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I see it as very likely that Chris Carter provided this movie as required viewing to XF directors, art department crew and cinematographer John Bartley. The entire mood of this movie, combining a methodical criminal investigation with graphical violence, a heavy atmosphere and a very dark palette, was certainly an influence on XF - in the same way that David FincherвЂ™s вЂњSevenвЂќ/вЂњSe7enвЂќ (1995) probably influenced the looks and atmosphere of Millennium (pilot episode in 1996).

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Starling and Scully share a similar physique, professional clothing, a strict scientific forensics approach to crime investigations, an FBI training in Quantico, and a belonging to the вЂњweaker sexвЂќ that forces them to surpass themselves in an unfriendly mostly male environment. It is no secret that the looks and character of Scully were inspired by those of Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster), FBI rookie at the Behavioral Sciences Unit, in the film that came out two years before XF started production (Mulder even spoofs Hannibal Lecter in 9X19/20: The Truth in his cell, by saying вЂњ I smelled you coming, ClariceвЂњ). вЂ“ The Silence of the Lambs (Jonathan Demme, 1991) XF episodes often take place in a small town of rural USA, where our agents uncover small conspiracies made of prominent figures in the town, such as the conspiracy of silence around the abductions conducted by Billy Miles in Bellflower, Oregon, in the Pilot - a secrets-within-secrets narrative similar to what happens in the titular town of Twin Peaks, Washington, population 51,201.

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The other undeniable resemblance between the two series is that of the natural environment: Douglas fir forests are as much typical of вЂњTwin PeaksвЂќ (the series was filmed in Snoqualmie, Washington, not 300 km from Vancouver) as the Vancouver woods are typical of the classic first five years of XF. One major difference between вЂњTwin PeaksвЂќ and XF is that in the former the supernatural and magic is treated as part of life and extraordinary events seem to be part of the fabric of that world and the mindset of the characters, whereas in the latter the paranormal is something truly outside of the ordinary and the worldview is one starting from realism and attempting to extend the domain of what is possible. The resemblances with Mulder and XF might have been fortuitous, but the cultural significance of вЂњTwin PeaksвЂќ is too big to just ignore them. In the early 90s, Dale Cooper was the iconic FBI agent. More specifically, вЂњTwin PeaksвЂќвЂ™ central character is a good-looking male FBI agent in his thirties, Dale Cooper, who has an off-beat way to do his investigations, and who gets caught up into an investigation that eventually develops into the paranormal and an exploration of evil. вЂњTwin PeaksвЂќ began airing three years before XF started production and was a huge influence in changing how television was perceived as a medium: a mix of a self-conscious parody of soap operas and of David Lynch art weirdness, вЂњTwin PeaksвЂќ introduced what XF would take and develop extensively, the concept of a show mythology. The influence of вЂњTwin PeaksвЂќ on the X-Files is both general and specific.

вЂ“ Season 1 вЂ“ 1X79: Pilot вЂ“ Twin Peaks (Mark Frost, David Lynch, 1990-1991)

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