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(S01E02)  The second episode of the series is still focused on UFOs and extraterrestrials. We get deeper into the whole government conspiracy storyline when Mulder and Scully visit an Idaho Air Force base where test pilots are either acting strangely or have disappeared. This is the first of many episodes that suggests the federal government, specifically the military, is controlling information about aliens on earth.

I find it interesting that this episode was called Deep Throat, since we barely even see the guy. He's simply introduced to us at the very beginning, when he warns Mulder not to go to Idaho, and again at the end when he tells Mulder he can help. We see more of Seth Green, as an Idaho stoner/UFO watcher, than we see Deep Throat. The Deep Throat character was reportedly inspired by Donald Sutherland's role as Mr. X in JFK and, of course, by the actual Deep Throat informant in the Watergate scandal.

This is a great episode because it's where Scully starts to join 'Team Mulder'. She sees that the government is obviously hiding something and thugs from the Air Force are bullying Mulder to get him to leave town. She has trouble letting go of her belief in the government's right to keep secrets, but we definitely see her start to crack. The evidence is where Scully points a gun and threatens a guy with an Air Base Security badge. Granted, she does it because she's desperate to get Mulder back, but she's also breaking her own protocol. Unfortunately, for all she knows, Mulder's been beaten up. His memory has been erased so, once again, she's left in the dark. She's still pretty uptight about writing those field reports, isn't she?

Near the end of the episode, we get to see an iconic image of The X-Files where a triangle-shaped UFO hovers over Mulder and shines a light down on him.

Best line: Mulder- "They're here, aren't they?" Deep Throat- "Mr. Mulder, they've been here for a long, long time."