S3 E12
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Season 3  "War of the Coprophages"  3x12

Aired 28 years ago - Jan 05, 1996

Widespread panic is caused in a small community after numerous deaths are linked to killer cockroaches, and a government agricultural agency is discovered to have set up a secret experiment involving insects.

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Recap of The X-Files Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 1
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it was looking down on you at that exact same moment...
Recap of The X-Files Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 4
And look what happened.
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- Any more calls tonight ? - No, sir.
Recap of The X-Files Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 6
Recap of The X-Files Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 7
has been permanently imprinted onto my brain.
Recap of The X-Files Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 8
- Who was that ? - My drug dealer.
Recap of The X-Files Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 9
Beer is just, you know,
Recap of The X-Files Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 10
Recap of The X-Files Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 11
except for the severed artery.
Recap of The X-Files Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 12
-[Dog Barking] - Hey !
Recap of The X-Files Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 13
Recap of The X-Files Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 14
- Are we in any danger ? - I don't know.
Recap of The X-Files Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 15
Recap of The X-Files Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 16
Who's to say the government hasn't created a new breed of killer cockroaches ?
Recap of The X-Files Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 17
Hmm. Doesn't appear odd in any-- Ooh !
Recap of The X-Files Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 18
I don't know what to tell you, Mulder.
Recap of The X-Files Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 19
under the guise of the Department of Agriculture,
Recap of The X-Files Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 20
Yeah. They're rippling.
Recap of The X-Files Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 21
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Have you ever come across a type of cockroach that is attracted to people ?
Recap of The X-Files Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 23
Well, it's my theory that U.F.O.'s are actually insect swarms.
Recap of The X-Files Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 24
Eat, sleep, defecate, procreate.
Recap of The X-Files Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 25
that the insects have anything to do with the fatalities.
Recap of The X-Files Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 26
Recap of The X-Files Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 27
worshipped the scarab beetle and possibly erected the pyramids...
Recap of The X-Files Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 28
I hate them.
Recap of The X-Files Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 29
- Did you hear that too ? - Came from over there.
Recap of The X-Files Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 30
Recap of The X-Files Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 31
The teenage boy did die from self-inflicted wounds...
Recap of The X-Files Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 32
I'll say. He's hung like a club-tailed dragonfly. Excuse me.
Recap of The X-Files Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 33
Recap of The X-Files Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 34
have attempted to create an autonomous robot.
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No.
Recap of The X-Files Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 36
and if your own ideas about the future of space exploration are correct, then--
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They're spreading the Ebola virus. Look, keep the change.
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[Engines Starting, Tires Screeching, Horns Honking]
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[Cell Phone Ringing]
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This fuel research facility could be ground zero for the infestation.
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I'm not so much worried about the cockroaches as I am about the human element.
Recap of The X-Files Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 45
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Now, please. Put the gun down.
Recap of The X-Files Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 48
[Cell Phone Ringing]
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I don't think we’re gonna locate the doctor's remains.
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just like the molted exoskeleton.

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it was looking down on you at that exact same moment...
#3
Recap of The X-Files Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 4
And look what happened.
#4
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- Any more calls tonight ? - No, sir.
#5
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has been permanently imprinted onto my brain.
#7
Recap of The X-Files Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 8
- Who was that ? - My drug dealer.
#8
Recap of The X-Files Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 9
Beer is just, you know,
#9
Recap of The X-Files Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 10 #10 Recap of The X-Files Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 11
except for the severed artery.
#11
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-[Dog Barking] - Hey !
#12
Recap of The X-Files Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 13 #13 Recap of The X-Files Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 14
- Are we in any danger ? - I don't know.
#14
Recap of The X-Files Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 15 #15 Recap of The X-Files Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 16
Who's to say the government hasn't created a new breed of killer cockroaches ?
#16
Recap of The X-Files Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 17
Hmm. Doesn't appear odd in any-- Ooh !
#17
Recap of The X-Files Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 18
I don't know what to tell you, Mulder.
#18
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under the guise of the Department of Agriculture,
#19
Recap of The X-Files Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 20
Yeah. They're rippling.
#20
Recap of The X-Files Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 21 #21 Recap of The X-Files Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 22
Have you ever come across a type of cockroach that is attracted to people ?
#22
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Well, it's my theory that U.F.O.'s are actually insect swarms.
#23
Recap of The X-Files Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 24
Eat, sleep, defecate, procreate.
#24
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that the insects have anything to do with the fatalities.
#25
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worshipped the scarab beetle and possibly erected the pyramids...
#27
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I hate them.
#28
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- Did you hear that too ? - Came from over there.
#29
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The teenage boy did die from self-inflicted wounds...
#31
Recap of The X-Files Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 32
I'll say. He's hung like a club-tailed dragonfly. Excuse me.
#32
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have attempted to create an autonomous robot.
#34
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No.
#35
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and if your own ideas about the future of space exploration are correct, then--
#36
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They're spreading the Ebola virus. Look, keep the change.
#39
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[Engines Starting, Tires Screeching, Horns Honking]
#40
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[Cell Phone Ringing]
#42
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This fuel research facility could be ground zero for the infestation.
#43
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I'm not so much worried about the cockroaches as I am about the human element.
#44
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Now, please. Put the gun down.
#47
Recap of The X-Files Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 48
[Cell Phone Ringing]
#48
Recap of The X-Files Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 49
I don't think we’re gonna locate the doctor's remains.
#49
Recap of The X-Files Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 50
just like the molted exoskeleton.
#50