The Springfield Files

"The Springfield Files" is the tenth episode of The Simpsons' eighth season, which originally aired January 12, 1997. It was written by Reid Harrison and directed by Steven Dean Moore. Leonard Nimoy guest stars as himself and David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson guest star as Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, their characters on The X-Files. Leonard Nimoy begins the episode hosting a show about alien encounters. He talks about an encounter in a t... more

"The Springfield Files" is the tenth episode of The Simpsons' eighth season, which originally aired January 12, 1997. It was written by Reid Harrison and directed by Steven Dean Moore. Leonard Nimoy guest stars as himself and David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson guest star as Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, their characters on The X-Files. Leonard Nimoy begins the episode hosting a show about alien encounters. He talks about an encounter in a town called Springfield. At Moe's on a Friday night, Homer drinks over ten bottles of "Red Tick Beer" and after taking a breathalyzer test, Moe declares that he is drunk. Homer decides to walk home, but takes a wrong path and ends up in the woods. In a clearing, he sees a glowing thin-boned alien. Although the alien says "Don't be afraid", Homer panics and runs away screaming. The rest of the family do not believe Homer's story, and his attempts to report the alien sighting to the local police are dismissed. Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully of... less