Road Runner, 3rd Floor, Simpson House, 6 Cherry Orchard Road, Croydon, Surrey CR0 6BA. Tel: 03301 00 87 20 Policies underwritten by AXA Insurance UK Plc, and for risks in Northern Ireland – AXA Insurance dac. 'Roadrunners' is the fourth episode of the eighth season and the 165th episode overall of the science fiction television series The X-Files. 'Roadrunners' is a 'Monster-of-the-Week' story, unconnected to the series' wider mythology.
• Bryan Dilbeck as Disabled Man • David Barry Gray as Hank Gulatarski • Todd Jeffries as Agent Brian Mayfield • as Sheriff Ciolino • as Gas Station Man • as Mr. Milsap • as Female Bus Driver Episode chronology ← Previous ' Next → ' ' Roadrunners' is the fourth episode of the and the 165th episode overall of the. 'Roadrunners' is a 'Monster-of-the-Week' story, unconnected to the series' wider. The episode first aired in the United States on November 26, 2000 on and on March 1, 2001 on in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It was written by and directed.
The episode earned a of 8.3 and was watched by 13.6 million households. The episode received mixed to positive reviews from television critics.
The series centers on special agents () and her new partner ()—following the alien abduction of her former partner, ()—who work on cases linked to the paranormal, called. In this episode, Scully, working alone, pursues a cult that worship a slug-like organism and believe it to be the of; but in her efforts to save an injured stranger, she discovers she is in over her head. The episode was written by Gilligan to be intentionally 'creepy'.
Furthermore, Gilligan wanted to show the audience that John Doggett was a good person and an ally of Scully's. The parasitic creature that was used in the episode was designed to look like a and was created via. Several of the scenes were so gruesome that producer later noted that some of the cameramen 'start[ed] to lose it' during filming. Contents • • • • • • • • • • • Plot [ ] In the desert near, a hitchhiker catches a ride from a passing bus, which soon stops without explanation. Vatan hakida shejrlar. The hitchhiker watches a man with crutches leave the bus, joined by the other passengers. Following them, he sees them stone the man to death. They later surround the hitchhiker as he futilely tries to escape.
Special agent () goes to investigate the murder. The victim, a twenty-two-year-old backpacker, now shows signs of body decay usually associated with old age. Later, at a pay-phone, she asks her partner, (), to check the for cases mentioning.
While discussing the case with Doggett, the bus passes her, and she follows it to a gas station in the middle of the desert. A man with an injured hand learns that she is a medical doctor and fills her car with gasoline laced with water. Scully returns to the gas station and is told that rain got into the gas canisters. The attendant tells Scully that Mr. Unleashx skins xbox 3608104380. Milsap is the only person with a working phone, but she discovers that the line is dead. Milsap offers Scully a room at the local boarding house, but Scully tries the rest of the town only to be ignored by everyone; they are all too engrossed in study groups.
Disturbed by the turn of events, she keeps her gun close at hand. The next morning, Mr. Milsap tells Scully that there is a man who needs help downstairs. She goes with him and finds the hitchhiker from the teaser having a seizure. She advises them to take him to the hospital, but they pretend that they do not have any cars.