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"Genderbender"


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Episode 1X13

Title: Genderbender

First screened in Australia: May 12, 1994
First screened in the USA: January 21, 1994

Credits: Director: Rob Bowman
Writers: Larry Barber & Paul Barber Starring: Guest Stars: Plot:
A series of sexually related killings confound the two agents who aren't certain if the murderer is male or female. The clues lead them to a small Amish-like community called the Kindred in Massachusetts who are more puzzling than the serial killer.
My Rating: 7/10
An interesting episode where the Amish-like community turns oput to be maybe an alien community. There are plenty of the early X-File characteristics in this episode, including a dark moody atmosphere, a tinge of possible alien involvement, some great Mulder-Scully scenes and classic dialogue and humour, some tense moments and an unexplained ending.

Notable Quotable:
Mulder: "I know what I saw, Scully, and I saw you about to do the 'wild thing' with some stranger."

Mulder: "Hold on to your hat, Scully, 'cause you're gonna *love* this!"

Scully: "So, what is our profile of the killer? 'Indeterminate height, weight, sex; unarmed, but xtremely attractive'?"

Mulder: (in hick voice) "You need anything from the *feed store*?"

Mulder: "The Addams Family finds religion."
Where Have I Seen That Face Before?
Brent Hinkley (Brother Andrew) has been seen in "Silence Of The Lambs", "Honeymoon In Vegas", "Bob Roberts". "Jacobs Ladder", "Falling Down" and "Ed Wood". On TV he appeared in the "Seinfeld" episode "The Merv Griffin Show".

Michelle Goodger (Sister Abigail) has appeared in the movies "Little Women" and "The Accused" plus an episode of "Sliders".

Mitchell Kosterman (Detective Horton) has also bene in the episodes "Sleepless", "The List" and "Travelers". He's been in many TV movies plus episodes of "First Wave", "Millennium" (3 times), and "Stargate SG1".

Kate Twa (female Marty) also appeared in the "Soft Light" episode. She was the star of the TV show "Devotion" and has appeared in a handful of TV movies including "Y2K".

For information on Doug Abrahams (Agent 2) see the "Pilot" episode.

Trivia
The title refers to the Kindred's ability to change sexes.

The music in the disco was written by Mark Snow and was his theme music for a TV movie called 'In the Line of Duty, Street War'.

The picture that Marty stands next to in the beginning was painted by H.R.Giger, better known as the designer of the aliens for all the "Alien" movies, as well as the alien in the movie "Species".

The Kindred lived in Steveson, Massachusetts -- Steveson is also the name of a small community south of Vancouver in British Columbia that was often used on the show for its diversity of locations.

The chant sung by the Kindred was written by co-executive producer Paul Rabwin, and was sung by Paul himself along with 6 other singers.

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