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When a series of mysterious deaths and disappearances are reported near a lake in a small town, Agents Mulder and Scully are called in to investigate. With local folklore of a killer sea serpent running rampant amongst the locals, the agents must take their search for the truth to the water. But before long the agents find out that there may be more to the legend then they first thought.
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Writers:: Kim Newton

Director:: Kim Manners

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

Guest Star:: Murray Lowry (Fisherman); Terrence Leigh (Snorkel Dude); Tyler Labine (Stoner); Peter Hanlon (Dr. Bailey); Mark Acheson (Ted Bertram); R. Nelson Brown (Ansel Bray); Chris Ellis (Sheriff Lance Hindt); Timothy Webber (Dr Paul Farraday); Nicole Parker (Chick)

This episode is one of the few notable episodes in which the story line does not deal with any paranormal or supernatural forces. edit »
The teenagers featured licking the toad in the scene on the dock appeared earlier in the season in the episode "War of the Coprophages." edit »
In Heuvelmans Lake appears on souvenir mugs in The X-Files: The Game. edit »

The boat that sinks out from under Mulder and Scully is the Patricia Rae, named after writer Kim Newton's mother. edit »
Tyler Labine and Nicole Parker return as Stoner and Chick. They first appeared in "War of the Coprophages". edit »
Mulder's speech about wanting a wooden leg in order to justify not having to work so hard in life comes straight out of Berne's pop psychology bible "Games People Play". edit »
Millikan County is named after Rick Millikan, a casting director for the show. edit »
Heuvelman's Lake is named after famous monster researcher Van Heuvels, a Dutch cryptozoologist. edit »

Scully: You know, Mulder, you are Ahab.
Mulder: You know, its interesting you should say that, because I've always wanted a peg leg. It's a boyhood thing I never grew out of. I'm not being flippant, I've given this a lot of thought. I mean, if you have a peg leg or hooks for hands then maybe it's enough to simply keep on living. You know, bravely facing life with your disability. But without these things you're actually meant to make something of your life, achieve something earn a raise, wear a necktie. So if anything I'm actually the antithesis of Ahab, because if I did have a peg leg I'd quite possibly be more happy and more content not to be chasing after these creatures of the unknown.
Scully: And that's not flippant?
Mulder: No. Flippant is my favourite line from Moby Dick. Hell is an idea first born on an undigested apple dumpling. Yeah.
(Scully smiles, finishing the line with Mulder)
Scully: What was that?
Mulder: I don't know, but it ain't no duck. edit »
(Scully's dog starts barking in the back seat)
Scully: Nature's calling, I think we should pull over.
Mulder: Did you really have to bring that thing?
Scully: You wake me up on a Saturday morning, tell me to be ready in five minutes, my mother is out of town, all of the dog sitters are booked and you know how I feel about kennels. So, unless you want to lose your security deposit on the car, I suggest you pull over. edit »
Scully: They're fictional creatures, Mulder. Folktales born out of some collective fear of the unknown.
Mulder: A folktale that quite possibly ate a biologist and a Boy Scout leader. edit »
Mulder: Hey Scully, do you think you could ever cannibalize someone? I mean if you really had to.
Scully: Well, as much as the very idea is abhorrent to me, I suppose under certain conditions a living entity is practically conditioned to perform whatever extreme measures are necessary to ensure its survival. I suppose I'm no different.
Mulder: You've lost some weight recently, haven't you?
Scully: Yes, yes I have. Thanks for n-- (Scully glares at Mulder and he laughs) edit »
Scully: We eat fish and fish eat us.
Mulder: Are fish also known for eating half and saving half for later? edit »

Episode Title: Quagmire

A quagmire is describe as a soft, wet area of low-lying, sinking underfoot. This would describe the surrounding area where 'Big Blue' was believed to be. edit »

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BurntSiena
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Quagmire
The Bottom Line: "Fine example"
"All this moving around from crime scene to crime scene is giving me highway hypnosis." ...Continue »
08/12/08 10:52pm | report abuse
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arkhyel
member since: Jun 21, 2005
Quagmire
The Bottom Line: "Average"
This episode is fairly written but it doesn't have anything special and is to represent about average of third season's episodes. ...Continue »
01/01/08 04:21pm | report abuse
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a-on
member since: Jun 26, 2006
Quagmire
The Bottom Line: "Adventurous"
Traditional theme ...Continue »
04/03/07 07:55am | report abuse
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Anon67683
member since: Oct 20, 2006
Quagmire
The Bottom Line: "Fine example"
Wherein Scully Goes Alligator Fishing With Queequeg ...Continue »
03/08/07 12:58pm | report abuse
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qbeanz
member since: Dec 7, 2006
Quagmire
The Bottom Line: "Another great installment"
Nessie! ...Continue »
01/01/07 12:42am | report abuse