2X18 Fearful Symmetry
Mulder and Scully are called in to investigate after the death of a federal employee and the destruction of personal property is linked to an escaped elephant, despite the fact that no witnesses saw the creature.
Mulder and Scully travel to Idaho and meet Ed Meecham, the elephant trainer at the Fairfield Zoo who shows them that the elephant's cage is still locked. He suggests they talk to Willa Ambrose, a naturalist hired by the zoo to develop more suitable habitat for the animals. She explains that she was hired to improve conditions at the zoo after pressure from an animal activist group called the Wild Again Organization. She also tells them to talk to Kyle Lang, a member of the WAO. Their meeting leads Scully to believe that the WAO is to blame, a theory given credence when a member of the group is mauled to death by an escaped tiger while attempting to break in to the zoo.
However Mulder confers with Frohike and Byers of The Lone Gunman via a satellite linkup. They inform him that the Fairfield Zoo is renowned for never having had a successful live birth in captivity. Which leads Mulder to the conclusion that extraterrestrial are impregnating the zoo animals and harvesting the embryos as part of a conservation plan. When Mulder expresses his theory to Willa Ambrose she is incredulous until Scully's autopsy on the elephant reveals that it had been pregnant in the past. It seems the only place to find the answers is in the cage of a hand signing gorilla.
Noteworthy Quote
Sophie the gorilla: "Man save man"
Credits
| Writer: |
Steve De Jarnatt |
| Director: |
James Whitmore Jr |
Cast:
| David Duchovny |
Special Agent Fox Mulder |
| Gillian Anderson |
Special Agent Dana Scully |
Guest Cast:
| Charles Andre |
Ray Floyd |
| Jack Rader |
Ed Meecham |
| Jayne Atkinson |
Willa Ambrose |
| Lance Guest |
Kyle Lang |
| Bruce Harwood |
Byers |
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| Tom Braidwood |
Frohike |
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| Dean Haglund |
Langly |
| Garvin Cross |
Red Head Kid |
| Tom Glass |
Trucker |
| Jody St Michael |
Sophie |
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