Jose Chung's 'From Outer Space'

Episode aired Apr 12, 1996
TV-14
45m

IMDb RATING

8.8/10

6.9K

YOUR RATING

Conspiracy Thriller Dark Comedy Adventure Crime Drama Mystery Sci-Fi Thriller

Scully recounts the investigation of an alleged UFO encounter for the famous quirky author Jose Chung's latest novel. The case gives a whole new meaning to the term Rashomon effect. Chung la... Read allScully recounts the investigation of an alleged UFO encounter for the famous quirky author Jose Chung's latest novel. The case gives a whole new meaning to the term Rashomon effect. Chung later returns in Jose Chung's 'Doomsday Defense' (1997).Scully recounts the investigation of an alleged UFO encounter for the famous quirky author Jose Chung's latest novel. The case gives a whole new meaning to the term Rashomon effect. Chung later returns in Jose Chung's 'Doomsday Defense' (1997).

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IMDb RATING

8.8/10

6.9K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
Director Rob Bowman confessed he had to read the script 15 times and then hold an eight hour meeting with Darin Morgan to fully understand all of its intricacies.

Goofs
At about 14:02 when the Abductee covers his face in fear, the metal bar that imprisoned him actually bend outward as his weight is pressed against it.

Quotes
Jose Chung: For although we may not be alone in the universe, in our own separate ways, on this planet, we are all... alone.

Connections
Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 X-Files Episodes (2016)

Soundtracks
The X-Files Love Suite
Written by Mark Snow
Performed by Mark Snow

User reviews23

Featured review

10/10

Perhaps the best X-Files episode of all!

This X-Files has it all: a superb guest cast of both unknowns and extremely well-knowns, great writing, wry tongue-in-cheek humor, and homages to more sci-fi (and abduction fanatic "fact") stories than one would think possible in the alloted time. Charles Nelson Reilly gives a beautifully understated performance in the title role (showing that he's more than a one-trick pony when someone gives him a chance); Jesse Ventura utters more polysyllabic words than I thought he knew, and the other "Man in Black" (whose face is obscured until late in the story) is a hoot.

I've watched this episode more times than I can count, and it seems I'm always noticing a new detail that further enhances the tale. If you have the opportunity to purchase a collection with this as one of the episodes -- jump on it!