Ghost in the Machine (The X-Files episode)
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The X-Files episode | |
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“Ghost in the Machine” | |
Ghost in the Machine |
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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.
[edit] Production details
[edit] Guests
- Jerry Hardin as Deep Throat
- Rob LaBelle as Brad Wilczek
- Wayne Duvall as Agent Jerry Lamana
- Blu Mankuma as Claude Peterson
- Tom Butler as Benjamin Drake
- Gillian Barber as Agent Nancy Spiller
- Marc Baur as Man in Suit
- Bill Finck as Sandwich Man
- Theodore Thomas as Clyde
[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 |