The X-Files Season One DVD Two – Ice

The X-Files Season One Disc Two

Ice

The Arctic Ice Core Project

Icy Cape, Alaska

The frozen geologic study base is buried in a winter blizzard. Inside, the bodies of the scientists lie among broken shattered equipment. A man covered with cuts and blood sits down in from of a transmitter and TV camera.

“We are not who we are. It goes no further than this. It stops right here, right now.”

He is suddenly attacked by another equally bloody man. They fight. During a break in their fight they both pull guns on each other. They pause before shooting. One of the men slowly points his gun away from the other and at his own head. The other man does the same. They stare at each other.

From outside the frozen base we hear the two gunshots.

Mulder and Scully are sent to the base during a three day break in the storm to find out what has happened.

They are joined by another doctor, a toxicologist, and a geologist and the one pilot crazy enough to fly them there with the coming weather. The only information they have is the video transmission that was sent.

When they get to the base, Mulder is attacked by a dog.

The pilot, Bear, is bitten by the dog. They find the dog is infected apparently by the same disease that caused the base’s scientists to kill each other.

The disease is caused by some organism pulled up in the ice cores the scientist’s were drilling.

It shows up in the victim as worm attached to the nervous system. It makes the victim turn violent.

Bear has caught the disease. Before he escapes they discover that he is infected. After they remove the worm, Bear dies.

With the chance of a biologic contaminant, Mulder calls for a medical evacuation and quarantine.

He is told no one can reach them because the storm has picked up earlier than expected.

During the night, Mulder discovers the geologist has been murdered. Someone else has been infected, but who? Everyone suspects everyone else. Scully even suspects Mulder may be the one and locks him in a closet for he night.

They discover that by introducing a second worm to the victim the worms kill each other.

They manage to cure the dog. The doctor and toxicologist want to put the last worm in Mulder to cure him. If he is not already infected, the worm will infect him and there is not another one left.

A great episode.

It has a very claustrophobic feeling. If you have not seen this episode, see if you can figure out who is the one that is infected. It is the last surprise of the episode.