Episode 1
After the events of The X Files (1998) movie, Mulder and Scully's new boss, Kersh, assigns agents Spender and Fowley to work on the X-Files instead of them. Ignoring this, Mulder takes Scully on a hunt for a rampaging alien.
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Fox Mulder
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Dana Scully
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Smoking Man
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Jeffrey Spender
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Walter Skinner
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Diana Fowley
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Gibson Andrew Praise
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Alvin Kersh
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First Carpool Man
Kim Robillard ...
Homer
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Assistant Director P. Bart
Alan Henry Brown ...
Second Carpool Man
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Black Haired Man
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Assistant Director J. Maslin
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1st Elder
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2nd Elder
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Sandy
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1st Workman
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A.D. Arnold
Ralph Meyering Jr. ...
Surgeon
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Orderly
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Dean Chambers ...
Power Plant Supervisor (uncredited)
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FBI Agent (uncredited)
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Firefighter (uncredited)
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FBI Agent (uncredited)

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Kim Manners

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Chris Carter ... (created by) (creator)
 
Chris Carter ... (written by)
 
David Amann ... (executive story editor)

Produced by

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Rob Bowman ... producer
Chris Carter ... executive producer
Bernadette Caulfield ... producer
Vince Gilligan ... co-executive producer
Kim Manners ... producer
Lori Jo Nemhauser ... co-producer
Paul Rabwin ... producer
Daniel Sackheim ... consulting producer
Mark R. Schilz ... co-producer
John Shiban ... producer
Frank Spotnitz ... executive producer
Michael W. Watkins ... co-executive producer (as Michael Watkins)

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Mark Snow

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Bill Roe ... director of photography

Editing by

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Heather MacDougall

Editorial Department

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Philip Azenzer ... colorist: DaVinci (as Phil Azenzer)
Jeff Cahn ... assistant editor
Sue Kesler ... assistant editor
Mark Nowicki ... colorist: digitally restored version (uncredited)
John Price ... on-line editor (uncredited)

Casting By

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Rick Millikan

Production Design by

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Corey Kaplan

Art Direction by

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Sandy Getzler
Lauren E. Polizzi ... (as Lauren Polizzi)

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Timothy Stepeck ... (as Tim Stepeck)

Costume Design by

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Christine Peters

Makeup Department

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Anji Bemben ... lead cast hair stylist (as Anji Bemben-Ennis)
Thomas R. Burman ... special effects makeup artist (as Tom Burman)
Dena Green ... hair department head
Cheri Montesanto ... makeup department head (as a different name)
Laverne Munroe ... lead cast makeup artist (as Laverne Basham)
Barney Burman ... special makeup effects artist (uncredited)
Stacey Butterworth ... wig maker (uncredited)
Matthew Jorgensen ... special makeup effects artist (uncredited)
Sean Kenney ... lens technician (uncredited)
Forest Sala ... hair stylist (uncredited)

Production Management

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Harry V. Bring ... second unit production manager (as Harry Bring)
Gina Lamar ... post-production supervisor
Mark R. Schilz ... unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Arthur Anderson ... first assistant director
Laura Nisbet-Peters ... second assistant director (as Laura Nisbet)
Ted Leonard ... dga trainee (uncredited)

Art Department

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Tom Day ... property master
Anthony Delacruz ... propmaker
Frank Haddad ... head greensperson
Patrick J. Marchese ... set dresser
Lorne Poole ... set dresser
Duke Tomasick ... construction coordinator
Dawn Ascher-Trevino ... art department coordinator (uncredited)
Billy Baker ... set dresser (uncredited)
Lisa A. Corbin ... on-set dresser (uncredited)
David E. Duncan ... storyboard artist (uncredited)
John French ... paint foreman (uncredited)
Lisa Goldsmith ... buyer (uncredited)
Erik Grasteit ... set master (uncredited)
Sally Hudson ... graphic artist (uncredited)
Steven R. Miller ... assistant art director (uncredited)
John Naehrlich ... leadman (uncredited)
David Napoli ... leadman (uncredited)
Bobby Thomas ... props (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Harry Andronis ... re-recording mixer
Thierry J. Couturier ... supervising sound editor
Vince Garcia ... sound mixer
Craig Hunter ... re-recording mixer
Debby Ruby-Winsberg ... adr mixer
David John West ... re-recording mixer
Derek Casari ... adr engineer (uncredited)
Maciek Malish ... dialogue editor (uncredited)

