Oh baby, now we're cookin'. There were prior shows in Season One that dealt with the UFO mythology arc, but this is the one that really demonstrated what Mulder was up against when it came to delving into the government's vast conspiracy to hide the evidence of extraterrestrials. The series even offered up a new term - 'extraterrestrial biological entity' - the E.B.E. on which the title of the episode is based.
This is also a revealing story in terms of how devious Deep Throat (Jerry Hardin) has to be when it comes to protecting his own butt while helping Mulder. We also learn why - as a CIA agent in Viet Nam, he killed an E.B.E. to disprove it's existence, and atones for it in the present day by coming to Mulder with information. Only problem is, he now plants disinformation with Mulder so that he and Scully have to work even harder at uncovering the truth. Almost sounds like a government program.
If all that weren't enough, we even have the introduction of the Lone Gunmen in this episode, riffing on Scully's 'hotness' and delving into their own unique brand of paranoia and conspiracy. Things really started to gell with this episode, to the point that you actually expected to see an alien when Mulder turned the corner on the glass enclosure at Mattawa. Instead we had Deep Throat once more, adding more mystery and intrigue for fans of the series to latch on to. The way this one ended was great, with Deep Throat doing the old Casablanca walk into the fog leaving Mulder to contemplate his fate and future hunting aliens and UFO's. It looked like the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
This is also a revealing story in terms of how devious Deep Throat (Jerry Hardin) has to be when it comes to protecting his own butt while helping Mulder. We also learn why - as a CIA agent in Viet Nam, he killed an E.B.E. to disprove it's existence, and atones for it in the present day by coming to Mulder with information. Only problem is, he now plants disinformation with Mulder so that he and Scully have to work even harder at uncovering the truth. Almost sounds like a government program.
If all that weren't enough, we even have the introduction of the Lone Gunmen in this episode, riffing on Scully's 'hotness' and delving into their own unique brand of paranoia and conspiracy. Things really started to gell with this episode, to the point that you actually expected to see an alien when Mulder turned the corner on the glass enclosure at Mattawa. Instead we had Deep Throat once more, adding more mystery and intrigue for fans of the series to latch on to. The way this one ended was great, with Deep Throat doing the old Casablanca walk into the fog leaving Mulder to contemplate his fate and future hunting aliens and UFO's. It looked like the beginning of a beautiful friendship.