"The X Files" Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose (1995)

User Rating:

9.2/10   

Director:

David Nutter

Writers:

Chris Carter (creator)
Darin Morgan (written by)

TV Series:

"The X Files" (1993)

Original Air Date:

13 October 1995 (Season 3, Episode 4)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Plot:

Several local psychics in St. Paul, MN are found dead in their stores with no real evidence left behind...

Plot Keywords:

Character Name In Title | FBI | FBI Agent | Alien | X Files

Cast

David Duchovny	...	Fox Mulder
Gillian Anderson	...	Dana Scully
Peter Boyle	...	Clyde Bruckman
Stuart Charno	...	Puppet (as Stu Charno)
Frank Cassini	...	Cline
Dwight McFee	...	Havez
Alex Diakun	...	Tarot Dealer
Karin Konoval	...	Zelma
Ken Roberts	...	The Clerk
Jaap Broeker	...	The Stupendous Yappi
David MacKay	...	Young Husband
Greg Anderson	...	The Photographer

Runtime:

Argentina:60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:TV-PG | Argentina:13

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Trivia:

Peter Boyle's character, Clyde Bruckman, has the same name as a famous Hollywood writer and director of the 20's, 30's and 40's who fell on hard times and committed suicide in 1955.

Goofs:

Continuity: Bruckman begins describing his own death and he says he sees himself lying naked in a field of red tulips. The shot then fades into a scene of Bruckman's body. However, he's not naked; he's wearing a white T-shirt.

Quotes:

Mulder: If coincidences are coincidences, why do they feel so contrived?

Movie Connections:

Features The Bullfighters (1945)

What a GREAT episode!

This is a tremendous story and absolutely one of if not the BEST X-Files episode ever made. Witty wordplay, macabre plot twists, complex threads in a non-linear time sequence that challenges the idea of cause and effect, yet somehow rendered in a simple story which is easy to follow. There are many, many humorous and ironic moments, more than in a 'normal' X-Files episode. Particularly: Mulder stepping in the banana creme pie while pursuing the killer through a kitchen. In my opinion, this is also the best role/performance of Peter Boyle's career: he plays the principal character Clyde Bruckman. Don't miss it! X-Files Season Three, Disk One, fourth item.