Episode Summary
After a space shuttle launch is aborted and evidence of some bizarre sabotage is found, a NASA worker asks Mulder and Scully to take a look around. Meanwhile, the former astronaut who is in charge of the mission is apparently haunted by something he encountered during a spacewalk on a previous mission.
Episode Details
- Writer: Chris Carter
- Director: William Graham
- Original Broadcast: AU: 07.04.1994 US: 12.11.1993
Cast
- Scully Gillian Anderson
- Mulder David Duchovny
Guest Cast
- Young Scientist David Cameron
- Paramedic Paul DesRoches
- Second Controller Alf Humphreys
- Lieutenant Colonel Marcus Aurelius Belt Ed Lauter
- Databank Scientist Tyronne L'hirondelle
- Scientist Tom McBeath
- Mission Controller Terry David Mulligan
- Michelle Generoo Susanna Thompson
- Preacher French Tickner
- Skye Leikin Norma Wick
Quotes
Mulder: ...to deny us evidence.
Scully: Evidence of what?
Mulder: Alien civilisation.
Scully: Oh. Of course.
Mulder: You never wanted to be an astronaut when you were a kid Scully?
Scully: Guess I missed that phase.
Scully: Didn't you want to get his autograph?
Mulder: I have to admit, that fulfilled one of my boyhood fantasies.
Scully: Yeah, it ranks right up there with getting a pony and learning how to braid my own hair.
Mulder: Come on Scully, you have to admit that was exciting. Mission control, the countdown.
Scully: It's an oxygen leak. Even I can figure out what happens when you run out of oxygen.