1X19 Darkness Falls
When thirty loggers disappear in Washington state whilst clearing trees in a remote forest. Mulder pulls some strings to get assigned to the case, which mirrors a similar X-files case back in 1934 when a group of loggers disappeared without a trace. Mulder and Scully are joined by Larry Moore from the Federal Forest Service and Steve Humphreys a representative of the lumber company.
They uncover evidence that the loggers have been victimised by a group of ecoterrorists, militant environmentalists who sabotage lumber company equipment in retaliation for what they are doing to America's forests.
When their jeep falls victim to traps laid by the ecoterrorists, they have to continue on foot. On arrival at the loggers base of operation they catch one of the ecoterrorists, Doug Spinney looking for gasoline. He tries to warn them that there is a swarm of insects that come out at night and attack people. Humphreys believes the story is a fabrication to explain the loggers disappearance and pleads with Moore to arrest Spinney, when Moore declines Humphreys leaves the group to hike back to the jeep but is attacked by the insects.
The group discovers evidence of the insects in a core sample from a large tree felled in the forest. And conclude that the insects are hundreds of year old, trapped in the tree and released when the loggers cut down the tree. As night closes in and with the generator running low on fuel they soon discover that you should be afraid of the dark.
Noteworthy Quote
Scully: "You think these mites are what killed the men?"
Spinney: "Maybe they've been lying there dormant for hundreds of years. Maybe they woke up hungry!"
Credits
| Writer: |
Chris Carter |
| Director: |
Joe Napolitano |
Cast:
| David Duchovny |
Special Agent Fox Mulder |
| Gillian Anderson |
Special Agent Dana Scully |
Guest Cast:
| Jason Beghe |
Larry Moore |
| Tom O'rourke |
Steve Humphreys |
| Titus Welliver |
Doug Spinney |
| Barry Greene |
Perkins |
| David Hay |
Clean-Suited Man |
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| Ken Tremblett |
Dyer |
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