2X20 Humbug
When Jerald Glazebrook aka 'Alligator Man' is attacked and killed in Gibsontown, Florida a retirement community for freaks and side show performers. It matches a pattern of forty-eight similar attacks spanning twenty-eight years all across the US. Someone working in circuses travelling from place to place across the US would be a primary suspect. Mulder and Scully investigate the recent attack in an attempt to catch the killer. They meet with Sheriff Hamilton who fills them in on the case. Mulder is intrigued by a drawing by local artist Hepcat Helm of the Fiji Mermaid, an exhibit P.T. Barnum billed as a 'genuine fake' as it was supposedly a fish's tail sown on to the body of a monkey.
When Hepcat Helm is later killed in his studio and the only access is via a very small window, Mulder theorises that the Fiji Mermaid is not only real but responsible for the murders. As they later discover that Sheriff Hamilton himself used to be Jim-Jim, the dog-faced boy and encounter other town residence like Dr Blockhead who performs human feats of endurance and The Conundrum, a tattooed jigsaw man who eats live animals. Scully finds it difficult to find a normal suspect, in a place where nothing is normal.
Her suspicions fall on trailer park porter Lanny's congealed twin Leonard,
as Scully theorises that Leonard is capable of extracting himself from his brother's body. Lanny later confirms this but claims that Leonard does not mean to hurt people, he is merely searching for another brother.
Noteworthy Quote
Dr Blockhead: "It's a mystery, maybe some mysteries are never meant to be solved"
Credits
| Writer: |
Darin Morgan |
| Director: |
Kim Manners |
Cast:
| David Duchovny |
Special Agent Fox Mulder |
| Gillian Anderson |
Special Agent Dana Scully |
Guest Cast:
| Jim Rose |
Dr Blockhead |
| The Enigma |
The Conundrum |
| Michael Anderson |
Mr Nutt |
| Wayne Grace |
Sheriff Hamilton |
| Vincent Schiavelli |
Lanny |
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| George Tipple |
Hepcat Helm |
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| Alex Diakun |
Curator |
| John Payne |
Jerald Glazebrook |
| Alvin Law |
Reverend |
| Blair Slater |
Older Glazebrook Child |
| Devin Walker |
Younger Glazebrook Child |
| Debis Simpson |
Waiter |
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