Alex Krycek
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| Alex Krycek | |
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 Nicholas Lea as Alex Krycek |
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| First appearance | "Sleepless" |
| Last appearance | "The Truth" |
| Portrayed by | Nicholas Lea |
| Episode count | 23 |
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| Occupation | Russian conspiracy member Men in Black member FBI Special agent |
| Affiliated with | Syndicate |
Alex Krycek is a fictional character in the long-running American science fiction show, The X-Files portrayed by Nicholas Lea. From the second season onwards, he served as one of the show's secondary antagonists to main character Fox Mulder, with whom he shared a complicated relationship. He was varyingly seen as either a henchman or enemy of the show's main antagonist, Cigarette-Smoking Man.
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[edit] Character arc
Krycek is a Russian-American who makes his first appearance in the season two episode "Sleepless", where Krycek, a young FBI Special agent is assigned as a temporary investigation partner to Fox Mulder. Krycek proceeds to work with Mulder and attempts to gain his trust.[1]
However, it later becomes evident that Krycek is actually an undercover agent working for the Cigarette Smoking Man.[1] Krycek plays an important part in several events that are harmful to Mulder and Dana Scully: he assists in Scully's abduction, and murders Mulder's father, William "Bill" Mulder.[2] Krycek also assaults Assistant Director Walter Skinner and acquires a secret tape from him which reveals a US government coverup regarding alien visits to Earth. After a botched attempt on Scully results in the death of her sister, The Cigarette Smoking Man attempts to kill Krycek with a car bomb, but Krycek escapes.[3] When escaping a gulag in Russia, where Krycek pursues a mysterious rock, he gets his left arm amputated to prevent experiments using the black oil on him.[4]
Later in the series, Krycek can be seen switching sides as it suits him, occasionally helping Mulder, Cigarette Smoking Man and other people. He attempted to blackmail Skinner with a nanotech virus,[5] but ended up being thrown into a Tunisian prison when the Cigarette Smoking Man discovered that Krycek was misusing alien technology[citation needed]. In the last season 7 episode, "Requiem", Krycek tries and fails to kill the wheelchair-using Cigarette Smoking Man by throwing him down a flight of stairs..[6] Later, when Mulder was abducted by aliens and returned in a deathlike state, Krycek attempts to again blackmail Skinner, with the means to save Mulder's life. Skinner refuses, and Krycek has a violent confrontation with John Doggett before escaping.[7] In the last season 8 episode, "Existence", Krycek is shot between the eyes and killed by Skinner, during an unsuccessful attempt to kill Mulder.[8] Krycek's ghost briefly showed up to help Mulder escape a military base in the series finale.[9]
[edit] Conceptual history
Originally, the role of Krycek was offered to Callum Keith Rennie, who rejected it, but later made two guest appearances on the show. Krycek does not appear in the first season, but Nicholas Lea did have a small part in the Monster-of-the-Week episode, "Gender Bender". In the episode, he played a club goer named "Michel". When Nicholas appeared as Krycek, the producers felt that they could kill him off if the portraying actor didn't do a good enough job.[10] Krycek, who was initially created by writer Howard Gordon to temporarily replace Scully as Mulder's partner for three episodes eventually grew into a character that lasted seven seasons on the show.[11]
[edit] Reception
Nicholas Lea would also appear as Krycek on the sketch show Saturday Night Live, when David Duchovny hosted an episode. Duchovny and Lea appeared in their roles as Mulder and Krycek, respectively in a sketch that spoofed The X-Files.[12]
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Sleepless". Rob Bowman, Writ. Howard Gordon. The X-Files. FOX. No. 4, season 2.
- ^ "Anasazi". R.W. Goodwin, Writ. Chris Carter. The X-Files. FOX. No. 25, season 2.
- ^ "Paper Clip". Rob Bowman, Writ. Chris Carter. The X-Files. FOX. No. 2, season 3.
- ^ "Terma". Rob Bowman, Writ. Frank Spotnitz & Chris Carter. The X-Files. FOX. No. 9, season 4.
- ^ "S.R. 819". Daniel Sackheim, Writ. John Shiban. The X-Files. FOX. No. 9, season 6.
- ^ "Requiem". Kim Manners, Writ. Chris Carter. The X-Files. FOX. No. 22, season 7.
- ^ "Deadalive". Tony Wharmby, Writ. Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz. The X-Files. FOX. No. 15, season 8.
- ^ "Existence". Kim Manners, Writ. Chris Carter. The X-Files. FOX. No. 21, season 8.
- ^ "The Truth". Kim Manners, Writ. Chris Carter. The X-Files. FOX. No. 19 & 20, season 9.
- ^ Carter, Chris, Duchovny, David, Spotnitz, Frank, Wong, James and Haglund, Dean. (2002). The Truth Behind Season 2. [DVD]. FOX Home Entertainment.
- ^ Hurwitz, Matt, Knowles, Chris (2008). The Complete X-Files. Insight Editions. p. 57.
- ^ "David Duchovny on Saturday Night Live". Youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otGIynpyN2M&feature=PlayList&p=7F292F2DB9BA8A05&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=59. Retrieved July 12, 2009.
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