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Book Description: THE X-FILES (PILOT) Original Broadcast Date : 9/10/94 Written by Chris Carter Directed by Robert Mandel
Agent Fox Mulder, a former FBI fast-tracker whose career has spiraled since his interest in the paranormal began, is teamed up with Agent Dana Scully a medical doctor whom the FBI hopes will debunk his theories. The pair is called into investigate a series of strange deaths involving high school classmates in a small Pacific Northwestern town.
Special Agent Fox Mulder - David Duchovny Special Agent Dana Scully - Gillian Anderson Billy Miles - Zachary Ansley Smoking Man - William B. Davis Mr. Jay Nemman - Cliff DeYoung Theresa Nemman - Sarah Koskoff Detective Miles - Leon Russom
Deep Throat Original Broadcast Date : 9/17/93 Written by Chris Carter Directed by Daniel Sackheim
Acting on a tip from an inside source Mulder and Scully travel to Ellens Air Force Base in Idaho to investigate a number of unusual disappearances of army test pilots who vanish after the completion of their mission.
Special Agent Fox Mulder - David Duchovny Special Agent Dana Scully - Gillian Anderson Section Chief Scott Blevins - Charles Cioffi Paul Mossinger - Michael Bryan French Emil - - Seth Green Deep Throat - Jerry Hardin Col. Robert Budahas - Andrew Johnston Zoe - - Lalainia Lindejerg Kissell - Vince Metcalfe Ladonna - Monica Parker Mrs. Anita Budahas - Gabrielle Rose
Amazon.com: In the pilot episode of the hit TV show, we meet FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully. Mulder, nicknamed "Spooky" because of his obsession with paranormal phenomena and UFOs, is lodged in the basement of the FBI's headquarters from which he investigates unexplained cases that no other agent will touch. Scully is assigned to be Mulder's partner, ostensibly to spy on him and debunk his work. She soon finds that there is more to learn from "Spooky" Mulder than she imagined. While all of the elements that make The X-Files special are not quite developed here, and it only hints at the series' potential, the pilot episode is a great deal of fun nonetheless, and essential viewing for any X-Phile.
By contrast, the series' first regular episode, Deep Throat contains all of the factors that fans expect of The X-Files. While investigating the case of a missing Air Force test pilot, who may or may not have been flying a craft built from Alien technology, Mulder is contacted by a shadowy "Deep Throat" figure who warns him to drop the case. This one has it all--government cover-ups, paranoia, alien spacecraft, and then some.
So, you wanna know what all the fuss is about? Check out the pilot that started it all. Jerry Hardin, as the enigmatic "Deep Throat" is so good that one can believe that he was involved in a little thing called "Watergate."
An "X-Files" fan can relish in the look of a much younger, and slightly pudgier Anderson, while Duchovny's infancy as an actor is intriguing alone. Just to see how he "grew" as a performer is a revelation.
X at the begining The pilot episode of the X Files and the second episode DEEP THROAT are the reasons why the first season of the show was the best. A true aura of mystery surrounded the episodes, nor would all the parts to the puzzle be filled in at the end and the foreshadowing was very high.
In PILOT, FBI instructer Dr. Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) is brought to her superiors with a new assignment. She is to be the partner of loose cannon agent Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) a brilliant agent whose theroies on the paranormal and mythology in his cases have alienated him from his fellow investagaters. It is Scully's job to find validity and scientific proof to Mulder's claims of alien involvment in his cases.
Their first adventure takes them to Oregon where strange occurances are affecting the young members of a small town. The towns people know what is going on, and don't want it spreading around or being discovered.
A good start for the show, characters are being introduced and we see development too. Most importantly we learn why Mulder is determined to find what is "out there" which will become a staple of plots in many episodes. Not to mention a particular scene where we see how much trust Mulder and Scully can show for each other.
DEEP THROAT is even better. Mulder is warned by a mysterious old man not to pursue interest in a case involving an Airforce base in Idaho where it's members are being affected by something strange. Despite this warning, Mulder and Scully go anyway to investigate the matter and end up in a desperate fight for the truth and probably their life.
This tape is great for the person who wants to get into the show. Because there is no better place to start then the begining, especially with this particular show and this particular season of episodes.
great intro This is everything a pilot should be: it establishes the look & tone of the show and introduces us to two interesting leads. Of course it has a plot hole here and there, but fans of the show are used to that! Interesting to note that the first of the two leads we see is Scully; it can be argued that the evolution of the show is the evolution of her character. Mulder is driven almost entirely by personal motive, but Scully is not that myopic. It is truly remarkable to see how quickly the show evolved just between the pilot and the first episode, "Deep Throat." The latter is much stronger, better directed and more tightly focused, and both eps set up conflicts & tensions that are still unwinding in season 6. Plus, you gotta love how NERVOUS and YOUNG both leads look here. They're all over the place!
Classic episodes- a beautiful begining... This tape is great for new fans and hard core X-philes. THE PILOT is my favorite episode with it's sly humor and Scully's mosquito bites. The first episodes for this great show!
I really enjoyed this episode... I really enjoyed the X-Files episode, "Pilot", because I, being an avid X-Files fan, enjoyed seeing the first episode. So many things have changed in the series, and "Pilot" and"Deep Throat" are true classics.
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