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Code Name: Deep Throat Code Number: 1X01 Crime: Abduction Suspect: None identified Status: Closed Location(s): Ellens Air Force Base, Idaho Investigating Agent(s): Special Agent Fox Mulder, Special Agent Dana Scully Mulder and Scully investigate the strange disappearance of Lieutenant Colonel Robert Budahas, a test pilot for the military who experienced a psychotic episode and was supposedly hospitalised for treatment. �Mulder suspects that Budahas may have met the same fate as six other pilots who mysteriously vanished from Ellens Air Base while participating in experimental aircraft test flights. �Mulder hints to Scully that the disappearance may be linked to the paranormal-classifying it as an x-file case. Mulder is approached by a mysterious man - dubbed "Deep Throat" - who advises that the investigation be dropped. Mulder ignores the advice and interview Mrs. Budahas, who describes her husband's unpredictable behaviour, strange skin rash and aversion to discussing this work on the military's top secret projects. The agents theorise the pilots may have been associated with Project Aurora, a code name given the Pentagon's secret testing of sub-orbital spy craft. Aided by tips from reporter Paul Mossinger and UFO buff Ladonna, the agents stake out a fenced area near the base. �That night, Mulder and Scully watch in amazement as two brightly-lit objects shoot through the night sky manoeuvring at incredibly speed. The agents give chase when two teenagers, Emil and Zoe, are spotted climbing through a hole from the opposite side of the fence. �But the hunters become the hunted when a helicopter from the base bears down on the group. �The foursome escape, retreating to a restaurant where Zoe and Emil recount tales of watching the light show regularly. �Mulder tells a disbelieving Scully that he believes the military may be flying planes built using technology from a UFO. Mrs. Budahas phones the agents at their motel when her husband suddenly reappears. �But the Lieutenant Colonel cannot remember any details having to do with his past and the military. �Mulder tells Scully he believes Budahas' memory has somehow been drained, and that he - like the other missing pilots who tested the mysterious aircraft - are physiologically incapable of dealing with the stress created during the flights. The agents are approached by men who seize their evidence and order them to leave town. �But Mulder returns to the base, and using Emil and Zoe as guides, climbs through the hole in the fence. �Alone on the base, Mulder is spotted by a UFO and taken prisoner by base security that suddenly arrives. �He is then sedated and treated by mysterious figures acting as doctors. Scully is attacked by Mossinger, who she discovers has been working for the military all along. �Scully overpowers him, taking him hostage at gunpoint. �She uses Mossinger to find Mulder and when she learns he is in custody of the military trades Mossinger in return for Mulder. �But when Mulder is released, he is unable to recall his encounter with the UFO or what happened while he was on the base because of the treatment they gave him. Back in Washington, Mulder is once again approached by Deep Throat while jogging. �Deep Throat warns Mulder that the agents have chosen a very dangerous path and their lives are in danger now that they know the truth about the existence of extraterrestrial life and the military's involvement in experimental aircraft. |
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THE X-FILES "DEEP THROAT" #1X01 ORIGINAL US AIRDATE: 9/17/93 CAST: DAVID DUCHOVNY as Special Agent Fox Mulder GILLIAN ANDERSON as Special Agent Dana Scully GUEST CAST: JERRY HARDIN as Deep Throat CHARLES CIOFFI as Section Chief Scott Blevins MICHAEL BRYAN FRENCH as Paul Mossinger ANDREW JOHNSTON as Col. Robert Budahas SETH GREEN as Emil LALAINIA LINDEJERG as Zoe VINCE METCALFE as Kissell GABRIELLE ROSE as Mrs. Anita Budahas MONICA PARKER as Ladonna DOC HARRIS as Mr. McLennen SHEILA MOORE as Verla McLennen JOHN CUTHBERT as Commanding Officer BRIAN FURLONG as Lead Officer MICHAEL PUTTONEN as Motel Manager WRITTEN BY: CHRIS CARTER DIRECTED BY: DANIEL SACKHEIM QUOTES: |
