"The X Files" One Son (1999)

Director:

Rob Bowman

Writers:

Chris Carter (creator)
Chris Carter (written by) ...

TV Series:

"The X Files" (1993)

Original Air Date:

14 February 1999 (Season 6, Episode 12)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Plot:

Agents Mulder and Scully find themselves under strict quarantine after coming into contact with Cassandra Spender. Meanwhile, the suspicious Diana Fowley increases her loyalties to the Cigarette Smoking Man.

Plot Keywords:

Number In Title | FBI | FBI Agent | Alien | X Files

Cast

David Duchovny	...	Fox Mulder
Gillian Anderson	...	Dana Scully
Mitch Pileggi	...	Walter Skinner
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tom Braidwood	...	Melvin Frohike
Mark Bramhall	...	Surgical Team Member
Veronica Cartwright	...	Cassandra Spender
William B. Davis	...	Cigarette Smoking Man / CGB Spender
Peter Donat	...	William Mulder
Frank Ertl	...	Elder #5
Dean Haglund	...	Richard 'Ringo' Langly
Bruce Harwood	...	John Fitzgerald Byers
Laurie Holden	...	Marita Covarrubias
Jo Jacob	...	Nurse
Nicholas Lea	...	Alex Krycek
Robert Lipton	...	Head Surgeon
Chris Owens	...	FBI Special Agent Jeffrey Spender
James Pickens Jr.	...	FBI Assistant Director Alvin Kersh
Mimi Rogers	...	Agent Diana Fowley
Al Ruscio	...	Elder #4
Don S. Williams	...	Elder #1
Scott Williamson	...	CDC Leader

Runtime:

Argentina:60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

Argentina:13

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: As Mulder is walking to Fowley's apartment door, a crew member can be seen adjusting a hallway lamp behind him.

Quotes:

FBI Deputy Director Alvin Kersh: Who burned those people?
Mulder: They burned themselves. With a choice made long ago by a conspiracy of men who thought they could sleep with the enemy. Only to awaken another enemy.
FBI Deputy Director Alvin Kersh: What the hell does that mean?
Mulder: It means the future is here, and all bets are off.

Plan 13 From Outer Space

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

In the previous episode, "Two Fathers," the conspiracy of "the Syndicate" was laid bare: temporize with the alien invaders by using alien DNA and technology to develop a slave race of human-alien hybrids, while secretly working on a vaccine against the "black oil" that would be used to clear the planet of humanity. However "Patient X," the cigarette-smoking man's wife Cassandra Spender, had been developed into the perfect human-alien hybrid ahead of schedule. In the "Tunguska" episode Syndicate agent Alex Krycek had revealed that the faction of "rebel aliens" was trying to force the Syndicate's hand, and in "Two Fathers" they forced Cassandra into the open, thus apparently starting a countdown to the annihilation of humanity. The Syndicate, believing that the only humans to survive would be those to reach the Air Force base where it all began, scramble to get there while Mulder and Scully try to help Marita Covarrubias, the only human to have been successfully vaccinated from the black oil's effects.

The fact that this climactic episode happens halfway through the season has got to be kind of a giveaway! As someone who always felt that "the mythology" was a bit of a crutch I wasn't entirely upset to see the plug get pulled, but WAY too many questions are left unanswered here, especially that 600 lb gorilla of why the Syndicate was so totally wrong about everything. No alien invasion, eh? A pile of burnt bodies, eh? Oh well, whatever. How about a change of pace? Let's go to Florida!