Summary: The Mars Face plays a central thematic point in this story of an astronaut haunted or possessed by a close encounter during a space walk. Location: Pasadena, California; Houston, Texas (they did a good approximation of driving in rainy fog at night) Guest Actors: Ed Lauter
Summary: Something has gone awry in a remote arctic research facility … (I think we’ve heard this one before, and since.) The b-roll stock footage is hilarious. The crater covered in ice is a plot point for an end-series movie (as I recall). Location: Icy Cape, Alaska Guest Actors: Felicity Huffman (Sports Night, Desperate Housewives)
Summary: A H.A.L. type computer is a research project automating a high rise, and it’s a bit homicidal. Some of the computer science and pop culture verbiage humored me. Location: Alexandria, Virginia Guest Actors: Rob LaBelle (a frequent sci-fi character actor)
Summary: An unnamed Other Agency brings an odd case to Mulder and Scully. A poltergeist of a murdered boss. Scully shows she’s still not a believer. Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Guest Actors: Lorena Gale (as a wonderfully disinterested M.E. in one short scene)
Summary: Mulder gets obsessed with the urban legend incarnate in New Jersey, while Scully’s failed dating life hints at her interest in Mulder. Location: New Jersey
Summary: A girl is abducted at a UFO hotspot. There are many similarities to Mulder’s sister’s abduction when he was a child. Providing some back story about Mulder and his sister’s disappearance. Several scenes are clear homages to Poltergeist and Close Encounters. Location: Lake Okobogee, Iowa Guest Actors: Don Gibb (Ogre from Revenge of the … Read more