Squeeze (The X-Files)
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"Squeeze" is the third episode of the first season of the American science fiction television series The X-Files. It premiered on the Fox network on September 24, 1993. "Squeeze" was written by Glen Morgan and James Wong and directed by Harry Longstreet, with Michael Katleman directing additional footage. The episode featured the first of two guest appearances by Doug Hutchison as the mutant serial killer Eugene Victor Tooms, a role he would reprise in "Tooms". "Squeeze" is the first "monster-of-the-week" episode of The X-Files, unconnected to the series' overarching mythology.
Tooms squeezing himself through a chimney.
Series creator Chris Carter suggested that Tooms eat human livers after tasting foie gras, the liver of a fattened goose.
Guest star Doug Hutchison based his critically acclaimed portrayal of Tooms on Anthony Hopkins (pictured) in The Silence of the Lambs.
The X-Files season 1
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The first season of the science fiction television series The X-Files commenced airing on the Fox network in the United States on September 10, 1993, and concluded on the same channel on May 13, 1994, after airing all 24 episodes.
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