Carter wrote and directed the fifth episode called Babylon, and talked to EW about that dance number and the episode’s special guest stars.
First of all, Carter explained how the psychedelic hallucination involves Mulder dancing to “Achy Breaky Heart” (by Billy Ray Cyrus).
"I wanted to have Mulder do something like that. We actually had a choreographer work with David. David isn’t a trained dancer, but he’s very athletic. And he’s also game. We had a limited amount of time, not only to shoot it, but also to practice it. [...]"
Monday’s episode also features guest stars Robbie Amell and Lauren Ambrose.
"Fox said to me, really almost as an aside, “Would you ever consider spinning the show off?” For me, the show is Mulder and Scully, and David and Gillian [Anderson]. But I thought: “Why don’t I just play with this idea of a younger Mulder and Scully?” I would call them a more extreme, wide-eyed Mulder, and a more aggressive Scully."
The season premiere was called “My Struggle,” and the upcoming finale is titled “My Struggle II.” How does the finale tie back to the premiere?
"It’s the answer to the question posed by the first part of the two-parter [the season premiere]. But as an answer, it only goes so far to the edge of the cliff. It is the predicament of their lives brought into the most frightening spotlight that I could imagine. The predicament of: Where is their child?"
The show has been getting very good ratings (numbers for "Babylon" are shown below). Have there been talks about another season, or a movie?
[...] "There’s been no conversation about doing more of these. With the ratings news, it’s hard to imagine that they wouldn’t come back to us. [...] I would love to do another movie. [...] It would need to be akin to the first movie, which I thought was a story worthy of the big screen. That said, I can’t imagine they won’t want to somehow figure out how to do this on TV."
Episode "My Struggle II": Hints based on Carter's interview for TV Insider
- Mythology: It’s cutting edge science, genetics. There are two doctors credited on the story.
- Mulder+Scully romance: Will be touched upon the relationship in the finale.
- Tad O'Malley: He's regaining his credibility, and on to what may be the biggest case of Scully’s life.
- Agent Reyes: She was also away from the FBI, in a way that one might least expect.
- Agent Doggett: He is not mentioned in the episode.
- CSM: Very important role in the finale. There will be
some length to explain, in a very graphic way, how he survived that
missile strike (back in 2002).
- Alien colonization that was supposed to occur in 2012: It is touched on more fully.