Trivia: Doug Hutchinson is one of the two actors that played the character of Tooms, a liver eating mutant, in the episodes "Squeeze" and "Tooms." Hutchinson is actually a vegetarian, or was at the time. After filming "Tooms" he sent the liver of an animal to Chris Carter as a thank you for the opportunity to play a character on "X-Files."
Trivia: There was no character or characters who appeared in all 201 episodes of The X Files.
Nothing Important Happened Today (1) - S9-E1
Trivia: When Doggett meets with the Lone Gunmen and their faces are blue, this is a reference to an incident in the series finale of The Lone Gunmen, "All About Yves."
Trivia: 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.
Trivia: According to A. Crowley, the words "Zazas, zazas, nasatanada, zazas" come from some ancient vision: by them Adam was said to have opened the gates of Hell. They are supposed to mean "Open, open, gates of Hell, open" and some claim that it originated in Pagan Europe. (00:18:50)
Trivia: Doggett's friend Martin is played by Joe Morton. Morton acted with Robert Patrick in Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
Trivia: The title for this episode is a referring to an episode of Happy Days where Fonzie literally jumps over a shark on a motorbike. It was first used critically in 1985, and is now generally used to suggest a popular or formerly-popular TV show using some sort of gimmick to try and regain some popularity or relevance.
The Sixth Extinction II: Amor Fati (3) - S7-E2
Trivia: 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.
Trivia: 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.
Trivia: 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 Sixth Extinction (2) - S7-E1
Trivia: The establishing shot of "Georgetown Memorial Hospital" is the same one used in Charmed whenever they go to the hospital.
Trivia: "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.
Trivia: 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.
Trivia: The guy playing Eddie is Darin Morgan, one of the writers of the show.
Answer: As he stated many times throughout the series, Mulder needed Scully to be sober and skeptical. Whenever Scully's skepticism wavered and she started questioning her own rationality, Mulder would try to restore her sense of skepticism, because he needed her to be clear-thinking.
Charles Austin Miller