Pilot (The X-Files)
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| “Pilot” | |
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| The X-Files episode | |
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| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 1X79 |
| Guest stars | Charles Cioffi, Cliff De Young, Sarah Koskoff, Leon Russom, Zachary Ansley |
| Written by | Chris Carter |
| Directed by | Robert Mandel |
| Production no. | 01-101 |
| Original airdate | September 10, 1993 (Fox) |
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| – | "Deep Throat" |
"Pilot" was the original series pilot for The X-Files science-fiction television series created by Chris Carter. Its main theme was alien abduction.
In addition to setting the tone for the show, the episode sets up several character and story arcs. "Pilot" marks the first appearance of the Cigarette Smoking Man, who will go on to become the series' signature villain; although he has no lines his ominous background prescence is established. Several other characters who will later return, including Chief Scott Blevins, Theresa Nemman, Detective Miles, Billy Miles, and Dr. Heitz Werber also appear for the first time. The events of the episode are revisited in the seventh-season finale, "Requiem", while the episode's conclusion is referenced in the first-season finale, "The Erlenmeyer Flask".
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[edit] Plot
Agent Dana Scully is assigned to work with Agent Fox Mulder on the X-Files in an attempt to debunk his left-field work. Their first case has them travelling to fictional Bellefleur and Raymon County, Oregon to investigate a series of deaths within a single high-school class, which later appear to be alien abductions. A near comatose man, Billy Miles, is taking his classmates, including Theresa Nemman, into the woods, where they disappear into a bright light.
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[edit] Guests
- Charles Cioffi as Division Chief Scott Blevins
- Cliff DeYoung as Dr. Jay Nemman
- Sarah Koskoff as Theresa Nemman
- Leon Russom as Detective Miles
- Zachary Ansley as Billy Miles
- Stephen E. Miller as Coroner John Truitt
- Jim Jansen as Dr. Heitz Werber
- Malcolm Stewart as Dr. Glass
- Alexandra Stewart as The Orderly
- Ken Camroux as Third Man in Blevin's Office
- Doug Abrams as Patrolman # 1
- Katya Gardener as Peggy O'Dell
- J.B. Bivens as Truck Driver
- William B. Davis as Cigarette Smoking Man
- Ric Reid as Assistant Coroner
- Lesley Ewen as Receptionist
[edit] References and external links
| The X-Files Season 1 | ||
| Episode List | Official Website | ||
| Pilot | Deep Throat | Squeeze | Conduit | The Jersey Devil | Shadows | Ghost in the Machine | Ice | Space | Fallen Angel | Eve | Fire | Beyond the Sea | Gender Bender | Lazarus | Young at Heart | E.B.E. | Miracle Man | Shapes | Darkness Falls | Tooms | Born Again | Roland | The Erlenmeyer Flask | ||
