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    Last Friday's show was just great.
    
    Top notch.
    
    Interesting how the series appears to be leading somewhere.
    
    Absolutely addicted to it.
    
    Dave

    
    So, we know his sister is out there somewhere?  and now Fox has HOPE!
    
    Super show on Friday!
    
    Lou

    I really think Scully is going to have to invest in some self-defense
    lessons.  That guy tossed her around like a rag doll.  For that matter,
    I think Fox needs some too!!!  
    
    So do we all think that Elizabeth was a clone from the real Elizabeth?
    Or was she someone who knew of Elizabeth?
    
    yep, Friday was a good one!  
    
    RS

    
    The clone was from the real elizabeth.  I got the impression that the
    real Elizabeth is still alive an out there somewhere.. we never did see
    the alian leave w/ a elizabeth.
    
    

    re :.93
    
    Jeez, cut 'em a break.  We're talking about a mostly-invulnerable
    shapeshifting killer bounty hunter from space here.  A guy who can lift
    a hundred and eighty pounds of dead weight one-armed and knows how to
    fight is a bit above and beyond, eh?
    
    :-)
    
    DFW

    Just a question.  Whe Fox was talking to the person who he thought was
    his sister, she said the aliens were clones of her foster father and 
    foster mother.  Since all the men and all the women looked alike,
    doesn't this mean that the person he was talking to was a clone of that
    couple and not of Elizabeth?  So we know Elizabeth is alive, but not
    what she looks like.  The clone had her knowledge from information 
    Elizabeth gave the foster couple, not from the cloning experience.
    
    Linda

    .95--OK, OK .....I agree a bounty-hunter-shape-shifter from space
    maybe hard to beat!!!! :):)  Poor Scully got grabbed by that wierdo
    with the hair and nails too!!  And the voodoo guy, and the that other
    guy who stuffed her in the trunk of his car before she disappered for
    a while.....:):)  I agree its much more realistic to have the two of
    them take their knocks, but I feel bad for them getting all messed up
    and still not having any "proof."  
    
    About Elizabeth,  (I missed the first half) but I got the impression
    that it was not her.  I got that impression when Mulder found the other
    women at the clinic and he said, "Who *are* you."  And I think he said
    something about the one that was with him was there to set him up.
    One of the woman also said she was not Elizabeth, but knew where she
    was.....granted  she could have been talking about her original self
    before being cloned.  I always have so many questions after I watch
    this show!!!!  I guess it could go either way depending on the viewer
    and still be "right".  The main thing is that Mulder got  his faith
    back.
    
    RS

    
    re: Since all the men and all the women looked alike,
        doesn't this mean that the person he was talking to was a clone of
    	that couple
    
    So what your suggusting is that the clone foster couple gave birth to
    the clone Elizabeth??
    
    I don't so at all - I think that is impossible.  Elizabeth looked like
    his sister - how can foster couples - clone or not clone give birth to
    a person who looks like another real couples child????  
    
    I think your reading to much into the story - sure it's a nice twist -
    but lets not rewrite scripts for the X files
    
    The facts as we know them so far:
    
    Elizabeth was abducted as a young girl (fox watched it happen)
    Meny yrs later the clone(s) of Elizabeth show up back on earth
    The real person Elizabeth is still somewhere being protected by, her 
    Identical clones and her foster clones - Elizabeth (real) holds the key 
    (this is what the shapeshifter said) - the shapeshifter is still
    looking for the real Elizabeth - and so will Fox!
    
    Fox now has "Faith and Hope" back in his life and his vocabulary -
    You can bet Fox will come in contact w/his sister and the shapeshifter
    again.
    
    But even if he does not - he belives in HOPE again for the first time
    since his sister was taken.
    
    Lou

    Hi Lou!!!!
    
    I'm going to answer for the other person since I'm in here putzin'
    around!!:):)  I don't think they meant the foster couple "gave birth"
    to the clone Elizabeth.  The way I understood the comments to be
    they were suggesting that somewhere in the story it was mentioned
    that the foster parents cloned *themselves* and all those clones
    running around where duplicates of the foster parents.  Therefore
    the woman clone who said she was Elizabeth, would in fact be a 
    *duplicate* of the foster mother.  Somehow these clones knew who
    Elizabeth was and where she was which gave Mulder hope that he can find
    her.
    
    How'd I do??? :):) 
    
    Renee....waiting for tonights show....

    
    I need an update - I taped the wrong channel
    
    :-(

    It was a wierd one......like when isn't it???....!!!!
    
    The show started with some maintenance people cleaning up.  All of the
    sudden then hear a pounding noise and as they look out the window, they
    see the street getting ripped apart (cars being tossed around, garbage
    cans knocked over, windows shattering everywhere).  The window of the
    business they are working in gets shattered and falls all around them.
    The security camera picks it up, but there is nothing showing that
    could have caused it.
    
    Later that morning, an elephant is running loose down the street.  She
    falls down from exhaustion and dies.
    
    Mulder and Scully are called in because the workers didn't actually see
    anything doing the damage.  An elephant is reported missing from the
    local zoo.  They go to investigate.  The elephant cage was locked
    from the outside and still intact.  There was no way the elephant could
    have gotten out.
    
    The zoo  manager is not very friendly to the agents.  Scully and Mulder
    notice there is friction between the zoo manager and the animal
    caretaker.  There is also a radical animal rights group who is
    badgering the zoo folks.  The zoo is in financial straights and the
    loss of the elephant is going to hurt the zoo.
    
    Scully and Mulder check out the animal rights group.  Scully doesn't
    like the leader.  She notices an infrared video camara in the
    background.  Scully is convinced the radicals let the elephant out to
    hurt the zoo and make the zoo close.  Mulder says "but no *saw* the
    elephant, there is still more going on here." 
    
    Scully stays and keeps an eye out on the radicals.  Sure enough, one of
    them sneaks out and climbs over the fence to the zoo.  Scully follows.
    The caretaker catches her and the two of them go looking for the
    radical guy.  He is there taking movies of the tiger and how she is
    being treated whena bright light hits and the tiger disappears.  All of
    the sudden he is being attacked by an invisible tiger.  He video camera
    gets in on tape.  The cage is still locked from the outside.
    
    Mulder finds out that there has not been a successful pregnancy ever at
    the zoo.  The zoo is also located very close to reported UFO activity.
    Also, the zoo manager is currently in a fight to keep a gorilla who can
    sign talk and has a pretty large vocabulary.  The radicals are totally
    against her keeping the gorilla.  Mulder also finds out the caretaker
    is cruel to animals.
    
    They find the tiger across town and try to capture it, however the
    caretaker shoots it instead.  Scully, Mulder and the zoo manager do an
    autopsy on the elephant and the tiger and find both had been recently
    pregnant.  Mulder believes the aliens are taking the embryos of
    endangered animals and "saving" them from becoming extinct.
    
    In the meantime, the zoo gets closed and the zoo manager is fired.  She
    doesn't have a home for the gorilla now and she is very upset.  She
    asks the radical leader to help her and he says no.  
    
    The gorilla is upset over something and the zoo manager and Mulder try
    to find out what.  They find out she is pregnant and she is afraid of
    the "light".
    
    The zoo manager has to give up the gorilla.  The authorities pack her
    in a crate.  Later that night, the radical leader comes looking for the
    zoo manager and winds up dead.  The gorilla is gone.  The zoo manager
    and the caretaker did it because he caught them kidnapping the gorilla. 
    They try to make it look like the alien kipnappings, but Scully and
    Mulder are on to them.
    
    Mulder goes off and finds the caretaker and the gorilla is some
    abandoned building.  The caretaker and Mulder are having a
    confrontation when the gorilla gets real upset and starts banging
    around her cage.  Mulder tells the caretaker to sedate the gorilla and
    when Mulder opens the door the caretaker pushes him in.  The gorilla
    beats on Mulder for a bit, then she signs "Man save Man". There is a
    bright light and the gorilla is gone.
    
    Scully finds Mulder and they get a call that the gorilla was found 
    across town.  The agents and the zoo manager run over and the gorilla
    is dead.
    
    Mulder still thinks that aliens are responsible and the gorilla's
    message is a message to all men that we better start saving ourselves
    and our environment or are we coming to the point where we will have
    to rely on alien intervention to perserve things.
    
    RS

    
    Wow!  Another great show by the sounds of it.  I love this stuff.
    
    Thanks so much for the update.
    
    Lou

    	Guess who made the cover of TV Guide this week??  The X-files
    is featured.  I picked it up and read the story, its pretty good.  
    They sound like they have a great working relationship.
    
    Does anyone remember the vampire show?  That girl that Mulder saved is
    his real life girlfriend.  He said of all the shows, that one made him
    the most nervous because he was working with her.
    
    Alot of stuff about Gillian Anderson and her baby/husband.  He used to
    produce the show.  They ran off and got married and on their wedding
    night conceived Piper.  She was freaking about getting fired from the
    show.  Rumor was that Chris Carter was going to fire her, although he
    denies it.  She knew she was on rocky ground because they orginally
    wanted a "leggy woman with bigger breasts."
    
    Its worth reading,
    RS

> Guess who made the cover of TV Guide this week??  The X-files is featured.

	They also made the cover of "Entertainment Weekly" this week.

note: i do *not* watch this show

    
    Another great show on Friday.. and a very good ending!
    
    Lou

    I think that one was a repeat since the X-files were broken up
    and the new informer was introduced.  Who does the informer work for?
    If the government doesn't want anyone snooping around the X-files, why
    did they set up the X-files to begin with? 
    
    RS

    Was the 3/31 episode way out there or what?
    
    
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    They almost got me with being in Gulf Breeze, Fl, but the way the 
    storyline was going, I didn't see an alien connection as plausible.
    Some great lines, especially at the end.
    
    Bill

    
    One of the bext X-Files ever!  I loved the comment made about Mulder
    and what genetic engineering holds for the future!  :^)
    

    
    I loved it.  funny/different/weird & entertaining
    
    "must of been something I ate" :-)
    
    

    OK - I'll be the first to admit that this one crossed the line on
    the bizzaro-meter for me.  Too strange, and I thought I'd never say
    that about an X-files story.  Maybe because this was not a typical case
    for Scully and Muldar that it seemed so weird.  Give me a good alien
    sighting to a dog-faced boy any day!
    
    NAZZ

    
    different.
    added some variety.
    

    How did you like the last episode???  I was surprised at how much
    humor Scully and Mulder had!!  I liked it but I was surprised!!
    
    RS

    The 'Musta been something I ate' line was a scream!!!  I also liked the
    scene where M&S (or S&M, whichever you prefer ;D) where watching
    JimJim_The_Dog_Faced_Boy bury the potato under the full moon...I
    cracked up...I know, little things amuse me...
    
    I just love this show, but I think it would do better with the VR.5
    lead in starting at 9:00 (EST) with X-Files at 10:00, then Tales of the
    Crypt at 11:00 and Forever Knight at 12:00!!!  
    
    You know, instead of these yahoo 'executives' doing the line ups, we,
    the viewers ought to!  What do you think?  ;)  And whatever happened to
    the Saturday afternoon and Saturday night horror movies, Creature
    Feature, The Dungeon, etc???  Guess all they can really show on network
    TV are the 'oldies' because the 'newies' are toooo gruesome...
    
    Thanks for listening!
    
    Sandra

    
    I loved it when Dana popped the cricket in her mouth and walked away
    .. the look on Fox's face was priceless.  Then of course she had it
    hidden in her hand :-)  and Fox pulling the nails out of blockheads
    nose with all his might and then palming it to do a blood test was
    equally as fun!
    
    Lou

    
    I was at my mother's house watching this. My mother is not into sci-fi
    at all, but there wasn't anything she wanted to watch so I turned this
    on (at about the half-way mark). Every once in a while my mother would
    look up from her book and kinda look at the tv and then at me...I just
    kept saying, "It's not ususally quite this weird, though they all are
    weird to some extent, but they're not all like this" I finally gave up
    and just watched. Dad enjoyed it ( I get my love of sci-fi from him).
    
    Patty

    I think my favorite part was the end when the Nail in the Head guy
    and Jigsaw Puzzle man were getting ready to drive away and the Nail
    guy was going off on Scully telling her what was wrong with the world
    and he snears over at Mulder and says, "Everyone will start looking
    like him," and Mulder is standing in his suit looking very GQ.  I
    thought that was a great way to end it!
    
    RS

    
    I just thought of another at lunch:
    
    Dwarf: Some woman find my short quite appealing
    Fox:   So do some men!
    
    
    hahahahahhahahahahaha
    
    Lou

    Actually that entire episode was a nice comic relief (III Act in
    Shakespear?)  :)
    
    The bug eating, the GQ stance/comment, Some Men - the look on the
    little man's face was priceless!  S&M were really out of their element
    in that episode...well done, tho.
    
    Only my $0.02
    
    Sandra

    From TV Guide:
    
    X-Files 101:
    
    Whether you are a devoted X-files fan or just a casual viewer, there
    are, no doubt, a few things about the series that could do with some
    explanation.  What to do?  Watch "Secrets of the X-Files" a 1hr special
    airing May 19 at 8pm/et just before the season finale.
    
    Truth or Daring:
    
    Tis the season for season finales, and x-philes are wondering how the
    folks behind the X-Files can possibly top last year's nail biter of a 
    cliffhanger, "The Erlenmeyer Flask."  Fear not.
    
    I do hope to top it, says series ceator and executive produce Chris
    Carter, "and spring the same kind of surprises-true surprises-that we
    did last season.  As we speak, I'm on page 38 of a 55 page script, and
    I like it very much so far."
    
    Though Carter is somewhat secretive about specifics, we do know taht
    the episode concerns an amateur computer hacker who taps into secret
    government files, endangering S&M and causing them to question
    their sanity (they are *just now* questioning their sanity?????  I
    would have done that a long time ago with all the kooky stuff they
    get into!!! :):)).  Carter shares story credit on the story with
    Duchovny, who also received co-credit for the 2-part story with the
    cloned doctors.
    
    In what direction will the X-files go in season three?  "I think you've
    got to be constantly expanding and exloring, or else you'll get lost in
    the monster of the week trap," says Carter, who points to several of
    season twos episodes-in particular the one in which Scully encounters a
    death fetishist, as an indication of things to come.  "That show had to
    do with what made Scully afraid, and if we had done it with something
    unexplainable, it would have been less powerful.  The person involved
    in these unspeakable acts was someone you could just as easily run into
    on a supermarket check out line."
    
    That said, Carter asserts that the X-files will remain faithful to its
    "truth is out there" credo, though there is one area he emphatically
    won't be exploring-- a Scully/Mulder romance.  One gets the distinct
    impression that he's tired of being asked about it when he visits the 
    on-line site on Delphi.
    
    RS

    Last week's show was great.
    That cabby from "Wings" who had the shadow problem did a great job.
    
    how do the writers come up with these great ideas.
    
    Dave
    

    
    I missed the show, I was in Kentucky (at the Derby) :-)  can somone
    fill me in on last weeks show?
    
    Louisa

    It was very wierd(as usual!!).  I was in and out of the room so
    I wasn't totally focused on it but the gist was a scientist did
    some type of experiment on himself which caused his shadow to
    kill people.  His shadow killed people by spontaneous combustion.
    
    Mulder's "source", mislead him on some information and Mulder got
    really mad at him and told him off.  
    
    In the end, they caught the scientist (who was played by Antonio
    from Wings).  They put him into some type of observation tank 
    and Mulder and Scully watched as his shadow apparantly killed him.
    
    This was not the final end though.  Mulder believed the false info
    from his source is what caused the man to die and that's why he was
    mad.  The source tells Mulder, "I was not responsible for killing him."
    In the final scene they show the scientist still alive.  He is all
    hooked up to machines and two other people are talking around him
    saying they will be studing him for a long time.  Scully and Mulder
    don't know he is still alive.
    
    Maybe someone else can elaborate better.
    
    RS

    
    Fox/David is hosting Saturday Night Live with music
    guest Rod Stweart.. it should be good.
    
    Lou

    
    	For anyone that has SHOWTIME, David is the "narrator" of "Red
    	Shoe Diaries".
    

    
    He's been in one, too, which is about a love affair straight out of the
    X-Files....
    
    DFW

    
    I watched David on SNL.  I have not watched SNL in years and now I know
    why..the show is the pits.  The skits were horrible, but I still 
    thought David did good w/what he had to work with. I also thought it
    was very brave for him to get into a dress - and may I add, he still
    looked great in a dress :-)
    
    Lou

    He didn't look half bad as Robin either!  I thought the begining of
    the show was a good spoof on X-files.  But you are right,  SNL sure
    did hit the skids.  Its too bad too, because the talent on the show
    is pretty good...its the writing that is horrible.
    
    RS

    
    There is a 2hr Xfiles this Friday.  The 1st hr will be all kinds of FAQ
    and unexplained details.
    
    Then the other hr will be the final show
    
    Lou

    
    Season finale, what a show!
    will Fox become like the guy in the Fugtive?
    Anything can happen with this series.
    
    Dave
    

    
    >will Fox become like the guy in the Fugtive?
    
    	Or "Darkman".  8^)
    

    
    Fugtive, duh.Should have been Fugitive.
    
    Darkman...hope Mulder didn't get that scorched.
    
    

    Didn't get a chance to see the season finale... and no tape.... would
    somone post what happened?
    
    thanks!

    
    .....you really should wait until they they show the rerun.
    
    or go door to door in your neighborhood and borrow a tape.
    
    so much happens in this episode, trust no one to cover it
    in writing.
    
    

    
    I loved the show but .....
    
    
    
    
    It was eerking me that Fox could pop so quickly from Washington to the
    Cape so quickly.  One min' he is in his appt, the next min' he's w/
    his dad in Mass .. then he gets blood on him from his farther and
    pop .. he's at Dana's - 
    
    how was he getting around?  did he drive?  did he fly?  If he drove
    how did he not fall asleep or get pulled over? If he flew..how did he 
    get on the plane w/all that blood on him?
    
    I know its stupid for me to wonder - but it really eerked me :-)
    
    ---
    
    So, how did Fox get out of the train???
    
    Louisa

    
    
    
    >So, how did Fox get out of the train???
    
    
    	My guess is that he didn't.  Well, let's put it this way ... I
    	think he found a "trap door" on the floor or there was enough of
    	an air pocket behind or in front of the car to get a door open
    	and slide out.
    
    	But he's still hiding in there somewhere.
    

    I did a pretty complete update in All in 1 ( so I could edit it..
    don't know how to edit in notes) if anyone would like a copy, let
    me know and I'll send it to you!
    
    There must be more than one door on the boxcar! 
    
    RS

    
    RS:
    
    Document Transfer your file to VMS (DT) - name it Xfiles.txt.  Then
    when you open notes - you can ANS XFILES.TXT and then all can see your
    update.
    
    Louisa


It starts out with a computer hacker breaking into some government
files.  He downloads and starts printing.

Remember that group of computer hackers (different than the guy above)
that Mulder hangs out with every once in a while?  Well they come to
Mulder's apartment all freaked out holding guns and so forth.  Mulder
is not feeling good and he isn't happy to see them.  They tell him
that a computer hacker broke into some files and wants to meet w/ Mulder 
and Mulder is now in danger.
At that point a bullet comes flying through his window.  Mulder knows
they are telling the truth and he and the guys leave the apartment
and start going through the halls.  There is another gun shot.  This
one is from one of the apartments and as the men are passing you see
the tenent crying that she shot her husband and she doesn't know
why.

The computer hacker who stole the file makes contact w/Mulder.  The
file is proof that the goverenment has known and made contact w/aliens
many years ago.  The hacker wants Mulder to have it because he wants
to expose the government.  The hacker is very nervous and jittery because
he never thought he could break the code and get into the computer. 
He didn't cover his tracks so the government is after him big time. He
runs off.

Mulder is in his office loading the disk into his computer. Scully comes
in.  Mulder tells her what is going on.   She is freaked that they
have this stolen information because she has already heard there was
a break-in and she has been called into Skinner's office (their boss).
The file finally comes up on the screen and it is in another language
for protection.  It is Navaho, a language the Japanese could not
decipher so the government put their top secret stuff in Navaho back
in the World War.  Mulder is ticked off that he can't read it.  Scully
says she can find someone to interpret.

Scully goes in for her meeting with Skinner.  Besides Skinner, Cancer
Man is there and a bunch of other people.  They grill Scully and she
lies through her teeth that she and Mulder have no idea what they
are talking about.

Skinner sees Mulder in the hall and he verbally jabs at Mulder.
Mulder is still sick and getting more and more irritable.  He
actually punches Skinner out right there in the office!

There is a brief scene on a Navaho reservation.  The old wise Indian
says he can feel something brewing.  There is a young Navaho boy who
just looks at him, shakes his head and takes off on his motorcycle.
As he is driving there is a mild earthquake.  He looks down and sees
something under the ground the earthquake shook up.  He starts to
uncover a door which he opens and looks in.  He brings his finding
back to the old wise indian and shows him.  He found bones which
look human but with a alien face.  The wise man tells him to put
it back where he found it.

Cancer man goes to visit Mulder's father.  Apparantly, his father used
to be an agent too and was involved in some big cover up.  Cancer man
tells him Mulder may have The Information.  Mulder's father is very
upset.  Cancer man tells Mulder's father if Mulder asks questions...
deny everything.

Mulder is still sick and getting more and more irritable and on edge.
His father calls him and tells him it is important, can he come right
over.  Mulder does.  His father tells him he did something bad and soon
Mulder will find out about it.  Mulder presses him for more info, but
all his father will tell him is "you will hear the words and come to
know what they mean....The Merchandise."  His father gets so upset
that he needs to go take some medication.  In the bathroom, Mulder's
father is shot DEAD, by Mulder's old partner (the guy that double
crossed Mulder back when Scully was out on maternity leave).
Mulder comes racing into the bathroom and holds his father.  His father's
last words are "forgive me."

Mulder is crushed that his dad has been shot.  He calls Scully.  She
kind of hints around at if he shot his dad because he has been acting
so unpredictable lately.  She tells him he better leave before the
police get there.  Mulder thinks that would look bad, like he was
guilty, but Scully tells him it was a set up and they would arrest him
anyway.  He goes to Scully's place and she takes care of him.

In the morning, Mulder wakes up and Scully is gone--so is Mulder's gun.
Mulder is ticked off, he calls Scully on her cell phone.  She is having
his gun tested as proof he did not kill his father.  Mulder is very
angry and paranoid telling her she is just a spy on their side and all
she wants is to get him trouble.  Scully is freaking that he is talking
to her like that.  She is tryig to tell him she has another meeting w/
Skinner and she wants to make sure Mulder is off the hook.

Scully goes to Mulder's apartment and starts poking around.  She removes
the bullet from the wall.  She  notices a man wheeling out a canister
from the basement and decides to take a look.  Apparantly, Mulder has
been slowly  poisoned with something that makes him delusional.  It
also happened to his neighbor which is why she suddenly shot her husband.

Mulder is his way back home when he sees his ex partner snooping
around wainting for him.
Mulder is in rare form and starts beating the crap out of him screaming
at him that he killed his father.  Mulder gets his gun away from him
and is ready to shoot him when Scully pops out tells Mulder to drop it.
Mulder blows her off and is ready to shoot when Scully SHOOTS MULDER.

Mulder wakes up at the Navaho reservation.  Scully snunk him there 
and he has been unconscious for about 30 hours.  She tells him
she shot him (in the arm) because she didn't want Mulder using that
gun --which is probably the gun that was used to kill his father.
She introduces Mulder to the wise man and says he will be able to
interpret the file.  Scully is upset because they have already deciphered
a little bit and so far that have made out the words, "vaccination,"
and "merchandise".  She is also upset because her name has turned up
in the file in the context of some kind of an experiment.  She blew
off her meeting with Skinner and she needs Mulder to find out what
is going on, because she is going to have to get back to Skinner and
she is afraid of any repercussions.

The young Navaho boy takes Mulder to see the area where he found the bones.
On the way, he gets a call from Cancer Man on his cell phone.  Cancer
Man tells him to leave it alone.  Mulder chews him out telling him
he will expose him once and for all.  Cancer Man says "the only person
you will expose is ....your father."  Mulder hangs up but Cancer Man
gets a trace.

Mulder/boy reach the area.  Mulder climbs down thru the door and
it is an old boxcar from a train.  He calls Scully (Scully is reading
some papers and is looking very very shook up).  Mulder tells her
that he found a whole stack from foot to ceiling of what looks
like alien bones.  He looks closer and notices one of the arms has
a small pox vaccination in it.

