"The X Files" Triangle (1998)

Director:

Chris Carter

Writers:

Chris Carter (creator)
Chris Carter (written by)

TV Series:

"The X Files" (1993)

Original Air Date:

22 November 1998 (Season 6, Episode 3)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Plot:

A trip to the Bermuda Triangle lands Mulder in the middle of a bizarre conflict on a mysterious ship, with the fate of the world in his hands.

Plot Keywords:

Bermuda Triangle | Ship | Nazi | Kiss | Split Screen

Cast

David Duchovny	...	Fox Mulder
Gillian Anderson	...	Dana Scully / OSS agent
Mitch Pileggi	...	Walter Skinner / SS Sturmbannfuehrer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Robert Arce	...	Bald-headed Man
Michael Arturo	...	Nazi Soldier
Tom Braidwood	...	Melvin Frohike
Fuad C'Amanero	...	Business Man
William B. Davis	...	SS Oberfuehrer
Greg Ellis	...	The 3rd British Crewman
Guido Föhrweißer	...	2nd Nazi
Trevor Goddard	...	The 1st British Crewman
Dean Haglund	...	Richard 'Ringo' Langly
Bruce Harwood	...	John Fitzgerald Byers
Laura Leigh Hughes	...	Kersh's Assistant
Madison Mason	...	Captain Yip Harburg
Bryan Massey	...	Nazi Soilder
Nick Meaney	...	The 4th British Crewman
Lynne Oropeza	...	Ballroom Dancer
Chris Owens	...	FBI Special Agent Jeffrey Spender / SS Untersturmfuehrer
James Pickens Jr.	...	FBI Assistant Director Alvin Kersh
Isaac C. Singleton Jr.	...	1st Roughneck
G.W. Stevens	...	The 2nd British Crewman
Arlene Warren	...	Skinner's Assistant (as Arlene Pileggi)
Kai Wulff	...	3rd Nazi

Runtime:

60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | German

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Argentina:13

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Trivia:

The opening tag line was changed to: 'Die Wahrheit Ist Irgendwo Da Draußen', German for 'The Truth Is Somewhere Out There'.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Scully is moving through the ship the halls are clean and lit but when she enters the ballroom it is unlit and dirty.

Quotes:

Walter Skinner: Use your head, Scully. It'll save your ass.
Dana Scully: Save your own ass, sir. You'll save your head along with it.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Hospital Central: Turno de noche (#4.5)" (2002)

Soundtrack:

Jeepers Creepers

Long takes

This is the first episode of this show I have seen.

I don't know if this is the norm for X-Files but, in this day of quick and short shots linked together to form action like in music videos, there are numerous extended takes which are simply superb! To see Gillian try to get some information to save the agent out of time aboard the Queen Anne, going from floor to floor to the parking garage without a cut in the cinematography is amazing! Also great is the music soundtrack of Benny Goodman-like swing music, appropriate to 1939 when some of this program was set! I have no idea why I missed seeing this series, but I have concluded that I need to see more.