Episode 1.6 "Shadows"

One to-day is worth two to-morrows -- Ben Franklin


Originally airing on October 22, 1993.  Another "monster/paranormal" episode, and now we're starting to get back to the episodes, I remember falling in love with.

This one starts out with a woman crying (she looks familiar, I need to remember to IMDb her...) as she's cleaning out an office, we learn that this is Lauren Kyte and the office belonged to Howard Graves, her late boss.  He was a Defense Department Contractor at HTG Industrial Technologies, and he had evidently committed suicide a couple of weeks prior.  Later, we see Lauren taking money out of an ATM, and is then attacked by two men.  

Next scene is Mulder and Scully in an autopsy room checking out the bodies of the men that had attacked Lauren, and two other secret government agents (more like pod people, absolutely no emotion!!! The female looks like a ridged Mindy Kaling) We discover that the 2 men were terrorists and that while they are dead, their throats and larynges were crushed from the inside, they still had "residual electrostatic charge"  Mulder suspects an X-File, (more specifically telekinesis, "how Carrie got even at the prom?")  but "willfully participated in a campaign of misinformation" with the other agents. 

Scully and Mulder find evidence, from the ATM surveillance, that Lauren (man, who is she, she looks familiar) may have been involved with the dead terrorists, and that there might have been one more person involved.  They go to question her at her house.  (Hey, that's the same house that was the detective lived in, in Squeeze) Lauren denies knowing the terrorists, but after being pressed, admits that she had gotten away and ran.  Not wanting to cause trouble, she didn't file a report.  She claims that she doesn't recognize the other figure in the photo.  As Mulder and Scully leave the car turns into Christine and tries to kill them.  (Did I miss something, did King have something to do with this episode?  LoL)

In the process of staking Lauren out, Mulder and Scully see her get upset when maintenance tries to paint over Graves' parking space  (LMFAO, the name of the person they are replacing him with...Tom Braidwood!  For those who don't know, he will be Frohike, and at this time one of the Assistant Directors of the series.) Lauren goes to see the other boss, to put in her two weeks notice (I think I had that ugly flowery dress she's wearing...) and we have a continuity Oops, the other secretary spills her coffee, Lauren pulls several tissues out of the box, crosses around to help clean up the spill and the box of tissues is no longer on the desk.  The other boss comes out to check what the commotion was and Lauren tells him she's leaving.  He then gets creepy and attacks her, THEN something attacks him. 

After investigating some more, Mulder is able to identify the man in the photo as Graves, as a consequence,  Scully is convinced that he has faked his death.  Lauren however is given a vision, which reveals that Howard was actually murdered. Turns out, the other boss knew of terrorist activity with the company and had Howard killed because he was going to go public with the information.  (That's where the other uptight agents come into play) 

Another (yeah the terrorists had been sent to take her out)  attempt on Lauren's life, gives us Mulder rushing in to save the damsel in distress, where he witnesses the attacker suspended midair, being choked.  Scully FINALLY arrives (she's always just a little late...) Lauren tells the agents what they need to search HTG Industrial Technologies, unfortunately they don't find anything, until Mulder, Lauren, and the other boss (I probably should have written down his name) are alone in his office, with the help of Howard they find a floppy disc that has the information they were looking for.  Again, Scully shows up seconds late and misses the tiny tornado and flying letter opener. 

The final scene is Lauren working in an office in the mid-west.  Vibrations cause a coffee cup to shake after Lauren is reprimanded for taking 25 minutes to get a report done.  The other woman covers the coffee and comments that every time a truck drives by that occurs, but we are left to wonder if perhaps Lauren's guardian angel is still with her.

That's it for Shadows. 

Oh well, IMDb, says that Lauren is Lisa Waltz, and with the exception of single roles in multiple shows I have watched throughout the years, there's nothing that stands out as "She's this person.."  Maybe it is just that she has had so many bit parts in those shows, but she looks so familiar.  Also according to IMDb the bad guy, boss's name was Robert Dorlund. (played by Barry Primus)  I love IMDb!!!

 Until tomorrow.  xoxo