The X-files
Humbug
Episode: 2X20
First aired:03/31/95
Written by: Darin Morgan
Directed by: Kim Manners
I actually didn't like this episode very much....but it's interesting anyway.
Jerald Glazebrook, a man suffering from ichthyosis, so that he looks like a
reptile man, swims with his kids in his
pool. He is suddenly attacked by an invisible creature, filling the water with
blood.
Mulder and
Scully investigate by going to Glazebrook's
funeral where they see Dr. Blockhead emerging from the
casket and pounding a
nail in his
chest. Mulder says that this attack is similar to 48 other attacks during the last 28
years.
They find the town filled with
sideshow performers. At their motel they meet Mr. Nutt, the
midget propiertor and Lanny, a man with a
congenital twin growing out of his side. That night, a sideshow performer is attacked by the same creature.
Mulder encounters the
Conundrum, a heavily
tatooed man who eats anything, and sees him eating a live fish. Later, they see the the attacker must have gotten in through a small
window to kill a man. They discover that the sheriff was once Jim Jim the Dog-faced Boy but they find nothing to suspect him. Meanwhile, Mr. Nutt is killed when attacked and draged out the
doggie door. They find one of Blockhead's pins in his palm.
However, they find that Lanny has been attacked and that it's actually his twin, Leonard, who's been inadvertently commiting the murders, somehow
disjoining himself from Lanny's body.
Mulder and Scully chase after Leonard, who is a wierd ugly liitle
skeleton (really disgusting) who runs into the fun house. The
creature runs into the Conundrum who is found unhurt, but rubbing his stomach contentedly. Lanny passes away and Leonard can't be found.
Important Quotes:
Nutt -- "Well, then why should I take
offense? Just because it's
human nature to make
instantaneous judgments of others based solely upon their
physical appearances? Why, I've done the same thing to you, for example. I've taken in your
all-American features, your
dour demeanor, your unimaginative necktie design...and concluded that you work for the
government. An
F.B.I. agent. But do you see the tragedy here? I have mistakenly reduced you to a
stereotype. A
caricature. Instead of regarding you as a specific, unique individual."
Mulder -- "But I am an F.B.I. agent."
Mulder -- "I could be mistaken. Maybe it was another bald-headed,
jigsaw-puzzle-tattooed,
naked guy I saw."
Mulder -- "Does
Agent Scully know that you're under her crawlspace?"
Nutt -- "I was merely repairing the
plumbing on this unit. I know what you're thinking, my friend, but you are grossly mistaken. Just because I am not of so-called "
average" height does not mean I must receive my thrills vicariously. Not all woman are attracted to overly tall,
lanky men such as yourself. You'd be surprised how many women find my size intriguingly alluring."
Mulder -- "And you'd be surprised how many men do as well."
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