Cancer Man shows up in a helicopter with a bunch of army guys.  They
try to make the Navaho boy say where Mulder is but he won't talk.  A
couple of army guys jump down into the boxcar, but apparantly, Mulder
is hiding.  They say Mulder isn't in there, Cancer Man says torch it.
They set the boxcar on fire.

The End!!!!!!!!

    Well, I tried to do a spoiler, but it didn't work.  That was
    pretty easy!!  Thanks for telling me how to do that!!  
    
    RS

    
    I really like X-Files - it is doing very well over here in the UK
    (series two is on terrestial TV (BBC 2) and series three is showing 
    on satellite)
    
    Now to my problem - and I'm sure it must have been brought up before.
    X-Files relies on the watcher "going with the flow" - suspending ones
    sense of disbelief. Well I can do that - my disbelief has been known
    to be sucessfully suspended several feet above ground!, but the thing
    that brings it crashing back to earth everytime is...
    
    
    
    Those torches they use - all very cinermatic, but any torch that is
    soooo powerful that the light comes out as a solid beam that
    illuminates an area the size of a peanut is useless. Out intrepid S&M
    wander around some darkened room with torches that are designed
    to ensure the bad-guy can walk past you without you knowning.
    
    Annoyes the h*ll out of me.

    
    	BTW, torch = flashlight for those of us on the correct side of
    	the pond.
    
    	8^)
    

    I figured out what a torch was, but I had a pretty confusing vision
    of S&M walking around with fire torches first!  I was trying to
    figure out what show that was!!  Hmmmm, I never noticed their
    torches/flashlights, I'll have to check it out more closely.
    
    RS

    
    	I saw the "2nd of 2" Friday night, where Scully is taken by the
    	"alien ship" and is missing.
    
    	How was she kidnapped in the 1st place?  I saw the "1 of 2" last
    	week, but forgot what happened at the end.
    
    	And is this the cause of her "disappearance" as explained in
    	"Secrets of the X-Files"?  I've only been watching for a couple
    	months.
    

    Funny you shoulkd mention those "torches" - my wife and I always
    comment on how strong they are, and wonder if we'll be able to pick up
    an X-Files flashlight at a store soon!
    
    NAZZ

    
    	RE: torches..... Just watched the episode with the Nam vets
    	who hadn't slept in 24 years. The " torches" they were using
    	were actually portable spotlights, the 6 VDC battery variety.
    	And I agree, they may not illuminate a large area, but BOY
    	would they shrink a bad guy's pupils to pinpoints if the
    	FEDS knew how to use them right! BTW that episode was really
    	creepy to a Nam era veteran like me. In fact, I couldn't SLEEP!!!
    	:^)
    
    
    					Roger

    
    	Did you know that Gillian Anderson is only 26 years old?
    
    	There was a question about her in this week's "Parade" magazine.
    

    
    I to was shocked to find out Gillian was on 26.  She looks so
    much older (In a good way)  

    
    But also, the picture of her in the Parade was so unlike her character
    that she looked younger and more carefree. That was my first reaction.
    
    Patty

    I was reading a TV magazine at the weekend which mentioned a rumour
    that series 3 of the X-Files will feature a two part story, directed by
    David Lynch, and containing the return of Special Agent Dale Cooper. 
    Anyone else hear this?  Or is it just someones dream...
    
    
    mikef

    I heard the fall opening will be a 2 parter answering questions
    brought up by the finale.  Didn't hear who was directing it.  Who
    is Special Agent Dale Cooper?
    
    RS

    Dale Cooper was an FBI agent in David Lynch's TV show Twin Peaks.
    He'd be a great addition to this show, if Kyle McLachlan (sp) is
    available.  And it would be a real hoot if David Duchovny could reprise
    his role as the tranvestite FBI agent - you'd never recognize him in
    drag....
    
    Gita

    Has there been any word on the start date for the new season yet.
    
    I'm taking holidays soona nd would like to tape the season openers if
    i'm away.
    
    Thanks

    RE: <<< Note 168.62 by TROOA::DIVITO >>>
    	Has there been any word on the start date for the new season yet.
    
    "The X-FILES" season starts September 22, 1995.

    
    Well, four more days and we find out what happened to Muldar.
    TV magazine only states that Muldar is missing and Scully is
    fired or something to that effect.
    
    should be a great show...as always.
    
    Dave
    

Disaster befell our household last Friday night
(Sep 22, '95)--both my wife and I had to be out
of the house when the X-files season premier aired,
and despite our best efforts to program our VCR,
something went wrong and we didn't get it on tape.

If you have a tape of the episode and are located
anywhere between Manchester, NH and Marlboro, MA,
and would be willing to lend us the tape for a day
or two, please e-mail me and I'll make arrangements
to get the tape from you and get it back.

Alternately, if someone could post or e-mail a
summary, my wife and I would be eternally grateful.

Thanks in advance,
Jon
APACHE::MCCOMBIE
DTN 264-0384

    
    	I taped "The X-Files", and can bring the tape to MRO with a day's
    	notice.
    

    So what did you all think of Friday's show???  IMO, I liked everything
    having to do with Scully and I thought Mulder's scenes with the indians
    was lame.  Maybe this week it will tie in better.
    
    Why would someone put a computer chip in Scully???  
    do you think Skinner is an "errand boy"???
    
    RS

    IMHO:
    
    Overall, I liked the episode, and I am a loyal follower of the show.  I 
    am, however, finding it increasingly irritating that the writers are not 
    making S&M smarter with each of these negative experiences with the 
    "powers that be", and are creating some pretty large gaps in logic with
    story flow.  So far, I've been able to live with it, but I would like
    to see some improvement.
    
    I agree the Native American scenes with Mulder were drawn out way too
    much.  Scully's were okay, given one could over look the gaps in logic.
    
    The computer chip is most likely a tracking device, installed by either
    the "powers that be", or the aliens during her abduction last season,
    but missed on an exam.  Easy enough to do.
    
    Skinner I think is a "good guy", trying to help S&M while protecting
    his butt with the "powers".  A very thin line, and I like the way the
    writers are handling his character.  Given a choice, however, I think
    he would side with the "powers".  
    
    I want to believe,
    Bill
    
    

    Unlike the previous two respondants, I wanted the scenes with the
    Navahos to last longer, to give some feeling of time passing, so that
    some credibility could be given to the extent of his wounds and the
    natural healing powers used by the Navahos.  Seemed to me that this
    healing process should take more than a day or two.  I also wanted to see
    Muldar's beard grow a bit!  ;-)
    
    I am having some trouble understanding why the bad guys just don't kill
    Scully, especially if they believe Muldar dead.  Seems like they could
    have her taken out of the picture easily (of course, it would screw up
    the series, but I'd like a more logical reason not to kill her).
    
    NAZZ

    
    	RE: Nazz
    
    	Spoiler of sorts:
    
    	
    
    	I think Skinner is the only one that knows for sure that Scully
    	doesn't have the tape with the evidence on it, and therefore no
    	one wants to kill her yet.
    
    	And this also tells me that Skinner is actually on her side, or
    	she'd be gone by now.
    

    Yeah, I think that Skinner is on their side but he has to be very
    careful or he will end up dead or out and either way he wouldn't be
    able to protect them at all. Besides, being dead can ruin your whole
    day!
    
    

    I taped the wrong station :(  Can someone leave an update??
    What was the computer chip for?  Is Scully's sister ok?  Why
    did Skinner pull the gun on Scully?  What did Mulder's dad do?
    
    Thanks,
    RS

    
    
    
    
    
Here is an update for 9/29.  I did my best to keep it in some kind of
    order, and I did forget a few things, but you will get the idea
    

X Files Update:

Muldar is alive.  When Skinner and Scully were at Muldar's apartment, they
heard a noise and they they each had a gun drawn on one anther.  Fox comes
in and he has a gun on Skinner, and Dana is surprised and happy to see him.

They get Skinner to put his gun away and Skinner says he's there to help.  
He shows them the tape he took for Fox's desk and said he'd get it to the 
right people when the time was needed.  Fox and Dana agree to let Skinner 
hold the tape.

Fox and Dana go to see some guys - kind like hackers, (I don't remember who 
they are or what the do-sorry)  They have a pitcher and Fox's dad is in it.
they also recognize a few other people, one is a Nazi, who was involved in 
killing alot of people (like Mengala was).  Just before Fox and Dana leave 
to go see the Nazi, another man comes in and says "he is sorry, Dana's 
sister is in serious condition"  Dana goes to leave and Fox stops her, he 
says "that is the 1st place they will look for you"  So they go to see Nazi 
in the pitcher he is in a flower hot-house.  The Nazi tell Fox about a place 
(like a warehouse) he might want to check out.  After they leave the Nazi 
call's all the department heads that want the tape and work for the FBI? to 
tell them that Fox is alive.

Fox and Dana get to the warehouse and there are some freezer type doors w/a 
push button lock,  Fox and Dana try a number and they get in (I forget how 
they knew the number)  They open the door, and it is a passage way to tons 
file's and thousands of medical records, Dana and Fox check it out and 
there were tissue samples taken on many many people.  Dana and Fox look for 
there files - sure enough, they are there.  Dana's is recent, she notices 
that the older files had older tissue sample holders, and hers is the new 
plastic holder (but she does not know who/how the sample was taken).  Fox 
finds his file,, but he is able to peal the name stick off and he finds his 
sisters Sam's under his name ??

Just then a noise happens, Fox runs out and he tells Dana to stay, Fox 
see's big bright lights (it looks like a space ship) Dana hears a noise and 
all of a sudden these little alien like creatures run passed her and she 
drops her flashlight (its very dark in there).  She runs after the 
creatures and she see's one of them go out a door of light.  Fox now see's 
real men w/guns running up to the warehouse, he goes to get Dana, Dana 
never says anything about the creatures - she tells Fox she knows a way out
,she goes out the way the creatures left and they get away.

Fox finds out that the Nazi has been killed, he and Dana go back to the Hot
-house to see what they can find out.  A man for the FBI? (one that wants 
the tape) is there.  Fox accuses him of killing the Nazi, and Fox is not 
going to leave w/out the truth.  The man tells him (in around about way) 
that his Nazi was involved w/trying to create a hybrid (human/alien) life 
form - (just like his prize orcards), that is why he saw so many alien 
bodies in the train in the desert, they were projects that didn't work.  
Dana tells him not to believe this, what there were doing was taking tissue 
samples from all people who got inoculations from 1950-19? for some kind 
of human genetic testing (with out the peoples knowledge)  The man tells Fox 
that his farther was trying to stop it,just like Fox is now.  I forget how, 
but somehow Fox's farther made a deal for one of his children. (can someone 
else fill in)

Fox and Dana meet Skinner at a out of the way diner.  Skinner wants to cut 
a deal, the tape for Fox and Dana's reinstatement w/the FBI.  Fox does not 
want to take it, but Dana does,she wants to see her sister.  Fox tells her 
he'll do what she wants - so Dana tells Skinner to make the deal.

Dana goes to see her sister, and fox goes to see his Mom.  Fox wants to 
know if she was told to pick her favorite to stay, he's stressing how he 
must know "did you pick" the mother breaks down and says "no" your farther 
did and I've hated him it for ever.  

When we pick up at the hospital, Fox comes in and Dana is sitting by an 
empty bed, her sister died.  

Meanwhile, the tape did get taken from Skinner and the man who beat him up 
was supposed to be killed in a car explosion, but he escaped, then he calls 
the "smoker" and tells him he failed and he better keep away from him or 
he'll tell all he knows (he still has the tape)

Then the "smoker" goes to see Skinner, Skinner does not know that the 
"smoker" does not have the tape anymore.  Skinner wants to deal, but the 
Smoker will not, you have nothing to deal with.  Skinner calls in the 
Indian and they tell the smoker that the Indian knows what is on the tape 
and as an old tribal custom, the Indian has told 20 people and so on... so 
unless the smoker is going to kill off all the Indians, he better reinstate 
Fox and Dana!

*we don't know what has happend to the chip in Dana as of yet*

Lou

    a small addendum to a very good summary after the form feed:
    
    
    When Mulder and Scully talk to the Nazi Klemper at his hothouse, he
    identified the place that was in the picture behind Mulder's father and
    the other men. He also asked them if they knew Napier's Constant, which
    of course Scully knows. They use the value for Napier's Constant to get
    into the vaults where the medical records are kept.
    
    When Mulder and Scully go back to the hothouse, the man to whom Scully
    had previously spoken at the funeral told them that they had taken
    Mulder's sister in order to have a hold over Mulder's father. That's
    why Mulder went to his mom and asked her about choosing one over the
    other. She said she couldn't so Mulder's father did - that's why she
    hated the father.
    
    Also, you had to see the file cabinets of medical records - they were
    stored in an old mine shaft and there were thousands of cabinets
    holding millions of records. Ostensibly, they were there to identify
    people by their DNA in case of a nuclear war (but of course we know
    that there is/was a more nefarious reason!).
    
    Scully's sister ends up dying on the operating table.
    
    The chip that was implanted in Scully has not yet been explained.

    
    I thougt the  first episode wa great.
    The second was just fantastic.
    
    Looks like next weeks story will be one of those sideline stories.
    
    Dave
    

    Oct 13th episode about the naturally gifted with ESP/visions
    Insurance Salesman and the Serial Murderer that Scully and Mulder
    were trying to find.  
    
    This one was a little mind blowing since he (insurance man)
    could see your death ..... it was kinda touching when Scully 
    asked him when she would die and he simply smiled & said...never  
    or something to that effect...
    This episode was  sad  especially the end...I don't know the
    insurance salesman name but he's been acting for years and I liked
    him in that.....it was creepy & sad (my heart went out to this 
    character because he was so tired of living with what he could see)
    
    
                                                 
     

    I believe the actor's name is Peter Boyle.
    
    Yes, it was a sad one, but that insurance guy had a sense of humor
    too!  
    
    I'm really a little disappointed with the show so far though.  After
    all that stuff that came out during the season opener and now, not
    a word about it.  
    
    RS

    
    	Yes, that was Peter Boyle.  And you might remember the psycho from
    	"Friday the 13th Part II" [I think it was II] as a practical joker.
    
    	And a spoiler comment:
    
    
    
    	If you were paying attention closely, you would remember that
    	Peter's character said he could see the future but he couldn't
    	change it.  And he tells Fox that the guy will jump him from
    	behind as he steps in the pie.
    
    	So what happens?  Fox is in the kitchen, steps in the pie, and
    	as he does that he spins around to "confront" the attacker.  But
    	he gets nailed from behind anyways.
    
    	I thought that was fantastic.
    

    
    Fridays shows was one of the best so far IMHO!  It was funny,
    suspensefull and sad all rolled up in one show.
    
    
    
    Cop taking over watch:  "Will I die of cancer"? 
    Insurance Salesman:     "No"
    Cop:                    <lights a cigeratte>
    Salesman:               <helps him light it>
    
    A few moments later the cop is killed by the killer
    
    Lou

    Insurance salesman: Peter Boyle  - maybe remembered from Young
    Frankenstein (he played Frankenstein) with Gene Wilder. Or quite a few
    other movies.
    
    I liked this episode - unfortunate timing on my part.... I was eating a
    late dinner and this was not a good episode to watch and try to eat. 
    
    It was also the type of episode that you could re-watch, because
    several of the things the Insurance salesman said only made sense after
    you saw the next couple of scenes. I liked the way Peter Boyle was
    somewhat "tongue-in-cheek" with his deliveries. Such as the note at the
    end with the dog "he's usually well behaved except for this one..." 
    
    Wonder if we see the dog in future episodes?
    
    janetb.

    Peter Boyle is an excellent actor.
    
    His best line came when he argued with Fox Mulder on changing the
    future and how that may change the past, whic could lead to something
    like...
    
     .....the US never invading Granada!!
    
    MJS

    
    re. .77
    
    this was one of those in between episodes.
    i'm sure that the show will get back to the main story of Fox and
    Scully's search for "the truth".
    
    Dave
    

    Does anyone have a pointer for where I could find an X Files episode
    guide?  
    
    Thanx
    
    Mikef

    
    Another line I liked came when Peter Boyle was checking Mulder's ID:
    "That's not a real name, is it?"
    
    --Jay
    

    http://www.delphi.com/XFiles/episode.htm

    Ta...
    
    
    mikef

    Just saw this one last night on VCR delay.  What a riot!  I loved it. 
    Peter Boyle was also seen recently on NYPD Blue as our hero's AA
    advisor with crazy son.  Got killed.

    .77 .78 .80 .87 etc...
    I LIKED this one, as everyone pointed out that the  humor also really
    draws me to this show and Peter Boyle played the character perfectly!!
    His sardonic come backs were in sync with Scully and Mulders low
    key humour....loved it...was creepy...mystical....Funny....sad...
    
    As far as the Season Premier of this show...I thought it was VERY
    good....I haven't been dissappointed yet ...but this show is still
    awesome even when it isn't that hot... because of the 2 main characters
    and all the secondary ones (ie..their boss..can't remem his name, etc
    etc)...
    

    
    Their is some conflicting opionions in the xfils internet news group.
    It's seem that alot of folks think that when Peter Boyle made the
    comment in the car about "dying of Auto_Erotic Asphixiation is not a
    bad why of dying" and when Muldar answerd him back "what are you
    telling me this"
    
    The seem to think that Peter was telling Muldar, Muldars fate.
    
    Infact - they way I saw it was that peter was just talking out loud
    because is was thinking about his own fate!  In the end Peter died of
    Auto-Erotic asphixiation - Scully did find him w/a plastic bag over his
    head!
    
    What do you think?

    
    	If that's what auto-erotic asphyxiation is, then I'd say he was
    	talking out loud about his own fate.
    
    	Actually, when he said it, I heard "auto" and "asphyxiation" and
    	immediately thought of an exhaust hose sticking through a car
    	window ... so I figured he was telling Mulder what was going to
    	happen to him.
    

    I missed this one! someone explain the meaning of  "auto-erotic"
    I had the Wrong idea......

    BTW  you know how the TV Guide lists the Title of each episode
    
    Does anyone know what the title to this one was? 
    
    thanks 

     .91 
    
    Hmm let's see if I can explain this w/out going into to much detail :-)
    Auto_Erotic Asphixiation.
    
    Auto = something you do alone
    Erotic = "you can guess that one" :-)
    Asphiziation = "you know that one too"
    
    What some people do is to use a noose around the neck and they hang
    from the ceiling w/a plastick bag over there head.  Then they
    masterbate.   What happens is most of the time the person hangs them
    slef.  I'm sure there are alot of other ways to accomplish this, but
    I don't know them and I don't want to.  I only know this because a
    friends brother did this to him self yrs ago - and yes, he died.
    
    Lou

    re: .92 "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose"

    
    	"Must've been something I ate."
    

    .93  
    Thats what I thought it meant...a little sick argh!
    
    Does anyone know what the Title of this one was..the one with
    Peter Boyle..the salesman who was physic......
    
    .95
    This was a repeat...Whats with the Repeat Week...

    
    	The title appears to be in .94.
    

    .97
    usually their titles are just "1" word   it didn't seem to fit  
    (ie..Paperclip......Humbug....etc etc)  	thanks for clearing it up

    Below is the episode guide from the X-Files Web site
    (http://www.delphi.com/Prime/FoxFaves/XFiles/index.html).
    Enjoy!
    
X-Files Episode Guide

Season 1
Episode #               Title                   Air Date

                 Pilot                           09/10/93
1X01             DEEP THROAT                     09/17/93
1X02             SQUEEZE                         09/24/93
1X03             CONDUIT                         10/01/93
1X04             THE JERSEY DEVIL                10/08/93
1X05             SHADOWS                         10/22/93
1X06             GHOST IN THE MACHINE            10/29/93
1X07             ICE                             11/05/93
1X08             SPACE                           11/12/93
1X09             FALLEN ANGEL                    11/19/93
1X10             EVE                             12/10/93
1X11             FIRE                            12/17/93
1X12             BEYOND THE SEA                  01/07/94
1X13             GENDERBENDER                    01/21/94
1X14             LAZARUS                         02/04/94
1X15             YOUNG AT HEART                  02/11/94
1X16             E.B.E.                          02/18/94
1X17             MIRACLE MAN                     03/18/94
1X18             SHAPES                          04/01/94
1X19             DARKNESS FALLS                  04/15/94
1X20             TOOMS                           04/22/94
1X21             BORN AGAIN                      04/29/94
1X22             ROLAND                          05/07/94
1X23             THE ERLENMEYER FLASK            05/13/94
 
Season 2
Episode #               Title                   Air Date

2X01             LITTLE GREEN MEN                09/16/94
2X02             THE HOST	                09/23/94       
2X03             BLOOD	                        09/30/94  
2X04             SLEEPLESS	                10/07/94      
2X05             DUANE BARRY	                10/14/94    
2X06             ASCENSION	                10/21/94      
2X07             3   	                        11/04/94   
2X08             ONE BREATH	                11/11/94     
2X09             FIREWALKER	                11/18/94     
2X10             RED MUSEUM	                12/09/94     
2X11             EXCELSIUS DEI                   12/16/94
2X12             AUBREY	                        01/06/95 
2X13             IRRESISTIBLE                    01/13/95
2X14             DIE HAND DIE VERLETZT           01/27/95
2X15             FRESH BONES	                02/03/95    
2X16             COLONY	                        02/10/95 
2X17             END GAME	                02/17/95       
2X18             FEARFUL SYMMETRY                02/24/95
2X19             DOD KALM	                03/10/95       
2X20             HUMBUG	                        03/31/95 
2X21             THE CALUSARI                    04/14/95
2X22             F. EMASCULATA                   04/28/95
2X23             SOFT LIGHT	                05/05/95     
2X24             OUR TOWN	                05/12/95       
2X25             ANASAZI	                        05/19/95
 
Season 3
Episode #               Title                   Air Date

3X01             THE BLESSING WAY                09/22/95
3X02             PAPER CLIP                      09/29/95
3X03             D.P.O.                          10/06/95
3X04             CLYDE BRUCKMAN'S FINAL REPOSE   10/13/95
3X05             THE LIST                        10/20/95
3X06             2SHY                           	11/03/95
3X07             THE WALK	                11/10/95       
3X08             OUBLIETTE                       11/17/95
3X09             NISEI                           11/24/95
3X10             731                                     
3X10             REVELATIONS                             
 

    .99 mcmahon
    
    you ARE a wonderful person.....how can I extract this in order to
    print this list.... (anyone got brief instructions on how to REALLY
    use Notes file)
    
    this is awesome..can't wait to get into
    Netscape on monday....to view the files on Files..
    
    Thanks so much
    

    RE:100
    At the notes prompt.  Type ext hit return 
    It will ask for a file name  ie::xfiles.list type name you'd prefer hit
    return twice.  exit out and it should be in your main directory under
    the name you chose.
    
     Barbara

    
    	When I typed
    
    	ext hit return
    
    	I got an "Invalid note specification" error.
    
    	What did I do wrong?
    

    Type  the word   EXTRACT
    Then type (hit) the return key on your keyboard.
    
    Then it will prompt for a file name.
    ANd you can follow from there......

    
    	Ummm, yeah, I knew that.
    
    	I've been here awhile, and was basically commenting on the syn-
    	tax of the instructions, which would have been easier to read had
    	they looked like this:
    
    	Notes> EXT filename
    
    	[filename is the file you want to save the note to]
    

    re: .100
    
    Thank you - I'm going to extract this note and show my wife so she'll
    know that at least two people in this world think I'm wonderful! 8-)
    
    As the list on the web site gets updated, I'll try to remember to
    update this list.
    
    "The truth is out there"

    
    	I had heard there was going to be an episode on Saturday [2 or
    	3 weeks ago] but when I looked for it I couldn't find it.  May-
    	be I looked in the wrong TV Guide or something, I don't know.
    
    	Was it a new episode?  If so, did anyone tape it that would let
    	me borrow it?
    

    
    When the Tyson fight was cancelled they filled the fight time with two
    episodes of the X-files.. I didn't see them, but I heard that they were
    repeats... I believe that it was last Saturday...
    
    Jim
    

    Last week... they were re-runs which were aired to replace the
    cancelled boxing match.  They ran both episodes with Tooms, the
    liver-eating mutant.

    
    	OK, thanks.
    

    Last nite's episode was entitled "Oubliette" (a dungeon with only
    one opening) 
    The woman that was physically experiencing, what the kidnapped
    little girl was currently going thru after being kidnapped by
    the schools assistant photographer, was convincing, as a prior victim 
    of this lunatic that kidnapped and tormented her 17 years prior.
    I couldn't phrase that too well...too much coffee
    
    I thought Mulder was wonderful! in this episode as Scully was 
    irritating when she was doing a phys thing with Mulders mind
    and he told her not everything goes back to his sisters kidnapping
    and the mind is much more complicated than that with  its pieces of
    experiences to then emit an emotion or reaction.
    
