Ice (The X-Files)
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| “Ice” | |
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| The X-Files episode | |
 Ice |
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| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 1X07 |
| Guest stars | Xander Berkeley, Felicity Huffman, Steve Hytner, Jeff Kober, Ken Kirzinger |
| Written by | Glen Morgan James Wong |
| Directed by | David Nutter |
| Production no. | 08-108 |
| Original airdate | November 5, 1993 (Fox) |
| Episode chronology | |
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"Ice" was the eighth episode of the first season of The X-Files science-fiction television series created by Chris Carter. It dealt with extraterrestrial bacteria.
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[edit] Plot
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
When an Arctic research team mysteriously kill each other and themselves only days after drilling deeper into the ice than ever before, Mulder and Scully accompany a team of doctors and scientists to investigate. They discover an organism which infects living creatures and amplifies the host's feeling of anger and paranoia, and the new team starts to deteriorate as they wonder who among them are killers.
[edit] Trivia
- The discovery, investigation, and contamination containment theme, where Scully and Mulder are partially affected, is revisited in following episodes: Darkness Falls, Firewalker, and F. Emasculata.
- The dog in the episode was actually David Duchovny's dog, Blue.
[edit] Production details
[edit] Guests
- Xander Berkeley as Dr. Hodge
- Felicity Huffman as Dr. Nancy Da Silva
- Steve Hytner as Dr. Denny Murphy
- Jeff Kober as Bear
- Ken Kirzinger as Mr. Richter
- Sonny Surowiec as Mr. Campbell
[edit] References and external links
The episode underlying plot strongly resembles that of John Carpenter's 1982 film, The Thing.
| 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 | ||
| TV series and films written, produced and directed by James Wong and Glen Morgan |
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| 21 Jump Street • The Commish • The X-Files • Space: Above and Beyond • Millennium • The Others • Final Destination series • The One • Willard • Black Christmas |
