Surekill
- Episode aired Jan 7, 2001
- TV-14
- 45m
Doggett and Scully investigate two shady brothers who run a rat extermination business, one of whom may be a killer with X-Ray vision.Doggett and Scully investigate two shady brothers who run a rat extermination business, one of whom may be a killer with X-Ray vision.Doggett and Scully investigate two shady brothers who run a rat extermination business, one of whom may be a killer with X-Ray vision.
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaIn reality, Michael Bowen and Robert Patrick are biker buddies.
- GoofsPalm trees can be seen in the background of what is meant to be Massachusetts.
- Quotes
John Doggett: So which kind of shooting was this? Lucky, coincidental or some third alternative?
Dana Scully: Well, it's precision marksmanship, that's for sure. These holes line up perfectly with the three victims behind there, which tells me that the shooter was standing right here behind this wall.
John Doggett: Consequently he wouldn't be able to see what the hell he was aiming at.
Dana Scully: Unless he could see. The light our eyes can register is only one small portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. Other wavelengths from infrared to gamma have other properties. X-rays, for instance, can pass through solid objects.
John Doggett: Walls, for example. So, you saying this guy used some kind of X-ray machine.
[Scully just stares at him]
John Doggett: Wait, you... you are not saying that this guy has X-ray vision?
Dana Scully: I am *remarking* that these wavelengths exist and the only thing that is stopping us from seeing them, if you will, is the biochemical structure of our eyes. I am *conjecturing* that if this structure was somehow different we'd have the ability to see things that we don't.
John Doggett: [Doggett leans over and whispers in her ear] Call in Clark Kent.
- Crazy creditsOn the DVD edition (german): In Memoriam Gregory Nathan Boniface 1970-2000
- ConnectionsReferences The Godfather (1972)
All in all, nothing about this episode really grabs you, especially where our main characters are concerned. It's not terrible by any stretch of the imagination. It just really could've used a little imagination. However, it had some tiny sparks of what could've been. Like when Dogget flips off the lightswitch at a crime scene and we get this beautifully eerie shot of sunlight poking through countless bullet holes in the walls. That image is still burned into my mind! The actors give this one their all, it's a shame they couldn't have gotten a more inventive script.
- Jared-Star
- Dec 16, 2021
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- Filming locations
- 1327 Palmetto St, Los Angeles, California, USA(As Massachusetts. Interior and exterior shots. As the 'A-1 Surekill Exterminators facility'.)
- Production companies
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