Alex Krycek

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Alex Krycek
Special Agent
Affiliated withSyndicate
Duration1994–2002

Alex Krycek is a fictional character in the

The Smoking Man
, changing his allegiance when the situation suited him best.

Character arc

Krycek is a

Special Agent, he is assigned as a temporary investigation partner to Fox Mulder. Krycek proceeds to work with Mulder and attempts to gain his trust.[2]

It later becomes evident, however, that Krycek is actually an undercover agent working for

coverup regarding alien visits to Earth. After a botched attempt on Scully results in the death of her sister, the Cigarette Smoking Man attempts to kill Krycek with a car bomb, but Krycek escapes.[5] Krycek is later found to have been selling the secrets from the encrypted MJ files[clarification needed]. Under the influence of the black oil
, Krycek returns the tape to the Smoking Man, in return for knowledge of the location of an alien ship. The black oil-controlled Krycek goes to the ship, which has been moved to an abandoned missile silo in North Dakota. The black oil extracts itself from Krycek, leaving him locked indefinitely in the silo with the ship.

Krycek is next found during an FBI raid, and taken into custody by Mulder and Scully. They learn that Krycek was recruited by an extremist militia group on a salvage hunt from the silo in North Dakota, and he informs the agents they must track the source of an extraterrestrial rock, brought to America by a foreign diplomat, to a

Well Manicured Man. Krycek later appears to Mulder as a friendly messenger to tell him that a war has begun, and that Mulder must "resist or serve".[6]

Later in the series, Krycek can be seen switching sides as it suits him, occasionally helping Mulder, the Cigarette Smoking Man and other people. He attempted to blackmail Skinner with infectious

season eight finale, "Existence", Krycek is shot dead by Skinner, during an unsuccessful attempt to kill Mulder.[10] Krycek's ghost briefly showed up to help Mulder escape a military base in the series finale.[11]

Conceptual history

Originally, the role of Krycek was offered to Callum Keith Rennie, who rejected it, but later made two guest appearances on the show. Krycek does not appear in the first season, but Nicholas Lea did have a small part in the Monster-of-the-Week episode, "Gender Bender". In the episode, he played a club goer named "Michel". When Lea appeared as Krycek, the producers felt that they could kill him off if the portraying actor didn't do a good enough job.[12] Krycek, who was initially created by writer Howard Gordon to temporarily replace Scully as Mulder's partner for three episodes, eventually grew into a character that lasted eight seasons on the show.[13] The character appears in 22 episodes between seasons two and nine.

References

  1. ^ Kim Manners (director), Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz (writers). "Tunguska". The X-Files. Season 4. Episode 8. FOX.
  2. Rob Bowman (director), Howard Gordon (writer). "Genderbender". The X-Files. Season 2. Episode 4. FOX
    .
  3. Rob Bowman (director), Howard Gordon (writer). "Sleepless". The X-Files. Season 2. Episode 4. FOX
    .
  4. R.W. Goodwin (director), Chris Carter (writer). "Anasazi". The X-Files. Season 2. Episode 25. FOX
    .
  5. Rob Bowman (director), Chris Carter (writer). "Paper Clip". The X-Files. Season 3. Episode 2. FOX
    .
  6. Rob Bowman (director), Frank Spotnitz & Chris Carter (writers). "Terma". The X-Files. Season 4. Episode 9. FOX
    .
  7. S.R. 819". The X-Files. Season 6. Episode 9. FOX
    .
  8. ^ a b Kim Manners (director), Chris Carter (writer). "Requiem". The X-Files. Season 7. Episode 22. FOX.
  9. ^ Tony Wharmby (director), Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz (writers). "Deadalive". The X-Files. Season 8. Episode 15. FOX.
  10. ^ Kim Manners (director), Chris Carter (writer). "Existence". The X-Files. Season 8. Episode 21. FOX.
  11. ^ Kim Manners (director), Chris Carter (writer). "The Truth". The X-Files. Season 9. Episode 19 & 20. FOX.
  12. FOX Home Entertainment
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  13. ^ Hurwitz, Matt; Knowles, Chris (2008). The Complete X-Files. Insight Editions. p. 57.
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