The Unnatural (The X-Files)
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| The X-Files episode | |||||||
| Episode no. | Season 6 Episode 6X19 |
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| Written by | David Duchovny | ||||||
| Directed by | David Duchovny | ||||||
| Production no. | 6ABX20 | ||||||
| Original airdate | April 25, 1999 (Fox) | ||||||
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"The Unnatural" was the nineteenth episode of the sixth season of The X-Files science-fiction television series created by Chris Carter.
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[edit] Plot
Arthur Dales' brother recounts a tale about a talented alien baseball player named Josh Exley who hid amongst an all-African-American team in Roswell, New Mexico, during the 1940s
[edit] Notes
At the beginning of the episode, a gang resembling the Ku Klux Klan corner Josh Exley.
Darren McGavin, who played the first Arthur Dales in two previous episodes, filmed two scenes before illness forced him to step down from the project. M. Emmet Walsh was called in, and the script rewritten, to accept the changes. McGavin’s scenes are included on the DVD.
The name of the team Josh Exley plays for is the "Grays," which is possibly based on the real-life Negro League baseball team the "Homestead Grays." This could also be a reference to the supposed race of aliens known as the Greys, that is often the basis for many films and television shows, including The X-Files.
The title of the episode is an offhand reference to the title of Bernard Malamud's baseball novel The Natural, which was later adapted and remade in 1984 as a well-known film starring Robert Redford.
[edit] Guest Star/Stars
Jesse L. Martin as Josh Exley
M. Emmet Walsh as Arthur Dales
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