Gillian Anderson does put a live cricket into her mouth, on camera, in this episode. Apparently she had eaten one during an earlier rehearsal, but unfortunately was not caught on tape.
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starring Annabeth Gish, David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Mitch Pileggi, Robert Patrick (add more)
Humbug (series 2)
Gillian Anderson does put a live cricket into her mouth, on camera, in this episode. Apparently she had eaten one during an earlier rehearsal, but unfortunately was not caught on tape.
Piper Maru (1) (series 3)
This episode is named after Gillian Anderson's daughter, Piper Maru Anderson.
Small Potatoes (series 4)
The guy playing Eddie is Darin Morgan, one of the writers of the show.
Tempus Fugit (1) (series 4)
Tempus fugit is Latin for "time flies."
Memento Mori (series 4)
"Memento Mori" is Latin and means "remember that you are mortal"/"remember you shall die". It was said to military leaders who won great victories to keep their feet on the ground. In this episode both Scully and Mulder are made very aware of her mortality.
Musings of a Cigarette-Smoking Man (series 4)
Young Cancer Man is played by the same man who later plays Agent Spender - Cancer Man's son and Mulder's brother.
Redux (2) (series 5)
Originally, the opening credits of this episode ended with the phrase, "All lies lead to the truth." This has been changed back to "The truth is out there" for the DVD.
Arcadia (series 6)
In this episode, Mulder and Scully go undercover as a married couple, Rob and Laura Petrie. This is a reference to "The Dick Van Dyke Show," where the main characters were a couple named Rob and Laura Petrie.
Tithonus (series 6)
If the story in this episode is to be believed, Scully is now completely immortal. Alfred Fellig couldn't die because he had bypassed death - his nurse died in his place. When Scully is all but dead and Fellig grabs death away from her and dies himself, this should leave Scully in the same position as Fellig was before he died - completely immortal.
In this episode, if the facts are followed, Scully would live forever because Fennig saw Death instead of her. In the earlier episode "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose" (the man who can tell when people are going to die), she asks when she is going to die. He says 'you don't.' Maybe Scully really is intended to live forever.
Dreamland II (2) (series 6)
Fletcher says that Saddam Hussein is really a man named John Gillnitz. This is a mix of the names of three of the show's producers: John Shiban, Vince Gilligan, and Frank Spotnitz. There is also a character in the episode "Jump the Shark" named John Gillnitz, and a character in the video game, "The X Files: Resist or Serve" named John Gillnitz.
The Beginning (series 6)
In the power plant scene, a worker walks into the control room, there is a bald man with his feet on the control panel - asleep. His colleague greets him as 'Homer' - obvious reference to Homer J Simpson.
Brand X (series 7)
In this episode Tobin Bell's character resides in apartment number 24. Two years later, Tobin Bell played Peter Kingsley in the second season of ... 24.
The Sixth Extinction II: Amor Fati (3) (series 7)
"Amor Fati" is Latin for "Love of fate."
Mulder's experiences during this episode bear an uncanny resemblance to the experience of Christ in The Last Temptation of Christ. Mulder is positioned in a crucifixion pose, with a metal crown of thorns. He enters a dream stage where he is no longer a saviour (pursuing the truth) and can live a normal life - with the woman he loved (as Jesus does with Mary in LToC). Life passes by in jumps, people die. Outside the window the apocalypse is raging and at the end Scully takes the role of Judas in challenging his decision to opt out of his mission.
The Sixth Extinction (2) (series 7)
The establishing shot of "Georgetown Memorial Hospital" is the same one used in Charmed whenever they go to the hospital.
Per Manum (series 8)
"Per Manum" is Latin for "Through the hand." (Or "by hand")
Salvage (series 8)
Scully describes the man's body as becoming "living metal" (I think). And Robert Patrick (i.e. The T-1000 in Terminator 2) says something along the lines of "A man made of metal? That kind of thing only happens in the movies, Agent Scully".
Redrum (series 8)
Doggette's friend Martin is played by Joe Morton. Morton acted with Robert Patric in "T2: Judgement Day".
Jump the Shark (series 9)
The title for this episode refers to a website, www.jumptheshark.com, which is dedicated to the moments when TV shows reach their peak and then start going downhill.
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