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"The X Files" The Rain King (1999)


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Chris Carter (creator)
Jeffrey Bell (written by)
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Original Air Date:
10 January 1999 (Season 6, Episode 8)
Plot:
A mayor of a small town asks Mulder and Scully to investigate Daryl Mootz, a man who apparently can make it rain at will... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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David Duchovny ... Fox Mulder

Gillian Anderson ... Dana Scully
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Dirk Blocker ... Mayor Gilmore

Frankie Ingrassia ... Cindy Culpepper (as Francesca Ingrassia)
Victoria Jackson ... Sheila Fontaine

Brian Johnson ... Man (as Brian D. Johnson)
Sharon Madden ... Hotel Manager

David Manis ... Holman Hardt
Tom McFadden ... The Doctor (as Thom McFadden)

Clayton Rohner ... Daryl Mootz
Sally Stevens ... Radio Singer
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Argentina:60 min
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Continuity: When the car crashes into the pole you can see in the external scene that the fractured windscreen is gone but on the next internal shot it is back. more
Quotes:
Sheila Fontaine: Not even a kiss? Trust me, the man knows how to kiss. I just never thought of Holman that way, you know. He's my closest friend. And to not even suspect...
Scully: Well, it seems to me that the best relationships - the ones that last - are frequently the ones that are rooted in friendship. You know, one day you look at the person and you see something more than you did the night before. Like a switch has been flicked somewhere. And the person who was just a friend is... suddenly the only person you can ever imagine yourself with. The storm drains are filling up. Let's get out of here.
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17 out of 17 people found the following review useful.
Cute and funny, 28 February 2008
10/10
Author: silverlukas from Bulgaria

I do not agree with the common opinion about this episode. It's not sugary and trite, it's just different, and even cute, and what's more - made with style! Who says that the most and only important things that define "The X Files" are their seriousness,darkness, scariness?...One of the greatest things about this show is that it can do anything, it can be frightening or action-like, or Gothic, or religious, it's highly metaphorical, or funny, or ironic, or romantic, or nicely simple, or even cheerfully light. I mean,there is even black&white episode, and I truly respect the fact that they (the crew) are crafty and capable enough to play with genres, and to create an unexpected episode, always full of quality. Most of today's TV-shows keep a strict line in what's expected of them, and all their episodes are very much similar. "The X Files" has the courage to try new things, not to follow regulations of what it "should be", because life and art can be various and in the variety is the beauty. I like everything in "The Rain King", it's full of nice moments and funny stuff in a kind, soft way. I like the clouds which laugh, Mulder's painted lips, Scully's speech about love and friendship, the rainbow with blue birds at the end...it is a must-see episode for shippers, definitely. And for anyone who can appreciate the style in light, but honest episode and who is not ashamed to like cute things.

Sorry for my bad English, if I was more fluent with it I would have written this far more convincingly;)

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