The End (The X-Files)

Infobox Television episode
Title = The End
Series = The X-Files


Caption =
Season = 5
Episode = 20
Airdate = May 17, 1998
Production = 5x20
Writer = Chris Carter
Director = R.W. Goodwin
Guests =
Episode list = List of The X-Files episodes
Prev = Folie a Deux
Next = "The End" is the twentieth and final episode of season 5 of the television series "The X-Files". The assassination of a chess grandmaster leads Mulder and Scully into an investigation that they soon discover strikes at the heart of the X-Files when they learn that the real target was a telepathic boy named Gibson Praise. While Agent Spender attempts to keep the investigation to himself, Mulder and Scully are joined by Agent Diana Fowley, a woman who has a history with Mulder, to investigate it. What they discover leads the Smoking Man to strike back at them like never before.

Guests

*William B. Davis as The Cigarette Smoking Man
*Chris Owens as Special Agent Jeffrey Spender
*Nicholas Lea as Alex Krycek
*Mitch Pileggi as Assistant Director Walter Skinner
*Mimi Rogers as Special Agent Diana Fowley
*John Neville as The Well Manicured Man
*Tom Braidwood as Melvin Frohike
*Dean Haglund as Richard Langly
*Bruce Harwood as John Fitzgerald Byers
*Don S. Williams as 1st Elder
*Jeff Gulka as Gibson Praise
*George Murdock as 2nd Elder
*John Moore as 3rd Elder

Production

This episode was the last filmed in Vancouver prior to production moving to Los Angeles. The audience at the chess match was made up of local fans as a 'thank you' to the city for hosting the production during its first five years. The title of this episode and the first episode of the sixth season reference the move. The fire which destroys the X-Files office gave a credible explanation for any discontinuities between the Vancouver and LA sets.
David Duchovny was partially responsible for promoting the move, saying that he wanted to be closer to his wife, Tea Leoni, in California.

References and external links

*imdb title|0751223|The End
* [http://www.tv.com/the-x-files/the-end/episode/607/summary.html The End] at TV.com