Episode
The X-Files: The Goldberg Variation
Overview
Mulder and Scully get caught in a real-life Rube Goldberg device when they meet Henry Weems, who just may be the luckiest man on Earth - except everyone around him doesn't seem to be that lucky.
Details
- Series
- The X-Files
- Season
- Season 7
- Episode
- Episode 6
- Air date
- 1999-12-12
- Runtime
- 45 min
Episode context
The Goldberg Variation is Episode 6 in Season 7 of The X-Files. It aired on 1999-12-12. The runtime is 45 min.
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