William
- Episode aired Apr 28, 2002
- TV-14
- 44m
A disfigured man attacks Doggett trying to retrieve X-Files for Mulder...but he might be Mulder himself.A disfigured man attacks Doggett trying to retrieve X-Files for Mulder...but he might be Mulder himself.A disfigured man attacks Doggett trying to retrieve X-Files for Mulder...but he might be Mulder himself.
- Daniel Miller
- (as Chris Bradley Owens)
- …
- Smoking Man
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
- Fox Mulder
- (uncredited)
Storyline
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- TriviaAt the beginning, Scully sings Three Dog Night's "Joy to the World" to her son, William. This is the second time in the series Scully has sung and has sung that particular song. The other was in Detour (1997), in which she sings it to Mulder in the middle of the woods.
- GoofsAt 00:04:50, the burned man is walking across the hard floor on the way to the x-files office. You can hear the sound that would be made by a pair of dress shoes, but the man is wearing tennis shoes which would might squeak or make no sound at all.
- Quotes
Mr Van de Kamp: Easy there, hon. You're cleaning so hard I'm afraid you're going to stick the dog in the dishwasher. Hey. Come on, now. Quit it. This is what we dreamed about. What we prayed for.
Mrs Van de Kamp: I know. I'm sorry. I just can't stop wondering why. Why give up a child? Give it up to strangers?
Mr Van de Kamp: God has his reason and his ways.
Older Social Worker: Mr and Mrs Van de Kamp. Hi. This was so hard to find. I'm so sorry, but there's a page here that didn't get signed. If I can just get you to do that now.
Mr Van de Kamp: Okay.
Older Social Worker: Here we go. Right there.
Mr Van de Kamp: Thanks.
Mrs Van de Kamp: I keep asking myself a question. I know there's been a medical exam... but are you sure he's okay?
Mr Van de Kamp: Now, honey.
Mrs Van de Kamp: Well, why would the mother give him up?
Older Social Worker: You should understand... this was a life choice by a single mother and a terribly difficult decision for her. But I can say - it was only for the good of the child.
Young Social Worker: I want you to meet William.
- Crazy creditsIn the main title for the ninth season, a piece of paper flashes across the screen listing "FBI Contacts: Witnesses and Contributors." The names on the list are screen names of the series' on-line fans. For episodes #9.01-#9.11, the names were randomly picked from various X-Files message boards. For episodes #9.12-#9.19, the names came from contest entries.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The X-Files: The Truth (2002)
- SoundtracksWilliam
Written and Performed by Mark Snow
This is a real mixed bag I thought, some elements were pretty good, some were pretty poor.
First off, it was good to see Scully centre stage, she's been the outsider throughout this series, it feels like quite some time since they explored her troubled motherhood.
On the downside, I'm not sure I was totally sold on the idea of him potentially being Mulder, mannerisms, accent, I know physically there were similarities, but surely highly trained and Killed FBI agents would know.
Worst of all, the story itself, it was just so bleak, almost every aspect of it was sad, from the central character, to the final outcome.
William is not an episode I'd want to return to in a hurry, 6/10.
- Sleepin_Dragon
- Nov 30, 2022
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