The Host
- Episode aired Sep 23, 1994
- TV-14
- 45m
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8.2/10
5.9K
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Mulder pursues a humanoid, parasitic organism that uses sewage systems as its home.Mulder pursues a humanoid, parasitic organism that uses sewage systems as its home.Mulder pursues a humanoid, parasitic organism that uses sewage systems as its home.
Marc Baur
- Agt. Brisentine
- (as Marc Bauer)
Dmitri S. Boudrine
- Russian Engineer
- (as Dmitri Boudrine)
Raoul Ganeev
- Dmitri
- (as Raoul Ganee)
Benjamin Glenday
- Russian Sailor #2
- (uncredited)
Hrothgar Mathews
- Man on Phone
- (uncredited)
Steven Williams
- Mr. X
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaThe "Flukeman" suit dissolved in water, forcing special effects artist Toby Lindala to reconstruct the suit each day.
- GoofsAfter the tanker drives by agent Mulder (the morning at the park) there is a sequence that was clearly shot at night.
- Quotes
Dana Scully: Flatworms are what are known as obligate endoparasites. They live inside of the host, entering the body through the ingestion of larvae or eggs. They are not creatures that go around attacking people.
Fox Mulder: Well, that's good. I didn't want to have to tell Skinner that his murder suspect was a giant, blood-sucking worm.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Vulture's the 100 Best Episodes of the 1994-95 TV Season (2014)
- SoundtracksThe X-Files
Written by Mark Snow
Performed by John Beal
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A lamprey eel man would have made more sense, but Flukeman it is. Getting away from the stupidity of Mulder looking for his alien hybrid sister, and the rest of the alien garbage was nice.
Unfortunately, Mulder manages to get in a few scenes of whining to his boss, Walter Skinner (Mitch Pileggi) and Scully (Gillian Anderson). I always wondered why nobody at the FBI (including Scully), took Mulder out behind a shed and terminated his employment. His constant whining is annoying. The focus on aliens, hybrids, black ink goo, Scully's mystery illness, etc. Is another reason to skip X-Files.
The good news is that the Flukeman was born on Earth, in Chernobyl, thanks to radiation. He wants to spawn more human-sized flukeworms, and he is swimming around biting people in order to do that. This would have been a great creature for a sequel, such as Son of Flukeman.
Unfortunately, Mulder manages to get in a few scenes of whining to his boss, Walter Skinner (Mitch Pileggi) and Scully (Gillian Anderson). I always wondered why nobody at the FBI (including Scully), took Mulder out behind a shed and terminated his employment. His constant whining is annoying. The focus on aliens, hybrids, black ink goo, Scully's mystery illness, etc. Is another reason to skip X-Files.
The good news is that the Flukeman was born on Earth, in Chernobyl, thanks to radiation. He wants to spawn more human-sized flukeworms, and he is swimming around biting people in order to do that. This would have been a great creature for a sequel, such as Son of Flukeman.
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- Johnny_West
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