    The scenes in the dungeon when the disturbed guy was taking pictures
    of the young girl was especially creepy. I'm glad they didn't 
    elaborate on this. I thought it was a well done episode and again
    I really like Mulders tenderness toward the older girl during
    all this and then when she died at the end.
      

    wow...anyone see Part 1 of "Nesei"...ET previewed this 2 parter
    earlier in the week.  I was surprised they had a 2 parter so soon
    after the season premier..or am I in a time warp
    Mulder gets possesion of a tape...the video tape is of 4 japanese
    doctors? operating on a alien? this is all in question by the
    end of the show..til next week...it hinted that the doctors
    were like the Nazi criminals that experimented on people And
    what looks like an alien walking with them in a space suit
    at the end  Mulder thinks is not an alien...sure looked like
    a non-human to me!
    Any thoughts from anyone on this segment??
    
    ps Anyone access the Internet and get into the X-Files...I
    Finally got through last week and it was great...the home
    page and then went to some of the pictures etc....good stuff..
     

    oops I forgot to mention that a minute into the tape that Mulder
    was watching..suddenly 4 or 5 gunmen come into the train where
    the doctors were operating and start blasting the place ...
    and they kill all four of the doctors...  and the tape goes
    static............
    

    Wow! Another good episode.
    
    I especially liked Scully's and Mulder's comments about the fake alien on
    the FOX Network's Alien Autopsy program.  FOX really does appear to have 
    a sense of humor about itself.
    

    
    	Nit-pick time:
    
    	The tape didn't show the execution of the doctors ... it went
    	blank as soon as the executioners burst into the car.
    
    	They learned the details later on.
    

    Where is the x-files home page??
    
    Holly
    

    check .99 for the URL

    
    Another land mark show!  
    
    Louisa

    I'm really bummed out; missed the second part...
    
    Any chance for a summary?
    
    Thanks,
    	Dave

    Update to X Files episode guide:
    
    12/15/95	Revelations		3X11
    1/5/96	War of the Coprophages	3X12
    1/12/96	Syzygy			3X13

    
    I missed the 12/1 episode - arrgghh!  Anyone have it on tape??!!
    I'd be happy to compensate you for helping out!  h-e-l-p!
    
    Hoping and hoping...
     Jim Delmonico (leddev::delmonico)

    Speaking of the episode guide, I just looked up coprophage in my wife's
    medical dictionary. Coprophagy is the eating of excrement. Based on the
    name of the episode, I have no idea what to expect from this episode,
    but I'm having a very early dinner that night. 8-}
    
    Forewarned and all that...

    
    Maybe it's the return of FlukeMan?
    
    DFW

    Yes, I have part 2 on tape.  Write to me and we can make
    arrangements.
    
    RS

Question #1:
What was Fox Mulder's favorite game as a kid?



In "Little Green Men," we saw a flashback in which Samantha
and Fox Mulder were playing Stratego. That game is almost
the first thing the false Samantha mentions to him in
"Colony." 


Question #2:
The tag line for The X-Files is "The Truth Is Out There." In
which episodes has the tag line changed?


"The Erlenmeyer Flask" was the first to change the opening
tag line of the credits from "The Truth Is Out There" to "Trust
No One." In "Ascension," it was changed to "Deny
Everything." In "Anasazi," the tag line displayed the Navajo
translation of "The Truth Is Out There." [This might be
considered a trick question, since the third tag line does say
"The Truth is Out There" -- in Navajo

Question #3:
Which of The X-Files agents has an X -File number?

In "3," we saw Mulder opening an X-File in regard to Scully's
disappearance. He put her glasses and her badge in the file,
X-file number X73317.

Question #4:
When did Scully and Mulder first meet?


March 6, 1992. 

Question #5:
What is the significance of the locker bay number at Zeus
Storage?


In "The Erlenmeyer Flask," Mulder discovers vats housing
several humans suspended in tanks of green fluid in locker
bay 1056 -- which is the month and year of creator Chris
Carter's birth (October, 1956).

Question #6:
Where did Eugene Tooms live for more than 90 years?

Mostly in the basement of 66 Exeter Street, Baltimore, MD.

Question #7
What is a "302"?

The paperwork required by the Bureau to open a new case
and assign an investigator. It must be signed by a supervisor

Question #8:
In which episodes do Mulder and Scully first fire their guns?

Mulder fired his gun to ward off some white wolves in
"Conduit." Scully first fired a gun to shut down a fan motor
in "Ghost in the Machine."


Question #9:
What brand of cigarettes does the Smoking Man puff?


Morley's.


Question #10:
What baseball position did Mulder play?


Right field. 


Question #11
What two aliases has Mulder used?


In "Fallen Angel," it is revealed that Mulder published an
article in Omni magazine under the name "M. F. Luder." In
"Little Green Men," he uses the identity "George E. Hale," the
founder of the Palomar Observatory. 


Question #12:
Where were Mulder and Scully educated?


Mulder graduated from Oxford University, as revealed in the
pilot and in "Fire." Scully visits a former professor at her
alma mater, the University of Maryland, in "The Jersey
Devil."

EXTRA-CREDIT TOUGHIE:
What notable number do aliens broadcast to earth?

In "Little Green Men," a listening station in Puerto Rico picks
up an alien broadcast and produces a printout, which comes
into Mulder's hands. Under the heading "Galactic Longitude,"
the number 10.13 (Ten Thirteen) is displayed in each column.
Ten Thirteen Productions is the production company for The
X-Files. It celebrates the birthday (October 13) of X-Files
creator Chris Carter. (Good thing it wasn't a Double Jeopardy
question, huh?)

    Does anyone know if tapes of the shows have been put out yet???  There
    are several shows I've missed and I would really like to start out from
    the beginning...

    
    	I missed about a year and a half, unfortunately.
    

    I just got to watch my tape of last weeks show, the one wiht 
    the Stigmatics.  My tape cut off when Scully was in the confessional
    and she says she is afraid if God speaks.........  Can someone
    fill me in on the rest of the sentence and the priest's response?
    I thought that was a great episode!!
    
    Thanks,
    RS

    
    As bast I can recall, Dana says, "I'm afraid that God is speaking and
    no one is listening."
    
    DFW

    The memory ain't what it used to be, but as I recall, she said what -.1
    said, but there was more, something about her partner not hearing, and
    the priest responed with "maybe the message is not for him" or possibly
    " ... the message was just for her" 
    
    Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most....
    
    Ken

    
    	Last week's episode was a repeat, which worked out well for
    	those of us who were planning on being home by 9PM Friday
    	but ended up going out for a HUGE steak dinner.
    
    	We went to a restaurant where my step-mother's son is the
    	kitchen manager, and when he heard we were there he took
    	very good care of us.  I ordered a NY Sirloin, which was
    	supposed to weigh in at betwen 10-12 ounces, and got what
    	appeared to be a 16+-ounce monstrosity.
    
    	But I digress.
    
    	8^)
    

    
    Upcoming Episodes
    
         Title                          Episode # Air Date
         ROLAND                         1X22      12/29/95
         WAR OF THE COPROPHAGES         3X12      01/05/96
         SYZYGY                         3X13      01/19/96
         GROTESQUE                      3X14      02/02/96
    
         Upcoming Episode Synopses
         WAR OF THE COPROPHAGES #3X12
    
    
    
    MULDER AND SCULLY INVESTIGATE A SERIES OF DEATHS INVOLVING
    THOUSANDS OF TINY SUSPECTS
    
    Agent Mulder investigates a series of deaths in which the only
    common denominator is the presence of cockroaches. Further evidence
    mounts against the tiny creatures, culminating in the denouement
    reminiscent of Orson Welles' War of the Worlds.
    
    SYZYGY #3X13
    MULDER AND SCULLY VISIT A SMALL TOWN BIG ON STRANGE BEHAVIOR
    
    Agents Mulder and Scully visit a small town to investigate a
    series of bizarre deaths that coincide, Mulder discovers, with strange
    astrological phenomena.

Here is some interesting information that I have heard of.

1.  20th Century Fox(Fox Video, specifically) will be releasing The X-Files
on video starting in March of next year.  No word yet as to exactly what
episodes will come out, but a reasonable guess is that they'll be released
roughly in order of broadcast.  Yay!

2.  Fox Broadcasting is considering showing repeats of The X-Files on Fox
Network stations at weeknights at 11pm, as a alternative to 'normal'
syndication ('normal' syndication would be to whatever station pays.)  This
would be a magor break for Fox Network stations, who would have a hit to
lead off their after-news schedule.  A bold move indeed.

    would someone in the Shrewsbury/Marlboro area be willing to tape
    tonight's episode?  I've just moved and have no TV hook up yet.  Don't
    want to miss an episode of X-Files.  It's one of the few shows worth
    watching.
    
    Thanks.
    
    Gita
    DTN 237-2063
    
    

    
    	I'm in Marlboro, and I'll try and remember to tape it, so if no
    	one in Shrewsbury tapes it you're welcome to borrow the tape.
    

    It's a repeat - don't know which one, though.
    
    NAZZ

    Fans of the show might want to check out 'The Official Guide
    to the X Files', a book by Brian Lowry that provides actor
    biographies, character backgrounds, some show history, and a
    complete episode guide to the first 2 seasons.
    
    As the back cover of the book says "Plus, intriguing trivia and
    sidebars of 'Mulderisms' and 'Scullyisms'.
    
    The book is light reading - you can go through the entire thing
    in a few hours, but its nice to have if you don't have copies of
    the shows and want to remember episode details, etc.
    
    The book is published by Harper,  ISBN 0-06-105330-9.
    It's a trade paperback and is priced at $15.00.
    If B&N did their trick of buying thousands of them, selling 10%, 
    and then shipping the remaining ones back to the publisher, you 
    might be able to get a copy this summer for $3.98 on the overstock
    shelves.

    Did anyone see Jan 5th's episode "War of the Coprophages" ??
    It was co-starring many cocroaches...gross but hysterical/This episode
    was  dripping in dry humour big time...and I loved the way it
    was done...Scully was not with Mulder on this one for most
    of the episode but he kept on calling her and I thot it was
    funny the way they did it.....It was set in Massachusetts
    supposedly where the cocroaches were killing people         
    This was one of The funniest low-keyed humor episodes I've seen
    and I've seen almost all of them...

    Does anyone in the Maynard area have a tape of the Jan 5th episode?  I
    remembered to program the VCR - just forgot to put the TV on the right
    channel.                                                               
    Would be happy to pick it up from you...
    
    Thanks,
    Sherry Ryder, 223-6522

    I thought it was one of the best episodes - nice to see that Scully has
    a sense of humour.  I like how she and Mulder always seemed to know
    that it was the other one calling.

	I'm sorry, but as I've seen the word in a couple of messages I have 
	to ask...

	Is 'Thot' the American spelling of 'Thought'? or just a spelling
	mistake.

    I laughed out loud when Mulder starting talking to the gorgeous
    Doctor(Bambi) (she's the girl who was doing the commercials
    for some Country radio station..on tv) Anyhow, Mulders phone
    rings and the quickly says "not now"   or later  and hangs
    up....there was so many one liners in this one
    how about when the lab blew up and S&M were covered in dung and
    the Sheriff tells them to go home cause they looked "pooped"
    hysterical stuff...Scully Was funny in this one...washing her
    Dog and then he got away....!!!!!
    

    Great show!  comments behind spoiler
    
    
    It was nice to see Dana still had the dog.
    
    Bambi was going on and on with alot of scientific babble and she stops
    and says "I hope you don't mind how scientific I am" - Fox: "No, I find
    it refreshing"  hahahahahaah :-)
    
    I also loved when Dana called him and he's says "not now" :-)
    
    It was also great how they tied in the planet of the apes :-0
    
    Louisa

    It was a classic!!  Agree on all comments on the Jan 5th episode and
    I loved the part when the dog got away when she wasn't looking.  The
    "not now", the "are you sure it wasn't a girlie screem" etc. I could
    go on and on.. Loved it!!
     

    For those of us who missed it, could someone put in a synopsis.  
    
    Thanks,
    
    Gita
    

    
    	It's all my fault, BTW.  I told her I'd tape it and I forgot all
    	about it until about 9:30.
    
    	[In case anyone cares.  8^)]
    

    I can try a plot review....its been a week though!!  Please
    feel free to elaborate in  areas where I'm fuzzy!!!
    
    It starts in the basement of a man's house.  He is a research
    scientist.  He has the Exterminator in because he has seen some
    roaches running around.  The Exterminator sprays and makes comments
    about the roaches like how far they have evolved and how they can
    survive a nuclear war.  The scientist leaves the room for a minute,
    sees another roach and goes back to get the Exterminator.  In those
    few short moments the roaches have come out of the woodwork and
    "attacked" the Exterminator.  The scientist sees the other man's body
    covered with roaches and screams.
    
    Mulder goes to investigate.  Scully spends most of the show at home
    doing things around the house like washing her dog and reading a book.
    Mulder calls her and tells her about the death.  She is talking very
    scientifically (as usual) and she gives him an explantion that some
    people are very allergic to bugs.
    
    As Mulder starts to investigate further, a couple more people are
    killed in the same manner.  Each time he calls Scully and she has
    a perfectly logical explanation for each death.  Mulder finds a residue
    left from the roaches which is made of metal.  He finds out that 
    the government is conducting experiments on dung in the area.  He goes
    to investigate the house.
    
    He is on the phone with Scully when he gets to the house.  She is
    telling him not to go in....too late he is in.  The reach house is like
    a regular house.  As he is checking it out, roaches start to crawl
    all over him--he is freaking out--Scully is screaming on the other line 
    "What's wrong..What's going on????!!!"  The lights go on in the house
    and there is a pretty lady there asking Mulder what he's doing.  Mulder
    hangs up on Scully.  
    
    The lady's name is Bambie and she is conducting research on roaches.
    She talks very scientifically like Scully.  She has a theory that most
    UFOs are actually large groups of flying roaches because there bodies
    conduct electricity...she does an experiment where she lights up a
    roach.  Mulder is looking at her with puppy eyes and he has totally
    flipped for her.  Scully calls...she still doesn't know what is going
    on and Mulder answers the phone with, "Not now!!" and hangs up on her
    again!! 
    
    Bambie another theory that if there were life on another planet and
    they wanted to do find out about us here on Earth, what better way than
    to send little robot roaches?  Us Earthlings wouldn't think twice about
    seeing them running around and they can get into everything.  Mulder is
    eating this up like pudding. Maybe that's why he found the metal
    residue.  Bambi tells him of another scientist she knows of that has
    been working in the area of robot bugs.  Mulder finally calls Scully
    and tells her what is going on.  He is going to talk to this other
    scientist.  Scully can't get past a person named Bambi.  She is going
    to come out there.
    
    Mulder goes to the other scientist's lab.  He is in a wheelchair and
    talks through a device.  His robots are nothing like what Mulder found.
    Mulder also had some bug legs he showed the man.  At one point, there
    was a great special effect of a roach crawling across the TV screen--
    it was pretty weird!!  
    
    Another thoery on the killer roaches was that perhaps a new species
    which was dangerous to man had made its way into the country.  Mulder
    goes back to the dung place and sure enough there are roaches all over.
    The dung has come in from outside the country. 
    
    Scully makes it to town.  She is in a convenient store trying to get
    directions.  People are in a state of panic buying up Raid.  She
    flashes her badge and tells everyone they are safe there is no such
    thing as killer roaches.  A couple of fighting ladies knock over some
    chocolate candy which looks like bugs on the floor and the place goes
    nuts.  She finally makes it to Mulder at the dung place.
    
    The two of them go in and there are roaches everywhere.  The scientist
    from the begining of the show is the one that does the dung research.
    He has lost his mind and he is calling Mulder a big roach.  He fires
    his gun at Mulder and hits a pipe of Methane.  They run from the place
    and the dung goes flying.
    
    It ends with Mulder and Scully totally covered in dung.  The local cops
    are there and Bambi and the scientist in the wheelchair go off together
    talking about roaches.
    
    That's about all I remember....I could be a little off on some of the
    details.  There were lots of very good one-liners.  
    
    RS

A little more...........about one liners and mannerisms

When the 1st man died (the exterminator) Dana told Fox to check his eyes, 
for signs of toxic shock.  When Fox did, he did have signs of toxic
shock (allergic to certain bug bites)  and later on in the show when the
autopsy was done, Dana was right!  
    
The second person who was killed was a teenager in the basement with
his teenager friends and they were freebasing manure (or what ever you do
w/manure) :-)  the kids were "high" and one of the kids started to see
the cockroaches crawl in and out of his skin .. the kids then took a razor 
blade and cut him self to get he bugs out of this body .. so when Fox called 
Dana and he told her of the scene - she asked him if drugs were involved and 
he said yes - Dana concluded that he was seeing things brought on from the 
drugs and so he cut him self and killed himself (later proved correct)

Fox did find out about the government doing research in the area w/
regards to cockroaches - he did go to investigate and when he say Babmie
(who worked for the govn't) once he saw her he just didn't hang up w/Dana 
he said a few words ..."I'll get back to you"  'it was very funny, he was
frantic and upset and then all of a sudden "I'll get back to you" :-)

Fox was trying to get some sleep and he just couldn't do to feeling 
little crawly thing all over his body - he was tossing and turning.  So he 
calls Dana...she picks up the phone (like she was awaiting his call) and 
Fox starts to tell her that "he does not like bugs" even thou he told Babmie
he did.. Fox tells her about something that happened to him when he was a
child w/regards to the bugs..he tells her "I was screaming, but not like
a girly scream" Dana says "are you sure it was not a girly scream" the
both chuckled - Dana says she is coming out there tomorrow.

Then Fox hears a scream and he runs out of his room, a big fat guy was down 
the hall and he had roaches all over him - but once folks got there, the 
bugs were gone.  (but he died of fright)       
    
When the folks were panicing at the convenient store and the candy fell on 
the floor - Dana walks over to the candy, bends down and picks up a piece 
and eats it (it was great)!!!
    

	There was alot to this show, it's hard to put it into words, as
	Perky said "alot of one liners"

    Any news of a convention??
    

    I saw this weeks episode and I have to say,  it wasn't one of their 
    best..    
    
    	Starts with two janitors working in lobby when all of a sudden,
    the floor begins to shake,  then the windows explode, then it's all
    quiet again.   The  camera  then  moves  to a bunch of construction 
    workers  and  they  see their construction signs being knocked down
    by an unknown force and  one  of the  workers was killed.  Then you
    see a man driving a tractor trailer  down  a  road,  he then slamms
    on the brakes when he see's the  Elephant  running  down  the  road
    towards him.   He  almost  hits  it, but stops just in time and the 
    Elephant walks up to his door, looks in, and then continues running
    down the road where it drops dead of exhaustion  after  running  46 
    miles from the zoo where it came from. 
    
    This  is  where  Mulder  and  Scully  come into the picture.  Their 
    investigating the dead  worker  trying  to  find  out  how  he  was 
    crushed to death,  the  windows  exploding  and  the car having one
    whole side smashed in and no one saw a thing.  They  investigate  a  
    group of animal activist  who  they  feel may  have something to do 
    with the Elephants escape.  While Mulder is doing his thing, Scully
    follows one of activist to the zoo where the activist is killed  by
    a tiger that disappears in a white light, and is now invisible.  As
    this is happening, the camera is on and taping his death and Scully
    is  off  with  the  head  of the zoo who caught her sneaking around
    following the activist. Mulder saw the tape and said that the tiger
    didn't kill the man, a fanthom did it.   This  did not go over well
    with Scully who says he  was  mauled  by  the  tiger  and  that  it 
    couldn't have been anything else.
    
    	Scully goes back to the headquarters of the activists and tells
    the leader that  if  he  had  any  part  in  this,  that he will be 
    spending the rest of his life behind bars.  Mudler talks to a woman
    that works with a gorrilla that can speak thru  sign  language  and
    trys to tell her that the animals that are disappearing, are  being 
    impregnanted  by  alians  and  are  being  returned.   She  doesn't 
    believe him for a  second  untill she and Scully perform an autopsy 
    on the Elephant and find out that she was pregnant. The tiger shows
    up at  a  construction  site  and has two workers trapped.  Mulder, 
    Scully and the two people from the  zoo go to  capture  it,  but it 
    ends up being killed while trying to attack the woman. After Scully
    does another autopsy, she finds out that  the  tiger  was  pregnant 
    too.
    
    	Police come into the scene and give the woman a warrent to take
    the gorrilla away from her to return it back to the jungle where it
    came  from.  The manager  takes  the  gorrilla  and  hides  it in a 
    warehouse to help  out  the  woman  since  the  activist  wouldn't.  
    The  activist  shows  up  at  the  warehouse  where  he  is killed, 
    (shouldn't have been there), by the manager.  The  woman  confesses  
    to Scully and tells her where the  gorrilla  is  being  kept and by 
    who.  Mulder goes to the warehouse and confronts  the manager about 
    the gorrilla  and  tells  him  to  calm  her  down before she hurts 
    herself because she was  trashing  about  in the cage.  Mulder gets 
    locked  in  the  cage with the gorrilla and  gets  roughed  up abit 
    before she signs him a message and disappears  in the  while light.  
    Scully finds Mulder passed  out  in the  cage  and  tells  him  the 
    manager has been caught  and  what happened.  Mulder, while bleding  
    from  a  minor head wound, rushes out to the car to ask  the  woman  
    what  the  sign  meant  that the gorrilla was  trying  to tell him, 
    and she said that it didn't make any since, "Man save Man".  In the 
    end, they find the gorrilla dead side the road after she was hit by 
    car, and she was pregnant.  End of story!!
    
    
      
    
    
    
    
    

    
    	It was VERY strange ... one of the strangest I've seen, I think.
    
    	But I did like it.
    

    FYI.. It was a repeat.  I believe from last season.
    
    Holly
    

    many thanks to those who put in a synopsis.  Definitely will watch out
    for this one in reruns.
    
    Gita

    Could anyone please do a synopsis on last Friday's show, I missed
    it and wasn't able to watch it.. Thanks
    

    ANOTHER Repeat...how annoying....Title was  "THE HOST"
    They start the episode showing a Russian ship.....(Subtitles on
    this in the beginning) one Russian shipmate is ordering a younger 
    man to go clean out the septic tank for the ship  so the younger man
    grudgingly goes down and opens the hatch and an unpleasent job at
    best ..starts poking with a stick or broom inside the swill
    swirling water/waste.....next you see him getting yanked into the
    muck and everyone yelling trying to save him ...but of course he's a
    goner...... This one is from September 1994   I looked it up
    on my listing....anyhow  Skinner (this is when he was new to the show)
    (Also, the X-Files at this point were shut down)..like I said this
    one is O L D) So Skinner tells Mulder he's on this case cause 
    it was strange one..Mulder thinks he's getting yanked around until.....  
    To make a long story short..they find a sub-human
    wormy looking huge thing ..they finally cornered it in a 
    Waste treatment plant...Scully figures out that maybe this Thing
    came from Chernoble   maybe a man?? ended up with radioactive waste 
    and turned into this gross creature      ...it a repeat and just
    an ok one at that....
    NEXT WEEK is N E W  on the 26th!! finally  what is with starting
    this X-Files so late in the month....what a gip!
                                    

    back to 168.147  for clarity....
    Mulder DID say "not now" and hung up on Scully the Second time 
    Scully called in this particular scene, at that point he was 
    sitting next to Bambi and the innuendo
    was Funny when he did that....you musta missed it
    

    I'd never seen last Friday's show before.  Worms are not my favorite
    species and if I'd ever been one to eat liver before, believe me, I
    wouldn't be now. :)  
    
    Yuk!
    
    
    
    kim

    
    I had missed "The Host" episode also, but I knew is was a repeat when I
    saw how preggers GA was in that show.
    
    Lou

    
    	I thought she looked different.
    
    	But I'd still do her.  8^)
    

    Even though she's pregnant, ahhhhhhhh.  I didn't catch the show the
    first time around and I missed it the second time around.  I wonder
    if I'll ever catch it.  So this Friday's a new one huh, what's it
    suppose to be about???

    Jan 26th episode was entitled "Sycergy"   or something 
    I was SUCh a weird one...Scully and Mulder were Really sarcastic
    to each other in this one (it was way out of character)
    
    They were investigating some strange deaths of a few teenagers
    in a small town  (the locals kept saying there was Satanic
    influence in the town..maybe a coven)
    It all kinda boiled down to the alignment of the planets being
    very unusual and 2 teenage girlfriends were doing the killing
    Mulder found out that both girls birthdays were at the same
    exact time and day and the planets unusual alignment at this time
    made a huge difference with the girls  mental capacities to move
    object(whatever that word is) or kill people....BUT by Mulder and
    Scully being in town  their behaviour was  getting strange too
    and funny....remember when Mulder was drinking booze straight out
    of the bottle in his hotel room and then they flash over to Scully
    walking around  furiously smoking a cigarette!!?? 
    	sure.....fine.......Whatever!!!  

