Three of a Kind (The X-Files)

"Three of a Kind"
The X-Files episode
Episode no.	Season 6 Episode 20
Directed by	Bryan Spicer
Written by	Vince Gilligan John Shiban
Production code	6ABX19
Original air date	May 2, 1999
Running time	45 minutes
Guest appearance(s)
Tom Braidwood as Melvin Frohike Dean Haglund as Richard Langly Bruce Harwood as John Fitzgerald Byers Signy Coleman as Susanne Modeski Charles Rocket as Grant Ellis John Billingsley as Timmy the Geek Jim Fyfe as Jimmy the Geek Jeff Bowser as Redhead Geek Jason Felipe as Bald Geek Phil Abrams as Little Fritz Brian Reddy as Big Fritz Richard Zobel as Al Michael McKean as Morris Fletcher Kalena Coleman as Bus Driver Rick Garcia as News Anchor George Sharperson as Guard
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"Three of a Kind" is the twentieth episode of the sixth season of the science fiction television series The X-Files. It premiered on the Fox network on May 2, 1999 in the United States. The episode was written by Vince Gilligan and John Shiban, and directed by Bryan Spicer. The episode is a "Monster-of-the-Week" story, unconnected to the series' wider mythology. "Three of a Kind" earned a Nielsen household rating of 8.2, being watched by 12.9 million people in its initial broadcast. The episode received mixed to positive reviews from critics, with some noting that the episode served as a stop-gap.

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 this episode, The Lone Gunmen run into the enigmatic Susanne Modeski. After deceiving Scully into joining them, the trio soon find out that Susanne's fiancé is planning to use her new brainwashing drug for political assassinations.

"Three of a Kind" functions as a sequel of sorts to the fifth season episode "Unusual Suspects", concluding the story of The Lone Gunmen and Susanne Modeski, the woman who led to the creation of the trio. While Mulder played a supporting role in "Unusual Suspects", the concept is reversed in "Three of a Kind", with Scully helping out The Lone Gunmen.

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