Shadows (The X-Files)

“Shadows”
The X-Files episode
Shadows
Episode no.	Season 1 Episode 1X05
Written by	Paul Brown
Directed by	Michael Lange
Guest stars	Barry Primus, Lisa Waltz, Lorena Gale, Veena Sood, Deryl Hayes
Production no.	06-106
Original airdate	October 22 1993 (Fox)
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"Shadows" was the sixth episode of the first season of The X-Files science-fiction television series created by Chris Carter. It dealt with the ideas of spirit hauntings.

Plot

When an unseen force commits several murders where a young woman is present, Mulder suspects that it is the spirit of the woman's former boss who was believed to have committed suicide, but was actually murdered and is protecting her from his business partner.

Guests

• Barry Primus as Robert Dorlund
• Lisa Waltz as Lauren Kyte
• Lorena Gale as Ellen Bledsoe
• Veena Sood as Miss Saunders
• Deryl Hayes as Mr. Webster
• Kelli Fox as Pathologist
• Tom Pickett as The Cop
• Tom Heaton as Grondskeeper
• Janie Woods-Morris as Miss Lange
• Nora McLellan as Jane Morris
• Anna Ferguson as Miss Winn

Trivia

• The early beginnings of X-Files in-jokes: the name Tom Braidwood, the assistant director or also known as Frohike, is used in the scene where the parking lot attendant paints over the name of Howard Graves, the dead man.
• The FOX network starts to play up the horror aspect of the show as this episode's tag for next week's episode uses DON'T WATCH IT ALONE for the first time.

References and external links

• Shadows at the Internet Movie Database
• Shadows at TV.com