The X-Files 1.01 “Deep Throat”

The title of this episode makes me giggle. I can’t help it.

This episode starts off in much the same way as the pilot. Launches straight into the freak-of-the-week item.

Scully’s hair is now proper Scully-hair. Not the quick dye-job she had for the pilot.

“I’ve got something to show you.”
“Something you couldn’t show me at work?”

After stripping down to her underwear for Mulder in the first episode? This totally gets the shipperbrain going.

And Deep Throat! He appears. He is mysterious. And how does he think that he’s a bit naive to think that Mulder will just take the random advice of a complete stranger.

The test pilot thing and the weirdness is kind of uninteresting, but this is the first 10 minutes I suppose. What’s more interesting to me is that it feels like a few months have passed between the pilot and this episode. Mulder and Scully are obviously more familiar with each other now.

Seth Green is in this episode – his first appearance in the series. He does nail the half-baked teenager in all his appearances. The scene with him, the girl and our dynamic duo in the diner is great.

The rest of the episode is kind of mediocre. The only good part really is the interaction between Mulder and Scully. And the fact that Scully is NEVER there when Mulder gets a good look at UFOs in this series.