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Alec Gillis ... designer and creator: alien
Barry Hebein ... special effects technician
Paul J. Lombardi ... special effects (as Paul Lombardi)
Tom Woodruff Jr. ... designer and creator: alien
Scott D. Mattson ... special effects office coordinator (uncredited)
David Peterson ... special effects coordinator (uncredited)
Ron Petruccione ... special effects technician (uncredited)

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Bill Millar ... visual effects producer
John Basset ... visual effects coordinator: remastered version (uncredited)
Deena Burkett ... visual effects supervisor (uncredited)
Don Greenberg ... lead compositor (uncredited)
Jordan Hassay ... digital effects supervisor: remastered version (uncredited)
Lu Kondor ... engineer (uncredited)
Jon Merrifield ... visual effects compositor (uncredited)
Matthew Mullarkey ... visual effects artist (uncredited)
Michael Van Fleet ... systems administrator: remastered version (uncredited)

Stunts

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Laura Albert ... stunts
Ted Barba ... stunts
Pat Romano ... stunt rigger
Danny Weselis ... stunt coordinator
John Rottger ... stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Josh Bleibtreu ... second unit director of photography
Henry Christian III ... lighting technician
Tom Doherty ... key grip
James Etheridge ... camera operator (as Jim Etheridge)
Jono Kouzouyan ... gaffer
Joe Kraft ... key grip
David Luckenbach ... steadicam operator (as Dave Luckenbach)
Robbie Redner ... set lighting best boy 2nd unit
John J. Ellingwood ... first assistant camera (uncredited)
James Jermyn ... film loader (uncredited)
Richard J. Lee Jr. ... assistant chief lighting technician: second unit (uncredited)
Rob Lueker ... electrician (uncredited)
Jacqueline J. Nivens ... second assistant camera: second unit (uncredited)
Paul Schmidt ... dolly grip (uncredited)
Daniel E. Teaze ... second assistant camera: "a" camera, second unit (uncredited)

Casting Department

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Kimberly Nordlinger ... casting associate
Shari Leah O'Neill ... extras casting coordinator (as Sharie L. Gagen)
Randy Stone ... original casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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David Swope ... costume supervisor

Location Management

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Ilt Jones ... location manager
Ed Lippman ... location manager
James Perry ... assistant location manager
Paul Harrison ... key assistant location manager (uncredited)
Marc J. Ventimiglia ... key assistant location manager (uncredited)

Music Department

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Jeff Charbonneau ... music editor
Larold Rebhun ... scoring mixer

Script and Continuity Department

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Carol Banker ... script supervisor

Transportation Department

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Steve Duncan ... transportation coordinator
Howard Bachrach ... transportation captain (uncredited)
Edward Cook ... driver (uncredited)
Chris Ferrence ... dispatcher (uncredited)
Aaron Skalka ... transportation co-captain (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Cathy Carr ... production coordinator
Mark Carter ... production assistant
Nanci Etchells ... production accountant
Michele Fazekas ... assistant to executive producers
Wendy Fishman ... assistant to executive producers
Charles Forsch ... assistant to executive producers
Rob McCabe ... Stand-in: Utility
Leslie Perlow Weber ... second unit production coordinator (as Leslie Perlow)
James Castle ... title designer (uncredited)
Annette Encinas ... payroll accountant (uncredited)
Bob Pitto ... first assistant accountant (uncredited)
Lee Smith ... researcher (uncredited)
Tom Teotico ... production assistant (uncredited)
Crew believed to be complete

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Plot Summary

An new, violent kind of alien that developed from a mutated alien virus is on the loose in Arizona. Mulder and Scully get reassigned from the x-files while Agents Spender and Fowley become the new agents in charge of the x-files. Mulder and Scully go to Arizona without permission to search for this new alien. Written by Muldernscully

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  • The Beginning (United States)
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  • 45 min
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Trivia The series moved filming locations from Vancouver to Los Angeles beginning with this episode. See more »
Goofs In the beginning the label says Phoenix, AZ and the landscape has Joshua Trees. There are no Joshua trees near Phoenix. See more »
Movie Connections Referenced in The X-Files: Fight the Future/The Land Girls/Mulan/Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's/Beyond Silence (1998). See more »
Soundtracks Put On a Happy Face See more »
Quotes The Cigarette Smoking Man: You can kill a man but you can't kill what he stands for. Not unless you first break his spirit. That's a beautiful thing to see.
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