    Good, but wierd!!  The sarcastic remarks made it an interesting show,
    a change from the norm as they say.  If there is to be no romantic
    involvement between Mulder and Scully, why was Scully so jealous of 
    the woman detective hitting on Mulder???  ALSO, when did Scully start
    smoking??  Did she smoke in the previous shows and I missed it???
    
    Mulder: Scully, you just went thru a stop sign
    Scully: Shut up Mulder!!! 

I assume Scully's smoking and Mulder's drinking were
two more examples of people's erratic behavior when
caught in a fault zone [?] which magnifies the effect
of such a detrimental planetary alignment. A fairly
entertaining show, I thought.

Snapping back to the cockroach episode, I remember a
brief moment where a cockroach appeared to cruise around
on the camera lense, which struck me as quite funny. Of
course, I might've been hallucinating.

Jerry

    I saw it to and had to get out of my chair to see what it was
    and that I wasn't loosing my mind.  It was cute trick with the
    roach running across the screen.  What ever they do, I'm still
    stuck to the screen every Friday nite!!!

    
    >What ever they do, I'm still stuck to the screen every Friday nite!!!
    
    
    	Could be a severe static build-up on your TV.
    

    Very funny, do you still want her now that you know she has a bad
    habit??

    
    	Hmmm, I figured you knew I smoked.
    
    	Of course I still want her ... even if I didn't smoke, I'd still
    	want her.
    
    	8^)
    

    
    I didn't realize that you smoked!!!  It has been over a year now
    since we last seen eachother.  But, does she smoke normally???

    
    something weird happend to my recording of Fridays episode.  I was out
    and my husband and his friends were watching Xfiles while it was being
    recorded for me. 
    
    My husband and his friends watched the show w/ no problem. 
    
    I sat down w/my popcorn on Sunday to watch it, but there was a problem. 
    You could see the pitcher and hear the voices BUT you could also hear a
    news report coming over the voices and music.  It was to annoying to
    watch - but my husband says, that there was no voice coming over while
    he was watchingit ---- weird.
    
    Lou

    The weather might have had something to do with it.  It was pretty
    nasty out that night, signal might have gotten crossed...

    
    	Ummm, I don't think so.
    
    	The VCR was on the wrong channel ... if you power up the VCR and
    	have to change the channel in order to get it to record correct-
    	ly, then he might have forgotten to change the channel before
    	starting the recording.
    
    	Our VCR powers up on channel 2, but we change it to CATV3 to do
    	our recording.
    

    
    >But, does she smoke normally???
    
    
    	Yup.  Cigarette between the fingers, takes a drag, blows smoke
    	out.
    
    	Looked very normal to me.
    

    I don't think the character of Scully normally smokes...I don't
    remember ever seeing her smoke in the last couple years of watching.
    Gillian Anderson may smoke however, I don't know.  
    
    I thought that whole episode was very wierd.  It took me a while to
    figure out they were under the planets influence too.  This is
    the second time they have made Scully out to be jealous (remember
    Bambi) I think its funny, but wierd since they aren't suppose to
    be paired together.
    
    RS

    But don't ya think they make a cute couple???

    Sorry Shawn!!! 

    
    	Yeah, they make a cute couple, but this'll be another drawn-out
    	"romance" like we saw on "Cheers" and "Moonlighting", with the
    	main characters either in a platonic relationship or in a non-
    	relationship, and the fans of the show rooting for them to get
    	together.
    
    	It either won't happen, or it won't happen for a LONG time.
    

    The "budding romance" probably won't happend, if it does, until 
    the very last episode ever of the show!!  

    Chris Carter says he has no plans for Mulder and Scully to ever get
    together romantically. Of course, never is a long time. ;-)

    well, I'm off for the rest of the week.  Lets see what they surprise 
    us with this Friday!!!

    .175
    It would spoil it if they did have a romance....Chris Carter
    won't go for it anyhow....and its a good thing
    I love the chemistry between them as is....
    This Friday  is about   GARGOYLES  !   

    Lou,              .168
    
    file the experience under: sounds like an x-file to me....ha

    NO Scully Never smoked on the show   and Mulder Never drinks
    THATS WHAT MADE IT  such a funny scene !!!!! 
    Don't you get it???...groan   I love this show...

    So what do you (anyone) think of the latest new show??  Talk about
    getting into your work!!  Scully lying to Skinner and he knowing
    it all along..  Good to see that he cares, or is at least concerned.
    Now for the real question, did the agent that Mulder shot in the 
    end do the murders???  Showing the gargoyle in the end left me
    wondering...

    .182
    If you noticed that the Gargoyle had a different position than
    when Mulder had looked out the window at it earlier in the show....
    I thought it did the murders ..then ran back and turned to stone
    (overactive imagination)  
    Remember when Mulder had looked out the window and the Gargoyle was
    LOOKING AT HIM...then at the end it was in a different sitting
    position.............I don't know... did you pick up on that?

    Yea, your right!!!  I saw Mulder looking at it looking back at him.  
    Kind of freaky if you ask me.  I didn't realize that it was the same
    one in the end..

    
    The physco killer (the one in jailf or the  murders) he did the murdes! 
    The agent (who knew mulder from the academy) was obsesed w/finding out
    who the killer was so "he became the artist - to find the artist". 
    Once the murder was caught the agent could not get out of the murders
    of his head (after all he spent 3yrs on this case)
    
    Once he became the "artist" and found the murder - he became the
    "artist"
    
    Louisa

Grotesque" is an X-Files episode where we get all the elements we expect 
from the show:  darkness permeates throughout, vague indications that 
something supernatual is happening and we get to see how the case  effects 
Scully and Mulder. 

	In "Grotesque" Mulder is called in to help in the investigation of 
some murders when they continue after the person the F.B.I. believes 
responsible is arrested.  Here we get to see Mulder become obsess with 
finding out what is truly going on in the case with us asking the question 
does Mulder have tendency towards these emotions and feelings Mostow had as 
he's trying to get into Mostow head which might explain why he is so good 
at doing this type of job.  The darkness within Mulder is shown by the 
darkness in every scene and by filming Mulder with his face half lit to 
show the conflict within him. 

	This is why Mulder shut off Scully during his investigation because 
he knew she would be able to see right through him and would try to ground 
him from getting too stucked into Mostow madness.  By keeping his distance 
from her he believed he would be able to get into what was driving Mostow 
towards these murders ie. was Mostow mad or was he possess by a demon.  The 
irony of him doing this was it didn't get him any closer toward the second 
murderer instead it was slowly driving him crazy as could be seen by his 
nightmare of seeing himself being the attackee and attacker, and by his 
hitting Mostow.  Mulder by allowing himself to become so obsess with 
Mostow's madness never would have figured out it was Patterson doing the 
murders instead it had to be someone who knew Patterson which is why Agent 
Nemhauser suspected it was Patterson.  Scully had her own suspicion about 
Mulder, somewhat wondering if Mulder could be capable of doing these kinds 
of acts.  She knows Mulder and what makes him tick so when he answers 
Nemhauser cell phone from Mostow's apartment she has to wonder if he hadn't 
finally gone over the edge with this case because she had to ponder where 
Nemhauser was if Mulder had his phone.  Was he becoming the monster 
Patterson said you had to become in order to catch killers like Mostow? 

	At first during "Grotesque" I thought we were going to get the 
continuation of the tension between Mulder and Scully especially after the 
confrontation between them outside Mostow's apartment when Mulder was 
attacked there.  It wasn't until I watched "Grotesque" for a second time 
and saw that it wasn't tension between them, but one, Scully was upset and 
concern about Mulder's behavior and two, Mulder didn't want to face it so 
he just blocked her out.  He hadn't contacted her for two days, she sees he 
has "wallpaper" his apartment such as Mostow did in his and when she 
finally hears from him it is after he was attacted in Mostow's apartment.  
It isn't any wonder she confronted him like she did in that scene, it 
wasn't out of any animosity towards him but out of a genuine concern for 
his mental state.  Of course, Mulder being Mulder doesn't want to see what 
she telling him about his behavior so he drives off instead on continuing 
the discussion. 

	For all of this there still seemed to be something missing with 
this episode that I haven't quite figured out yet.  It wasn't the direction 
because I think Kim Manners did a great job of getting the mood of the 
episode across or the acting from the principals and supporting actors.  
"Grotesque" just didn't do for Mulder's character what "Revelation" did for 
Scully's character.  In "Revelation" we have Scully confronting her 
feelings towards her religious beliefs and how it affects her relationship 
to her job and towards Mulder, who if we remember wasn't too tolerant 
towards Scully when her religious beliefs became involved in the case.  
While in "Grotesque" we get Mulder becoming obsess with the idea of Mostow 
being possess and along the way having Mulder confronting his own demons. 
What were those demons Mulder was trying to keep at bay, we never get a 
clear look into it all and the story itself was a bit confusing on what was 
going on.  We've have seen Mulder become emotionally involved in cases 
before such as in "Oubliette" where we got more insight into his character, 
but in "Grotesque" we only get a little glimpse into it.  Cannot quite 
explain it, but there was just something missing to make this an above 
average X-Files episode. 

A few general comments:
 - Mulder shows his disrespect and contempt for Patterson by calling him by 
his first name. 

- The scene between Scully and Skinner was touching in what it said about 
their feelings towards Mulder.  By saying nothing when Skinner asked her 
off the record if she was worry about Mulder was an excellent way to convey 
these feelings. 

- Having the one surviving victim start going nuts when Patterson came  
into his hospital room was a good way to indicate to the audience it was  
Patterson who was the killer and not Nemhauser who we were giving hints  to 
thinking as the killer by having Scully asked him about his stitches  on 
his hand from Mostow's biting him. 

- Whoever would have guess that not only is Mulder a crack F.B.I.  agent, 
but he's an artist and sculptor as well.

- This episode draws some parallels from "Anasazi", another episode where 
Mulder's sanity was question.  These parallels come from Scully's 
conversion with Mulder over the phone in Mostow's apartment when you can 
tell from her tone she's wondering if Mulder might have killed Nemhauser 
and the conversion she has with him when he calls her after his father is 
murder.  The final scene where Mulder has his gun on Patterson and Scully 
comes in telling him to drop his gun such as she did when Mulder had his 
gun on Ratboy. 

- Scully staying back while Mulder goes looking into the dark back room in 
Mostow's apartment was kind of weird because you wouldn't think Scully 
would be intimated entering into a dark room.  Maybe that psychic Scully 
was coming out in that she felt esomething evil inside the room. 

- I like the scene in the library between Patterson and Mulder when Mulder 
asks Patterson why Mostow was still drawing gargoyles, and Patterson 
responds was because Mostow was insane.  It was funny with Patterson 
telling Mulder sometimes it is just plain madness and nothing else. 

- As with most universities parking a bitch since the Model had to park  
his car in a back alley.

- The scene in Mulder's office when he is showing Scully the slides of the 
victims was done great.  Basically all we were allowed to see were bits of 
the slides without getting a direct look at the mutilation done to the 
bodies and from the reaction on Scully's face told us enough about what 
happen to those victims. 

	"Grotesque" was fine X-Files episode with the elements we come to 
expect from the show and we get to see a little into Mulder psyche.  There 
was just something missing to make it a classic X-Files episode though it 
was still a very good X-Files episode. 

    Nice review Lou!  I'm going to have to watch my tape again!
    
    Renee

    Nice review indeed, thanks!!!

    
    Thanks!  I love when the show gets really deep into Scully and Mulder. 
    I love when the plot has alot of underton meaning.  This is why alot of
    people don't like the Xfils, because they can't understand it.  Not
    because they are lacking in the brain area, but they are so used to TV
    and movies with simple plot lines and wrapping everything up in one
    neet package when the 30min or 60min is up.  The shows we watch don't
    take any thinking and the Xfiles challenges us to think!  and makes us
    become apart of the show - you have to watch it w/ as much intensity as
    it is written.
    
    I guess this is why I hate all the other shows on TV - I want to become
    apart of what I am watching - not jus sit there and stair at a TV tube
    mindlessly.  
    
    can't wait for next weeks show!!
    
    Louisa

    Is it going to be a re-run or something new.  I didn't get to see 
    the previews for it!!  Should I be waiting with the VCR ready to 
    role???
    
    Sandra

    
    Did any of you catch the commercial w/ Gillian in it?
    
    it was a commercial for Americas Most Wanted, it went like this.
    
    No aliens, no sewer-monster, not even a vampire. GET WITH IT,  PEOPLE!
    Very funny, and very clever of Fox to appeal to X-Philes to  promote
    their show. I have no problem with cross-promotion, as long as  John
    Walsh doesn't show up on the X-Files to profile one of the FBI's  most
    difficult, and unsolved, cases.

    191 
    I've seen the commercial a few times and laughed out loud
    I thought it was great.....she is so terrific...Her and
    cutie pie Duchovney are quite a team on screen

    Ok, got stuck going to a hockey game, could someone please fill me
    in on what happened last week!!  I caught the commercial with Gillian,
    it was good!!! I didn't even see any promo's for the show...
    

    it was the 1st of a 2 parter (next week is 2 whole hours starting at
    8:00) "Piper Mairu" name of the boat...in the beginning your reading
    subtitles (because the 4 or 5 men were French speaking)  One is a 
    diver in a deep dive steel suit...the other men lower him down and
    then the diver comes across a sunken airplane...and from there ..
    something very eerie happens and the divers eyeballs become clouded over
    with black swirls ...the men on the boat loose contact with him
    at the same time  this is happening..then they hurry to bring the 
    diver up..not knowing what is happening to him...They get him on the
    boat and he seems a little shell-shocked but ok and says he doesn't
    know why they lost contact...but you can see its Not the same 
    man...looks like something took over  his mind/body whatever..
    right after this, the men on the boat start suffering from horrendous 
    radiation burns and are dying....but the Diver (who is fine)is the 
    one who piloted the boat to shore and got the men to get rushed to the
    hospital....The Diver then goes to his own home  (all the while his
    eyes are swirling black something..it looks like something took over
    his body ..obviously) and he is rummaging around through his papers
    in the den when his wife walks in all happy to see him ..when suddenly
    realizes something is wrong...she tries to run but he grabs her...
    then you see her leaving the house with Her eyes all black and 
    swirly-weird....from there  it gets intricate so if anyone can
    do a synopsis that would be great....I want to know if Skinner
    is alright? (he got shot)  I'm even worried about KRYCEK!@!!

    FWIW:  Piper is the real-life name of Gillians/Dana's child :-0
    
    It happend again!  I record on my VCR everday and alot at night.  but
    for some reason my  VCR will not record the Xfiles!  All I get is this
    news broadcast over the whole show!  
    
    I think it's weird it only happens w/this show!  do-do-do-do-do
    
    Louisa

    Thanks for the fill in, now I'm really upset that I missed the first
    part.  I'll have to hunt around and see if anyone taped it!!
    
    
    Sandra

    Sandra,
    
    If you can, try to see the 1st part before this weeks  2 Hour
    Episode........it is an excellent one so far...

    No luck finding a tape, will keep trying though.... I'm locking
    my door and I'm not leaving the house this Friday.  What a life!!
    
    Sandra

    
    Best line in the first 1/2 of the show:
    
    Mulder, Scully and ? looking at the tape of the sunken plane.  Scully
    leans over and looks - and says "Thats a P1 Mustang Fighter Jet" Mulder
    repliese "I think I'm turned on"  :-)
    

    
    No other series, is as fascinating as this show. Last Fridays was
    just great. Can't wait for this Friday night to get here.
    
    excellent.
    
    

    
    Posted w/permission from Bruce Guthrie (a person on the Xfiles news
    group)
    
    
    
    
    Okay.  Let's try it.
    
    Prologue:  French salvage operators lower a man (call him "Jacques" for
    reference purposes) into the water.  He's found high degree of
    radiation. Communication and video continue while he closes in on an
    old sunken US military airplane.  As he approaches the cockpit, visual
    and audio are lost.  A face pops up in the window.  The figure is still
    alive and has eyes that suddenly sweep with chameleon-like patterns. 
    Jacques is horrified and, while staring, we see his eyes do the same
    eye saver thing.  The operators manage to bring up Jacques after
    several hours.   He claims he's disoriented.
    
    Back in Washington:  Skinner pulls Dana in when she walks by his
    office. He tells her that the DC police have decided to give up on her
    sister Melissa's shooting because no clues have shown up in the
    intervening  5 months.  Dana, in tears, says police work is so
    sophisticated that  they can identifier a bomber when all evidence has
    been destroyed but someone can shoot her sister in a fairly public
    area, leave the gun, and escape without a clue.  Skinner promises he
    will go over the evidence himself.
    
    Upset, Dana goes to her office.  Mulder says a salvage ship has
    returned with radiated people.  He tells her that they were near a site
    where a UFO had crashed before.  She makes a remark about him
    constantly jumping to conclusions about  everything.  He gets defensive
    but implies it's okay which is fine since he then gives her plane
    tickets to go to San Diego with him.
    
    San Diego:  They visit a hospital.  The entire crew of the salvage ship
    is dying of radiation.  Only survivor was Jacques who was fine and
    released on his own that morning.
    
    Jacques' house:  He enters the house and searches through the desk
    trying to find something.  He finds a letter from a salvage brokerage
    house, memorizes the address, and is about to leave when his wife
    returns.  She's excited to see him but he doesn't say anything or
    respond at all.  Frightened, she tries to leave but he grabs her.  When
    the door opens again, the wife leaves alone, her eyes doing the eye
    saver bit.
    
    San Diego docks:  Mulder and Scully check out the salvage ship.  Mulder
    finds the diving container is covered with goo.  He also finds a video
    tape showing the diver approaching the ship (but, again, no video
    showing the head popping up).  Scully, being a naval brat, recognizes
    the cockpit as a Mustang P-51 and writes down the plane's registration
    number.  Scully has also found a  map showing where they were diving
    and some ship name (maybe Piper Maru-- I forget).
    
    Jacques' house:  Mulder shows up.  The door is open.  He finds Jacque.  
    Jacque can't remember anything since he spotted the plane (no faces).
    Mulder finds the disheveled desk and the salvage brokerage letter.  
    
    Naval base:  Dana decides to visit a family friend and ask about the
    plane. The friend is old and denies all knowledge of the plane or the
    ship's name. She sighs and leaves, mentions her father is dead, and
    said she had hoped the family friend could help her with some salvage
    folks who were dying  of radiation.  She tries to drive out of the base
    but the gate guard stops her.  The friend drives up and admits to
    knowing all about it all.  
    
    He was on a sub in World War II trying to find two planes that
    disappeared  in the Pacific.  One had an atomic bomb and one was a
    fighter escort.   The salvage ship had found the escort ship.  While
    their sub was there,  the captain insisted that they stay in the area
    despite Japanese  destroyer activity.  But the crew of the sub were
    getting sick with  radiation poisoning.  A mutiny occurs and the friend
    locks the captain in with the sick prisoners and they go back to San
    Diego.  After the door shuts, we see the captain's eyes do the screen
    saver thing.
    
    The friend says that only seven people survived that trip.
    
    Back in Washington:  Skinner is at lunch at his regular place.  Three
    men in suits tell him that he should control his agents like others 
    need to control him when they're over him.  They say he shouldn't be
    investigating things that others have decided are to be closed.  He
    thanks them for sharing and leaves; they tell him this won't help his
    career any.
    
    Salvage broker place:  Mulder comes in and meets woman (Jennifer?). He
    asks for info about the salvage ship while she secretly fingers a
    shotgun under the table.  He seems satisfied with her answer and
    leaves. But then he hides his car behind a truck and waits.  He sees
    several French secret service cars drive up and try to secure the
    building. While they enter the building, Jennifer drives away and
    Mulder follows  her.
    
    Airport:  Jennifer buys a ticket to Hong Kong.  Scully calls and
    explains the plane going down and the French searching for it.  Mulder
    says he's  got to go off to Hong Kong.  He takes his ticket to the
    gate.  We find Jacques' wife watching all and getting ready to board
    the plane too.
    
    Hong Kong:  Jennifer's in a restaurant.  Mulder sits next to her. He
    accuses her of treason.  She says he can't threaten her because no guns
    are allowed in Hong Kong.  He handcuffs her to himself instead.
    
    Outside Broker's Hong Kong office:  Mulder gets Jennifer to open the
    office door.  Krychek is inside and smacks Mulder.  French agents  come
    up the hallway and shoot Jennifer.  Krychek slams the door,  Mulder
    handcuffed to Jennifer on the other side, and leaves through the
    window.  Mulder releases himself and also goes out that way.  The
    agents burst in, find it empty but see Mulder scurry away.  They turn
    to leave when Jacques' wife shows up in the hallway, glows brilliantly
    and they all collapse with radiation poisoning.
    
    Back at the restaurant:  Skinner's having another dinner.  A Hispanic
    man walks up to the cashier, says the payphone is broken, and gets
    upset with her saying she owes him money.  Skinner reluctantly gets up
    and approaches the man.  "Is there a problem here?"  The man turns
    around and shoots him.
    
    Scully returns from San Diego and gets a call from Skinner's assistant
    saying Skinner was shot an hour ago.  Scully rushes off to be with him.
    
    Hong Kong airport: Krychek's trying to fly out of there and Washington
    DC is the next flight.  Mulder smacks him and threatens to shoot him.
    Krychek denies killing Mulder's father.  Mulder says he'd kill him but
    he needs the DAT tape.  Krychek has the key on him (but doesn't give it
    to Mulder) and says it's in a locker.  He'll let Mulder have it if he
    lets Krychek go.  Fine.  Mulder says go in the bathroom and clean
    yourself up.  Krychek goes in and starts to take a leak.
    
    Jacques' wife also goes in the men's room.  Krychek sees her but she
    grabs him first.
    
    Krychek leaves the bathroom.  Mulder asks if he's okay.  Krychek says
    he's a new man now.
    
    Stay tuned for part 2.

    Excellent write-up of part one!!!  
    

    Was it krycek that killed Missy, Scully's sister??
    

    Terrific write up!!!!
    Krycek suposedly killed Scully's sister

    
    I can't wait for the day when Scully finds out just who killed her
    sister.  I wonder if her loyalities to the Bureau will keep her from
    blowing him out of this life!!!  Or will Mulder will step in and try
    to stop her knowing how hard it effected her. 

    Krychek killed Mulder's dad too....they should both string him up.
    
    RS

    I'm for that!!!

    Don't forget that the unnamed international cabal that already tried
    once to kill him is (I would assume) still looking for him (to retrive
    or destroy the tape. From that scene in Hong Kong, I'd say the French 
    aren't happy with him either. And now he's posessed by who knows what!
    
    Krychek is a dead man; only question is who gets him first  :-)
    
    Hmmm; Cancer man hasn't shown up in a while; bet he appears in part 2
    
    Dave

    Based on what happened to the other hosts, I'd say both Scully and
    Mulder may be cheated out of their revenge. I have a copy of last
    week's episode but I'm nowhere near HLO anymore (figures, up until a
    week and half ago I worked there!).

    
    On FOX last night they were hyping the 2 hours of X-Files this Friday.
    Well, it looks like 8pm is a "classic" episode and 9pm is Part 2 of
    last weeks show. So it's not a 2-hour 2nd parter. 
    
    Patty

    Shucks, I had tons of popcorn all ready for a 2-parter!!  O'well, maybe
    this will be my chance to catch up on a show that I missed in the past.

    Does anyone hook up with CompuServe???

    Finally got to see last week's episode (1 of 2).  Mulder is starting to
    irritate me!  He had Krychek (sp) cold and didn't pop him!  C'mon
    Mulder!  He could have gotten the locker key and revenge all in one
    "shot" (pun intended).
    
    I have a feeling Krychek will keep dropping in and out throughout the
    series, which is goodness.  Get's me emotionally involved....  ;-)
    
    -Bill

    I was dissappointed to find out it wasn't going to be 2 hrs for
    the 2nd part but its still 2 hrs of goodness coming tonite...
    I for one hope they Don't get rid of Krycek...all of a sudden
    I like him in the part he's been playing (rotton baaad guy)
    
    Couldn't stand him before because I thought they were going to get rid
    of Scully and I wasn't going to watch it anymore UNTIL I found
    out she was pregnant in real life and will return to the show
    
    They couldn't replace her as Mulders partner with Anyone 
    and Krycek seemed like a threat  before...but I like him now.

