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The X-Files: En Ami

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After the miraculous recovery of a young boy who had cancer, Mulder and Scully investigate what has happened but Scully is shocked when The Smoking Man tells her that he cured the boy and offers to show Scully the cure for cancer if she travels with him. But hides her trip from Mulder. Add a recap »

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Writers:: William B. Davis

Director:: Rob Bowman

Stars:: David Duchovny (Special Agent Fox Mulder); Gillian Anderson (Special Agent Dana Scully)

Recurring Role:: Dean Haglund (Langly); Tom Braidwood (Frohike); Mitch Pileggi (Assistant Director Walter Skinner); William B. Davis (Cigarette Smoking Man); Bruce Harwood (Byers)

Guest Star:: Louise Latham (Marjorie Butters); Michael Shamus Wiles (Black Haired Man); Tom Bailey (Apartment Manager); Thomas Roe (Guard); Jacqueline Schultz (Irene McPeck); Michael Canavan (Cameron McPeck); Cory Parravano (Jason McPeck); Timothy Landfield (Scientist/Cobra)

The title of this episode seems to either be meaningless or be spelled wrongly. En Ami is french for: in friend. Relating to this episode they either meant: Entre Amis = Among Friends or En Amiti� = In Friendship. Which would both suit the context. edit »
On the correspondence that Mulder receives, his email address is shown as 'fmulder@fbi.gov.net'. On the emails that Scully receives, her email is shown as 'dscully@fgi.gov' edit »

This episode was written by William B. Davis, who plays the Cigarette Smoking Man in the series. edit »
This is the last X-Files episode to be directed by Rob Bowman who has directed over thirty episodes since season 1, including the feature movie. edit »

(Mulder opens his door for the Lone Gunmen, in disguise. Frohike has a thick brown wig and a suit, Langly is wearing a strange little round hat, Byers is NOT wearing a suit!)
Mulder: It's the masters of disguise.
Langly: Can we laugh it up in your apartment?
Frohike: We got heat on our tail.
Byers: Did what you asked. We pulled up what we could on Scully.
Langly: We started with her credit cards to see if she purchased any airline tickets.
Frohike: And ended up hacking into some Defense Department node...
Langly: Where they demanded we immediately identify ourselves or face prosecution for espionage or crimes against the government.
Mulder: Well, what does this have to do with finding Scully?
Byers: When we went into her computer we found a series of deleted transmissions.
Frohike: E-mail that had been erased from her subdirectories but not her hard drive. A series of communications.
Langly: From someone named Cobra.
Mulder: Who the hell is Cobra? Scully would have told me about him.
Langly: Well, it looks like she's gone to great lengths to keep this from you.
Mulder: I don't believe that. She knows that I'd find her, no matter what.
Byers: Mulder, we can't find her. There's nowhere to start looking.
Mulder: I don't believe that either. Give me that. (Snatches laptop) edit »
Scully: Mulder, I'm trusting you'll be able to make sense of what's on this tape. I had no other way of contacting you. Please try and understand that I weighed the risks. I couldn't divulge these plans without risking them and I promise you that I weighed everything. Our current location is northbound on the Upstate Expressway. We're driving my FBI fleet sedan, I promise I'll get these tapes to you as fast as I can. edit »
Mulder: I know she can take care of herself. It's just not like her to lie to me.
(Phone rings)
Skinner: That's my private line. (Answers) Skinner.
Scully: Sir?
Skinner: Agent Scully, where are you? (Mulder perks up and holds his hand out for the phone. Skinner waves him off.)
Scully: I'm on the road. I'm sorry to call you on this line.
Skinner: It's all right. We've been worried about you.
Scully: Everything's okay, I just wanted you to express that to Mulder.
Skinner: He's standing right here. Why don't you do that yourself. (Moves to hand phone to Mulder, who holds out hand again, looking relieved.)
Scully: No sir, that's all right. Can you tell him that I'll call him later? Just tell him that I'm fine. (Hangs up)
Skinner: She said she's fine.
Mulder: (Looking worried and perplexed.) She's in trouble. edit »
(Cigarette Smoking Man talking to Scully)
Cigarette Smoking Man: You're drawn to powerful men, but you fear their power. You keep your guard up, a wall around your heart. How else do you explain that fearless devotion...to a man obsessed and a life alone. You'd die for Mulder...but you won't allow yourself to love him. edit »
Scully: You may be right... but for a moment, I saw something else in him. A longing for something more than power. Maybe for something he could never have. edit »

Mulder: I just wanna know if it's Roma Downey or Della Reese.

This is in reference to the inspirational tv show, Touched by an Angel. Mulder is saying he'd like to know which of the characters, Della Reese or Roma Downey (whose character worked for Della Reese's character) healed the young boy of cancer. edit »

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Aly358
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The Bottom Line: "Character development"
CSM's softer side ...Continue »
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The Bottom Line: "Adventurous"
Scully travels with her partner�s worst enemy ...Continue »
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The Bottom Line: "Character development"
The beginning of the end. ...Continue »
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The Bottom Line: "Cleverly plotted"
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The Bottom Line: "Above average"
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