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[[Recap/TheXFiles Index]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E01LittleGreenMen 1]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E02TheHost 2]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E03Blood 3]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E04Sleepless 4]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E05DuaneBarry 5]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E06Ascension 6]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E07Three 7]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E08OneBreath 8]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E09Firewalker 9]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E10RedMuseum 10]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E11ExcelsisDei 11]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E12Aubrey 12]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E13Irresistible 13]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E14DieHandDieVerletzt 14]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E15FreshBones 15]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E16Colony 16]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E17EndGame 17]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E18FearfulSymmetry 18]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E19DodKalm 19]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E20Humbug 20]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E21TheCalusari 21]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E22FEmasculata 22]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E23SoftLight 23]] | '''24''' | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E25Anasazi 25]]]]-]]]
'''Season 2, Episode 24:'''
!Our Town
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Scully, I think the good people of Dudley have been eating more than just chicken."'']]
->Written by Frank Spotnitz\\
Directed by Rob Bowman
->'''Chaco:''' She's one of us now, part of [[TitleDrop our town]].\\
'''Jess:''' Unless we do something about her, there won't be any town left to speak of.\\
'''Chaco:''' No! No. Once we start turning on ourselves, we're no better than the animals.
[[Recap/TheXFiles Index]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E01LittleGreenMen 1]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E02TheHost 2]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E03Blood 3]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E04Sleepless 4]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E05DuaneBarry 5]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E06Ascension 6]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E07Three 7]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E08OneBreath 8]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E09Firewalker 9]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E10RedMuseum 10]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E11ExcelsisDei 11]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E12Aubrey 12]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E13Irresistible 13]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E14DieHandDieVerletzt 14]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E15FreshBones 15]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E16Colony 16]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E17EndGame 17]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E18FearfulSymmetry 18]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E19DodKalm 19]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E20Humbug 20]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E21TheCalusari 21]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E22FEmasculata 22]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E23SoftLight 23]] | '''24''' | [[Recap/TheXFilesS02E25Anasazi 25]]]]-]]]
'''Season 2, Episode 24:'''
!Our Town
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Scully, I think the good people of Dudley have been eating more than just chicken."'']]
->Written by Frank Spotnitz\\
Directed by Rob Bowman
->'''Chaco:''' She's one of us now, part of [[TitleDrop our town]].\\
'''Jess:''' Unless we do something about her, there won't be any town left to speak of.\\
'''Chaco:''' No! No. Once we start turning on ourselves, we're no better than the animals.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: When first visiting the processing plant, Mulder and Scully find out that they use parts of the birds not sold in market to feed other chickens.
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