"The Erlenmeyer Flask" was the season finale of the first season of The X-Files science-fiction television series created by Chris Carter. The title of the episode comes from a common piece of laboratory equipment, an Erlenmeyer flask.
A seemingly unrelated car chase leads Mulder and Scully to a scientific lab encompassing a secret which could provide proof of a government conspiracy. However, individuals involved with the scientific experiment a...
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"The Erlenmeyer Flask" was the season finale of the first season of The X-Files science-fiction television series created by Chris Carter. The title of the episode comes from a common piece of laboratory equipment, an Erlenmeyer flask.
A seemingly unrelated car chase leads Mulder and Scully to a scientific lab encompassing a secret which could provide proof of a government conspiracy. However, individuals involved with the scientific experiment are being murdered, and the two agents must ensure their own safety.
The end of this episode, featuring the Cigarette Smoking Man placing the evidence in a secret Pentagon warehouse, is an allusion to the end of the pilot episode, intended to bring the story of the first season full-circle.
"The Erlenmeyer Flask" referenced in the episode title is often incorrectly thought to refer to the metal holder containing the alien fetus (pictured above right). In fact it refers to the glass flask containing the red liquid labelled "purity control" found...
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