Død Kalm

"Død Kalm"
The X-Files episode
Mulder is ravaged by unnatural aging.
Episode no.	Season 2 Episode 19
Directed by	Rob Bowman
Teleplay by	Howard Gordon Alex Gansa
Story by	Howard Gordon
Production code	2X19
Original air date	March 10, 1995
Running time	45 minutes
Guest appearance(s)
John Savage as Henry Trondheim Mar Anderson as Halverson Vladimir Kulich as Olafsson David Cubitt as Captain Barclay, US Navy Dmitry Chepovetsky as Lieutenant Richard Harper, US Navy Claire Riley as Dr. Laskos Stephen Dimopoulos as Ionesco John McConnach as Sailor Bob Metcalfe as Nurse
Episode chronology
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List of The X-Files episodes

"Død Kalm" is the nineteenth episode of the second season of the American science fiction television series The X-Files. It premiered on the Fox network on March 10, 1995. The story was written by Howard Gordon, the teleplay was written by Gordon and Alex Gansa, and the episode was directed by Rob Bowman. The episode is a "Monster-of-the-Week" story, unconnected to the series' wider mythology. "Død Kalm" earned a Nielsen household rating of 10.7, being watched by 10.2 million households in its initial broadcast. The episode received mostly mixed-to-positive reviews.

The show centers on FBI special agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) who work on cases linked to the paranormal, called X-Files. In the episode, Mulder and Scully are called in when a boatload of survivors from a U.S. Navy destroyer escort are found. What particularly catches Agent Mulder's attention is that all of these sailors appear to have aged many decades in the course of a few days. Mulder and Scully travel to Norway where they find a civilian fisherman who is willing to take them to the ship's last known position.

"Død Kalm" was written to make use of the show's access to a navy destroyer that had previously featured in "Colony" and "End Game." The episode was originally intended as a way to give the production crew a rest after several demanding episodes had been shot, but the episode became one of the more difficult to film during the second season.