Shadows (The X-Files)

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“Shadows”
The X-Files episode

Shadows
Episode no. Season 1
Episode 1X05
Written by Glen Morgan,
James Wong
Directed by Michael Lange
Guest stars Barry Primus,
Lisa Waltz,
Lorena Gale,
Veena Sood,
Deryl Hayes
Production no. 06-106
Original airdate October 22, 1993 (Fox)
Episode chronology
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"Shadows" was the sixth episode of the first season of The X-Files science-fiction television series created by Chris Carter. It dealt with the ideas of spirit hauntings.

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[edit] Plot

Two terrorists are found dead in a back alley of Philadelphia. Their body temperature still remains normal, and their muscles still shake. Mulder and Scully investigate the case in lieu of CIA officials, and uncover a woman with an unfortunate past involving murder. When an unseen force commits several murders where a young woman, namely Lauren Kyte is present, Mulder suspects that it is the spirit of the woman's former boss who was believed to have committed suicide, but was actually murdered and is protecting her from his business partner.

[edit] Guests

  • Barry Primus as Robert Dorlund
  • Lisa Waltz as Lauren Kyte
  • Lorena Gale as Ellen Bledsoe
  • Veena Sood as Miss Saunders
  • Deryl Hayes as Mr. Webster
  • Kelli Fox as Pathologistb
  • Tom Pickett as The Cop
  • Tom Heaton as Groundskeeper
  • Janie Woods-Morris as Miss Lange
  • Nora McLellan as Jane Morris
  • Anna Ferguson as Miss Winn

[edit] Trivia

  • The early beginnings of X-Files in-jokes: the name Tom Braidwood, the assistant director or also known as Frohike, is used in the scene where the parking lot attendant paints over the name of Howard Graves, the dead man.
  • The FOX network starts to play up the horror aspect of the show as this episode's tag for next week's episode uses DON'T WATCH IT ALONE for the first time.
  • During the episode, Fox Mulder says the following quote:
 "Only one person has ever successfully faked his own death: Elvis"

[edit] References and external links

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