"The X Files" Fight Club (2000)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

Paul Shapiro

Writers:

Chris Carter (creator)
Chris Carter (written by)

TV Series:

"The X Files" (1993)

Original Air Date:

7 May 2000 (Season 7, Episode 20)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Plot:

Two strikingly similar women, who do not know one another, cause people to erupt into violence upon each other...

Plot Keywords:

FBI | FBI Agent | Alien | X Files | Conspiracy

Cast

David Duchovny	...	Fox Mulder
Gillian Anderson	...	Dana Scully
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Cory Blevins	...	Missionary #1
Brian Chenoweth	...	Koko's Manager #1
Randall 'Tex' Cobb	...	Bert Zupanic
Art Evans	...	Argyle Saperstein
Kathy Griffin	...	Betty Templeton / Lulu Pfeiffer
Jim Hanna	...	Koko's Manager #2
Steve Kiziak	...	Man Who Looks Like Mulder
Gene LeBell	...	Bartender
John Mack	...	Customer #3
Jack McGee	...	Bob Damfuse
Christopher Michael	...	Trusty
John O'Brien	...	Missionary #2
Richard Rossi	...	Witness #2
Rob Van Dam	...	Burt's opponent
Arlene Warren	...	Woman Who Looks Like Scully (as Arlene Pileggi)

Runtime:

Argentina:60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Certification:

USA:TV-14 | Argentina:13

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Quotes:

Scully: Mr Danfous, I am Special Agent Dana Scully with the FBI.
Bob Damphouse: What's so special about ya?
Scully: It's an FBI title, sir.
Bob Damphouse: I know it is. I'm not stupid!

Movie Connections:

References Fight Club (1999)

Did you know?

Rob Van Dam is listed in the credits here. He is an actual wrestler who, as of January 2007, works for the WWE. As this appeared in 2000, he was not with the WWE, and was with the old ECW, which appeared on TNN.

The episode itself is a bit goofy and experimental, which generally characterizes any Chris Carter-written non-mythos episode, as this one is. Kathy Griffin, a comedic actress, is one of the main characters in this episode, but she does not do much comedic work. Her presence in the episode only seems to suggest danger. The script is written in such a way that Ms. Griffin's character(s) may actually be one and the same person who keep meeting each other. The presence of Mulder and Scully look alikes at the beginning of the episode seem to suggest that this may be a case of parallel universes intersecting or overlapping. Scully's theory about the origin of the girls, which relies on knowledge of artificial insemination, doesn't hold up in light of the look-alikes, and the presence of a doppleganger or double for the male guest star lead in this episode.

Parallel universe? Or sperm that just won't die? You decide.