Triangle (The X-Files)

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“Triangle”
The X-Files episode
Mulder with some familiar faces in 1939
Episode no.	Season 6 Episode 6X03
Written by	Chris Carter
Directed by	Chris Carter
Production no.	6ABX03
Original airdate	November 22, 1998 (Fox)
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"Triangle" was the third episode of the sixth season of The X-Files science-fiction television series created by Chris Carter.

[edit] Plot

Mulder goes in search of a ship that disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle in 1939. But when he gets on board, Mulder finds that he — and all the passengers and crew (as well as some strangely familiar ones) — are still stuck in the past.

[edit] Notes

• Gillian Anderson, William B. Davis, Chris Owens, James Pickens Jr and Mitch Pileggi play characters in 1939 as well as their regular ones.
• The episode was designed by Chris Carter to be similar in style to Alfred Hitchcock’s Rope. Through manipulation of the camera, and editing, the episode is designed to look like it was shot in four uninterrupted eleven-minute takes.
• The episode references The Wizard of Oz in many ways:
  • At the end, Mulder says he was on the Queen Anne, and says to his visitors that they were there.
  • The ship's captain is named Yip Harburg. E.Y. (Yip) Harburg was the lyricist for The Wizard of Oz.
  • The name of the ballroom singer is Almira Gulch, after the Wizard of Oz character who is also the Wicked Witch of the West and the Wicked Witch of the East
  • Mulder's wrecked ship is called the Lady Garland, after Judy Garland.
  • The episode takes place in 1939, the year The Wizard of Oz is released.
• When Mulder knocks Spender unconscious on the Queen Anne, he takes his uniform and position. In reality, it is the other way around: Spender has taken Mulder's position in the FBI.
• Gillian Anderson’s 1939 character is said to work for the OSS - which wasn’t established until 1942.
• The “Bureau of Investigation” was formed in 1908 and renamed (as the “Federal Bureau of Investigation”) in 1935, but none of the 1939 British crew members had heard of it.
• The opening credits text reads “Die Wahrheit ist irgendwo da draußen”, which roughly translates to "The Truth Is Out There".
• This episode contains the first of four kisses Mulder and Scully will share onscreen. The second one is in the seventh season episode "Millenium", the third in the season eight finale "Existence", and the fourth and final one in the series finale "The Truth".

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[edit] References and external links

• Triangle at the Internet Movie Database
• Triangle at TV.com