Deep Throat and the Nightmare Tooms

So this is where the show actually starts in my opinion. The shadowy informant known as "DeepThroat" is introduced. He enters the washroom, locks it. Then with no salutation at all he tells Mulder that he should not pursue his current case, because the military would not tolerate the FBI investigating. And continuing to do so would expose himself and Sculley to unnecessary risk. When Mulder asks who he is, the man cryptically says he is someone who "Can be of help to him, and has some interest in his work" and that he "is in a position to know quite a lot about our government". One last time he tells Mulder to abandon this case, then disappears from the washroom.In what we know is standard fashion, Mulder and Sculley would not be dissuaded. They depart for Idaho and begin their investigation by speaking to the women who had reported that the government had kidnapped her husband, a colonel and test pilot for the US-Air force. As the investigation continues Mulder and Sculley find themselves at the Air Force base witnessing two lights in the night sky moving unlike any aircraft of human design. A helicopter appears along with two kids running out of the bush(Seth Green), Mulder and Sculley catch up to the fleeing children and take them to a dinner where they interview them asking questions about the base. The next day they receive a call saying that Colonel Budahes had been returned, but when speaking with him it appeared that certain parts of his memory had been erased. Shortly after leaving the duo are almost run off the road, then stopped by two vehicles. Men get out, demand the agents do the same. They start taking or destroying all evidence collected and even assault Mulder in the name of "National Security"(funny how long this trend has been around in Western Culture) telling them to leave the next morning or accept the consequences. When discussing it further Mulder asks "They do it in the name of national security, I ask to secure what?" and speculates that these aircraft are man made but derived from alien technology(specifically Roswell Crash UFO parts). Sculley argues that sometimes the government has the responsibility to protect these secrets and that maybe they should just leave. Driven by his suspicions Mulder returns to the base and attempts to hike to "yellow base" where they hanger the aircraft, he reaches an air strip and one of the UFO's stops right above him and hovers. OUR FIRST UPCLOSE ufo!! YAY. Mulder is picked up by military personal and restrained shortly after the UFO darts away. They inject him with something and we see him being wheeled on a gurney through a hanger, one of the aircraft appears to be under construction behind a white curtain. Sculley mean while is attacked by the "local reporter" who is in actuality Air Force security. She bests the man, and at gun point forces him to drive her to the military base. Once there she informs them unless they want her involving ever media venue in the country investigating what was going on out there, they would give her Mulder back. He is released shortly after but is disoriented. Before leaving town they go to visit the wife of Colonel Budahas one last time, she says he is much better and wont let them speak with him. The conspiracy begins To close out the episode Deep Throat approaches Mulder again and we find out that part of his(Mulder) memory has been erased as well. Mulder asks if they(aliens) are here now, and he responds "They have been here for a very, very long time Mr. Mulder." and departs.

The premise for this episode is that a serial killer is on the lose and Sculley is asked to help with the investigation. The deaths share no real commonality besides that they all died in an otherwise secure room(windows and doors locked from the inside) and they each had their liver removed by HAND(ewwww). Mulder's involvement in the case causes problems from the start because of his reputation and his theories regarding the case. We later find out that all of the evidence gathered by the current investigation matches with an X-File from the 1930's and 1960's and that a seemingly harmless man taken in for questioning could be the one killing these people, but how?HAHAHA "seemingly harmless" and that's the picture I choose That guy not only looks fucking insane but he is terrifying as well. I mean he comes to your safe, secure house and stretch-man's his way inside down your chimney or vent, and then he stabs you with his hand and rips your liver out and eats it. Now imagine being 6 and watching this shit... Anyways, Mulder and Sculley continue to investigate Eugene Tooms as their primary suspect. They go to a building condemned 10 years ago and discover what appears to be a nest where this mutant hibernates. Eugene steals a locket off Sculley and signifies that she is his last taret before he disappears for another 30 years. Mulder's stakeout team is pulled without his knowledge and he returns alone to the den of the mutant and finds Sculley's locket and rushes to her apartment. Tooms is already there and trying to dine on Sculleys liver(i dont think if i had Sculley topless on the bathroom floor id try to kill her and eat her liver, but that's just me), Mulder breaks in just in time to help fend him off. Together they manage to handcuff him to the tub while backup arrives. The end of the episode shows Tooms in a cell under observation, he is already building a new "nest" for himself out of news papers. As he is given his meal through a small slot in the door, Tooms gets a devious look as he realizes that his imprisonment is only temporary.

Me too! Neopolitan Icecream, and chocolate milk. That episode was really scary for me too, a teacher in my school looked just like that women just add like 50lbs. Just an evil bitch really lol. This episode squeeze is the one that really scared me when I first saw it. And id say the defining episode for me was and is "Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man", I like conspiracy theories like who shot JFK, and Rosewell. That episode is the one I always think of when I think X-Files.
Ive purchased all the seasons except 1 on Dvd too, they are like 20 bucks at best buy so I go down and pick them up now and then(SG-1 lately). That show was really cool forsure and TV on fridays wasn't the same when it was gone. However I did manage to fill the void last night with a bottle of Wild Turkey so there is hope! /braces for immanent flame/ Im a Red Wings fan dude :O I know I know , blasphemer. But Ive loved em since I can remember and Steve Yzerman(from ontario) is my favorite player of all time. BUT!!! I do and always will have a soft spot for our home town hero's the Leafs. Fuck do they suck, but we love them. If you can look past my heinous crimes Id gladly form a TL hockey club! BTW Canada ftw take that USA lol
I guess, but then its like... SG-1?? McGyver in Space not doing it for you? Startrek NexGen dood. Many many many good Sci-fi shows around then I thought.That's excellent man! All the more reason to join us in re-visiting the series, those two season are regarded as the best by a lot of people.
Sweet! What did you think of the first 3 episodes?
I think I can respond to all of these at once. I still love the opening seasons "monster of the week" feel with the conspiracy edge peppered in. I agree that the 5 and 6th seasons were probably the best and just because it dealt with a lot of story arch's that had been building for 5 or 6 years. David Duch...I mean Mulder leaving the show kind of made sense from a story perspective but IT SUCKED, I think it destroyed one of the most unique and possibly best "partner" team on television too. You rarely see male and female partners on TV let alone on a show as awesome as this one.It rings a bell, but I am not 100%. I look forward to getting to that episode!Unfortunately for me my parents letting me stay up to watch X-Files was a stretch enough that asking to stay up another hour to watch Millenium after was more then a stretch. The episode you guys are talking about is the first thing I thought of when I saw commercials for The Hills Have Eyes, haha funny how big box office movies can be linked in premise to X-Files episodes that were just twisted! Pwew! thats them all i think. Thanks for reading and responding and I'll talk to you all next time