Season 1, Episode 2: Deep Throat

Synopsis

Mulder and Scully travel to Idaho to investigate the disappearances of test pilots at an Air Force base in Idaho, an area also noted for UFO sightings. Prior to their departure, an informant known as Deep Throat advises Mulder to leave the case alone. One pilot returns to his family, unable to remember certain things.

The agents also observe aircraft doing incredible maneuvers over the air base, leading Mulder to believe that the government is building planes based on alien technology. With the help of some local teens, Mulder sneaks onto the base and observes a strange triangular ship up close. However, he is captured and wiped of his recent memories. Back in Washington, Mulder asks Deep Throat if extraterrestrials are on Earth, and Deep Throat replies that they have been for a long time.

First use of the distinctive X-Files theme and opening credits featuring "The Truth is Out There." Also, of course, the first appearance of the Deep Throat character as well as the Men in Black. A mullet-headed Seth Green of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Family Guy, and Robot Chicken fame makes an appearance as a stoned UFO spotter.

Episode Body Count

A few fuzzed-out memories, Scully pulls a gun on a security guard at the air base, and Deep Throat warns at the agents' lives might be in danger. For all that, everyone and everything lives to see another day.

Humans: 0
Creatures: 0
Aliens: 0

Cumulative Body Count (2/202 episodes, 0/2 movies)

Humans: 7
Creatures: 1
Aliens: 0

Grand Total: 8