The X-Files: Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose

"Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose" is the fourth episode of season three of the science fiction television series The X-Files and the fifty-third episode of the series overall. It was directed by David Nutter with a script written by Darin Morgan. The episode first aired on the FOX Network on Friday, October 13th, 1995.

Notes & Trivia

 * "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose", and "TXF: Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose" both redirect to this page.


 * Featured settings in this episode include Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota. Another The X-Files episode that takes place in St. Paul is the season seven episode, "Orison".


 * Actor Stuart Charno is credited as Stu Charno in this episode.


 * Actor Alex Diakun has appeared in multiple episodes of The X-Files as different characters. This is his second work on the show. He first played a curator in "Humbug". His next work is that of Doctor Fingers in "Jose Chung's 'From Outer Space'". After that, he doesn't appear again until season ten in "Mulder & Scully Meet the Were-Monster", and then again in season eleven's, "The Lost Art of Forehead Sweat".


 * This episode first aired on a Friday the 13th. Actor Stu Charno played a character named Ted in the film Friday the 13th Part 2.


 * Actress Karin Konoval has appeared on three episodes of The X-Files. This is her first appearance. She also played Mrs. peacock in "Home" and Judy Poundstone in "Plus One" from season eleven. She also played Maurice, the signing orangutan from Rise of the Planet of the Apes and its sequels.


 * This is the second episode of The X-Files with actor Ken Roberts. He previously played a motel proprietor in "Colony".

Allusions

 * Scenes from this episode were later used as part of a fantasy had by a character named Reggie Murgatroid in the season eleven episode, "The Lost Art of Forehead Sweat". Shots of Mergatroid were inserted into the original scene.