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“Fallen Angel”

“Fallen Angel” is another X-Files episode that I do not remember seeing when it first aired. This is the second of the first season episodes that I do not remember. I had always thought that I had seen all the episodes of the X-Files (at least the ones with David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson in it. Robert Patrick, not so much). However, this episode did not ring any bells for me.

It did follow a basic concept though. Mulder sneaks into a government something-or-other (in this case, a crash site), gets caught, government conceals whatever it is, Mulder deals with the real issue (usually something with UFOs) and then gets no answer.

This episode featured a man named Max who seemed to be a precursor to the Lone Gunmen. Max was a conspiracy theorist/UFO aficionado with long hair and lots of technical gadgets. Max did have several apparent mental issues which seemed to make him interesting. Sadly, the aliens took him off and we lose Max to the wind (or had his body in a container).

Deep Throat appeared in this episode and saved Mulder from being fired from the FBI. He did the old “Keep your friends close, enemies closer” line in a ominous voice, implying that he may not be the ally that Mulder believes he is.

Oh, and while we had the X-Files meet The Thing a few episodes ago, this one is The X-Files meets Predator. The invisible creature was killing people in the woods and I kept waiting for Mulder to yell out, “Get to the chopper!”

Mulder and Scully vs. the US government is always fun, though they are really lucky that they haven’t been stuck away in a cell somewhere as of yet.