Deep Throat

Synopsis

Mulder and Scully head to Ellens Air Force Base to investigate the mysterious case of a military test pilot who disappeared after experiencing strange psychotic behaviour.
While on the case, Mulder meets a mysterious man dubbed 'Deep Throat', who claims to have classified information about his investigations into the paranormal.

Deep Throat imo is absolutely fantastic. From the moment the swat team go in and find the pilot covered in flash burns to the moment Mulder asks if “they” are already here and Deep Throat” delivers his chilling line “Mr. Mulder, they've been here for a long long time.” – Another wow moment thanks to Mark Snows creepy/reassuring score.

A bit of XF trivia

This episode is the first which Clyde Klotz, an assistant art director, worked on. Mr. Klotz went on to marry Gillian Anderson ( :angry: ) on New Years Day 1994, and is the father of her daughter, Piper.

10/10 - can't really find any fault in it :)

On the trivia note, I guess it goes without saying that one of the space cadet teens who leads Mulder to the hole in the fence is played by Seth Green, aka Buffy's Oz ;)

More on the episode itself when I watch it tomorrow :)

He was funny as the stoned teen, didn’t think much to the hair though :rolleyes:

Scully: Mulder, did you see their eyes? If I were that stoned...
Mulder: Ooh! If you were that stoned, what??? :lol:

:lol: :lol: :lol:

This, in my opinion, is simply a marvellous episode. It takes everything that was right about Pilot, amplifies it, rearranges it and throws it back at you in almost faultless form.

Having just watched it again, for the umpteenth time but the first in quite a while, it was an absolute joy. It was a thrill to see the first appearance of veteran character actor Jerry Hardin's mysterious Deep Throat, one of my favourites in the series. It was hilarious to see Seth Green in his pre-Buffy days, although I'm convinced he borrowed some of Alyson Hannigan's cast-off hair for the episode. It was also funny to see how many times David Duchovny's hairstyle changed during the episode. And how every time a plane flies over they all seem to look in different directions. Or why, when he's being chased, does he choose to run along the runway instead of back into the field from which he's just come? :unsure:

In the end none of that matters. It is the wonderful sense of atmosphere this episode builds that sticks in my memory. From the teaser to the final shot it is brilliantly constructed, with very little - if any - extraneous material. Mulder and Scully are much more like the characters we know and love. His willingness to put himself in danger to discover the truth surfaces for the first time, as does Scully's welcome ability to look after herself and - in the end - Mulder as well. Mark Snow's music is superb, as is the direction.

And that final scene, that final line of dialogue, which raises so many more questions than it answers, is perfect. :)

Mulder: They're here, aren't they?
Deep Throat: Mr Mulder, they've been here for a long, long time.


9/10

Given the high quality of the superb Pilot episode, it was going to take something pretty special to maintain the interest in subsequent episodes. What we have here, Deep Throat, isn't quite as monumental as the Pilot episode perhaps, but it's as close as you're likely to get. This is a fantastic second story. Introducing a great character in Jerry Hardin's titular character.

It's testament to the series, especially at such an early stage that they were able to produce episodes of this quality and magnitude. There aren't many series that have this good a first couple of episodes, and the quality is maintained over the next episode, Squeeze, as well.

The first three episodes, and three classic XF installments.

Watched it again last night and was struck again by how fantastic an episode it is, one of my favourites from any series.

I remembered how, the first time I saw it, I wasn't even vaguely suspicious of the guy claiming to be a reporter :rolleyes: :lol:

And I noticed how short Seth Green is :blink:

Love his line, after guiding Mulder to the gap in the fence...

"Did we warn him about the land mines and stuff?"

:lol: