This definitely wasn’t one of the episodes I re-watched over and over. This is no “Post-Modern Prometheus,” is what I’m saying. “Deep Throat,” the second episode of The X-Files is an early attempt to show just how deep the government conspiracy to conceal the existence of extra-terrestrials really goes. Of course, at this point in the series, viewers have no idea what the conspiracy is, or what the role of the government is, or whether or not aliens are on earth. Two important things happen in this episode. One, we meet one of Mulder’s first supporters in the conspiracy: a figured called Deep Throat. Second, we meet Seth Green, who is not a recurring character. He eats a burger. Wait! There’s a third thing!…
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