Drive (The X-Files)

"Drive"
The X-Files episode
Episode no.	Season 6 Episode 2
Directed by	Rob Bowman
Written by	Vince Gilligan
Production code	6ABX02
Original air date	November 15, 1998
Running time	45 minutes
Guest appearance(s)
Bryan Cranston as Patrick Crump Janine Venable as Vicky Crump Junior Brown as Virgil Nokes Michael O'Neill as Patrol Captain James Pickens, Jr. as AD Alvin Kersh Mindy Seeger as Coroner Scott A. Smith as Prison Doctor Harry Danner as CDC Doctor Linda Porter as Elderly Woman Ken Collins as Gas Station Attendant Tegan West as Lt. Breil Art Pickering as Germ Suit Cop Mark Craig as Trooper #1 Tim Agee as EMT Wiley Picket as Trooper #2 Frank Buckley as Nevada News Anchor Bob Peters as Idaho News Anchor
Episode chronology
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List of The X-Files episodes

"Drive" is the second episode of the sixth season of the science fiction television series The X-Files. It premiered on the Fox network in the United States on November 15, 1998. The episode is a "Monster-of-the-Week" story, unconnected to the series' wider mythology. "Drive" earned a Nielsen household rating of 11.0, being watched by 18.5 million people in its initial broadcast. The episode received largely positive reviews from television critics.

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. Mulder is a believer in the paranormal, while the skeptical Scully has been assigned to debunk his work. In the episode, Mulder is trapped in a car by a seemingly deranged man, and Scully races to determine if the man is suffering from a deadly illness—and if Mulder is in danger of becoming the next victim of some sort of government conspiracy.

The episode was written by Vince Gilligan, directed by Rob Bowman, and featured a guest appearance by Bryan Cranston. Gilligan cast Cranston to play the antagonist because he felt he could successfully humanize the role. Cranston's success in "Drive" later led to his casting as Walter White in Gilligan's AMC series Breaking Bad.

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