The Erlenmeyer Flask

The Erlenmeyer Flask

Infobox Television episode | Title = The Erlenmeyer Flask


Caption = "The Alien Fetus"
Series = The X-Files
Season = 1
Episode = 1X23
Length = 43 mins. 49 secs.
Airdate = May 13 1994 (Fox)
Production = 24-124
Writer = Chris Carter
Director = R.W. Goodwin
Guests =Lindsey Ginter,
Anne DeSalvo,
Simon Webb,
Jerry Hardin,
Jim Leard
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Prev = Roland
Next = Little Green Men

"The Erlenmeyer Flask" was the twenty-fourth and final episode of the first season of "The X-Files" science-fiction television series created by Chris Carter. The title of the episode comes from a common piece of laboratory equipment, an Erlenmeyer flask.

Plot

A seemingly unrelated car chase leads Mulder and Scully to a scientific lab encompassing a secret which could provide proof of a government conspiracy. However, individuals involved with the scientific experiment are being murdered, and the two agents must ensure their own safety.

The end of this episode, featuring the Cigarette Smoking Man placing the evidence in a secret Pentagon warehouse, is an allusion to the end of the pilot episode, intended to bring the story of the first season full-circle.

The Erlenmeyer Flask

"The Erlenmeyer Flask" referenced in the episode title is often incorrectly thought to refer to the metal holder containing the alien fetus (pictured above right). In fact it refers to the glass flask containing the red liquid labelled "purity control" found in Dr. Terrance Allen Berube's laboratory. The alien fetus is removed from a dewar flask instead by Scully.

Production details

Guests

*Lindsey Ginter as The Cleaner
*Anne DeSalvo as Dr. Anne Carpenter
*Simon Webb as Dr. William Secare
*Jerry Hardin as Deep Throat
*Jim Leard as Captain Roy Lacerio
*Ken Kramer as Dr. Terrance Allen Berube
*Phillip MacKenzie as Medic
*William B. Davis as Cigarette Smoking Man
*Jaylene Hamilton as Reporter
*Mike Mitchell as Uniformed Cop
*John Payne as Guard

References and external links

*imdb title|0751224|The Erlenmeyer Flask
* [http://www.tv.com/the-x-files/the-erlenmeyer-flask/episode/514/summary.html The Erlenmeyer Flask] at TV.com


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