"The X Files" Arcadia (1999)

Director:

Michael W. Watkins

Writers:

Chris Carter (creator)
Daniel Arkin (written by)

TV Series:

"The X Files" (1993)

Original Air Date:

7 March 1999 (Season 6, Episode 15)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Plot:

Scully and Mulder go undercover as husband and wife in a high-class planned community where several couples have gone missing.

Plot Keywords:

Posing As Husband And Wife | Ubermenscher | Posing As Married Couple | Mailbox | Suburbia

Cast

David Duchovny	...	Fox Mulder
Gillian Anderson	...	Dana Scully
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tim Bagley	...	Gordy
Abraham Benrubi	...	Big Mike
Debra Christofferson	...	Pat Verlander
Juliana Donald	...	Nancy Kline
Tom Gallop	...	Win Shroeder
Marnie McPhail	...	Cami Schroeder
Roger W. Morrissey	...	Übermenscher (as Roger Morrissey)
Tom Virtue	...	Dave Klein
Peter White	...	Gene Gogolak

Runtime:

42 min | Argentina:60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

Argentina:13

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Trivia:

This is the second time we see Mulder sporting an Omega watch. The first was in "Monday".

Goofs:

Continuity: When Mulder damages the mailbox, he puts the flag up and opens the door. After he returns from the bathroom, the mailbox is fixed and the flag is no longer visible. (at 27:12). In the next scene, when he goes out to the mailbox (at 27:20), the flag is back up again.

Quotes:

Gordy: So, how was your first night? Peaceful?
Mulder: It was wonderful. We just spooned up and fell asleep like little baby cats. Isn't that right honey bunch?
Dana Scully: That's right poopy head.

Movie Connections:

References "The Dick Van Dyke Show" (1961)

An episode which deserves special mention

My favorite episode of the X-files, ARCADIA deserves special mention. I love how it begins, with only subtle hints of why our well known pair of FBI agents suddenly have changed their names, married and moved into an expensive closed community which turns out to hide a dark secret.

Acting is great in this one, far better than average in this series. I especially liked the one who played "Big Mike". The episode is very funny, with quite a few bizarre scenes; also, Mulder and Scully pull jokes on each other a lot of the time.

If you don't have a lot of time and only want to watch a few episodes in the series, in my opinion this should definitely be on your watchlist.