Ghost in the Machine (The X-Files episode)

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The X-Files episode
“Ghost in the Machine”

Ghost in the Machine
Episode no. Season 1
Episode 1X06
Guest star(s) Jerry Hardin,
Rob LaBelle,
Wayne Duvall,
Blu Mankuma,
Tom Butler
Writer(s) Chris Ruppenthal
Glen Morgan
James Wong
Director David Nutter
Production no. 07-107
Original airdate October 29, 1993 (Fox)
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"Ghost in the Machine" was the seventh episode of the first season of The X-Files science-fiction television series created by Chris Carter.

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[edit] Plot

A computer with highly advanced artificial intelligence begins to kill in order to preserve its existence when it is deemed inefficient to continue controlling the workings of an office building.

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[edit] References and external links

  • The episode's title is probably derived from the book Ghost in the Machine, by Arthur Koestler.
  • The “Central Operating System” and its actions in the episode is an homage to 2001: A Space Odyssey’s malevolent cyberintelligence HAL 9000.
The X-Files Season 1
Episode List | Official Website
Pilot | Deep Throat | Squeeze | Conduit | The Jersey Devil | Shadows | Ghost in the Machine | Ice | Space | Fallen Angel | Eve | Fire | Beyond the Sea | Gender Bender | Lazarus | Young at Heart | E.B.E. | Miracle Man | Shapes | Darkness Falls | Tooms | Born Again | Roland | The Erlenmeyer Flask