Nothing Important Happened Today - "Heute passierte nichts besonderes"

Der englische Titel ist ein Eintrag von King George III in sein Tagebuch vom 4. Juli 1776 (am gleichen Tag erklärten die Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika ihre Unabhängigkeit von der britischen Krone!)

Der deutsche Titel weist direkt auf die nasse Umgebung hin, in der sich Shannon McMahon (gespielt von "Xena"-Lucy Lawless) anscheinend für längere Zeit problemlos aufhalten kann.

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von Alex

Hier beginnt die Liste von Fan-Hinweisen im Abspann. Während der Abspann läuft kann man kurz Dokumente sehen, auf denen viele Namen unter der Überschrift "FBI Contacts, Witnesses and Contributors" von X-Philes stehen (so wie auch einige Anagrame von Akte X Charakteren -- z.B. "Deform Lux" heißt Fox Mulder). (Leider im deutschen nicht zu sehen, da Pro7 den Abspann nicht ziegt)

Diese Folge beinhaltet einige exzellente Anspielungen auf die schon wieder beendete Serie "Lone Gunmen" (kommt 2003 auf RTL), z.B. erwähnen Frohike und Byers "arbeitslos" zu sein und Langly kommt mit einem sehr blauen Gesicht herein.

Assistant Director Brad Follmer ist nach dem ausführenden Assistenten von Schöpfer Chris Carter benannt.

Der Arbeiter in der "Greater Maryland Water Reclamation Facility" ist nach Roland McFarland benannt, FOX Network's Vize-Präsidenten von Broadcast Standards.

Autor Steve Maeda's Name wir in der Liste von Doggett's Soldatenfreuden angeführt.

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Lucy Lawless and Cary Elwes Guest Star on "THE X-FILES" This November (11/11-11/18/01)

A shocking government cover-up with possible ties to Agent Dana Scully's (Gillian Anderson) newborn son propels Agent John Doggett (Robert Patrick) and Agent Monica Reyes (Annabeth Gish) to boldly continue their investigation into a potential alien conspiracy with a possible link to the FBI on THE X-FILES Sundays, Nov. 11 and 18 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX.

In part one of the two-part season premiere, "Nothing Important Happened Today" Sunday, Nov. 11, Scully is forced to face the question of why the aliens did not take her baby.

Meanwhile, although warned off investigating further FBI connections to a possible alien conspiracy by Assistant Director Brad Follmer (guest star Cary Elwes), Doggett and Reyes move forward in their attempts to find proof that Mulder's theories and suspicions were actually correct.

Their investigation leads them to the mysterious Shannon McMahon (guest star Lucy Lawless), who holds clues to a shocking government cover-up with possible ties to Scully's baby and the FBI.

In the conclusion "Nothing Important Happened Today II" Sunday, Nov. 18, Scully's baby is showing signs of being extraordinary and questions are raised about the child's connection to a government conspiracy. Doggett searches for clues and his life is both threatened and saved by McMahon, while Reyes continues the battle back at the FBI, keeping an eye on the potentially double-dealing Follmer.

Both episodes were written by creator and executive producer Chris Carter and executive producer Frank Spotnitz.

Chris Carter is the creator of THE X-FILES, which is produced by Ten Thirteen Productions in association with 20th Century Fox Television. Chris Carter, Frank Spotnitz, Vince Gilligan and John Shiban are executive producers. Michelle MacLaren and Kim Manners are co-executive producers; David Amann is supervising producer; Paul Rabwin, Harry V. Bring and Tony Wharmby are producers.