2X19 Dod Kalm
When the U.S.S. Ardent disappears off the Norwegian coast just below the 65th parallel, an area Mulder refers to as the second Bermuda Triangle, where nine other vessels have disappeared since 1949.
Mulder arranges for Scully with her medical background to gain access to the sole survivor Lieutenant Richard Harper at the Bethsheda Naval Hospital in Maryland. Scully is surprised to find that the 28 year old Harper is a wrinkly grey haired old man. Mulder believes it has something to do with the Philadelphia Experiment during World War II, a government project to render ships invisible to radar, which Mulder claims used technology recovered from the infamous Roswell Incident.
Mulder and Scully travel to Norway to investigate, but find it difficult to get anyone to take them out to the area. Only Henry Trondheim captain of the local trawler Zeal is willing to take them. They find the U.S.S. Ardent dead in the water, a rust covered old ship despite the fact that is was only commissioned in 1991.
As they explore the ship the trawler Zeal is hijacked and sails away leaving them stranded on board. They encounter a local pirate whaler Olafssen, who seems unaffected by premature ageing. They realise his apparent immunity holds the key to the case. As Mulder and Scully begin to age rapidly Scully theorises that if the U.S.S. Ardent was drifting towards a meteorite on the ocean floor, the resulting electromagnetic energy could be exciting free-radicals, the elements believed to cause ageing.
Noteworthy Quote
Scully: "Something very strange is going on here Mulder"
Credits
| Story by: |
Howard Gordon |
| Teleplay by: |
Howard Gordon |
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Alex Gansa |
| Director: |
Rob Bowman |
Cast:
| David Duchovny |
Special Agent Fox Mulder |
| Gillian Anderson |
Special Agent Dana Scully |
Guest Cast:
| John Savage |
Henry Trondheim |
| Mar Anderson |
Halverson |
| Dmitry Chepovetsky |
Lieutenant Harper |
| David Cubitt |
Captain Barclay |
| Vladamir Kulich |
Olafsson |
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| Claire Riley |
Doctor Laskose |
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| Stephen Dimopolous |
Ionesco |
| John Mcconnach |
Sailor |
| Bob Metcalfe |
Nurse |
| Kelly Irving |
Burke |
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