The X-Files
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Series Overview
The X-Files is a television sci-fi drama series that began in 1995 and ended in 2002. The series is based of the section of unsolvable government cases filed in the 'X' section of the file cabinet. One of these includes the abduction of main character, Fox Mulder's sister, which sparks his interest in the X-Files. Mulder, a detective and psychologist for the FBI pairs up with Dana Scully, a doctor and FBI agent. She is hired to debunk the X-Files, but together they solve many cases.
Characters
Dana Scully
Fox Mulder
Walter Skinner
Ethical Concerns
The X-Files is a science fiction, mystery, and crime show that features some ethical dilemmas. This includes alien technology used to harm and manipulated people. Both main characters Scully and Mulder are harmed by alien technologies. Other harmful technologies include those created by government organizations used to keep secrets from the public.
Alien Technology
Cryogenic Storage
Scully is abducted, taken to Antartica, and frozen. There are many other lifeforms frozen here as well.
Cure for Cancer
In Season 7 Episode 15, En Ami Originally thought to be an act of God, a boy is cured of his cancer. Scully has recently been mysteriously cured of terminal cancer. Antagonist Cigarette Smoking Man informs her than an Alien computer chip which had been implanted in her neck contained the cure. He intends to give her the chip so others could be cured, but he destroys it in the end. Withholding this information is an ethical dilemma. Cigarette Smoking Man is manipulating Scully, making her work for him as he promises the cure. He first cures her cancer without permission, then does not share the cure with her in the end.
Implants
Aliens are using tracking devices after they have done experiments so they know who they have abducted and what has happened to them. In Season 2, Episode 5, "Duane Barry", a man named Duane Barry is investigated. He claims to have alien tracking devices in his teeth.
Hacking
Many episodes feature "The Lone Gunman" a underground group of conspiracy theorists with hacking skills. Mulder often uses them to hack into secret government files involving the paranormal.
Deception
Privacy
External Links
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