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.
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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)
Surekill starts off with a great teaser. It has a man fleeing for his life, seemingly from an unstoppable assassin. The police place him in the drunk tank where he appears to be safe, but the man knows he is not safe. And then, blam!, right in front of the officer's eyes, the man is shot in a locked room.
I think the concept of x-ray vision is a very interesting concept. However, the writer just turned it into a simple, love triangle story. The story is slow-moving, uninteresting, and not that memorable. It was hard for me to take notes on this episode, because of those qualities.
There were a couple of high points to the episode. Mark Snow, once again, does some great music. I probably made more attention to it, because of the slow-moving story. Also, Michael Bowen gives a fantastic performance as Dwight Cooper. He is very believable as a sleazy jerk.
The concept of x-ray vision could have been dealt with in a better, more interesting fashion, thus making Surekill a little off target.
- Muldernscully
- Sep 3, 2007
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- 1327 Palmetto St, Los Angeles, California, USA(As Massachusetts. Interior and exterior shots. As the 'A-1 Surekill Exterminators facility'.)
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