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"Yeah, there were rumours those pilots were shot down at high altitudes - while they were routinely
penetrating Russian air-space." "There were other rumours too." Special Agent Scully & Special Agent Mulder "F-15 Eagle, going about 4Gs. �Those boys think they are such hot shots! �Get a few drinks in 'em, you'd think it was them up there flapping their wings!" "(Laughs) Who's the photographer?" "Various and sundry. �I took the one on the end." "You're kidding! �Where?" "Out on the back porch. �Taking out the garbage and there it was, just hovering. �Quiet like a humming bird. �For a minute there I thought it was gonna land in the parking lot and I was gonna have to serve them lunch. �I'm selling limited edition prints for $20. �Down to the last five if you're interested." "Put it on my tab." "Sucker!" Special Agent Mulder, Ladonna & Special Agent Scully "You wanna see something weird, Mulder? �Ellens Air Base isn't even on my US-GS Quadrant map." "I know. �Let's go." "You know? �Well, where are we going?" "We've got our own map�sucker!" Special Agent Scully & Special Agent Mulder "Kids today, huh?" "You believe it all, don't you?" "Why wouldn't I?" "Mulder, did you see their eyes? �If I were that stoned I--" "Ooh, if you were that stoned, what?!" Special Agent Scully & Special Agent Mulder "Just because I can't explain it, doesn't mean I'm gonna believe they were UFOs." "Unidentified Flying Objects - I think that fits the description pretty well. �Tell me I'm crazy!" "Mulder - you're crazy!" Special Agent Scully & Special Agent Mulder "Please, step out of the car." "Do you think if maybe we ignore him he'll go away?" "Please, step out of the car." "I guess not." Black Suited Man & Special Agent Mulder "I want you to get on that walkie-talkie and find out where Mulder is." "I don't think I can do that." "I think you can! �Or I'm gonna have every newspaper in America out here writing about your experimental aircraft!" Special Agent Scully & Paul Mossinger "There are other ways to go about this." "Yeah, I've already seen what you got with tears and a sad story." Paul Mossinger & Special Agent Scully "If you do anything stupid then this situation could get big in a hurry." "You just keep telling yourself that." Paul Mossinger & Special Agent Scully "I just want to say, everything you've seen here is equal to the protection we give it. �It's you who have acted inappropriately." Paul Mossinger "Lieutenant Colonel Robert Budahas was returned to his home, though his own knowledge of his disappearance and whereabouts is vague and inconclusive. �Special Agent Mulder's insistence that Budahas may have been a test pilot on a top-secret project involving aircraft using recovered UFO technology, and may have suffered severe stress related trauma by flying these aircraft, is also inconclusive. �Though this Agent can corroborate Agent Mulder's eyewitness account of two unidentified flying objects in the northern sky over Ellens Airbase, their exact nature or design could not be determined. �Barring further authorised enquiry, this case - file #DF101364 - is closed." Special Agent Scully "Your lives may be in danger." "Why?" "You've seen things that weren't meant to be seen. �Care and discretion are now imperative." "I saw something I-" "As I said, I can provide you with information, but only so long as it's in my best interest to do so." "What is your interest?" "The truth." "I saw something, but it's gone. �They took it from me. �They erased it - you have to tell me what it was." "A military UFO? �Mr. Mulder, why are those like yourself who believe in the existence of extraterrestrial life not dissuaded by all the evidence to the contrary?" "Because�all the evidence to the contrary, is not entirely dissuasive." "Precisely." "They're here, aren't they?" "Mr. Mulder, they've been here for a long, long time." Deep Throat & Special Agent Mulder |
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"There were rumours those pilots were shot down� The other rumours those pilots were shot down over�line." "At high altitudes�" "At high altitudes while they were, uh, you know, penetrating, Russian air maids." Gillian Anderson & Prompt |
