The Post-Modern Prometheus
- Episode aired Nov 30, 1997
- TV-14
- 46m
in this surreal, comical take on Frankenstein, Mulder and Scully arrive in a small rural town to investigate claims of a monster obsessed with Cher that's sedating and impregnating the local... Read allin this surreal, comical take on Frankenstein, Mulder and Scully arrive in a small rural town to investigate claims of a monster obsessed with Cher that's sedating and impregnating the local women.in this surreal, comical take on Frankenstein, Mulder and Scully arrive in a small rural town to investigate claims of a monster obsessed with Cher that's sedating and impregnating the local women.
- J.J.
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- Nerdy Student
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- Hazmat Team Member
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- TriviaThe role of Cher was written for Cher herself, a major X-Files fan. Unfortunately, she was unavailable at the time. However, she gave her blessing for her music to be used and for celebrity impersonator Tracey Bell to take her role.
- GoofsAt about 18:10, the paper Scully grabs has the same text starting each column under the headline "FBI HUNTS HOMETOWN MONSTER!" The text of the neighboring story seems to be the "Loren ipsum" filler text.
- Quotes
Dana Scully: Why are you humoring them Mulder?
Fox Mulder: I'm not humoring them, Scully. This is a very serious crime.
Dana Scully: So is perjury. So is calling out F.B.I. agents under false pretenses.
Fox Mulder: For the purpose of what?
Dana Scully: Isn't it obvious? I think what we're seeing here is an example of a culture for whom daytime talk shows and tabloid headlines have become a reality against which they measure their lives. A culture so obsessed by the media and a chance for self-dramatization that they'll do anything in order to gain a spotlight.
Fox Mulder: I am alarmed that you would reduce these people to a cultural stereotype. Not everybody's dream is to get on Jerry Springer.
Dana Scully: Psychologists often speak of the denial of an unthinkable evil or a misplacement of shared fears, anxieties taking the form of a hideous monster for whom the most horrific human attributes can be ascribed. What we can't possibly imagine ourselves capable of we can blame on the ogre, on the hunchback, on the lowly half-breed. Common sense alone will tell you that these legends, these unverified rumors, are ridiculous.
Fox Mulder: But nonetheless, unverifiable and, therefore, true in the sense that they're believed to be true.
Dana Scully: Is there anything that you don't believe in, Mulder?
- Crazy creditsAlmost every episode ends with a fade to black and the words "Executive Producer Chris Carter." At the end of this episode, the final shot of Mulder and Scully turns into a comic-book frame, and a deformed hand flips the comic book shut to reveal the book end cover with Carter's credit.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 50th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1998)
I love Mulder and Scully in here love them. I love the songs playing from Cher, Mulder and Scully dancing on the end and they are happy.
It is a very memorable and distinctive (and uplifting) image. It captures a lot of the appeal of the fifth season in general and of The Post-Modern Prometheus in general - a sense of fun and playfulness that really celebrates the fact that The X-Files is at the peak of its popularity and success.
Another thing about the episode The Great Mutato was not the rapist! Particularly that shot of him dancing up the stairs - it's quite clear that he is just hanging around the house while his father (or grandfather) is impregnating the women. Great Mutato was innocent he did do nothing.
Really good Episode for The X-Files fans I am glad that david Duchovny loves this Episode.
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- Runtime46 minutes
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- 16 : 9