Young at Heart (The X-Files)

Infobox Television episode | Title = Young at Heart


Caption = "Young at Heart"
Series = The X-Files
Season = 1
Episode = 1X15
Airdate = February 11 1994 (Fox)
Production = 16-116
Writer = Chris Carter
Scott Kaufer
Director = Michael Lange
Guests =Dick Anthony Williams,
Alan Boyce,
Christine Estabrook,
Graham Jarvis,
Jerry Hardin
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Prev = Lazarus
Next = E.B.E.

"Young at Heart" was the sixteenth episode of the first season of "The X-Files" science-fiction television series created by Chris Carter.

Plot

A psychotic criminal from one of Mulder's past cases - John Barnett - is back to get revenge on Mulder for incarcerating him. Before Barnett's release, a renegade doctor had found a way to reverse the aging process - using Barnett as his test subject. Mulder and Scully rush to catch the now-unrecognizable youthful Barnett before he carries out his threat to kill all of Mulder's loved ones.

Production details

Guests

*Dick Anthony Williams as Agent Reggie Purdue
*Alan Boyce as Young John Barnett
*Christine Estabrook as Agent Henderson
*Graham Jarvis as NIH Doctor
*Jerry Hardin as Deep Throat
*Robin Mossley as Dr. Joe Ridley
*Merrilyn Gann as Prosecuting Attorney
*Gordon Tipple as Joe Crandall
*William B. Davis as CIA Agent
*Courtney Arciaga as Young Child
*David Petersen as John Barnett
*Robin Douglas as Computer Tekkle

Trivia

*The disease that Dr. Ridley conducts research on is progeria.
*Dr. Ridley was nicknamed Dr. Mengele and Dr. Frankenstein.
*The CIA Agent who is trying to get information from Barnett while doctors attempt to save him is played by William B. Davis. Davis plays the Cigarette Smoking Man for the entire series. It is not specified whether the character he is playing in this episode is actually the Cigarette Smoking Man or if it is just a character error.
*The opera house at the end is the same opera house frequently visited in the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica

References and external links

*imdb title|0751265|Young at Heart
* [http://www.tv.com/the-x-files/young-at-heart/episode/506/summary.html Young at Heart] at TV.com