    Looks like we might see Krychek down the road after all.  I mean, 
    they can't kill off all the bad guys, we wouldn't have any down the 
    road.  Plus, the way they left it off, he might survive thanks the 
    the aliens or someone will come back for him..  Not to sure thanks to
    Scully/Mulder's disscussion at Missy's grave site about being buried
    alive.  I wanted to see Scully blow off his head when she had the
    chance, but she didn't..  Just like Mulder having the chance to take
    out Krychek, but didn't do it.  I loved the second half, wish I could
    have seen the first.  One thing, they've been showing 2 episodes of
    the X-Files for the last couple of weeks, one repeat and one new.  
    Whats going on, will it be the same for this week and what happened 
    to Strange Luck???  

    
    Actually, according to the guide from the Boston Globe, Strange Luck
    will be on this Friday, followed by a new X-Files.
    
    Patty

    I thought this was a very good 2-parter; well done.  Also thought it
    was an appropriate "ending" for Krychek; although, as mentioned in a
    previous note, he may not be totally out of it yet.  
    
    
    POTENTIAL SPOILER:
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    Does anyone know the significance to the room number where the alien ship 
    is in the silo?  I believe it's number 1013, and figure it must have some 
    significance, knowing how Chris Carter does things.
    
    -Bill
    
    

    
    	RE: room number
    
    
    
    	Had Mulder seen the number on the door before he and Scully were
    	whisked away, he would have noticed that it was the same as ...
    
    	... the last 4 digits of the telephone number he found on the
    	package from the locker.
     

    Sneaky!!!!
    

    RE: -.1
    
    Thank you.  
    
    I'm obviously missing the obvious things.  
    
    -Bill

    
    	Believe me, I usually miss that stuff too.
    
    	I was both surprised and proud that I noticed it this time.
    
    	8^)
    

    And as most of us know already, Oct 13th is Chris Carter's birthday.
    You'll see it in various forms from time to time.

    THAT'S IT!!!
    
    I'm going for obviousness therapy....  :-(
    
    
    :-),
    Bill

    
    Ten Thirteen is the name of the company that produces the show.
    
    From Carter's birthday, I think.
    
    DFW

    >Ten Thirteen is the name of the company that produces the show.
    
    I thought the name was December 3rd Productions
    
    I guess we'll all be watching it tonight :-)
    
    

	As I recall, at the end of X-Files, Ten Thirteen is displayed on
	the screen (flickering) with the sound of a film projector in the
	background and a young boy saying "I made this".    
    
Larry

    
    Interesting commentary by Dave Barry about the X-Files in DAVE_BARRY
    note 973.0
    
    (KP7 adds it to your notebook, then
    
    OPEN DAVE_BARRY 973.0
    
    takes you right there.)
    
    

    This Dave Barry article was in the Lawrence Eagle Tribune over
    the weekend...I laffed out loud when I read about his eating 
    the meatball sandwich while watching the shower scene in the
    X files Flukeman episode
    

    Did anyone have any comments on "Pusher", last fridays episode.
    I thot it was pretty creepy  especially when Mulder(at the end)
    was pointing the gun at Scully....this was a frightful one
    imagine having that capacity..i'd get a raise in pay every week!!

    Very tense moment between the two of them.  She shouldn't have
    handed over her gun before she went into the room.  The pusher
    can't push two people at once.  I'm surprised that Mulder was
    able to resist him since no one else was able to.  If Mulder 
    could, how come the guy that set himself on fire couldn't...?
    As for Scully, the tear in the end was a nice touch!!!

    I also liked the end of the show where she touched his hand and said
    "Lets not give him anymore of our time then"..

    
    Truly great episode.  They writers are going back to the Mulder and
    Scully we love.  The moments between them are come accross very real.
    
    One Liners:
    
    "come on G-woman"
    "your drooling on me"
    "made ya look"
    "Hmmm a golfer and a murder" (regarding OJ) :-)  nice how they sliped
    that in.
    
    Louisa

     Re .230
    Spoiler
    
    He was only able to hold off for an extra second, just enough time to
    let Scully reach the alarm. The sound "snapped him out" of the hypnotic
    effect of his voice, otherwise, by the looks, he wouldn't have been 
    able to resist further.  

    Yabbut....
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    They lost me for a while when he "pushed" the soldier into
    self-imolation--3 of them run over, stop, & stand there while the guy 
    tries to light the lighter saying Help Me--Help Me; instead of reaching 
    out & sticking a finger on the thumbwheel so he can't strike a spark,
    they wait 'til he bursts into flame.  Before you say it, maybe you or I
    would've done that, but Fox knows no fear, and all he had to do was
    reach out & stop him.  Had 3-4 strikes of the flint, didn't he?
    
    As I recall, we changed the channel twice; not from squeamishness, but 
    from frustration.  Also, this show repeately violates the "Lurking
    Monster" Rule:  "I know we should stick together, but, just this once,
    you go that way, and I'll go this way--it'll be O.K..."
    
    But, I'm hooked, so I'll keep watching, Remote in hand...
     
    							Don

    RE:  -1
    
    Yeah, I found that scene out of character also.  While I can appreciate
    one's concern for one's own safety, it didn't fit because as soon as he
    ignited, everyone ran over; so, why didn't they earlier.
    
    Also, unless they're planning on bringing back the character later, 
    Mulder needs to spend more time on the pistol range.... point blank;
    the guy should be pushing up daisys.
    
    -Bill

    Looks like last week was a repeat week!!!  That's ok, I finally got 
    a chance to tape it.  There are Hits, and there are Misses, and then
    there are Misses..  Loved it!!!    

    Chantilly Lace - You know what I like!!!  Said with a smile, he's so
    cute!!!

    
    	I had forgotten how good this episode was ... glad I decided to
    	watch it again.
    

    
    I still cant not tape the xfiles. I still get a news broadcast over the
    whole tape.  but it only happens w/ the xfiles and no other show!  This
    is such a pain!  I wanted to keep the last Fridays show, it is my
    favorite.  I watched it real time and there is no over dubbing - olny
    when you play the tape!  UGH!
    
    Lou

    
    	Darn, if I'd remembered that I would have looked for something
    	wrong with your set-up.
    
    	How about taping something else on that channel?  Have you
    	tried that?
    

    That has happened to me while taping FOX too.  I had to hit the SAP
    button on my VCR a couple of times, But it eventually worked.
    
    Peter
    

    
    GAMES X-PHILES PLAY 
    
    The faithful flock to conventions. A book on the show is a
    bestseller. One true believer plunked down over a
    thousand bucks for a script autographed by cast members.
    And trading cards just fly off the shelves. So what's next
    for fans of The X-Files to binge on? Why, The Official
    X-Files Collectible Card Game, of course. Chris Carter,
     creator of the hit series, is teaming up with game
    designers and Donruss Trading Cards to get the game out
    by the summer.

    When are the conventions???  

    
    By the way, could someone do a write up of last weeks show.  Timer
    on the VCR isn't working.  Waaaaaa, missed it!!!

    I think the title was "TESTOS DEL BICHOS".
    
    An archiologist dug up the remains of what was supposed to be
    a Shaman and the reamins were buried on holy ground that belong 
    to the Indians. The remains were shipped to a museum.....
    then strange deaths started to occur...like the spirit of the Shaman
    was a leopard or large cat...that was killing certain people
    associated with the dig and the museum.....it was ok...there were
    alot of  RaTs  in it also.....yeaackkk.... 

    Sounds tasty, thanks!!!

    
    3/8 show.
    
    This episode was kind of a dud, not up to par for this series.
    
    Just a jar & scull, cats, rats,and some guts.
    
    
    Just my 2 cents worth.
    
     Dave
    

    Re .247
    
    I agree, not much to it. Also at least one gratuitous death. The 
    point was made--okay it kills people, after the first one or two.
    The additional murders added nothing, just filled space where plot
    should have been, if the story were not so weak.
    
    If the site where the artifact was found was going to be bulldozed
    for a gas pipeline anyway, it couldn't be returned to that site or
    it would be destroyed. Didn't follow the logic that it should
    therefore be moved thousands of miles away, to "save" it. Why not
    just move it over to the next hill.
    
    Neil

    .247
    I agree it was a dud....especially when Scully and Mulder were
    in the sewers  being chased by regular cats....what a bore
    that was....it was a cop-out to try to scare you and i was 
    getting annoyed!

    
    You have to look deep, like did you know - that Chris Carter (who
    produces and writes for Xfiles chose the name of the Dr very carefully? 
    Dr Lewton is the name of a very famous B movie maker:
    
    Undoubtedly Dr. Lewton's name was an homage to producer Val Lewton, who 
    headed up a B-movie unit at RKO in the 1940s, with the mission of 
    turning out horror films.  Lewton was a much more literate and cultured 
    man than the usual Hollywood producer; he had written novels and 
    non-fiction books and poetry (and a pornographic novel too, which, 
    according to Ephraim Katz's film encyclopedia was sold "under the 
    counter" - does Mulder have a copy?) :-) :-)  The movies Lewton
    produced  turned out to be a string of psychological horror classics,
    including the  unforgettable CAT PEOPLE (about a woman who believes
    herself to turn  into a panther whenever she feels sexual desire); the
    exquisite fantasy  CURSE OF THE CAT PEOPLE (sequel to CAT PEOPLE but
    not horror, really -  it's a beautiful study of a little girl's fantasy
    life); and THE LEOPARD  MAN, which I rate a bit down on the scale but
    still worthy.
    
    Alas, writer John Shiban should have studied these films a little more 
    closely.  They are all psychological in nature and the horror is  built
    up through uncertainty created by the fear of things NOT seen, 
    ambiguity, and most of all, internal doubts and conflicts.  A thousand 
    killer kitties pale in comparison to the suspense of wondering if Irena 
    in CAT PEOPLE is really a panther or not.
    
    

    Didn't he create "The Rocky Horror Picture Show"???

    I got the rerun of the Roach episode. I missed it the first time it
    ran.
    
    This has got to be the funniest show yet. The jokes were great. Great
    interplay between the two of them.
    
    My wife thought it was gross, especially the part about the kid who was
    high.
    
    Too good!!!!!!!.
    
    Rocco from Toronto

    RE:  .251
    
    RHPS was written by Richard O'Brien (who played Riff Raff) and Jim
    Sharman (director).
    
    -Bill

    .252            re: roach episode.....  
    I agree, it was one of the best ever...the humor was great

    Is X-Files on any other night other then Friday at 9PM???  

    Repeat, repeat and more repeats, what's going on!!!  I get all set for
    a new episode and get, you guess it, a repeat...

    
    Bummer!

  According to the Globe, the rash of repeats is due to the studios saving
up for May Sweeps.

  Don't feel bad, in the old days March was about the time everything went
into summer repeats. At least you won't have to wait until September.

  George

    Anyone see "Hell Money" last week? March 29th episode?
    It was scary when they kept drawing the "lottery"...

    Freaky stuff!!! Liked it...

Another example of relying on raising the body count to make up for
the implicit and deeper fear built into better-written episodes.

I still like the show, but it's too bad that their consistent failure
to kick butt is part of the formula. Instead they arrive just a bit
too late, like the US Cavalry. They are mostly ineffectual, reduced to
the role of wry observers:

Formula: Evil Force X kills, kills again. 
         Fox and Scully investigate.
         X kills again.
         Fox and Scully solve case, write reports, but do not dispatch X.
         X kills again.

Once again the "tour" guide, this time played by B.D. Wong, is 
gratuitously offed, to show that the dark force of the week has not,
god forbid, been destroyed. Just like in the Peruvian episode when
the young anthropologist was needlessly killed. 

They leave no ethnic stone unturned. Peruvians, Chinese, Haitian
spooks all get their turn. I think the episodes that imply a larger
conspiracy, to which Mulder in particular poses a threat, and in
which the evil remains unstated/unseen, are scarier than these
gory ethnic one-offs.

    
    	I love the show, but I couldn't justify the $7.50/episode cost
    	that was advertised.
    
    	Now that I hear you can get them at $5/episode, it's getting
    	closer to reasonable ... but it'd cost $100/season to get the
    	whole series.
    

    
      Which episodes did they release?
    

    
    	Has anyone seen the TV commercial for radio station WKLB,
    	with the cute brunette?
    
    	Does anyone know who she is?
    
    	My only clue is to point out that I posted the question in
    	this topic.
    

    
    Sean, her name is Bobbie Phillips
    
    She was Dr. Bambi Berenbaum on the Xfiles Episode War of the
    Coprophages
    
    (the Roach One)
    
    Lou

                              Bobbie Phillips

Bobbie Phillips's biographical information.

Actress
       1. "Pointman" (1995) .... Brenner
       2. Showgirls (1995) .... Dee
       3. Animal Instincts II (1994) .... Waitress
       4. Back in Action (1994)
       5. Hail Caesar (1994) .... Buffer
       6. Body of Influence (1993) .... First Woman
       7. Cover Girl Murders, The (1993) (TV)
       8. TC 2000 (1993) .... Zoey Kansella

       9. "Bold and the Beautiful, The" (1987) .... Rhonda
          ... aka "Glamour" (1987)

      10. Shoot It: Black, Shoot It: Blue (1974)

Note: the titles that start with a quote (") are TV series

    1973?!?!?  She must have been a pre-school actress, then took 13 years
    off to go to elementary school and high school!
    
    NAZZ

    
    	I tried to get her birthdate, but the only biographical info
    	they had was:
    
                        Biographical information for
                              Bobbie Phillips

     "Murder One" (1995), as Julie Costello (1995, 1996)

     "X-Files, The" (1993), as Dr. Bambi Berenbaum (1/96)

     "Baywatch" (1989), as Kim (ep. 'Red Wind', 1994)

     "Married with Children" (1987), as Kara (01/92)

     "Married with Children" (1987), as Jill (09/91)

    Was Friday's episode the wildest one yet or what?
    
    I loved it.  My only problem with it was it contained so much material,
    I'm sure I missed much of it.  What I did catch was great.
    
    IMHO, if not the best episode yet, certainly one of the best.
    
    -Bill

    
    Coming after the Due South episode that aired the hour before it,
    watching this left me disoriented.
    
    DFW

    Please, please could someone post a synopsis?
    
    
    Thanks,
    

    I kinda doubt a "synopsis" is possible...
    
    A _very_ strange episode, with lots of jumps forwards, backwards,
    and sideways (same event told from multiple viewpoints). Sheesh!
    
    Dave

    Ditto.  I'd like to provide a synopsis, but I'm not sure what I saw.
    I thought I saw what I saw, but maybe I didn't really see what I 
    thought I was seeing; I'm not sure what was real and what wasn't, or if
    the storyline I saw was the storyline I was supposed to have seen; if
    in fact I did see it.
    
    Gawd, I picked the wrong year to give up therapy....
    
    -Bill

    RE:  .273
    
    Okay, on a more serious note I'll "try" to give a synopsis.  However,
    please realize this was a very complex show, and you'd do well to get
    hold of a tape of it.  Others might be able to fill in, or correct me
    where I'm wrong, as I'm sure I will be on certain points.
    
    SPOILER:
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    April 12, 1996 show ("From Outer Space", I believe is the title):
    
    	Scully is relaying an alien abduction case to a writer played by
    Charles Nelson Rielly (sp).  A teenage boy and girl are alledgedly 
    being abducted on a dark road (of course) by greys, when a 2nd alien 
    ship arrives on the scene and abducts the teenagers and the first
    aliens.  The 2nd ship has only one alien, bathed in red, who (to me)
    resembles one of those half beast/half human with grotesque face types.
    
    	During hypnosis, the teenage girl remembers being experimented on
    by greys, but interrogated by US military personnel.  The boy remembers
    being interrogated by greys, but tortured by the 2nd alien, who I
    believe is referred to as Lord Klatu (name could be incorrect).  The
    boy also remembers being in cages, with one of the original greys being
    in a cage next to him.
    
    	A grey alien body is actually found, and Scully begins an autopsy,
    which leads into a spoof on the celebrated alien autopsy of a short
    while back.  During the course of the autopsy, Scully discovers that
    the grey alien is really a human wearing an alien suit.  
    
    	A short time later, Mulder stumbles across the 2nd alien, minus the
    alien suit wandering around the woods.  Mulder takes him to get clothes
    and to a diner for food.  During the course of the meal, the 2nd alien,
    who is a major in the military (US Air Force), discloses he is part of
    a secret military hypnosis experiment that does indeed have a flying
    saucer, and that has been abducting people and planting alien abduction
    memories.  However, he is unable to account for his own abduction. 
    Before he can continue, three US Air Force military police show up and
    take him away.  Later, he and his partner are found dead in a plane crash.
    
    	While all this is going on, there are two other people involved.  One
    is an eye witness to the original abductions, who starts out aka Close
    Encounters lineman.  During his interview, he states he is approached
    by the 2nd alien to help mankind.  The 2nd alien gives him some
    information and tells him he is from the earth's core, not space.
    
    	As he is writing of his experience, he is visited by two men in
    black outfits; one of which is played by Jesse Ventura.  He is warned
    not to publish his manuscript and to forget the whole thing.  The two
    men in black appear throughout the episode warning people.
    
    	The other person is a young man who found the dead "alien" and 
    was videotaping everything, including the autopsy.  He is also visited
    and told not to publish the video and to forget the whole thing.
    
    	Even Scully and Mulder are visited by the men in black and warned.
    Mulder receives a severe warning from the 2nd man in black, who is 
    played by Alex Tribeck (sp) - yep, from jeopardy.
    
    The end of the show ended with nobody, including Scully and Mulder,
    knowing what was or what wasn't.
    
    This synopsis really doesn't do the show justice, but will give some
    idea of the plotline.  However, as pointed out previously, there were
    all kinds of twists and wordplays and great humor so that at the end
    I really didn't know what was what either.  I thought it was a really
    really well done show.
    
    Hope this helps somewhat.
    
    -Bill
    

    thanks,   i think
    
    Rocco

One of the non-recurring characters in the latest episode used a lot of
expletive deletives. As in some movies and plays, sometimes strong language adds
realism, emotion or humor to the character (Pulp Fiction, Glengarry Glenn Ross,
for example). Being network television, they needed to be censored. The
character said blankity blank and bleep a lot. I thought it added a humorous
touch.

-Jeff

    Nice job with the synopsis, it was a bit of a hard one to write about
    since the show jumped around alot.  I got it on tape but will have to
    watch it again to get the whole of it..

    As mentioned a written snyopsis of this show doesn't really communicate
    the intricasies within this episode.  There was the guy who instead of
    saying the actual "bad" words, continuously used the word, "bleep", as 
    if censored; the same event relayed differently by each participant so 
    you never really knew what happened; the references to other movies,
    shows and works (a show trademark); the word plays; Alex Tribeck, etc.
    
    Has to be seen.
    
    -Bill

    
    Well, to paraphrase Det. Manners, What a bizarre bleepin' episode! 
    Where  do you begin, talking about THIS?  Easily the most warped XFiles
    yet,  even by Darin Morgan standards.  You may have noticed Jose Chung 
    referring to one of his novels, "The Caligarian Candidate", which
    Scully  calls one of the finest thrillers ever written, which is about
    CIA mind  control experiments in the '50s.  It's obviously a reference
    to "The  Manchurian Candidate", the Richard Condon book and brilliant
    1962 movie,  which is about mind control / post-hypnotic suggestion
    experiments.  A  really creepy movie.  And you'll never EVER look at
    Angela Lansbury the  same way again, after seeing her in The Manchurian
    Candidate
    
    

Alot of rambelings about the best show on TV!

Just went back and watched it again, found at least 2 in-jokes. One of them 
was the cover of Yappi's book, which had the word 'Humbug' on it (this is 
what X-Philes are supposed to do, aren't they? Find minute meaning in every 
camera angle?) The other one was the Luetenant in the diner was sculpting 
his mashed potatoes in a very "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" type of 
way.

1. The guy who wanted to be abducted was wearing a "Space: Above and 
Beyond"  T-shirt. I guess this was cross over night. "Hey, I didn't spend 
all those  years playing dungeons and dragons without learning a little 
something about  courage."

2.  Same bald guy, he also had the I want to believe poster in his room,  
except he had crossed out the "want to" part, so it read "I Believe"

3.  The driver of the black car.  Isn't he the guy who plays Jerry on ER?  
I forget his name.

4.  It was great how Scully was having a field day talking to JC.  I've  
never seen her smile in a long time (since the Pilot).  It was cool to  see 
her in such a less formal/professional way. :)  Also, the way she  showed 
that she thought all of the story was such a crock of bleep :).  

5.  Everyone important was dressed in black.

6.  Mulder's ordering of sweet potato pie..... I got a flashback from  Twin 
Peaks again.  Cherry Pie anyone?

I am going to have to  watch this one over and over (glad i taped it!) 
because it was too much  fun!!!

Or the opening of the ep, which was an homage to the opening of _Star Wars_
? Or the fact that the big alien abducting the kids and the ersatz aliens 
was an homage to Ray Harryhausen?  Or the hundreds of other homage/
references? I tell ya, they need to do whatever they have to do to keep 
Darin Morgan writing for the X-Files.  This one was a 10+++ imho!

However, the highlight of this story, hands down, had to be Scully's 
biggest nightmare - a starring role in the "Alien Autopsy: Truth or Humbug" 
video. I loved the way this scene was shot, the take on the theme song 
playing as background music. However, what I enjoyed more than anything was 
the downright pouty and whiny way Scully got as she tried to explain "It's 
so embarrassing". Gillian Anderson certainly makes Scully her funniest when 
she is flustered.

The other supporting performances were uneven. I didn't much care for the 
kids and the swearing detective, appropriately named "Manners", was a bit 
much. A lot of effort went into that bleepin for the payoff line by Scully. 
I actually found her explanation "Well, he didn't actually say bleeped, he 
said ..." funnier - somehow the image of Dana Scully using language like 
that is quite amusing. I was, however, impressed with Jesse "The Body" 
Ventura. He seemed to really enjoy his stint as a MIB, and it was fun 
watching him rip the videotape out of the VCR (who needs an eject button) 
or perform a back-breaker wrestling move.

Where things got interesting and tangled started in the "Ovaltine Diner" 
where the cigarette smoking "alien" tells Mulder of covert intelligence 
operations and UFOs as secret  military airships while molding his mashed 
potatoes in an homage to "Close Encounters of the Third Kind". The closest 
thing in X-Files history to the story we get here harkens all the way back 
to "Deep Throat" with human piloted UFOs and induced memory losses. 
Something was done to our heros here (maybe by the evil Alex "you're 
feeling very sleepy" Trebeck - or someone who looked incredibly like him). 
My take on it was that both Scully and Mulder were hypnotized given 
Scully's robot-like actions and lack of memory (you know she hates that). 
It was a funny sight to have her awake in bed fully clothed trying to 
figure out how Mulder, who suddenly has a keen interest in ice buckets, got 
in her room. Not quite the bedroom scene that some folks look for.

Oh well, the tale ends without closure with Mulder & Scully as witness to 
the coverup alibi, and the book published much to Mulder's dismay. "From 
Outer Space", the epic tale of "noble of spirit and pure of heart" Diana 
Lesky and her partner Renard (a medieval name for Fox) Muldrake, the 
"ticking time bomb of insanity". As ending images we see Scully (whose 
eyebrows certainly got a workout this episode) as a perfunctory 9 to 5 
alien hunter, feet on her desk, reading at work (she is nevertheless a 
federal employee) and Mulder *in his bed* watching a bigfoot video. Life, 
for the X-Files ghostbusters continues ...

- -Some interesting camera work done in this one. I really liked the way 
there would be no cut between the flashback and the storytelling. You'd see 
the character say something and then they were telling the same thing to 
Mulder & Scully - neat effect used well.

- -Did Scully not have the most hideous hotel room? That red furniture? Ugg
. The scene with Mulder reading her the tale of Lord Kimbote the 
Shakespearean alien was quite amusing though.

- -In a hilarious bit of business by Gillian, during both hypnosis scenes 
every time the hypnotist (who seems to always appear in Darin Morgan 
episodes) says "You are getting sleepy" Scully yawns in the background 
behind him.

but the best scene was Jose Chung's recap of what the bald kid had  told him 
about his encounter with Mulder and Scully.  The whole  concept of Scully 
being a man in black dressed up as a woman with  hair that was a little too 
red and Mulder's face being so dour and  blank that he was unbelievable.  
And then the girlie scream -- Well,  I could go on forever, but let's 
suffice it to say that I loved it.

"Her hair was red, but a little too red if you know what I mean."

    
    	The driver of the black car was Jesse "The Body" Ventura.
    

