Deep Throat (The X-Files)

Deep Throat is a fictional character in the television show The X-Files, played by Jerry Hardin. The character is named after the Deep Throat of the Watergate scandal.

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Fictional character - Television show - The X-Files - Jerry Hardin - Watergate scandal

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Deep Throat appears in seven episodes of The X-Files before being killed, and makes several other appearances later, mostly in flashbacks. His first appearance is in the episode Deep Throat, where he apparently tries to help Agent Fox Mulder (David Duchovny).

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Deep Throat - Agent Fox Mulder - David Duchovny

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Deep Throat has provided Mulder and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) with information they would be otherwise unable to obtain, leading to some interesting investigations, but he divulged information whenever and however he wanted. Sometimes Mulder failed to get specific information from Deep Throat.

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Dana Scully - Gillian Anderson

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It is unclear what were the motives of Deep Throat's desire to help Mulder uncover the truth about extraterrestrial life. Deep Throat himself has stated that helping Mulder is his way of clearing his own conscience after having killed an alien. It seems that Deep Throat believes that truth should be known, but some truths should still be hidden.

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Deep Throat was a member of the Syndicate, along with the Cigarette Smoking Man. He was friends with both Cigarette Smoking Man and Bill Mulder, the former once calling him by his (presumably) real first name, Ronald. Deep Throat was shot by a Syndicate assassin in the first season finale of The X-Files, The Erlenmeyer Flask.

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Cigarette Smoking Man - The Erlenmeyer Flask

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