21 Recurring X-Files Characters
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21 Recurring X-Files Characters
"Deep Throat" (Jerry Hardin) is a mysterious individual believed to be
some sort of higher-up government official. Mulder contacted him via a
blue light shining from his apartment window; DT called Mulder and
signaled him with a series of clicks [E.B.E.]. The method of choosing a
meeting place was not determined. He appears to have been exterminated
in the episode "The Erlenmeyer Flask."
"Cigarette Smoking Man" (William B. Davis)another mysterious individual
who, like Deep Throat, appears to be a higher-up government official
with some power, though not the person calling the shots -- he seems to
be answering to Well Manicured Man. [The Blessing Way, Paper Clip]
Assistant Director Skinner seemed to be deferring to his opinion early
in our notice of him [Tooms] but Skinner ordered him out of his office
during a discussion with Mulder after the agent had abandoned his
assignment to investigate possible alien contact in Puerto Rico [Little
Green Men]. CSM appeared to be back in control [F.Emasculata, Anasazi],
but ended up making a deal with Skinner in order to keep the information
from a confidential document from becoming public [Paper Clip]. He now
has the disk [Apocrypha]. He also possesses secret files of Japanese war
experiments [731].
CSM has also kept a silent watch on the proceedings in Blevins's
and Skinner's offices and buried vital evidence in a secret Pentagon
storage room [Pilot, Erlenmeyer Flask]. He has tried to get Skinner
removed from his position by framing him for murder [Avatar] He also
used Special Agent Alex Krycek to keep an eye on Mulder and any of
Mulder's investigations [Sleepless, Duane Barry, Ascension, Paper Clip].
Mulder pulled a gun on him and threatened him with death in his studio
apartment (at 900 W. Georgia St.) [One Breath]. He seems to be an
acquaintance of Mulder's father Bill [Anasazi, Piper Maru], and perhaps
a more intimate acquiaintance of Mulder's mother [Talitha Cumi]
"The Lone Gunmen" Byers (Bruce Harwood), Langly (Dean Haglund), and
Frohike (Tom Braidwood)are three of Mulder's sources who work at "The
Lone Gunman," a publication dealing with perceived government
conspiracies. Frohike has a crush on Scully [E.B.E., Little Green Men,
One Breath; Fearful Symmetry; The Blessing Way], and seemed to have a
role in Mulder and Scully's assignment to a manhunt for escaped convicts
[F. Emasculata].
A fourth Lone Gunman, computer hacker The Thinker (Bernie
Coulson), put Mulder and Scully in grave danger by obtaining a copy of a
classified government document [Anasazi], and turned up dead because of
his actions [Paper Clip].
Margaret Scully (Sheila Larken)is Dana Scully's mother [Beyond the Sea,
Ascension, One Breath; The Blessing Way; Paper Clip; Wetwired]. She has
had certain unexplained perceptions about her daughter [Ascension],
leading to indications that Scully herself may be extranormally
perceptive [Aubrey]. She appears to be the only person Scully trusts
[Wetwired].
Special Agent Alex Krycek (Nicholas Lea)moved into the role of Mulder's
partner with the unexplained murders of former Vietnam veterans
[Sleepless]. We discovered, however, that Krycek had a hidden agenda, as
a lackey for Cigarette Smoking Man: keep an eye on Mulder and keep him
from finding out information that would bring certain covert activities
to light [Sleepless, Ascension]. With the disappearance of Dana Scully
and the reopening of the X Files, Krycek himself disappeared
[Ascension]. He has reappeared to murder Mulder's father, [Anasazi]
attempt to kill Mulder himself, [Anasazi] and, in a case of mistaken
identity, fatally wound Scully's sister Melissa [The Blessing Way/Paper
Clip] but was able to make his escape after an attempt by other lackeys
of Cigarette Smoking Man to eliminate him. [ Paper Clip] Krycek is now
treapped in a missile silo in North Dakota [Apocrypha].
"X" (Steven Williams) an acquaintance of Deep Throat, is even more
mysterious than his predecessor. X's information is even more
reluctantly shared. Mulder is able to contact X by taping an X to his
front window and shining a light through it [One Breath; Colony; End
Game]. He also kidnapped a scientist with vitally powerful information
concerning an illicit experiment. [Soft Light.] X appears to be involved
with Cigarette Smoking Man's covert operations group, although he
appears to be working at cross purposes.
Melissa Scully (Melinda McGraw), Scully's older sister, stood by Scully
while she was comatose following her return from being abducted [One
Breath]. Melissa was fatally shot by Krycek when she arrived at Scully's
apartment [The Blessing Way] and died a few days later. [Paper Clip] The
investigation into her murder has been dropped.
Well-Manicured Man (John Neville) is the head of a powerful consortium
to whom Cigarette Smoking Man answers. Although he appeared to Mulder
and Scully to be an ally, he is most likely working at cross purposes to
theirs.
Mrs. Mulder (Rebecca Toolan), Mulder's mother, has admitted to some
knowledge of her divorced -- now deceased -- husband's activities with
the State Department [Paper Clip], and apparently has had an intimate
relationship with the Cigarette Smoking Man [Talitha Cumi].She is also
aware of the weapon that kills alien clones [Talitha Cumi].She lives on
Martha's Vineyard. In the third season finale she suffered a stroke and
is in a coma.
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