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| Series: | The X-Files |
| Original Airdate: | 04-21-2002 |
| Production Number: | 9x15 |
| Date(s): | 2002 |
| Written by: | Vince Gilligan, John Shiban and Frank Spotnitz |
| Directed by: | Clifford Bole |
When former Area 51 Man-in-Black Morris Fletcher appears, claiming that a female friend of the Lone Gunmen is actually a super-soldier, Doggett and Reyes attempt to locate her but find that the situation is graver than they first expected.
Summary
SUMMARY
Background Information
- This episode marks the final appearances of Morris Fletcher and the Lone Gunmen.
- The phrase "jump the shark" comes from a website that was named after an episode of Happy Days, in which the character Fonzie literally jumped over a shark on water skis. The scene was considered "the end of Happy Days" and the phrase was later adopted to refer to the moment when a series reaches its climax.
- There are several sharks seen throughout this episode, most notably immediately following the main opening credits before the camera pans up to find Morris Fletcher in a boat with a woman named Brittany.
- The scene in which the Lone Gunmen die is an homage to a scene in the movie Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. In that movie, the character Spock talked to his infamous commanding officer and friend, Captain Kirk, through a wall of glass while dying. In this episode, Jimmy Bond speaks to the Lone Gunmen through a pane of glass shortly before they die. However, the scene was not in this episode's script and was suggested by the actors while filming.
- Although they are billed in the main opening credits, Gillian Anderson and Mitch Pileggi only appear briefly at the end of this episode.
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Guest Stars
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References
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