The world of The X-Files is populated by a number of bizarre creatures, from a Flukeman to a Were-Monster. According to series creator Chris Carter, the big-screen icon of Smokey and the Bandit fame was a huge X-Files fan, so Carter moved heaven and earth to cast him in the Season 9 episode “Improbable.” Premiering on Apr. 7, 2002, the standalone story involved FBI agents Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) and Monica Reyes (Annabeth Gish) pursuing a serial killer and crossing paths with the godly Reynolds. “This is really a departure for The X-Files to go into this territory,” Carter tells Yahoo TV in the above video.
