Existence
- Episode aired May 20, 2001
- TV-14
- 45m
Agents Mulder, Doggett and Skinner investigate (along with Alex Krycek) the Super Soldier conspiracy, while Scully goes into hiding to have her child.Agents Mulder, Doggett and Skinner investigate (along with Alex Krycek) the Super Soldier conspiracy, while Scully goes into hiding to have her child.Agents Mulder, Doggett and Skinner investigate (along with Alex Krycek) the Super Soldier conspiracy, while Scully goes into hiding to have her child.
- Pathology Assistant
- (as Tom Martin)
- Rebecca
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAs per Annabeth Gish (Reyes), the special effects for the birthing scene consisted of cottage cheese and strawberry jelly.
- GoofsWhen Knowle Rohrer is first introduced by Agent Crane as a visitor to see Agent Doggett, he's seen wearing a standard FBI pass (white background). However, when Doggett is talking to Knowle Rohrer minutes afterwards, he is wearing a visitor FBI pass (red background).
- Quotes
Mulder: How's everybody doing?
Scully: [holding her newborn] We're doing just fine.
Mulder: [to the baby, starting to cry] Hey, now. None of that.
[holds the baby in his arms]
Mulder: What are you going to call him?
Scully: William. After your father.
Mulder: Well, I don't know. He's... he's got your coloring and your eyes, but he looks suspiciously like Assistant Director Skinner...
Scully: [chuckles tearfully] I don't understand, Mulder. They came to take him from us; why they didn't...
Mulder: I don't quite understand that either, except that maybe he isn't what they thought he was. That doesn't make him any less of a miracle though, does it?
Scully: From the moment I became pregnant, I feared the truth... about how... and why. And I know that you feared it, too.
Mulder: I think what we feared were the possibilities. The truth we both know.
Scully: Which is what?
[Mulder leans in for a kiss]
- ConnectionsFeatured in The X-Files: The Truth (2002)
This was a fantastic end to the series, I'd put it up there with thr best of them. I've been frustrated in the past by overly complex stories, where they've intimated at tying loose ends, but haven't. Here it felt like we got some answers, Scully's baby and Krycek being two cases in point.
A breathless episode, this is one that had me on the edge of my seat, the momentum built and grew. Once again I got more than a vibe of Terminator 2, felt like a real thumbs up to Robert Patrick.
I go into series 9 with high hopes, series I 8 started well and concluded in remarkable fashion, I have to be honest, it's up there with my favourites, and for me was a big improvement over series 7.
That final scene was quite telling, it looks like we have a slightly different setup for the next episode.
Classic, 10/10.
- Sleepin_Dragon
- Sep 29, 2022