#The FBI

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Hottie Harrison Ford in The FBI – "Caesar's Wife" (4x18) [1969]

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A few days late; but the Black Womb Project creates a context where Xavier spent the first decade or so of his life, raised by humans working for the U.S government, who knew about his mutation and saw it for its potential to help humankind. Which has fascinating implications for the school and the X-Men project, that have never really been dug into. Even the X-Men's early FBI liaison turned out to be the liaison to the project.

That's a good point. My God, there's been so many backstory additions over the years that it's hard to keep them straight.

If I recall correctly, Xavier didn't learn about Sinister co-opting Black Womb until later in life. Being that close to the government in his formative years with both his father and stepfather involved had to have an effect on young Xavier. Cain, too. You'd think being experimented on by your parents and Sinister as a child would be a huge turnoff, but he probably felt special. I don't recall how much Chuck actually remembered about the whole thing. He had memory issues for other reasons during the Carter Rykling incident. Maybe he blocked it out.

That extensive history doesn't really come through at all in Xavier and Fred Duncan's early dealings, though he did give him a lot of latitude when looking for Cyclops and Xavier certainly had a close working relationship with him. The amount of information shared about the then secret X-Men is proof of that, with the team even briefly disbanding on his orders.

I think there's something to be said about generational attitudes towards the government, especially the intelligence sector. The Comics Code prevented negative portrayals of law enforcement, there was usually just one bad actor pushing a hostile agenda, as opposed to institutional corruption and treatment of minorities.

Duncan seemed to have unusually good intentions towards the X-Men and mutants in general. There's his brief association with project Wideawake, though he refused to help Gyrich after the X-Men raided and destroyed the records on mutants. AFAIK he went private after that and was an ally before his death. Carl Denti is another story. I'm kinda rambling here but you're absolutely right - the implications are fascinating. Definitely something I'll revisit once I've refamiliarised myself. His early access to and collaboration with the government feels like a marker of privilege, along with his wealth and general respectability, but I daresay there's more to it.

Thanks!

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The FBI tweeting in memory of MLK really was the modern equivalent of the church canonization of Joan of Arc.

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Efrem Zimbalist Jr. campaigned for Barry Goldwater in 1964.

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The FBI S2E28 Force of Nature

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This guy threatened to kill Biden and the FBI. So the FBI killed him. Obviously.

Apparently the second screenshot is a reference to the time the FBI dropped in on him when he was threatening to kill Obama ten years ago. This time he was like "I can protect myself now!" (And failed to do so.)

Of course right-wingers are making him the new Ashli Babbitt, saying that he didn't do anything wrong and that he was targeted by Biden for no reason. I'd invite anybody to try to do what he did but that would be condoning suicide.

Here's a Twitter thread showcasing some of his post history.

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[fortunaegloria]

Appreciation post of Harrison Ford's smile (part 5) 🥰💕

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Magazine clippings

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The F.B.I. S6E1

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Murder She Wrote ‘The Dying Game’ guest stars,

Kate Mulgrew - best known for ST:VOY, ST:Nemesis, ST: Prodigy, Mrs Columbo, Cheers, Dallas, Throw Momma from the Train, Roots: The Gift, Ryan’s Hope, Warehouse 13, Orange is the New Black, The Man Who Fell to Earth, Murphy Brown, Batman: The Animated Series, Mercy. 3 of 3 appearances. (god this woman looks so fucking good in white.)

Peter Donat (The X Files, Mission Impossible, The FBI, The Waltons, Mannix, Hawaii Five-0, Godfather Part II, Charlie’s Angels, Lou Grant, The Outer Limits, Mrs Columbo, Dallas, Father Dowling Investigates, Murder She Wrote TV movie)

Andy Lauer - Caroline in the City, Iron Man 3, Jane Doe series, Matlock, Doogie Howser MD, 21 Jump Street. He’s moved into directing and producing, as well.

Martin Milner, started as a child actor in Life with Father, The Land Ranger, Dragnet (TV show 1952-1955), Science Fiction Theatre, The Life of Riley, Gunfight at the OK Corral, Rawhide, US Marshal (TV), The Twilight Zone (1960), Gidget, Valley of the Dolls, Dragnet (TV series 1967), Columbo, Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In, Adam-12, Fantasy Island, MacGyver, the New Adam-12, Diagnosis Murder. 4 of 5 appearances.

Musetta Vander - best known for Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Stargate SG1, ST:VOY, Boy Meets World, Diagnosis Murder, Babylon 5, Wild Wild West (film), O Brother Where Art Thou?

10.17 Episode aired Mar 13, 1994

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