- Bad Blood (The X-Files)
Infobox Television episode
Title = Bad Blood
Series =The X-Files
Caption =
Season = 5
Episode = 12
Airdate =February 22 ,1998
Production = 5x12
Writer = Vince Gilligan
Director = Cliff Bole
Guests =Luke Wilson
Episode list =List of The X-Files episodes
Prev = Kill Switch
Next =Patient X “Bad Blood” is the twelfth episode of season five of the television series "The X-Files ". While investigating bizarreexsanguination s in Texas, Mulder kills a teenage pizza-delivery boy whom he "mistakes" for a vampire. Awaiting a meeting with Skinner, Mulder and Scully attempt to get their stories “straight” by relating to each other their differing versions of what happened during their investigation, which lends the episode to being more humorous than most.Trivia
At 34m08s as Mulder is breaking up a chair, the hand of a crew-member can be seen to the left of screen providing Mulder with a ready-shaped stake to drive through Ronnie Strikland's chest.
According to
David Duchovny at Wondercon 2008 inSan Francisco , Bad Blood isGillian Anderson 's favorite episode. “She loves Bad Blood… every day it's 'Bad Blood-Bad Blood- Bad Blood!'”Production
*Guest starring:
Luke Wilson as Sheriff Lucius Hartwell,Patrick Renna as Ronnie Strickland, andBrent Butt as the coronerReferences and external links
*imdb title|0751081|Bad Blood
* [http://www.tv.com/the-x-files/bad-blood/episode/599/summary.html?tag=ep_list;title;11 Bad Blood] atTV.com
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