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travelers

n. (plural of traveler English)

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Travelers (The X-Files)

"Travelers" is the fifteenth episode of the fifth season of American science fiction television series The X-Files, and the 111th episode of the series overall. It was written by John Shiban and Frank Spotnitz, directed by William A. Graham and aired in the United States on March 29, 1998 on the Fox network. The episode earned a Nielsen household rating of 9.9, being watched by 15.06 million people in its initial broadcast. The episode received mixed reviews from television critics.

The show centers on FBI special agents Fox Mulder ( David Duchovny) and Dana Scully ( Gillian Anderson) who work on cases linked to the paranormal, called X-Files. Mulder is a believer in the paranormal, while the skeptical Scully has been assigned to debunk his work. In this flashback episode, a young Fox Mulder visits retired FBI Agent Arthur Dales ( Darren McGavin), who tells him about one of the first X-Files, a case that Mulder's father, Bill, was involved in.

"Travelers" was written as a tribute to Howard Dimsdale, a screenwriter who was victimized by Hollywood blacklist in the 1950s and explored the idea that "the witch-hunt [of the 1950s] was actually a smoke screen to conceal something else". Noted actor Darren McGavin appears as Arthur Dales. McGavin was requested for the part especially by Chris Carter and had been approached to play various characters on the series before. In order to create a "convincing period movie", various special effects were used, including a special facial appliance that allowed the "alien spider" to crawl out of Skur's mouth and into his victim, and a bleaching job for the final film to give it an aged feel.

Travelers (TV series)

Travelers is an upcoming Canadian-American time-traveling TV series starring Eric McCormack. The series is a co-production between Netflix and Showcase, with Netflix holding the rights to international distribution. The first season will contain 12 episodes.

Usage examples of "travelers".

They lined the path to their front gate with stone lanterns that glowed cheerfully, welcoming travelers caught by nightfall.

The travelers tied back their sleeves, pulled their loincloths tighter for the climb, and started up the treacherous slope.

While they waited their turn, pilgrims and travelers and porters sat on their luggage near the corpse.

She kept appearing and disappearing among the travelers and porters and inn touts, the merchants and vendors and beggars.

She slept through the rainstorm that produced a flowering of bright, water-repellent paper umbrellas and big straw rain hats along the road and sent unprepared travelers scurrying for cover.

While they waited, the travelers chatted or rooted in their cloth bundles for radishes and rice dumplings.

A boy dodged through the travelers gathered in small knots to haggle with the river porters.

Some enterprising farmer had made additions to lure travelers into passing up other privies in favor of his, thus providing more fertilizer for his fields.

They went in search of wealthier travelers to drag back to their inns and tea houses.

Hungry travelers clustered around the itinerant peddlers of noodles and tea and rice cakes.

In the guise of a mountain priest soliciting donations he would rob travelers of their clothing, their goods, and their money.

Cat and Kasane could see travelers, scribes, couriers, and flocks of minor officials scurrying to and fro.

A shallow depression had been worn in the stone by the countless other travelers who had rested there.

Several houses were propped up with poles that extended into the narrow roadway, and the three travelers had to pick their way around them.

The few women travelers were admiring the wares of a traveling seller of dildos.