Episode
The X-Files: The Erlenmeyer Flask
Overview
When Deep Throat points out a news story about a fugitive who apparently drowned, Mulder and Scully cannot see what makes the case special but follow it up anyway. With Deep Throat's insistence, they discover evidence of a secret government project code-named Purity Control, which uses human test subjects and infects them with extraterrestrial DNA. However, the evidence and everyone who has seen it is quickly being eliminated.
Details
- Series
- The X-Files
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 24
- Air date
- 1994-05-13
- Runtime
- 46 min
Episode context
The Erlenmeyer Flask is Episode 24 in Season 1 of The X-Files. It aired on 1994-05-13. The runtime is 46 min.
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