    Does anyone know the TITLE of this one???  I ran around the house
    during commercial to get the Paper, the TV guide and the other
    TV booklet....NO DICE....no title was ever printed....
    Was it  the obvious?  "I want to Believe" ???
    This show was a  15 on a scale of  1 to 10!!  it was outrageously
    funny, and extremely clever......
    
    Need/Want a Title if anyone knows what it was .....

    "From Outer Space"

    Ahh very original title haha...Thank you.....!

    
    X was on lastnight at 8:00 - it was about Vampires.  Was this a repeat? 
    Scully was gone and Mulder was working alone.  
    
    Anyway, it was very good and scarry.  but what shocked me was that
    Mulder "did it" with a female vampiress :-)  At least that is what we
    were lead to belive.
    
    They started to kiss (alot) and then he pushed her down on a bed - then
    the scene was cut - when they pick it back up, Mulder is laying on a
    chair in a very tired state!  :-)
    
    Lou

    
    re. -1 
    	
      It was a repeat, Skulley was missing because Gillian was giving
    birth (Skulley was abducted). I don't think Mulder "friend" was a
    Vampire, just someone who liked hanging out with them.
    
     

    And just for a little X-trivia, the actress who played the vampiress is 
    Duchovny's girlfriend in real life.

4/26/96 episode:
    
So, who killed the prostitute--Skinner, or the bad guy? I didn't 
follow this at all.

I like the tormented Skinner character. The actress playing Skinner's
wife, Jennifer Hetrick I think, seen on a couple of Star Trek
episodes, can room with Teri Hatcher at Betty Ford's Anorexia Clinic.
Sheesh, what a wraith--get a cheeseburger!

    
    	RE: -1
    
    
    
    	I'd say it was the bad guy ... it appeared to me that the bad
    	guy actually hired the prostitute, and then very probably went
    	up to the room later on and killed her when she was in bed with
    	Skinner [maybe Skinner had been drugged or somthing?].
    

    But...
    
    The body had phosphorescent stuff on the nose and mouth, 
    indicative of succubus-type attack, according to Mulder.
    
    If the succubus did it, to protect Skinner...?  All it did was 
    get him in trouble. If for jealousy, she didn't seem to mind the
    wife. If it was the bad guy, why bother with the succubus in the
    first place, except as a quick-go-help-Scully plot fix. 
    
    I dunno, didn't jibe.
    

    
    Glow in the dark stuff:
    
    The x-files allways have alot of holes in the stories - for alot of
    reasons.  The main reason being that this show is alot about govn't
    cover up and things can't be explained.  What I think it was:
    
    (just in case)
    
    
    
    
    The airbag guy is the one who murdered the hooker.  I feel that the
    airbag guy put a drug in both of the Skinners and the Hookers drinks
    and the glow-in-the-dark stuff was the reside left over from the drug. 
    I also feel that a drug was put into the wisky Skinnerw as drinking
    just before his wife got hit by the car - because the camera focused in
    real close in on the glass.
    
    Another idea:  Is the old lady (a Avatar/Spirit) tired to save the
    hooker by using mouth-to-mouth and she left the residue.
    
    It all depends on "if you belive" if you are Mulder, then you belive
    the Avatar left the residue and if your Scully, then you'd belive that
    their was a drug in the drink and a cover up.
    
    This is why there are alot of holes in the show, it all depends on your
    own out look on this kind of thing.
    
    the show is NEVER tired up nice in a bow at the end of 60min.
    
    Lou

    
    When all was said and done in this episode what struck me most was that
    feeling, once again, that things are getting real dangerous in the
    world of the X-Files. I don't think that it is a coincidence that this
    show opens on March 7 - the anniversary of the start of Mulder &
    Scully's first case together. The show has for the past two seasons had
    a prevailing theme of Mulder & Scully being threatened, but it has
    slowly evolved to encompass all those around them that they care about.
    Before the forces against them were content to focus only on them -
    breaking up the team, abducting Scully, etc. Now, the game is played by
    trying to break them by systematically destroying those around them -
    killing relatives, and attempting to erode their only internal support
    - first by shooting, and when that didn't work, by framing Skinner. As
    Mulder says, this is done to "weaken the X-Files" and keep them in
    check. Surrounded by this blatant and overwhelming adversity I am
    continually amazed by their steadfast perseverance. Sooner or later
    some thing's got to give. The dark overtones have been cast. The season
    finale is a few weeks away. Something tells me it won't have a happy
    ending - or should I say a happy "to be continued".
    
    "Avatar" was meant to be a showcase for Mitch Pileggi and he does
    admirable work in it. Things flesh out for this character nicely - we
    see just how much his walking that line has cost him personally - those
    contradictions that he couldn't reconcile. It was nice also to see the
    tie in to the near death experience discussed in "One Breath". We even
    learn he inhaled.  I also enjoyed Jennifer Hetrick's work as Sharon
    Skinner - she has a refreshing directness. I hope that we get to see
    more of her in the future.  Funny though how when we get one of those
    much cherished looks into the personal lives of the X-Files characters
    it is neither Mulder or Scully we get to see. Oh well, maybe next time. 
    
    Despite being a Skinner based show, I really enjoyed the way that it
    involved our heroes. Their conversations and journey as they worked on
    this case had a lot to say about the "you and me against the world"
    kind of atmosphere that has out of necessity enveloped them. Can they
    really trust them man who "put his ass on the line" for them even
    though as Scully says "The truth is we don't know very much about him"?
    I liked the dark mood and general level of nervousness for the future
    of everyone involved that I was left with.
    
    ne wonders just how much Skinner's involvement with the X-Files has
    damaged his reputation. While an Assistant Director must oversee
    hundreds of agents, Mulder & Scully seem to have special dispensation
    in avoiding the food chain and now reporting directly to him instead of
    a special agent in charge or section head. Even Scully admits that
    Skinner is protecting them "out of a respect for the work." When
    Skinner was shot the rest of the bureau didn't exactly jump to help,
    and even more telling, when he is in trouble here only Mulder & Scully
    (and of course our boy Pendrell hoping for a thank you from Scully)
    attempt to help. The rest of the FBI seems all too eager to send him up
    the river. No wonder Mulder is one of the few people he ever mentioned
    to his wife at home. 
    
    

    
    	RE: .293
    
    
    
    	Louisa, if the phosphorescent material was drug residue, why
    	didn't Skinner have any on his mouth?
    

    
    Good point, but I didn't see Skinner's mouth w/the lights off.  So he
    could of glowed at one point - he know the phosphorescent does not
    last, it wears off.  So it's possible that he could of had it.
    
    But I belive:
    
    
    
    that the Avatar gave the hooker mouth to mouth to try and help Skinner.
    I do belive that there was a drug in Skinner's drink but not a
    glow-in-the dark drug - just a drug to knock him out so he would not
    know what was going around him.
    
    What do you belive?  
    
    Lou

    I believe they were just lazy about the plot. :-)
    
    Reminds me of Twin Peaks, where they gave up trying to hold the 
    plot together after a while.
    
    The prostitute's neck was crushed, don't think mouth-to-mouth 
    would have helped. If she really wanted to help she could have 
    just spooked the killer, Casper style -- Woowooo look, I'm a ghost!
    
    You give them a certain amount of artistic license but supernatural
    beings floating around and deep conspiracies implied are not excuses
    to get sloppy with the storyline.
    
    If some dark contingent was out to get Skinner, the succubus story was
    just a red herring produced by kitchen-sink-style plotting I think.
                             

    
     I believe the phosphorous stuff was part of the govt. plot placed
    there to make it seem like something out the ordinary, making it an
    X-file and helping to further discredit Skinner. Or perhaps the avatar
    did kill the hooker, knowing she was part of a setup to take him down
    and once again trying to protect him.
    
    

    I have a question,
    
    <spoiler>
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    Did Skinners wife die. The machines were going off beaping. It looked
    like she was uttering the last words before she died.
    
    I didn't hear anything after that. When Skinner put on his ring, was it
    because he wants to remember her or he wants to get back with her.
    
    Rocco

    
    Answer (Kinda)
    
    
    
    
    I belive that she is still alive.  She was uttering words becasue it
    seems that the Avatar did some kind of devine intervention and his wife
    was able to tell Skinner where to go to get the bad guy - and the
    machine was going off because shew as waking up - the machine was
    showing the heart rate going UP - not flatlining (I re-watched this
    lastnight)
    
    I think if she was dead, then Mulder and Scully would of gave Skinner
    their condolences.
    
    Lou

    
    Did anyone see David Duchovny's name in the opening credits?  I was
    watching the action, however, I thought I saw his name flash by.
    
    Teresa
     

    I believe I saw his name along with another under writers.  It
    was quick, and I could be wrong about it being writers, but I'm
    certain it was in the credits.
    
    Ken

    
    	Yes, and yes ... co-writer.
    
    	I believe the actual credit was for "storyline", so if that's
    	not the same as "writer" then please correct me.
    

    
    They aren't the same.  I believe the distinction is between who
    actually comes up with the story and who actually produces the script. 
    I think that makes the script technically a treatment of something
    produced by the people with the story credit.
    
    DFW

    
    	Spoiler question:
    
    
    	Did Mulder really believe that an alligator could have done
    	that much damage to the boat?
    

    and I thought that Dana would have been a little more upset about
    her tragedy.
    
    
    
    	I was surprised by the ending.  The X-files does this all the
    	time - provides some kind of *possible* plausible explanation,
    	but usually at the last second, drops just a hint that makes
    	you go... "hmmmm".  After showing us the allegator, I kept
        expecting to see some sign of "Big Blue" when nobody else
    	was looking.
    
    Good episode though.

    
    Didn't you watch it until the end?
    
    
    They showed a "Nellie" type creature when the camera was focused on the
    water.

    Since I get the "Canadian" feed, and they are notorious for cutting
    scenes so they can fit in an extra commercial, that little detail was
    probably deemed unnecessary!

    I was really surprised they got rid of her dog.  That had
    been doing such a good job of continuety having it show up here
    and there.  Maybe Mulder will get her another one at some point.
    
    How about that conversation on the rock???!!!  
    
    I thought this was a pretty good episode too!
    
    RS

    I too can't believe they sacrificed her dog, for the sake of this
    one episode!   And they really underplayed her sad emotion for 
    loosing QueegQuag  I kinda liked that dog with her...but I had a
    feeling something would happen since the dog is usually not shown
    except for that other hysterially funny episode when she was 
    washing her/him. 
    
    They showed the Nellie like creature in the shadows of the water in
    the last 3 seconds of the episode...how can Canadian TV  hack
    off  the ending like that ????wow.. 
    

                                                       
    I'm going to miss Queequeg too, but I wouldn't be too hard on the
    writers for not doing too much to show Scully's loss.  They've only got
    44 minutes, after all.  (I was surprised, on acquiring the three-tape
    set of episodes in commercial release, that the episodes only run about
    44 minutes apiece).
    
    The dog probably had to go for some kind of bizarre business reason. 
    Television shows are prey to a lot of forces that have nothing to do
    with the creative aspect.
    
    DFW

    Yea, but to have the little fluff ball eaten by a monstrous
    crockadile....jeez, that's pretty harsh!!  She could have
    just given him to her mom or something!!!
    
    I can't believe they hacked off that ending either--
    RS

    I'm in Ottawa, Ont. and even though I didn't get to see the mentioned 
    episode, my girlfriend did and she said she saw the creature at the
    end.  So maybe not all areas were effected by this 3 second cut-off!
    
    Kinda sorry I missed this one...sounded pretty good to me! 

    
    	RE: Dog
    
    	Maybe its contract was up for renewal and it was asking for
    	too much money.
    

    re:  Canadian feed
    
    That's one of the things that really bugs me when shows are put on a
    Canadian station and an American station at the same time.  The CRTC
    allows the Cdn stn to take over the feed and put in their own
    commercials and station breaks.  Sometimes they are really slow about
    getting the right feed. ie/ I'll go to watch ER on the NBC channel and
    end up watching 30 seconds of some lame Cdn show because they haven't
    flipped the feed over fast enough.  It's a little better when the shows
    are shown on different nights.  For example, 'Due South' is shown on
    CTV in Cda on Thurs night and on CBS in the States on Fri night.  The
    Fri night show *always* has a few short scenes that were not included
    on the Thurs. night show.

    
How much you're like Ahab - You're so consumed by your personal vengeance 
against life whether it be its inherent cruelties or its mysteries that 
everything takes on a warped significance to fit your megalomaniacal 
cosmology."

"Scully, are you coming on to me?"

Note to Mr. Carter: Kim Newton is a keeper. Easily and hands down this 
season's best new writer. From the haunting and introspective "Revelations" 
to this darkly humorous allegorical character piece of an X-File, she 
penned two winners for the season - not bad at all for an X-Files rookie as 
we have seen this season. This episode had so much going for it - a 
mysterious monster with a rather impressive body count and some much 
cherished moments between our agents.

Some interesting themes in this one: survival of the fittest, you can't 
turn your back on nature, and, of course, the great Moby Dick analogy. I 
was frankly pleasantly shocked at how much time in the episode was actually 
devoted to character development and Mulder and Scully talking about life, 
the universe and everything. (Or in this case life, quests, and cannibalism
). For those of us who love the X-Files for its characters and not its 
monsters the conversation on the rock makes this episode a classic. 
Actually the character interplay and acting by Anderson and Duchovny were 
top notch throughout. I laughed many times in this hour - not the laugh of 
a incredibly odd Darin Morgan episode, but rather a delighted chuckle at 
Mulder and Scully being just so, well, Mulder and Scully. For a change 
Mulder and Scully even laughed and smiled a bit too.

Ah QueeQueg, we hardly knew ye. I knew it was a bad sign when we saw the 
little fluff ball in the back seat. After all, the writers seem to take 
some sort of perverse pleasure in killing off things Scully cares about. 
Poor QueeQueg? Heck, poor Scully, now even her dog is dead. When Mulder 
said "Did you really have to bring that thing" I knew the dog was fish bait
. Too bad, little plot device, uh, QueeQueg, was fun. We did learn from him 
that the lethal Scully look apparently only works on humans and not in the 
rest of the animal kingdom. So when QueeQueg bites it, or rather it bites 
QueeQueg we get a bit of Scullyangst as she mumbles "Que.." and gets that 
same despondent look on her face that she had when they found Bruckman dead
. Once again the insensitive clod award goes to our man Mulder who offers a 
distraught Scully a simple "Sorry about Queequeg" before launching forward. 
Say, is there an important FAX coming in? At least he did offer to walk the 
dog with her earlier, but hey, she's Scully, she's "fine", and she's 
packing.

This was one of those X-Files where the character lines were clear. To 
Scully the lake monster is so clearly "Oh tell me you're not serious" 
ludicrous that she doesn't even bother to hide her disdain for the theory 
as Mulder pursues with his boyish enthusiasm his great white whale. She's 
not alone in her opinion as first Dr. Farraday, and then the sheriff squash 
and ridicule Mulder's theories while she looks on showing us just how many 
faces Gillian Anderson can make to speak for Scully when she has no lines.

So, if you were alone on a rock in a "here be monsters" section of a lake 
what would you talk about? Mulder and Scully have never had great luck in 
the big outdoors and this was no exception, after all, as Scully (who mind 
you is not the paranoid one) says "everything is out to get you". They 
spend their evening drawing their guns on ducks and having an X-Files sort 
of heart to heart: "That was him Scully, that was Big Blue." "So what if it 
was." Mulder seems genuinely hurt when he asks Scully about his reasons for 
his quest being legitimate and she responds that she sometimes can't figure 
them out. Their conversation is odd and familiar at the same time moving 
from cannibalism and Scully's weight loss (what a classic look she gave him 
there when realizing the joke behind his compliment) to Moby Dick theories 
to my new all time favorite Mulder story - why I wish I had a peg leg. Then 
ah, the humiliation as they realize they were trapped but a stone's throw 
from the shore.

Scully spends a lot of time this episode coming up with these big time 
personal insights into Mulder and his impossible obsessions that she 
believes will leave him dead along with everyone else he brings with him, 
but she never really turns that light on herself. If Mulder is all these 
things, what does that say about her? He isn't out there on that rock by 
himself. She's the one who lets him wake her up on a Saturday morning 
telling her to be ready in five minutes and actually is ready to go in five 
minutes. What is *she* hoping to accomplish? Does she follow Mulder with 
her dogged loyalty despite her personal beliefs because she too wants to 
believe? Is she an action junkie and adventures with Mulder fill that need? 
Or, does she simply care too much about Mulder, thinking that somehow if 
she's there with him Mulder won't end up dead or turn into that man 
"listening only to himself hoping to catch a glimpse of the truth for who 
knows what reason." I'm not even going to go into the possible 
ramifications of Scully thinking Mulder is like Ahab, a name she used for 
her father as well.

One thing that has always struck me as a very interesting dichotomy about 
Mulder is that despite his awe of and quest for the unknown his fears 
always seem to get the best of him when confronted with the unknown. He 
wants to see, to discover, this "Big Blue" and yet his gun is always out. I 
am reminded of a similar occurrence in "Little Green Men" where when Mulder 
finally sees alien life he attempts to fire his gun at the creature. So, he 
slew his monster this time without a peg leg to show for it.

    Did anyone see the 8:00 1 hour X Files special, then following that a
    new one titled "WetWired" May 10th episode..?? Scully was the one
    "affected" in this episode. Anyone want to do a synopsis...?
    I had no trouble following it but can't relate all the twists
    and turns on some of these episodes..without writing a short novel.!!
    
    It was ok but not ranked in the high zone....tooo close to
    everyday reality....I wonder what the X Files are telling us to do..
    ...to watch every friday....?
    

    
    a good powerful scene:
    
    "He's lied to me from the beginning. He never trusted me." "Scully, you
    are the *only* one I trust." "You're in on it. You're one of them.
    You're one of the people who abducted me. You put that thing in my
    neck! You killed my sister!"
    
    One word: YOWZA! The showdown at Mrs. Scully's is going to have to go
    down in X-Files history as one of the show's best dramatic moments. I
    sense that I am going to gush about this episode so I'm warning you all
    here. I absolutely loved it. I've mentioned before that the best
    episodes are where our characters are emotionally involved. Most times
    we get one or the other (as in "Oubliette" or "Revelations" for
    example), but when they both are effected - - when it has something to
    do with their partnership or trust - it makes for the best possible
    X-File. Usually we only get this sort of charge from the mythology
    episodes, and technically one would I guess have to classify this as an
    odd blend of a monster of the week and conspiracy - where the monster
    (as we have seen before upon occasion) is in the mind. 
    
    Gillian gives yet another brilliant tour-de-force performance as Scully
    finally snaps. What other actress can so effectively say so much
    without uttering a single line. We've seen Scully on the edge before,
    but the old snap-o-meter went off the chart on this one. Duchovny
    doesn't often allow us to see Mulder looking at his partner with such
    unguarded affection and honesty, but it worked to a very compelling
    degree here. Mulder the picture of calm kindness with a wild-eyed
    Scully, sweat beaded on her forehead, seeing her life crumble. I'm
    applauding at my keyboard. 
    
    This script really tapped into one of the "big" themes of the X-Files -
    trust. As the years have passed and the conspiracy against our heroes
    has heightened they have become entrenched, despite their differences,
    in a tightly wound symbiotic relationship. What is Scully's worst
    nightmare now? Thinking Mulder would betray her. Pretty powerful stuff.
    Poor Scully. Who can blame her the paranoia after thinking she heard a
    whispered phone conversation about tapes and herself - and then the
    ultimate betrayal - Mulder and CancerMan smiling and tape swapping. The
    tension in that shocking scene was almost unbearable. The depth that
    Mulder cares about Scully was also obvious. He cares enough to tape the
    first X on his window since "Anasazi" despite how much X repulses him.
    The moment he has in his car, head bowed as if in prayer, before going
    to identify the body was also very telling.
    
    The role reversal between Mulder and Scully was very interesting and
    much more believable than the believer/skeptic switch we've seen
    before. It was funny to hear Mulder seemingly echo all Scully's "It's
    science fiction" lines with "What you're talking about is
    pseudo-science". I hope that it wasn't lost on people that despite her
    mental state this was the an example of an X-File where Scully was
    right, and right from the start. She becomes the obsessed one, staying
    up late to piece things together while Mulder goes to sleep.
    
    More great scenes: Scully compulsively checking ashtrays and acting odd
    as Mulder begins to sense something is wrong - you can see the puzzled
    looks on his face as he starts missing the unspoken communication link.
    Scully in the dark like a betrayed wife dropping even the standard
    "Mulder it's me" and launching directly into the accusing "where are
    you" before crouching to the ground like a cornered animal when he
    arrives. The hospital sequence with an ashamed Scully and understanding
    Mulder. Cute the way he lifted his hands and smiled as he entered. I
    also like her last look in this scene as she senses Mulder is off to do
    something alone that he shouldn't and she can't help him
    
    A few notes on Mrs. Scully. Apparently Mulder is always the bearer of
    bad news as she immediately asks him what is the matter. I've always
    liked the way she refuses to call him Mulder. Fox just sounds right
    coming from her. It is interesting to note that in his conversations
    with her mother he always calls Scully "Dana" as well. We also learn in
    this episode why Scully is such a terrible liar - she got it from her
    mother. No one would believe that "she isn't here" story she was trying
    to feed Mulder.
    
    The pieces are also falling together for the story of X. Frankly, I was
    not surprised at the little revelation at the end. We've always known X
    was not the most above board guy - "One Breath" and especially the end
    of "Soft Light" told us that. After all, Deep Throat was a consortium
    member as well. Despite his appearance as some sort of double agent,
    his motivations and loyalties continue to remain unclear. Is he really
    helping Mulder? Definitely not to be trusted by anyone. Mulder pegs him
    dead on: "You make me risk my life, you risk my partner's life, and you
    never risk your own."
    

>    tension in that shocking scene was almost unbearable. The depth that
>    Mulder cares about Scully was also obvious. He cares enough to tape the
>    first X on his window since "Anasazi" despite how much X repulses him.

Oh, dear.  I suppose the answer to this was in the 1-hr. special, which I 
really wanted to watch to "catch up" on the X-Files history, but I got an 
important phone call right in the middle ...

What did the X taped on the window mean??

    
    The X on the window is how Mulder calles "X".  X is the black man who
    feeds Mulder info.  He has done this since the begining, but he used to
    call "deep throut" before DT got killed.
    
    Lou

    Any comments on the Season Finale ?  I was happy to see
    Roy Thinnes from the old tv series "The Invaders" in this
    X-File final episode....now was he an actual alien or a
    clone?  He had healing powers which led me to believe he was
    a real alien and they slipped in that colonization was imminent
    ....hmmmm  anyone catch more than that from this season end....

Wow. I know I'm going to have to rewatch this episode, but here are just a 
few things that came to me after last night's viewing:

 1.  We've pretty much established that CM and Mrs. Mulder have a "past" 
and that Fox or Samantha may actually be CM's child (a little too much like 
Star Wars, don't you think?). Anyway, CM says that he used to visit the 
Mulder's resort house many times when the children were growing up -- how 
come Fox doesn't remember him from this? Unless he was too young at the 
time or his memories have been altered in some way, maybe??


2.  Did anyone catch the Biblical references in this ep (no, no, I'm not 
starting another religion thread!). "Talitha Cumi," which is what Jesus 
said to the 12-year-old girl he raised from the dead means in Hebrew, 
"Little girl, get up" (or words to the effect). I'm thinking this refers in 
some way to Samantha ... 

Jeremiah was able to heal by laying his hands on people, as Jesus did ... 
is CC trying to say that Jeremiah is the Second Coming of Christ or even 
that Jesus could have been an alien?


As far as nice character moments I adored the first 11:21PM Mrs. Mulder in 
the hospital scene. Not only does Scully make the trek to Rhode Island with 
Mulder, but she lets her bedside manner shine. (Why did she choose a 
medical profession of the dead when she connects so well with the living?) 
It is risky business being a family member to these two, and we see by 
Mulder's grimace as he enters his mother's room that he doesn't have many 
loved ones left. One of the warmest moments this season was in the simple 
exchange of "Thanks" and "You O.K.?" between the friends. Even in the ensuing 
disagreement where Mulder pulls a "do you think it's a leap?" silly theory 
out of his hat, Scully tempers her argument because of his emotional state 
- she refutes quietly and calmly. A great moment for both actors.


