The Great X-Files Rewatch: ‘Deep Throat’
“They’ve been here for a long, long time.”
Deep Throat
Written by Chris Carter, directed by Daniel Sackheim
Season 1, Episode 2
Recap
Police surround a house in a suburban community in Idaho. Mrs. Budahas rushes forward, trying to get inside her home. An officer stops her and explains that her husband broke security protocols and stole a military vehicle. The police burst into the house, discovering Mr. Budahas huddled in a corner, shaking and covered head to toe in unusual rashes.
In D.C., Scully meets Mulder in a busy bar, where he presents the case of Col. Robert Budahas, who was a test pilot at Ellens Air Base in in Southwest Idaho. He notes that Budahas disappeared (after the incident mentioned above) and that his wife has reported this to the FBI as a kidnapping — and yet, the FBI de-prioritized the case shortly after receiving it. Since the case has, as Mulder says, “a distinct smell to it, a certain paranormal bouquet,” they’ll be traveling to the “Spud State” to investigate.
Mulder heads to the bar bathroom, where he’s confronted by a man — who will later come to be known by the moniker, “Deep Throat” (*snrk* no, nope, I’m an adult, that’s not funny). The man insists Mulder leave the…
