2X24 Our Town
Mulder and Scully travel to Dudley, Arkansas to investigate the disappearance of Federal Poultry Inspector, George Kearns. Aided by Sheriff Arens, they examine a field where witnesses reported seeing fox-fire on the night Kearns went missing. Mulder suggests some sort of ceremony took place in the field, but the Sheriff dismisses it as an illegal trash burn, nothing more. The interview Kearn's wife who tells they that he probably ran off with a younger woman. The Agents visit the local Chaco Chicken processing plant, which Kearns was about to recommend be closed down due to health violations. While they are there one of the workers, Paula Gray goes crazy and takes her supervisor hostage but Sheriff Arens shoots her dead.
Mulder and Scully visit the plant's owner Walter Chaco, Paula was his granddaughter, they request permission to do an autopsy on her and he agrees. Scully discovers signs that Paula was suffering from Crutzfelt-Jacob's disease, the rare but non contagious disease that Kearns had. She also discovers that Paula is forty-seven old, however she looks to be in her early twenties.
When a statistically impossible number of the local population also contract Crutzfelt-Jacob's disease, Mulder begins to get suspicious. He orders the dredging of a local river used as run out from the plant, which leads to the discovery of a number of mutilated skeletons. Mulder and Scully begin to suspect that chicken is not the staple diet of the local towns folk.
Noteworthy Quote
Scully: "So Mulder, are you ready to admit they sent us on a fool's errand"
Mulder: "If a fool would persist in his folly he would become wise Scully"
Credits
| Writer: |
Frank Spotnitz |
| Director: |
Rob Bowman |
Cast:
| David Duchovny |
Special Agent Fox Mulder |
| Gillian Anderson |
Special Agent Dana Scully |
Guest Cast:
| John Milford |
Walter Chaco |
| Caroline Kava |
Doris Kearns |
| Gary Grubbs |
Sheriff Tom Arens |
| Robin Mossley |
Dr Randolph |
| John Maclaren |
George Kearns |
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| Hrothgar Mathews |
Mental Patient |
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| Gabrielle Miller |
Paula Gray |
| Timothy Webber |
Jess Harold |
| Robert Moloney |
Worker |
| Carrie Cain Sparks |
Maid |
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