Duchovny had a number of big scenes, and I was moved by his weepy bedside 
moment where he brought his mother's hand to his face. Pity Scully wasn't 
there this time to comfort him. The CancerMan confrontation was also well 
done, but frankly Mulder has no follow through when confronting his demons. 
This is the second time he's had him at gunpoint and he walks away after 
losing only a cigarette. Meanwhile back at the ranch, Scully is, as usual, 
doing all the leg work (working well past 11:21) and comes up with all the 
clone pictures - now where has she seen this before? At least those Gregor 
clones had the common sense to use different names. *And* for some really 
unexplainable reason their cell phones suddenly fail them. So, Scully gets 
another alien visit at her house, gets into a who's news is more important 
phone conversation with Mulder, and heads off to meet him alien in tow with 
supposed information about his sister. Morphin shows and we are done for 
the season. Of all the things I am curious about for next year I really 
can't wait to hear what denial they have Scully go through to explain away 
these morphing aliens. They never really dealt with it after "Endgame" so 
now is the time to come clean.

Now time for my take on what is going on. Pure speculation that I hope you 
all feel is backed by what we saw. Apparently Jeremiah was one of the 
original aliens and has spawned a lot of clones, who, for some odd reason, 
all like working for social security. The Might Morphin Bounty Hunter is 
still miffed about the whole clone thing - taking away from the race 
purification and all that - and is out for green blood. X is in it all for 
the power and is doing what he can to usurp CancerMan via polaroids or 
alien weapons or whatever. CancerMan has some connection to Might Morphin 
and can call him in to impersonate Jeremiah - why Morphin agrees to this is 
a mystery to me. CancerMan is haunted a bit by his past but only cracks 
when he finds out he has cancer - duh. Love his denial - "That's a lie" - 
yeah right - you smoke what - 9 packs a day - and expect those lungs to be 
pink? So he makes a deal and sets Jeremiah free in exchange for a roto-
rooter job on his lungs. I guess he can now safely smoke 10 packs a day. We 
also learn that there is some sort of big "colonization day" festivity 
planned and that the date has been set. What happens on that date is yet to 
be determined, but I think it is probably more than a bank holiday.

Here's an interesting twist that I'd like to submit: you think Mrs. Mulder 
knew about the colonization project that Cancerman was talking about?  If 
you think about, evidence can support such a claim: Cancerman knew that Mrs
. Mulder has the alien ice-pick thing-a-ma-bobber in her posession, and Mrs
. Mulder "repressed" everything when confronted by Cancerman at the 
beginning of the show.  If she knows about the project, then she would 
probably know about the mysterious powers of Jerermiah Smith - the palm-
healer - and would instinctively write PALM to her son to force a clue.  It 
may be a stretch when you consider she just had a stroke, but it serves the 
purpose of knowing about the colonization project and the whereabouts of 
the instrument that could bring its ultimate destruction. I know, I know, 
it's a stretch, but we're starting to see that Mrs. Mulder knows a LOT more 
than what she's saying out loud, and this latest entanglement with 
Cancerman is certainly indicative of Mrs. Mulder's increased involvement 
with what's going on.

A few other notes.  Jeremiah Smith's job at the Social Security office 
makes a lot of sense.  I once read a SF book about characters with really 
long lives.  One of them decided that a mid-level position in the 
bureaucracy was a great place to hide. He had control over the records that 
track people. He could assign new ID's to his next personality he would 
assume. That makes sense for the clones. They would all need SS numbers and 
they could also get numbers for other clones.

    
    Luke, I am your father, Luke
    

    
    	I was waiting for that, yes.  We'll see.
    

    
    
    "The X Files" is moving to Sunday night for the next season.
    
    (announced by Fox Tv today, or was it yesterday...)
    

    
    I wonder why they want to move it?  I just hope it is not put on at
    8:00pm (lois and clark night) :-)
    
    Sunday would be better for me, since I go out every fridaynight w/my
    hubby.
    
    Lou

    
    	Friday is better for me, because I go out SUNDAY night.
    
    	8^)
    

    
    Any night doesn't bother me, because I tape every show I
    ever intend to watch just in case I go out that night or
    fall asleep.  :^)
    
    - Sean

    I hope this doesn't happen..the move to Sunday...they must be
    crazee...friday is the best nite   plus Lois & Clark is on Sundays
    Friday's has Always been spook nite  and the X Files should stay
    on Fridays......they've got to be kidding!!

    
    Looks like the season openr is 10/4/96 - here is list of title of
    the shows, but no description yet
    
    "HERRENVOLK"  10/04/96
    "UNRUHE"      10/11/96
    "HOME"        10/18/96
    "TELIKO"
    "THE FIELD WHERE I DIED"
                                  

    -1
    
    Thanks, I have not had time to look into alt.tv-xfiles lately. I saw
    the briefest of teasers for the season premier and it seems to involve
    Mulder's sister. This Summer's re-runs were mostly enjoyable, since
    many kept with teh central theme of the aliens and gummint coverup.
    
    I was debating with a friend over the fate of Alex Krycheck (sp). For
    some reason I don't think we've seen the end of him, and the alien
    ship he was locked up with....well I have a funny feeling that it might
    come up again. 
    
    I hope season 4 is as good as 3; also hope the new Friday night spot
    "The Millenium" is half as good as the X-Files. I assume that X-Files
    will be on Sumday at 9pm, since MWC is moving to Saturday.
    
    ray

    I'm surprised it doesn't start this season on 10/13!

>    I'm surprised it doesn't start this season on 10/13!

10/13 is not a Friday... :-)  (but 9/13 is!)

(And since 10/4 is a Friday, does this mean that it's NOT moving to 
Sundays...?)

-- Nina

Re: .-1

	See note .222 for the connection.

Larry

    I've got a question about last nights episode...but I'll put it behind
    feeders...just in case.
    
    
    Scully gets thrown into the ambulance with/by the mutant then they cut
    to a comercial.  Being male, as soon as the comercial started, so began
    the surfing.  When I finally realized I was missing it, I turned back
    in time, only to see Scully in the car getting ready to go home.  
    
    	What happened in the ambulance?  and Why did she wake to a nose bleed
    at the end?
    
    	Any help would be really really appreciated!
    
    		Jay

    
    Spoilers-
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
     He throws her into the back of the ambulance, shuts the doors and
     starts to come at her with the scapel, saying "I'm sorry but you 
     have something I need", she immediately grasps the implications
     of his statement, he lunges, they get into a struggle, she kicks his a**,
     and boxes his ears with a carged fibrulator. The cancer thing and the
     nosebleed all go back to the episodes regarding her supposed abduction
     and experiments that may have been done on her.
    

>      and boxes his ears with a carged fibrulator. The cancer thing and the


In case you, like I, wonder what the heck a "carged fibrulator" is,
I believe it is more usually seen as a "charged de-fibrillator".  ie,
the paddles they use to shock the heart back into a normal rhythm.

PeterT

    
    Fox:  "We'll take  slice to go" :-) hehehehehehehe
    
    lkp

    
    Good show last night.
    
    I loved  how Mulder took a vacation to find him self, nice choice Fox!
    
    

    
    Gee, I wonder why Dana choose the tatto she did.. snicker,snicker :-)
    
    

    missed this one - programmer error with the vcr....
    
    can someone give a overview?
    
    thanks!
    
    janetb.

    Spoiler space follows:
    
    
    I don't know - I felt this was more of a Millennium episode than an
    X-file. 
    
    The very loose tie-in with the Russian gang did not (for me) qualify as
    an X-file. The my-tattoo-made-me-kill-her story was more of a `guy is
    already at the edge of the abyss and the exotic substance pushes him
    over' story. The only interesting part was Scully actually getting the
    tattoo. When she was getting it put on, we were trying to figure out
    where it was going - I thought it was on one of her cheeks. Other than
    that, this episode was just dark and dreary - more indication that
    Carter has to decide if he wants to do X-Files or Millennium because
    IMO he's not doing either one very well this season. 

>     Gee, I wonder why Dana choose the tatto she did.. snicker,snicker :-)

Hmmm?  Some hidden meaning here I'm missing?  Does Gillian already have
this tattoo, so it was just a means of showing it?  Or Chris Carter?

I just considered the image to be the Worm Oroborus, the snake that eats
it's own tail.  It's a fairly common theme and image.  Basically signifying
an endless cycle.  Is that what you see?

PeterT

    
    The tatto she choose IS the symbol for Millennium, chris charters other
    show on Fox.  Like the X is a symbol of the X-files - the snake is the
    one for Millennium.
    
    

    
    we did see a
    "side of Agent Scully that we've never seen before," but it wasn't the
    sex-crazed over-the-top thing that people were cautious about... it was
    about the repressed, angst-ridden soul.
    
    
    I think that throughout the entire ep, Scully was very
    self-reflective about her own involvement in the X-Files.  She was very
    aware of what she was going through -- noting that she was feeling the
    same tension and dissatisfaction within herself at this point with
    Mulder as she did with her father.
    
    Scully worshipped the sea her father sailed -- as she admired the work
    of "Spooky" Mulder when she joined.  She "rebelled" against her father
    -- just as she (during this ep) was trying to rebel and control herself
    with Mulder.
    
    I think that she's going through classic postmodern angst -- of knowing
    why she feels the urge to rebel, of knowing that everything that she
    believed in has been fractured to some extent, of watching her actions
    from the outside -- yet even armed with this knowledge, she's feeling
    totally incapable resolving it.
    
    People are complaining that Scully was out of character -- I don't
    think
    so.  I've always seen her as a little sad -- a little overwhelmed with
    the choices that she made or was forced to make.  I mean, think about
    it
    -- a woman who completes med school THEN goes into the FBI?  Why did
    she
    do that?  Rebellion against her father?  A choice that she *knew* he
    wouldn't approve of?  Scully projects control and strength; this face
    she builds hides and helps her deal with the subversive storm of
    postmodern angst.
    
    

    
    
    Spoiler info
    
    
    
    
    
    
     This one sort of ties in with what happened in the end of last weeks
     episode and I think will be worked out in next weeks episode.
     It starts with her and Mulder questioning someone, she loses interest 
     and wanders off. Cut to Mulder's office, he's being forced to take
     vacation and wants her to follow up some leads. He thinks it's an
     X-file, she thinks it's an episode of Rocky and Bullwinkle. They
     get into a conversation about the job and personel lives and she's
     having second thoughts about her "path". Meanwhile, a man is
     finalizing his divorce/custody, and goes out, gets drunk and gets s
     tattoo to mark this as a milestone and serve as a reminder. He starts
     to lose control as this female voice antagonizes him. He loses it at 
     work and gets fired from his job (female boss), and eventually kills his
     female neighbor, thinking it's the source of the voice/mocking. 
     Skulley investigates the case Mulder was working on, finds that
     it's nothing but a case of extortion, she runs into Ed while following
     up a lead at the tattoo parlor. Seems he's not happy with his tattoo 
     that he now thinks is the source of the voice. They talk, he asks her
     out she refuses due to an early flight. Mulder calls(from Graceland),
     she's turned the case over to local authorities and there's another
     snippy conversation between the two of them regarding the job. 
     Her flight is canceled, she looks up Ed and they go out, (there's a
     lot of dialogue that's important to the plot between Mulder and her,
     Ed and his tattoo and her and Ed, I'll never remember all of it but it
     explains her motivations and why she gets the tattoo.) Next morning
     cops show up about the missing neighbor, Ed's stepped out to get
     breakfast, Skulley gets some info off regarding some blood they found.
     She does some checking finds out that the blood contained something
     (ergot alkaloid) some sort of parasite or something that's found on
     rye grasses (the tattoo guy mentioned using them in his dyes) and it
     causes psychotic behavior. She tells Ed, who confesses to hearing
     voices but he sort of snaps there's a big struggle, she get's knocked
     out and he drags her to the basement to dispose of her in the furnace.
     She wakes up they struggle again and he tries to get control of his
     mind and ends up sticking his arm in the furnace to kill the tattoo.
     There's another scene at the end between her and Mulder, he's totally
     confused about her attitude of late and the credits run with things
     unresolved between them.
    
     

Tatoo as a symbol for Millenium.  Ahh, I get it.  Don't watch Millenium, so it
doesn't surprise me I didn't get the connection right away.  But it does
ring a bell now that you mention it.  Now when Scully was checking up on
ergot, did anyone else get the impression that ergot was some kind of
parasitic worm or bacteria?  That's what I got from watching her
data base search.  But I know, and just reaffirmed that ergot is a fungus.
Which I suppose one could see as a parasite, but not quite the type
that I imagined.

PeterT

    
    
    The title of last nights show was 'memento mori'. I looked up
    'memento mori' in the ol' dictionary-  the translation of the Latin
    phrase is 'remember that you must die'.  
    
    I was not moved to tears, but this may be the most emotionally powerful
    episode of the entire series. For me, it's by far the most successful
    mythology episode ever. In spite of the presence of the clones, the
    abduction victims, CSM, and the Lone Gunmen, this was a story about
    people. Though filled with intrigue and action (think "the boys" who
    wrote this ep saw "Mission Impossible" a few times), the heart of the
    story was Dana's illness and Fox's absolute devotion to the idea that,
    regardless of what it might require, he would find help for her.
    
    Having read about the improvised (and cut) kiss, which was replaced by
    the hug and kiss on Dana's forehead, I'm of two minds as to whether it
    would have improved or hurt the denoument. Part of me was so impressed
    by
    what was there that I think the blatant romantic implications of a kiss
    on the mouth could have sent the scene too much off course. This is the
    closest he's come to showing he thinks of Dana as more than a partner
    and
    friend, and it should, I think, come out in fits and starts.
    
    Still, if he's trying to help Dana feel stronger, the passion of a
    solid
    buss on the lips might have communicated better exactly how we
    relationshippers know Fox  must feel as he tries to show Dana just how
    much he cares for her.
    
    The opening voice- over by Scully definately
    shows a depth of feeling for Mulder. I loved how Mulder was determined
    to do anything to save her. And Skinner.... he must really care about both
    agents to prevent Mulder from" dealing with the devil" and doing it 
    himself to help Scully. The end when Mulder comforts Scully after Penny's 
    death was so touching. (Very different from last week with all the jibes 
    that were thrown
    around.)  The hug and kiss were more poignant and romantic then
    anything I've seen on tv lately.
    

    .447 reply
    
    RE: momento mori
    I agree with everything you wrote....there were more than a few
    misty eyes watching this one...when said Mulder said to Scully over
    the phone "I'll be right there"  the tone of his voice went right 
    thru me...it revealed his deep emotions for her...
    and Skinner was wonderful as always, the way he took on the devil
    in order to protect Mulder
    I love this show and I wish they would return it to Friday nites
    Millenium is such a violent and depressing atmosphere NOT for
    friday nites....thats the nite you want REAL entertainment to
    kick back and watch some wonderfully awesome characters that can
    only be found on the X-Files... Chris Carter  WAKE UP..!
    
    

    
    For everyone's enjoyment (and this transcript doesn't convey how cute
    GA looked or the sweetness of her laughter at herself... and by the way,
    DD had some amusingly acerbic observations on the lousy lines he was given
    to read as a presenter, but it was terrific to hear him read GA's name as
    the winner of the best female actor in a TV drama series):
    
    I, um, am going to read. This is something that our creator, Chris
    Carter, has written, in something that I'm supposed to perform tomorrow and
    obviously I'm not prepared. Um, "that what can be imagined, can be
    achieved. That you must dare to dream, but there is no substitute for
    perseverance and hard work and team work, because no one gets there
    alone. And while we commemorate the greatness of these events, and the
    individuals who achieve them, we cannot forget the sacrifice of those
    who made these achievements and leaps possible." With that in mind, there
    are a few people that I would like to thank. First and foremost, David
    Duchovny, my cohort in crime. Without you, I wouldn't be here, and,
    uh... [camera cuts to David standing way off to the side, who says: "I
    read your name."] ...You amaze me. Connie Friberg, my manager, without
    whose voice of reason humanity, humility and comic relief I would not
    be standing here today; Michelle Sterne, Peter Levine, Steve Glick, my
    agents, who have been busting their respective bal... butts -- sorry!--
    on my behalf [giggles] and who, uh, gratefully comprehends that no means
    no. Randy Stone, a friend and a genius in my eyes -- he cast the show. And
    last, but certainly not least, our crew. We have been blessed with the
    most creative, hard-working, ballsy -- I said it twice -- collection of
    human beings anyone could dream of having on their team. This is for
    all of you. Thank you.
    

    
     Was the Screen Actors Guild Awards broadcast on regular TV?
    
    Andi
    

    <--- yes... it was shown on Saturday night from 9-11 (NBC, I think)

    
    Would anyone have a tape of it they'd be willing to part with for a 
    few days?
    
    Andi
    

    I missed a moment of the most recent episode, in which a Vietnam vet
    who could "cloud men's minds" was out hunting for generals.
    
    Near the end, Mulder said something something direct line of sight,
    therefore, he's in the car!
    
    What'd he say?
    
    I liked this one better than many this year. Actually I mostly just
    stopped watching the show.
    
    They should have done better in explaining his ability though. "Maybe
    he picked it up in the jungle" was pretty lame.
    
    And what was the widow's bloody eye about?
    
    The new deep cover character (who's with the UN?) is highly easy to
    look at, but probably for that reason not as convincing as her
    predecessors. Too young and glamorous. Although, what the heck.    

>    Near the end, Mulder said something something direct line of sight,
>    therefore, he's in the car!
>    
>    What'd he say?

I can't remember his exact words, but the gist of it was that the guy
(Traeger [sp?]) was only "invisible" if he was in one's direct line of
sight, and there were so many people milling around in that scene that
it was likely that he could be spotted (out of the corner of someone's eye, 
I guess), and that therefore he'd be in the car to be sure of being out of 
everyone's sight and remaining unseen when the general got into the car.
I think.  That's the general impression I got from Mulder's comment, anyway.
It kinda made sense at the time... :-)

-- Nina 

    Just to add a little to it...
    
    	It was a trick they say he may have learned from the VC while a POW. 
    Treager (sp?) was able to stay in someones blind spot well enough to be
    "invisible".   I think the quote telling us so was, (not exact words
    mind you) "Men would claim to see the VC disappear right before their
    eyes."
    
    One of the cooler episodes this year for sure.
    
    	Jay    

    
    I have seen much discussion both for and against of the way Teaguer
    could just disappear.  I believe that it was discussed briefly on the show
    and that possibly Teaguer had learned this from the VC Commandos, as they
    were purported to have this ability as well and Teaguer had been in
    captivity for quite a period of time.
    
    I have also read about this in 'Don Juan's Teachings of the Yaqui
    Indians', as the Yaqui also had this ability to become invisible to 
    anyone in their direct line of vision.
    
    Mulder and Scully I believe had toyed with the idea of a 'blind spot',
    but I can't exactly figure out how that would work, but it sounded
    plausible as
    the girl with the bleeding eye seemed to have suffered such in direct
    response to her experience with Teaguer.  Possibly Teaguer was able to
    alter the actual mechanisms that the eye using in seeing.  Hmmmmmm,
    sounds like an 'x-file' to me!!!
    
    Actually, I kind of liked this ep....and afterall, it's kind of nice
    not to have everything explained ala Scully (scientifically)....!!!
    
    

    
    FWIW:  David/Fox is dating Tea Leoni.  

    
    	What a lucky guy.
    

    
    There is alot of mixed feeling on the net about David dating Tea'. 
    Most of the folks there seem to *hate* her.  I think she's pretty and
    very interesting. I think she'd make a good date for David.  
    
    Lou

    what happend to winona rider  they said on Entertainment Tonite
    a few months ago that he was "in love" with her.....this is all
    drivel  .... they write about something that mite mean absolutely
    nothing at all.....anyone got the Real scoop?

    Was the Max Fenig from last night's episode the same actor from the
    episode described in the previous note?  If yes, is this the first
    connection with him and Muldar since that first season encounter?
    
    NAZZ

    
    Yes it was the same person and yes it is the first connection (that
    I can remember) since the 1st season.  I think that is why they shows a
    repeat from season 1 lastweek.
    
    lou

    News blurb from the radio this morning - seems that one of the airlines
    is advertizing in Great Britain X-file tours of Washington DC. 
    
    Something like  "come over the place where x-file Muldar and scully
    roam". Includes a tour of the FBI building, etc.
    
    Seems it's selling tickets for the airline. the announcer did mention
    it was somewhat ironic since x-files is shot in canada.

"Tempus Fugit" Review
By Autumn Tysko



"Oh promise me this isn't leading to something really embarrassing."

OK, so I'm a little jaded. I've seen enough two part episodes where 
one half so greatly overshadows the other that I'm a bit nervous. I 
enjoyed this episode quite a bit, and I really hope that the follow 
through is there next week to make it a rewarding journey. The 
interesting thing is that this episode didn't really have the feel of 
a mythology episode to it - sure it ended on the requisite "to be 
continued" and had something to do with conspiracies and aliens, 
but it really didn't seem to further the central storyline at all. 
That's fine with me - I've always enjoyed the stand alone episodes 
in this vein. I just found it surprising that the mysteries here didn't 
really seem to have anything to do with the greater mysteries 
that we are always having to puzzle over. Maybe that means part 
two will tie things together nicely. Just kidding.

The mysteries here were very intriguing though - the return and 
subsequent death of Max, the odd abduction of his sister, the 
missing time and watches, and the deadly coverup - not to 
mention Scuba!Mulder's alien adventure. The Max death took 
me by surprise, and I am convinced it is him. The body Mulder 
found had the same strange scars/welts on the cheek and neck 
that we saw in the teaser sequence so I don't think they pulled 
the old switcharoo with this one. I'm very eager to find out just 
what is going on and how the dastardly deeds about to be done 
on the plane tie into the whole UFO thing.

So, it's Sunday night on your birthday between 9 and 10 o'clock 
- how do you spend it? Well, if you're FBI Special Agent Dana 
Scully you've spent your weekend birthday dressed in a work 
suit (probably because you worked all day - either that or it is 
Scully's version of a birthday suit) and you're just catching 
dinner and drinks with the person you're convinced has 
forgotten the significance of the day. These kids don't have 
any other friends do they? Well, at least it was nice to see 
them taking some down time together and having a bit of fun. 
Heck they were actually kind of enjoying themselves. Smiling 
even. How odd. 

I think what I liked the most about this episode was that it 
*was* fun. The unfolding tale couldn't have been timed better 
with the continued focus by the media on TWA 800, and 
there was a playful familiarity to the Mulder/Scully interaction. 
I think the birthday sequence was a true classic, with Scully 
alternately mortified and delighted (so flustered by Mulder's 
surprise that she actually tries to blow out a sparkler) and 
Mulder downright giddy to give her the gift that obviously meant 
a lot to him. The significance of the key chain to Mulder and 
why it reminds him of Scully I'm sure we will learn later, but 
Apollo 11 was one of the most important moments in space 
exploration. Who can blame her for being afraid of the present 
- after all this was the guy who gave her "Superstars of the 
Superbowls". It's nice to know they can joke about alien 
implant earrings after all they've been through. Still, one can't 
help but wonder what sort of Christmas gifts she has had to 
endure from him over the years to cause that look of panic 
when he hands her a gift.

There were certainly other fun elements - I'm usually not 
one for car chases, but that game of chicken with the jet 
was something to behold as they are all terrified they aren't 
going to make it. Then there is that vintage X-Files sequence 
with Mulder spouting off alien abduction theories to a room 
full of strangers while Dana "you sure know how to make a 
girl feel special on her birthday" Scully ducks her head and 
tries melt into the wall behind her. Only Mulder would say 
"I'm hesitant to speculate" after all that. How funny. Scully 
even gets the chance to suck the winds right out of Mulder's 
sails when she tells him Max's body has been found. I also 
enjoyed that great UFO sequence that behaved in such a 
way to give one shades of "Deep Throat", and, of course, 
Mulder finding the alien body in a craft that looked like it was 
made from disco glitter ball material. I can't wait to hear 
him tell Scully that story.

On a production note I can't go without mentioning the 
amazing work that went into recreating that crash scene. 
It was huge and for someone who travels a lot truly chilling. 
This one cost a bit more to produce and it definitely shows 
on the screen. The effects were very cool and the episode 
just had a "big" feel to it. It makes me wonder what magic 
they will be able to pull off in the feature film. That ought to 
be something.

Until then, I have to say I'm really looking forward to next 
week for hopefully more good old X-Files fun.

Random Musings
------------------------


-By virtue of the birthday reference we can time stamp this 
episode as happening in the Feb 23 - 26 time frame.

-So, maybe sensitive Mulder is going to stick around for a 
while - not only did he remember Scully's birthday for the 
first time in four years, but he actually asks permission to 
split up rather than just ditching her. Heck, he even waved 
goodbye to her plane. The polite ditch. How un-Mulder.

-Poor Pendrell. He finally is loaded enough to work up his 
nerve to make a move on the girl and he is literally shot 
down. Did anyone else think that Scully should have at 
least given Pendrell mouth to mouth so he could die happy?

