Fallen Angel (The X-Files)
"Fallen Angel" is the tenth episode of the first season of the American science fiction television series The X-Files, premiering on the Fox network on November 19, 1993.
The show centers on FBI agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson), who work on cases called X-Files, which are linked to the paranormal.
As the U.S. Air Force monitors the situation, Colonel Calvin Henderson (Marshall Bell), the military's UFO reclamations expert, launches an operation to clean up the crash site.
After consulting with Deep Throat, Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) travels to Wisconsin and takes photos of the site, only to be captured.
After being interrogated by Henderson, he is detained alongside an eccentric NICAP member named Max Fenig (Scott Bellis), who was also captured in the woods.
The next morning, Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) arrives to retrieve Mulder, telling him that FBI Section Chief Joseph McGrath is threatening to shut down the X-Files because of his actions.
Max brings the agents to his Airstream trailer, where he shows them audio transmissions from the deputy, as well as a fire crew that also arrived at the crash site.
Mulder and Scully visit the deputy's widow, who claims the government won't release her husband's body and has threatened her into silence.
They also meet a doctor who treated the deputy and the fire crew, revealing that they died of abnormally severe burns; he claims that he was also threatened.
McGrath offers an especially harsh reprimand to Mulder and presents written testimony by Henderson claiming that Max's body was found in a cargo container.
[4] Carter also praised the performance of guest star Marshall Bell as Colonel Henderson and was proud that the episode permitted the producers to expand the role of Deep Throat.
[18] Robert Shearman, in their book Wanting to Believe: A Critical Guide to The X-Files, Millennium & The Lone Gunmen, rated the episode three stars out of five.
Shearman described "Fallen Angel" as having been produced "with style and wit", feeling that it featured a relatively static plot but was nevertheless entertaining.
