En Ami
- Episode aired Mar 19, 2000
- TV-14
- 45m
Agent Scully lets sympathy cloud her better judgment when she accompanies the Cigarette Smoking Man on a road trip and wonders if he's as evil as she always thought.Agent Scully lets sympathy cloud her better judgment when she accompanies the Cigarette Smoking Man on a road trip and wonders if he's as evil as she always thought.Agent Scully lets sympathy cloud her better judgment when she accompanies the Cigarette Smoking Man on a road trip and wonders if he's as evil as she always thought.
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Did you know
- TriviaThis episode's title means "as a friend" in French and also functions as a pun, reading phonetically as "enemy" in English.
- GoofsFox Mulder's email address would have ended after "fbi.gov"; adding the ".net" afterwards puts it into a commercial email address (perhaps on purpose to keep people from sending emails to that address at the FBI).
- Quotes
The Cigarette Smoking Man: You've been at the wheel too long. Would you like me to drive?
Scully: I might if you let me know where we're going.
The Cigarette Smoking Man: Knowing that, you'd feel comfortable? You'd trust me? How long did it take Mulder to win your trust?
Scully: I've always trusted Mulder.
The Cigarette Smoking Man: You're not being honest with yourself. Think back. There was a time when you feared for your future, for your career when you were first partnered with this man. I told you, I've studied you for years... and if you would permit me, I'd like to make an observation. You're drawn to powerful men but you fear their power. You keep your guard up, a wall around your heart. How else do you explain that fearless devotion to a man obsessed, and, yet, a life alone? You'd die for Mulder but you won't allow yourself to love him.
Scully: Wow. I'm learning a whole other side to you. You're not just a cold-blooded killer, you're a pop psychologist as well.
The Cigarette Smoking Man: I've been a destroyer all my life. Before I die, I'd like to prove that I'm capable of something more. Turn here, on the left.
Scully: Where are we going?
The Cigarette Smoking Man: To show you what I'm capable of.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The X-Files: My Struggle III (2018)
I have to admit, I am a little confused, did this just return us to the events and vibe of series 5 and 6? This felt very different to recent story arcs, not sure how to explain why.
It's an elaborate plot, it's a well crafted and well structured episode.
My only frustration, is associated with Scully, after all that's happened, I'm finding it a little tough to accept that Scully would put her faith in Smoking Man.
I loved the touches of humour, once again The Lone Gunmen impress, their disguises were hilarious.
William B Davies once again impresses hugely as the elusive smoking Man, he does have such a presence on screen.
I thought this was really well paced, excellent, 9/10.
- Sleepin_Dragon
- Sep 22, 2022
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- The Old Place - 29983 Mulholland Highway, Cornell, California, USA(gas stop, Scully mails tape)
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