X-FILE
105 - Shadows
MULDER AND
SCULLY INVESTIGATE THE DEATHS OF TWO MEN BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN KILLED BY
A POWERFUL PSYCHOKINETIC FORCE.
Officials from a mysterious government
agency question Mulder and Scully about two recently discovered male cadavers.
The victims appear to have died after their throats were crushed from inside
their bodies. When the officials refuse to elaborate on the case, Mulder
feigns ignorance and does not link the deaths to an existing X-File. He
later admits to Scully, however, that he lied to the government men. Mulder
attributes the deaths to psychokinesis-the ability of a psychic force to
manipulate matter.
Without help from the government officials,
Mulder and Scully begin an investigation on their own and trace the murders
to Philadelphia. Working with local police, they are taken to the crime
scene. The agents realize a security camera at a nearby automated bank
machine may have recorded the murders.
They find footage of the victims accosting
Lauren Kyte, an employee of HTG Industrial Technologies. Working with bank
records, the agents access Lauren's home address and pay her a visit. Lauren
claims the men tried to grab her paycheck and she fled, escaping without
injury. Coming up empty-handed, the agents get into their car and prepare
to drive away. Suddenly, the vehicle snaps into reverse at full speed.
It careens down a street and collides with another car. Mulder and Scully
escape with minor injuries. Mulder tells Scully that he believes Lauren
was somehow responsible for the mishap.
While surveying Lauren's house, Mulder
accidentally photographs a strange image at her window. Using computer
enhancement, that image turns out to be the form of Lauren's dead boss,
Howard Graves.
Lauren is attacked in her home by two hit
men. But before the assailants can harm Lauren, a mysterious force intervenes
and kills them. Mulder and Scully arrive shortly thereafter and detain
her for questioning.
Lauren finally confesses the incredible
truth: her boss, Howard Graves, was murdered by co-worker Robert Dorland
after he threatened to expose HTG Technologies for selling restricted parts
to Isfahan terrorists. Graves' spirit returned from the dead, and has been
protecting her ever since.
The F.B.I. raids HTG Technologies, hoping
to uncover evidence of the illegal parts sales. When the agents come up
empty-handed, Graves' psychic force materializes and rips a hole in the
wall of Dorland's office, exposing a hidden micro-disk. The U.S. Attorney's
office uses the new evidence to prosecute Dorland.
Credits
THE X-FILES "SHADOWS" #1X05
Original Air Date: 10/22/93
CAST:
DAVID DUCHOVNY as Special Agent Fox Mulder
GILLIAN ANDERSON as Special Agent Dana Scully
GUEST CAST:
LISA WALTZ as Lauren Kyte
BARRY PRIMUS as Robert Dorland
LORENA GALE as Ellen Bledsoe
VEENA SOOD as Ms. Saunders
DERYL HAYES as Webster
KELLI FOX as Pathologist
TOM PICKETT as the Cop
TOM HEATON as Groundskeeper
JANIE WOODS-MORRIS as Ms. Lange
NORA MCLELLAN as Jane Morris
ANNA FERGUSON as Ms. Winn
WRITTEN BY:
GLEN MORGAN and JAMES WONG
DIRECTED BY:
MICHAEL KATLEMAN
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