2x20 Humbug - The X-Files Episode Guide

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Episode: 02x20
Title: Humbug
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: 2X20
First Aired: Mar. 31, 1995

Season 2 » Episode #20 - Humbug

Summary: Mulder and Scully are called in to investigate the unexplainable death of a retired escape artist in a town populated almost entirely by former circus and side-show acts. When more murders are committed, they find themselves racing against time.

Who appeared in this episode?

Guest Stars:

Dr. Blockhead	played by Jim Rose (II)
Sheriff Hamilton	played by Wayne Grace
Mr. Nutt	played by Michael J. Anderson
The Conundrum	played by The Enigma
Lanny	played by Vincent Schiavelli
Curator	played by Alex Diakun
Jerald Glazebrook	played by John Payne (II)
Hepcat Helm	played by Gordon Tipple
The Reverend	played by Alvin Law

	Season 2 / Episode 20: - Humbug Dana Scully: Mr. Swaim, we're here to question you about some recent murders. Dr. Blockhead: I don't answer any questions until I talk to my lawyer. Mulder: Who's your lawyer? Dr. Blockhead: I represent myself.
	Season 2 / Episode 20: - Humbug Mr. Nutt: So tell me, Commodore, why are the weirdos the only ones who pay their rent checks in advance? Mr. Nutt: I warn you, you tattooed cretin, I have a licensed firearm and am more than eager for an opportunity to use it!

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TRIVIA

In this episode, Michael J. Anderson's character, Mr. Nutt, is offended when Mulder mistakes him for a carnival worker. In "Carnivàle" (2003), Anderson plays the head of a traveling carnival.
While this episode is based in Florida, it was actually filmed in White Rock, BC Canada during the winter. They cleared out all the snow from the park to make it look like the States and The Enigma actually swam in a river that was freezing cold.
Scully takes a grasshopper out of a jar and supposedly eats it, only later to show Mulder that she really palmed the insect and faked the eating. However, in the outtakes, it is revealed that Gillian Anderson (I) really did put the live grasshopper in her mouth (much to David Duchovny's disgust).
'Gillian Anderson''s character Scully was supposed to eat a grasshopper-like insect in front of Mulder. After Scully picked it up, the scene was to be stopped so a candy bug could replace the real one. However, before "cut" could be called, Anderson immediately placed the real bug in her mouth and ate it, and it stayed in the final cut. David Duchovny's off-screen gross out can be seen in one of the many "Making of the X-Files" featurettes.
Jim Rose (II) and The Enigma actually are part of a circus, The Jim Rose Circus. It was founded in Seattle by Jim Rose in the early 1990s. They came to prominence while performing on the second stage at the 1992 Lollapalooza festival as the Jim Rose Circus Sideshow.