"The X Files" The Unnatural (1999)

User Rating:

8.4/10   

Director:

David Duchovny

Writers:

Chris Carter (creator)
David Duchovny (written by)

TV Series:

"The X Files" (1993)

Original Air Date:

25 April 1999 (Season 6, Episode 19)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Plot:

Mulder uncovers a story involving a Negro baseball player in the 1940s who played for a minor league team in Roswell. When in a photograph he sees the Alien Bounty Hunter it is assumed that Josh Exley, the baseball player in question, might just be alien himself.

Plot Keywords:

FBI | FBI Agent | Alien | X Files | Conspiracy

Cast

David Duchovny	...	Fox Mulder
Gillian Anderson	...	Dana Scully
Fredric Lehne	...	Young Arthur Dales (as Fredric Lane)
Jesse L. Martin	...	Josh Exley
M. Emmet Walsh	...	Arthur Dales
Brian Thompson	...	Alien Bounty Hunter
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lou Beatty Jr.	...	Black Coach
Gabriel Clifton	...	Black Kid
Daniel Ducovny	...	Piney (as Daniel Duchovny)
Julie Griffith	...	Beautiful Woman
Jesse James	...	Poorboy
Al Kaplon	...	Umpire
Lennie Loftin	...	Coranado
Kerric Macdonald	...	Moose
Ken Medlock	...	White Coach
Walter Phelan	...	Alien (as Walter T. Phelan Jr.)
Robb Reesman	...	Macon Cop
Paul Willson	...	Ted

Runtime:

Argentina:60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Certification:

Argentina:13

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Trivia:

Mulder is 'Chris Carter''s mother's maiden name. Mulder's first name, Fox, is the name of Carter's childhood friend. Scully is the name of the LA Dodgers' sports announcer Vin Scully, to whom Carter listened as a child. In episode #6.19, The Unnatural, the voice announcing the Dodgers game is none other than Vin Scully.

Quotes:

Scully: Mulder, you just defaced property of the US Government... you rebel.

Movie Connections:

References The Natural (1984)

baseball rules!

okay, let me begin with saying I don't know baseball - well, in fact I didn't know it until now. off course I had heard about it, but I never really cared to search anything that's got to do with it. then, the episode 'The Unnatural' started, and wow man, these baseball images were so fascinating! I want to know more and more about baseball. thank you, Chris Carter, for letting David write and direct this episode. it's very obvious David liked baseball and he managed to make a good tequila mix of baseball and science fiction. yes, the story was a bit like all the other X-Files episodes I've seen till now, but it was original using baseball in the series, even if it was only this episode. it changed my habits. Baseball rules!