"The X Files" Provenance (2002)

User Rating:

7.7/10   

Director:

Kim Manners

Writers:

Chris Carter (creator)
Chris Carter (written by) ...

TV Series:

"The X Files" (1993)

Original Air Date:

3 March 2002 (Season 9, Episode 9)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Plot:

A man is chased from the Canada/US border and reportedly burned alive though his body is not found. Meanwhile, in the burned remains the FBI finds papers with the same UFO markings Scully found in Africa. |

Plot Keywords:

FBI | FBI Agent | Alien | X Files | Conspiracy

Cast

Gillian Anderson	...	Dana Scully
Robert Patrick	...	John Doggett
Annabeth Gish	...	Monica Reyes
Mitch Pileggi	...	Walter Skinner
James Pickens Jr.	...	FBI Deputy Director Alvin Kersh
Cary Elwes	...	FBI Assistant Director Brad Follmer
Bruce Harwood	...	John Fitzgerald Byers
Tom Braidwood	...	Melvin Frohike
Dean Haglund	...	Richard 'Ringo' Langly
Sheila Larken	...	Margaret Scully
Neal McDonough	...	Robert Comer
Denis Forest	...	Lone Man
McNally Sagal	...	Overcoat Woman
James Parks	...	Agent Terry Sullivan
Alan Dale	...	Toothpick Man

Runtime:

Argentina:60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Certification:

Argentina:13

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

FBI cult guy tries to kill alien baby Jesus

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

Provenance and its counterpart Providence are two episodes that I might actually enjoy if I actually cared about the Scully's-baby-is-an-alien-Jesus-storyline. but I don't so I won't waste to much time on these reviews. The story of the first episode is as follows: an FBI agent infiltrates a UFO cult that believes Scully's baby to be an alien savior that will save all the aliens when they invade Earth. But the cult is made up entirely of humans who will also be destroyed when the invasion occurs. Explain to me then why they actually are trying to help the aliens? The FBI agent does infiltrate the cult but in the process becomes convinced of the truth of what they believe and comes back to kill William because of some alien cult prophecy saying something like "when Mulder dies, then William will cause humans to die and aliens to come to earth" or something like that. But we of course know that Mulder is not dead so Mr. FBI cult guy has some obvious bad intel. The investigation is kept very hush hush from Scully because nobody wants her to get personally involved, however, things occur such as people trying to murder her baby that clue her into the cover up and she gets mad and doesn't trust anyone anymore except Reyes, Doggett, and the Lone Gunmen. She shoots FBI cult guy in her apartment and saves her baby and then she is getting ready to send William into hiding when evil stay at home mom lady from the cult finds them, runs over Doggett with her car, and steals the baby from TLG. To Be Continued...

My rating for the episode: 6 out of 10.