The X-Files: Drive

"Drive" is the second episode of season six of the science fiction mystery series The X-Files, and the 119th episode of the series overall. It was directed by Rob Bowman with a script written by Vince Gilligan. It first aired on the FOX Network on Sunday, November 15th, 1998 at 9:00 pm.

Notes & Trivia

 * The X-Files was created by Chris Carter.


 * This episode is rated TV-14.


 * This episode is included on disc one of the The X-Files: The Complete Sixth Season DVD collection. It is also included on The X-Files: The Complete Collection, and The X-Files: The Complete Collector's Edition boxset edition.


 * Co-executive producer Michael W. Watkins is credited as Michael Watkins in this episode.


 * Actor Scott Alan Smith is credited as Scott A. Smith in this episode.


 * Actor Wiley M. Pickett is credited as Wiley Pickett in this episode.


 * Featured locations in this episode include Elko, Nevada and Buhl, Idaho.


 * The Fox News report is on Sky11 on station KRXI in Nevada.


 * The Nevada news anchor's name is Benjamin Buckley. He is played by actor Frank Buckley.


 * Mark Craig plays a Nevada state trooper named Velasco. He is identified as Trooper #1 in the episode credits.


 * Actor Bryan Cranston will go on to become a household name when he takes on the role of Walter White in the AMC hit series Breaking Bad. That series was created by Vince Gilligan, who is a co-executive producer on The X-Files and the writer of this episode.

Allusions

 * The episode opens with a FOX News Special Report. FOX News is an actual media outlet that airs on the FOX Network, which also broadcasts The X-Files.

Quotes

 * Fox Mulder: ... and it's Mr. Mulder to you, ya peanut picking bastard.

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 * Fox Mulder: Well, on behalf of the International Jewish Conspiracy, I just need to inform you that we're... almost out of gas.

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 * Fox Mulder: How about you just pull over and let me out too, huh? I must be crampin' your style.

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 * Fox Mulder: Why don't you bill me?
 * Alvin Kersh: I'll bill your partner instead. You too obviously relish the role of martyr.
 * Fox Mulder: Okay, so are we done here? Back to the bozo work, investigating huge piles of manure?
 * Alvin Kersh: You can always quit.

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 * Dana Scully: Sir, Agent Mulder has been through a lot.
 * Alvin Kersh: You apologize for him a lot, I've noticed that about you.
 * Dana Scully: I'm not apologizing for this. Because of his work, the DOD is shutting down their antennae array in northeastern Nevada. Our participation in this case has saved lives.
 * Alvin Kersh: I don't see you proving that ... Don't misunderstand me, Agent. I don't care if you and your partner saved a school bus full of doe-eyed urchins on their way to sunday bible camp. You no longer investigate X-Files. You are done.

Crew

 * Mark Snow - Composer
 * Lynne Willingham - Editor
 * Corey Kaplan - Production designer
 * Bill Roe - Director of photography
 * Daniel Sackheim - Consulting producer
 * Lori Jo Nemhauser - Co-producer
 * Bernadette Caulfield - Producer
 * John Shiban - Producer


 * Paul Rabwin - Producer
 * Kim Manners - Producer
 * Rob Bowman - Producer
 * Michael Watkins - Co-executive producer
 * Vince Gilligan - Co-executive producer
 * Frank Spotnitz - Executive producer
 * Chris Carter - Executive producer
 * Rick Millikan, C.S.A. - Casting

Keywords
Automobile | Doctor | Helicopter | Idaho | J. Edgar Hoover Building | Nevada | Paramedic | Prison | Shotgun | Washington, D.C.