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"Killswitch"
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Episode 5X11
First screened in Australia: 6 May, 1998
First screened in the USA: 15 February, 1998
Title: Kill Switch
Credits:
Director: Rob Bowman
Writer: William Gibson and Tom Maddox
Starring:
Guest Stars:
- Kristin Lehman as Esther Nairn
- Tom Braidwood as Frohike
- Dean Haglund as Langly
- Bruce Harwood as Byers
- Patrick Keating as Donald Gelman
- Peter Williams as Jackson
- Rob Daprocida as Bunny
- Jerry Schram as Boyce
- Dan Weber as Figgis
- Kate Luyben as Nurse
- Steven Griffith as Paramedic
- Ted Cole as 2nd Paramedic
Plot:
Agents Mulder and Scully investigate the strange death of a computer genius, only to become targets of an unlikely killer capable of the worst kind of torture.
My Rating: 7/10
The dream sequence with the kung-fu fighting Scully is hilarious. Overall, the episode was OK but again, nothing special.
Where Have I Seen That Face Before?
Kristin Lehman (Esther Nairn) [pictured left] has had starring roles in the TV shows "Kung Fu: The Legend Continues", "Poltergeist: The Legacy", "Go Fish" and the soap "Strange World". Her movie roles include "Bleeders", "Alaska", "Dog Park" and "The Way Of The Gun".
Notable Quotable:
Invisigoth: "He let it loose, so it could evolve in its natural environment: urschleim in silicon."
Scully: " 'Urschleim in silicon'?"
Invisigoth: "The primordial slime, the ooze out of which all life evolved. Except this time it's artificial slime. Artificial life. One man alone achieving the equivalent of Copernicus, Magellan, and Darwin."
Scully: "What was your role in all this? Were you the bass player?"
Scully: "Electrons chasing each other through a circuit? That isn't life, Mulder."
Mulder: "Yeah, but what are we but impulses, electrical and chemical, through a bag of meat and bones? You're the scientist. You tell me."
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