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The X-Files remains one of the most influential TV series’ of the 20th century, delivering a brilliant combination of science fiction and horror to households everywhere. While it was best known for alien abductions and sinister government plots, some of its most memorable episodes had nothing to do with either one. Fans responded better to the one-off episodes that featured a new “monster of the week.” One of the more sinister episodes the series presented came early in its freshman season in an episode titled Eve.
Since The X-Files was a combination of sci-fi and horror, it was only natural for it to bring in a common staple of the horror genre: Creepy kids. After a father in Connecticut dies of abnormal causes, it catches the attention of Mulder and Scully. The gentleman died with over 75 percent of his blood being drained from his body. However, the more peculiar part for the FBI agents is that another man 3,000 miles away in San Francisco, California, died in an identical manner. Even creepier is that both men had daughters who were identical.
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Who are the Eves on The X-Files?
Taking a break from aliens and government conspiracies, Mulder and Scully discovered Teena Simmons and Cindy Reardon after their fathers died of hypovolemia, a condition of not having enough blood in the body to function. Both men lacked 75 percent of the necessary blood in their bodies to survive. As the investigation unfolded, Mulder and Scully learned that a Dr. Sally Kendrick was somehow involved. When the agents discovered Cindy, her mother informed them that Cindy would never have been born if not for Dr. Kendrick, as Cindy’s parents had to resort to in vitro fertilization.
The FBI agents learned everything they needed to know as soon as they found Kendrick. It turned out that while she worked for the Luther Stapes Center for Reproductive Medicine in San Francisco, she conducted side experiments in eugenics. When the Center discovered her extracurricular activities, it fired her and demanded a federal investigation. No investigation ever came. When Mulder reached out to Deep Throat, they learned about the Litchfield experiments from the 1950s that raced the Soviets in creating a super soldier. Deep Throat introduced Mulder and Scully to a product of the experiments named Eve 6.
When the agents met Eve 6, they noticed she was a carbon copy of Dr. Kendrick. Eve 6 explains to them that she and her clones are a part of the Litchfield experiments. In the experiment, there were men and women, with the men earning the designation of Adam, followed by a number, and the women as Eve, also followed by a number. The scientists created the clones with 56 chromosomes instead of the typical 46 that humans are born with. They duplicated chromosomes 4, 5, 12, 16, and 22 to allow for additional genes that would be heightened intelligence and strength. Just like most medicines served at a pharmacy, there were some unfavorable side effects to these experiments.
The duplicated genes came with heightened homicidal and suicidal tendencies, which forced the government to house the remaining test subjects at the Whiting Institute for the Criminally Insane. Eve 6 went on to inform the agents that the only Eves remaining were her, Eve 7 (Kendrick), and Eve 8, who escaped the Whiting Institute. Mulder concluded that Dr. Kendrick cloned herself to create Cindy and Teena and murdered the fathers from the beginning of the episode with the intention of raising the clones herself.
Which X-Files Episode Features the Eves?
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Episode Title |
Eve |
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Season and Episode # |
Season 1 Episode 11 |
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Director |
Fred Gerber |
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Writers |
Christ Carter, Kenneth Biller, Chris Brancato |
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Cast |
David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Harriet Sansom Harris |
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Premiere Date |
December 10, 1993 |
While cloning and eugenics would go on to be a mainstay within the mythos of The X-Files, the Eves would only show up in the eleventh episode of its first season. However, the episode had an impact on much of its audience, most notably musicians Tony Fagenson and Max Collins of the ’90s alternative rock band Eve 6, which they named the band after when they saw the episode. Without any mention of the Eves or the program they were a part of, the show hinted at the U.S. government having numerous cloning projects in the works.
What happens to the Eves?
Mulder’s theory about Kendrick proved to be only half true. Dr. Kendrick managed to kidnap both Teena and Cindy with hopes of bringing all of the Eves together to live and look out for each other. She intended to wait to execute her plan, but the girls killing their dads forced her to accelerate her timetable. Kendrick wanted to fix the flaws from the Litchfield experiments and remove the homicidal and suicidal tendencies from them because a genetic engineer raised her properly alongside medication, leading her to believe she could offer the same to the girls. Unfortunately, Cindy and Teena slipped some poison into Dr. Kendrick’s drink, killing her before the police arrived to rescue them.
When Mulder and Scully took the girls to a diner for food, the Eves attempted to poison them as well. Thanks to Mulder forgetting his keys, he discovers that Cindy spiked their sodas with the same poison that killed Dr. Kendrick. After a brief scuffle with the girls and a good samaritan, Mulder and Scully get the clones to the Whiting Institute, where they receive their official designations as Eve 9 and 10. Shortly after their arrival, a woman identical to Dr. Kendrick arrives, and the three Eves share a look of acknowledgment.
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