-So, the "birthday girl" drink is a Coors Light? I would've 
thought at least a margarita.

-Anyone care to enlighten us on the difference between 
the red and yellow flags at the crash site?

-I want to fly X-Files Air! Not only does it have flights 
to where you want to go when you want to go there (and 
an amazing shuttle between DC and the Vineyard), but 
it has the widest aisle I've ever seen and so much room 
between rows - if only the planes didn't seem to always 
have a murder on board or go down so often I'd have a 
ton of X-Frequent Flyer miles.


-Where is it that Mulder and Scully are staying this time 
that is so backwards that when he dials her number he 
actually has to dial. Good luck trying to hook the trusty 
laptops up to the phones there!


-You're a fashion conscious FBI team. It's 4:02AM. You 
need to catch a charter flight and be at the scene of the 
crash by 5:52AM. What do you do? Why change clothes of 
course! Who wants to wear that old suit when you can put 
on something fresh to tromp through mud and body parts. 
You wouldn't be caught dead in those ugly yellow protective 
suits either. Fashion first!

-Nice reference back to the pilot episode: "Do you remember 
the last time you were missing nine minutes?" Clearly she 
does.

"Max" Review
By Autumn Tysko

    
    
"Mulder, what are these people dying for? Is it for the truth 
or for the lies?"

"It's got to be for the truth. If we owe them anything it's to 
make sure of that."

Sometimes, like Scully, I wonder what these people are dying 
for, and frankly, I'm not as convinced as Mulder that it is for the 
truth. The X-Files' death toll rises again in its most gratuitous 
example yet, and I've yet to figure out a reason. Pendrell knew 
too much? Yeah right. We don't have enough Scullyangst with 
dead family members and terminal brain cancer? Sure. Fine. 
Whatever. My bet is either the writing staff is just plain sadistic 
(after all even pets aren't safe), or they created a character that 
they just didn't know what to do with and fell back on the old 
"death to up the stakes" ploy they've only used - what? - five 
times now? Find a new trick guys because an otherwise good 
episode was marred by this. For the record, I'm not some huge 
Pendrell fan who will be weeping over his passing (though I 
always thought Brendan Beiser did a delightful job making 
the Scully-smitten Pendrell into a memorable character with 
relatively little screen time). What I am is a fan of innovation and 
clever writing - something I usually find on this show.

Now, despite starting off this review with a rather lengthy 
complaint, I want to reiterate that I did like this episode - it 
was a solid conclusion to an interesting two parter that for 
once didn't feel compelled to wrap itself in the confusing mytharc 
episode shroud of cigarettes, oiliens, and one-armed bandits. 
Though sometimes after I watch episodes like these the biggest 
question I have is why Mulder and Scully don't get brain damage 
from beating their heads against the wall repeatedly. I was struck 
by Max's video and how it, in a way, seemed to express so 
much of the struggle we have seen on the show from a different 
perspective. He speaks of finding proof for the skeptics and 
describes the conspiracy of government, aliens, FBI, and military 
we have come to know even tieing in the use of alien technology by 
the military. It's a credit to Scott Bellis that as we watch this goofy 
recitation that the truth sinks in. Mulder is lucky that when he says 
things like this it doesn't sound half as crazy or Scully really 
would have to worry about him being committed. 

Another great episode for Gillian Anderson, the master of subtle 
emotion. The mixture of guilt and sadness she shows at the death 
of the colleague they took for granted is nicely portrayed. Also, I 
won't have to continue my CancerWatch countdown as we are finally 
given a sign (and learn that Scully now always carries a tissue in 
her pocket). I liked the way in which this was done. Scully sternly 
ordering the paramedics that Pendrell is "not going to die" as the 
signs of her own mortality show. That little moment Anderson gives 
us as she sees the blood and the thoughts flicker across her face 
was brilliant. The ensuing scene with Skinner was also nicely 
executed. I've always enjoyed the mileage that Pileggi and Anderson 
get out of their moments together - they are layered with a subtext 
of affection, respect, defiance and authority. There is almost a 
parent/child feel to this one as Scully is "caught" having a nosebleed 
with Skinner hinting about pulling her out of the field as her eyes get 
just ever so slightly teary and she tells him (and us) in typical Scully 
fashion that she is fine.

We do get some interesting insights into the ever complex 
relationship between Mulder and Scully this episode as well. It isn't 
often that Scully shares her thoughts on Mulder or their partnership 
and she does it freely this episode. It seems that cancer has made 
Scully more philosophical as she has tended to wax poetic of late. She 
tells us she sees Mulder and Max as similar: "Men with spartan lives 
simple in their creature comforts if only to allow for the complexity of 
their passions".  Despite walking behind Mulder and Millar with a less 
than amused look on her face while Mulder tells his "whopper" she 
admits that it is a good story. Then, of course, we get the riddle of 
the key chain. Mulder and Scully staring into the night sky in their 
"play clothes" while Scully, in my estimation, does a pretty good job 
of nailing why Mulder gave her that gift - I think his typical Mulder 
deflective response to when she gets too close emotionally 
reinforces that she is right. It isn't just a "pretty cool key chain".

I neglected in last week's review to mention Mark Snow's superb 
score for this two parter, so let me do it now - that wonderful 
tinkling theme was perfect. I also have to once again praise 
the special effects for this outing - those abduction scenes with
the floating in the light were eerie, and, to tell the truth, as a frequent 
traveler the people being sucked out of the plane were some of 
the most frightening things I've ever seen on this show. Kudos for 
great execution in these sequences to all involved.

Random Musings
------------------------

-I know I shouldn't have been laughing at the dramatic shootout 
at the Headless Woman Pub, but seeing Scully shove Army-Boy to 
the ground and then tell Pendrell with the sucking chest wound "I'll 
be right back" caught me as funny. I'm sure Pendrell was thinking 
"It's OK Dana, whenever you can get around to me will be fine". After 
all, part of his fantasy did come true - Scully did take off his shirt 
and tie while telling him she wanted to celebrate her birthday with 
him. Too bad she was splattered by his blood at the time.

-While all that green water effect was cool, it was pretty hard to 
tell what the heck was going on in the Scuba!Mulder section. I was 
just amazed that a guy with no Scuba experience managed to 
get off his tank and weight belt in a hurry and then pop to the 
surface in total disregard to safety precautions.

-Pretty boy Mulder does have all the luck though - not only does 
he not get that lovely scuba mask face welt, but despite the fact 
that everyone else exposed to the radiation gets the ugliest 
boils on their faces this side of "F. Emasculata" Mulder gets 
a few dainty bumps easily covered by his Season 4 bangs.

-Mulder, it seems, has no qualms about getting undressed in 
front of Scully. However, the ever modest St. Scully turns 
discreetly away even though she's seen him in his underwear 
(though not those scary military issue pale lime green things)
before - no doubt so as not to give the guard the wrong 
impression. I wonder if they did that strip just to make all that 
obligatory Scully exposition more interesting.

-One thing I've always enjoyed about the two-parters is when 
they have to repeat a bit of time they tend to use different 
camera angles thus giving us a fresh look at the events.

-That said, in another X-Fileish occurrence, Agent Scully 
fires one shot in "Tempus Fugit", but in the re-edited version 
this week fires two - hitting the wall and the shooter's leg. 
I'm not going to comment on her aim as I know she is a good 
shot. She was just a bit off because Pendrell was busy dying 
in her way.

-So, the ever-bright FBI Agent Scully, who is trained to be 
observant didn't even know Pendrell's first name? I don't think 
so. Somehow I believe in all the time she'd spent with him and 
at his lab she'd be able to read a nameplate or his badge. I 
think it's the writers who didn't know his name. Is the same 
thing going to happen to Mrs. Mulder eventually when they 
return to the tired kill-a-character well again? Mulder: "Gee, 
I don't know, I just always called her Mom."

-I don't know why Mulder was all concerned about the 
missing few minutes on his watch. He should have been 
more surprised at the way he and Scully were able to suddenly 
leap into the future as the date on his watch read March 8 
and when the episode started it was the early AM of February 
26th.

-I thought the use of Soul Coughing's "Unmarked Helicopters" 
in this episode was great - I've always thought the song 
epitomized the struggle of Mulder & Scully (she even cracks 
a slight smile when she hears it). Plus, it's my favorite on "Songs 
in the Key of X" along with the Sheryl Crow tune (which always 
reminds me of a song Scully might play if she was ever sitting 
around alone in her apartment having a beer and throwing herself 
a pity party).

-Mulder's work phone number: 202-555-2350.

-Amongst the hilarious photos and clippings adorning Chateau 
Max I caught the following headline (complete with photo): 
"Giants from outer space take robot for walkies in Russian park".

-Another note on Air-X: since when does a flight attendant take 
your coat to hang up in coach. I must be flying the unfriendly 
skies myself...

-I don't even want to see Mulder's GTE SkyPhone bill after he 
leaves the phone off the hook. Have fun trying to expense that 
one pal.

-In a true testament to her vast skill as an actress, Gillian 
Anderson actually manages to give a completely new reading 
to "Mulder, it's me. Where are you?" despite having said this 
line in various ways approximately a kabillion times over four 
years. Where is Mulder? Why in front of the Lariat rent car 
counter of course!

-I bet Grumman's isn't too thrilled by the like-sounding 
"Cummin's" as the evil aerospace company.

-Watching that other female agent run down the jet way in 
pumps certainly has give me an appreciation at how effortless 
Gillian makes it look.

Autumn
"He needs to be intubated immediately"

"Unruhe" Review
By Autumn Tysko

    
"I see now the value of such insight. For truly to pursue monsters 
we must understand them. We must venture into their minds. Only 
in doing so we risk letting them venture into ours."

In last week's "Teliko" we had a weak conglomeration of old 
X-Files ideas and episodes. This one really made it look bad 
in comparison. Yes, Vince Gilligan shows us, there are still new 
ideas to pursue in X-Files Monster of the Week episodes. When 
they are well done the audience will more than forgive a somewhat 
standard formula. Sure, Scully is abducted for what? The sixth 
time? And yet, he never seems to let her become the stereotypical 
victim during her reacquaintance with duct tape. When she 
wanders alone into the construction site because Mulder has run 
off on her - despite the fact that she has the best lead - she does 
not fall victim. Instead she calmly hangs up on Mulder (which I 
must admit I loved) and confronts and arrests the towering Goliath. 
Even though I knew that Mulder was going to pull a photo of Scully 
out of that photomat booth the moment still worked. The episode 
contained enough twists that I easily forgave any indiscretions. It 
was moody and, more importantly, used the characters in an 
integral way to the story.

Scully literally and figuratively drives this episode, and gives the 
talented Gillian Anderson another chance to let us glimpse at 
Scully's soul. I was quite interested in the whole effect of these 
events on Scully's psyche. "I have no unrest!" she yells at Gerry 
in German, but we can easily recognize this as another great Scully 
lie. Oh Dana, you've got oodles of unrest, and the audience isn't 
the only one who can see it. You've been chasing the monsters 
too long now and it is taking its toll. The moment in the interrogation 
where Gerry (wonderfully played by Pruitt Vince) who has been 
literally shifty eyed and nervous suddenly fixes on her with 
realization and states "You look troubled" engaging Scully in an 
oddly hypnotic stare down was chilling. This episode proves an 
interesting counterpoint to last season's "Grotesque" - Mulder's 
embracing of the killer's mind versus Scully's angry disinterest. 
She is clearly bothered by this case - visibly wincing at every 
description of the use of the ice pick - and yet wants to dig no 
further. The juxtaposition of a pondering Mulder still trying to 
get to the bottom of unruhe, howlers, and the photos after 
finding the second victim versus Scully's "What the hell does it 
matter?" says it all. She doesn't want to go there.

And yet, she has to. You've got to know that abductions of 
women and the fact that she once again falls victim must shake 
her to the core. Her denial of her own fears has always been a 
driving character point with Scully. These emotional layers take 
this well beyond just another "Scully in Jeopardy" type episode.
We see the terror in her eyes as she realizes the situation and 
tries desperately to escape, and yet with Gerry she calmly 
prolongs her life by talking with him and empathizing with him 
about his pain and guilt concerning his family tragedy. This 
allows Scully to buy Mulder time and instead of becoming 
another flannel nightgown wearing sister substitute that he 
can "save" she is spared. Perhaps it was the end that struck 
me the hardest, as we move from a shaken and quiet Scully 
escaping her confines to what may be one of the saddest 
and most effective voice over moments on the show - a clearly 
depressed Scully, hair mussed, and glasses slightly askew 
typing in the dark about her encounter.

The X-File itself - the "Thought-O-Graphs" was an interesting 
twist, though it did lead to some downright superhuman logical 
leaps in Mulder's mental process. From gazing at a surrealistic 
photo the amazing Mulder can get that the killer looms and 
means to pass judgement like a God. Then, even more 
incredibly, links six fingers to tombstones. They don't call him 
"Spooky" for nothing. The actual process of what was creating 
them - Gerry's nightmares - or a glimpse into the future was 
left a bit up in the air.

Some great visuals in this episode from director Rob Bowman. 
The photos themselves were very artistic - even the shocking 
death of the officer was stunningly done. The stilt-legged 
chase scene was a unique twist, and the stark dark trailer 
with the dentist chair eerie.

This episode may have had one of the more amusing SRE 
(Scully Rational Explanation) moments that I can remember. 
We had Scully spouting off one of her more ridiculous 
theories about heat and expired film that by the end even she 
knows is stupid with Mulder giving her just enough rope to 
hang herself on it. Quite funny to see her just stop in mid 
stride as she hears herself. Actually, their interplay of ideas 
was quite comical on the whole as she tries to figure out 
where he is going and then he tries to hedge the argument 
he knows is coming with "What if ... what if". They know 
how the game goes now and seem to be trying to find new 
ways to amuse themselves with it.

Random Musings
------------------------

-Retread Alert. Officer Trott was a Doctor in "Fallen Angel".

-The date stamp on Scully's report matches the original air 
date for this episode: October 11, 1996.

-Initially I thought to express my incredulity at Scully's ability 
to still speak and understand German when after 4 A-student 
years of spanish I can only seem to remember "Juan es un 
muchacho", but then I remembered my brain is walnut size 
compared to Scully. Heck, I bet she even rents "Das Boot" 
every so often and just plays it as background to keep up 
on the language.

-I really liked the scene during the PET scan with that 
otherworldly sounding "unruhe ... unruhe" coming over the 
speaker as they discovered the failed transorbital lobotomy.

-Apparently they are tired of the "Scully never gets to drive" 
whining as it appears to be equal opportunity thus far this 
year.

-Is it just me or do our heroes seem a bit trigger happy 
this season? They're shooting these folks left and right 
so far.

-Didn't you love the way Scully managed to draw her gun 
before entering "twilite sleep" so very artfully arranged.

-Another great guilt-o-graph for the Mulder scrapbook. 
He can put this lovely photo of Scully next to that trunk 
shot he has. 

    
    	Gillian Anderson recorded a "lead-in" line for WAAF ... I heard it
    	this morning.
    

    
    Kevin of WAAF is a HUGE Xfiles fan.  We've spoken alot over the net
    taking about Xfiles.  
    
    Louisa

"Synchrony" Review
By Autumn Tysko

    
    
"In case you've forgot that's from your own graduate thesis. 
You were a lot more open minded when you were a youngster."

I remember reading an interview with Chris Carter years ago 
when he wisely mentioned that he would never do an episode 
about time travel, then again he also has said that there would 
be no Mulder/Scully romance and well... ( I know, I know - we'll 
talk about that next week). Anyway, back to this week (though 
it seems the "Small Potatoes" preview may overshadow most 
conversation about "Synchrony", I'm going to now block out 
that red wine drinking, sweater clad picture of St. Scully with 
Mulder or fauxMulder or Darin Mulder or whoever swooping in). 
OK, I think I've done it. Now, where were we? Oh yes, X-Files 
does "Back to the Future" or the Frosty the Freezinator.

New staffer and producer David Greenwalt offers his first script 
in conjunction with Howard Gordon. A script which seemed to 
be big on the stage directions "Scully scowls" and "Scully 
purses her lips" as that was most of what we got from Scully 
this episode. (Someone really needs to warn her when she 
does that all the time that if we learned *anything* this episode
it was that your face *can* freeze that way). Despite the fact 
that X-Files has stayed away from this time travel topic for so 
long, Greenwalt and Gordon appeared ready to tackle it armed 
with Dana Scully's *senior* (not graduate boys, rewatch the 
pilot and learn - I hear it's available on tape) thesis as their 
backing. Supposedly, if Scully once said it was theoretically 
possible (with caveats of course) - even if she doesn't believe 
it now it -it makes the concept more plausible? Heck, now I'm 
confused.

On the whole, while I didn't find this X-Files outing dull or 
stupid, it was, despite a few great moments pretty darn average. 
Just one of those episodes where the dynamic duo don't do 
much besides bumble around firmly grounded in their respective 
roles. In the end a number of people have died, the "monster" 
wasn't scary - just sad, nothing was really solved, the future 
will still no doubt play out in that depressing "world without 
history, a world without hope" scenario, and all we are really 
left with is the knowledge that Mulder has memorized Scully's 
"Einstein's Twin Paradox: A New Interpretation" thesis and 
has been waiting for years to use it against her - much to her 
chagrin. When, in looking for highlights you think things like 
"Gee, Mulder looked pretty cute wearing that pencil" or have 
to consider "And if your sister is your aunt and your mother 
marries your uncle then you'd be your own grandpa" the 
episode's Scullyism it is slim pickings.

I did enjoy greatly, as usual, Mark Snow's score with the 
spiraling woodwind sound. I did think that the "Oh my God, 
he's on fire" only to have it become true literally was quite 
well done (so to speak). And, sports fans - for the record - 
that's just about as much shock as you ever see in Scully's 
face - of course Mulder looks merely fascinated. I did enjoy 
some of the banter (but then again I always do) - especially 
"OK, so this photo that was never taken - when was it never 
taken?". I did enjoy Scully being so taken aback by Mulder's 
theory that she could only repeat an incredulous "What?" I 
did think it was funny to watch how Scully thought it was 
pretty darn low of Mulder to try to use her own theories against 
her. However, all those things do not a great episode make. 
In this case they made an OK episode.

-Hiro Kanagawa, who played the doomed Dr. Yonechi, died 
another horrible death in "Firewalker". He's one retread that 
certainly has got to do some pretty intense death scenes.

-Speaking of cast members, perhaps the biggest mystery is 
why in the heck did FOX put out an official press release 
saying Charles Nelson Reilly was in this episode?

-So Lucas in the teaser was definitely not having a "lucky" 
day - he's hit by a bus advertising a lottery because an illegally 
parked car (ticket and all) blocks the driver's view while his 
colleague is desperately warning him. That is destiny.

-I can't help but be a bit disappointed that despite Scully 
calling Mulder several times she never gets to say "Mulder, 
it's me". "Where are you?" just isn't the same without it.

-That computer simulation of the deep freeze agent named it 
"Compound X".

-Bone-headed Moose move of the week: Mulder takes a fire 
extinguisher and breaks a big hole in the glass so he can 
peer through it instead of using that same fire extinguisher 
in his hands to perhaps put out the fire that is burning two 
people to death. Nah, much more interesting just to watch.

-I'm a little confused by the "I was 23 when I wrote that" line, 
as I think it sort of throws off the Scully time frame we've 
had to concoct in order to get her through college, med 
school, residency, FBI training, and working at Quantico 
by the time she joins the X-Files in March of 1992 (from the 
pilot episode) at the age of 28. Plus, she should have gotten 
her undergraduate physics degree at age 21 or 22.

-Surely Mr. Frosty from the future would know that deleting 
files off a computer at a major university wouldn't amount to 
anything. They do have a thing called backups at places 
like MIT.

-So, Mulder, who has a cell phone and knows how to use 
it, tells the guy he just sprung on bail for murder to go tell 
Scully something instead of just calling her? I think 
maybe without Scully around Mulder just wanted to tell 
someone what to do.

-So what are the amazing healing powers of the 
mysterious yellow bath? Personally, my Mom always 
warned me against stuff like that.

-Even though Scully firmly declares "This isn't gonna 
work" she is still the first to glance at the monitor for 
a heartbeat. Anyone else surprised at the second 
defreeze scene given how the first little experiment 
turned out? Did they just decide to blow off melting the 
campus policeman?

-I had to laugh at Scully's comment ("I'm not sure if living 
is a word I'd use on this place") about the hotel room as 
it really didn't look that much worse than some of the 
places they've stayed.

-Evidence of tachions? Someone call the Federation 
it's time to get to work on that Tachion Pulse!


NOTE: Folks, I'm off on a much needed vacation tomorrow, 
so I'm sorry to say (well not really as I'm going to Maui) that 
my "Small Potatoes" review *will* be late. It'll probably see 
the light of day sometime Tuesday or Wednesday. 

[from Mercury Mail NEWSpot, www.merc.com]

*** Fox conspires on 'X-Files' movie

Twentieth Century Fox is finally putting "X-Files: The Movie" into
high gear. After months of negotiations, David Duchovny has agreed to
the upfront money (said to be around $4 million) but has yet to close
his profit-sharing deal with the studio, sources said. The project has
no set start date as yet. The story of the Chris Carter-scripted film
project is under wraps. The studio recently closed a deal for Rob
Bowman, who is a producer and director on the TV series, to direct.

    Last nights episode was hilarious!
    
    Possible spoiler ahead:
    
    
    	David Duchovney (sp?) was a riot playing a goof ball type role.
    Even before he was being "cloned" by Eddie.  The part in the lab with
    the tail breakin' off!  Good to see a little more humor in this show.
    
    
    	Jay

"Small Potatoes" Review
By Autumn Tysko

    
    
"How would this happen?"
"Birds and the bees and the monkey babies, Mulder."

I don't care how the hell it happened, but I wish it would happen a whole lot
more often. Deep in the dreary and dire tail end of this season of bees,
brain cancer, and bleeding tattoos we have been given a gift sorely missed
this season by writer Vince Gilligan - a Darin Morgan episode. Darin may have
left us this year, but Vince figured out a way to bring him back as an actor
(and he does a great job of playing this loser with the ability to "make
faces") in this wickedly funny classic episode of The X-Files. A true gem on
the show's writing staff with a knack for knowing just how to involve Mulder
& Scully in the story, Vince has proven himself as adept at writing a story
that has us rolling in laughter as those that tear at your heart. I also have
to thank Mr. Gilligan for once again giving a nod to continuity and actually
having Mulder and Scully acknowledge that they have seen this morphing
ability before instead of just ignoring that fact as they so often do.

I'm glad that Vince remembered that Mulder isn't the only funny one too - one
of the things I always enjoy is the opportunity for Scully to show a sense of
humor. Her chiding of Mulder (starting in the car  with "So, uh, so what else
about this interests you? Could it be .. uhhhh... visitors from space?") and
her ability to rattle off a Mulder theory as good as he can ("Scully, should
we be picking out china patterns or what?") were a welcome treat. However,
this show is clearly Duchovny's and boy does he run with it. From the moment
Faux Mulder stuck his head out of the bathroom and said "It's a clear" what
was clear is that we were in for a treat. 

Given only a tie to tell them apart, Duchovny expertly creates Eddie as Faux
Mulder. It is a delightful discovery when the audience first realizes what is
going on (though on second viewing it is clear from the moment "Mulder"
enters the girl's room that it is indeed Eddie). So while the real Mulder is
busy breaking the tail off of Scully's little science experiment and planning
a quick exit before she can notice, Faux Mulder is running around with a
truly dorky picture of himself hoping his high school sweetheart would admit
he wasn't a total dweeb. As Faux Mulder leaves Real Mulder locked in a hole
with a Perk Cola, sandwich, and an apple the real fun begins. He whines "I'm
sorry", closes the case, and tries his best to impersonate an FBI agent (even
if he can't spell it). In Skinner's office you see him trying to mimic
Scully's posture and then he awkwardly taps her on the shoulder as he begins
his plan.

The office scene and the scene at Mulder's apartment were truly something.
There were fish in the fish tank for a change and even Faux Mulder wondered
"Where the hell do I sleep?" From bad basketball batting to cheese steak
loving geeks for friends and a porno hot line that calls him (more continuity
using the Marty Mulder alias he used in "3" - thanks again Vince) I was
laughing all the way. Scully's not the only one with no life in this duo, and
Eddie is right - they both need to live a little.

Director Cliff Bole had a successful outing for his first episode with the
show, and the supporting performances were just plain fun. I especially
enjoyed Christine Cavenaugh's whacked out Star Wars groupie, Amanda Nelligan
- her scenes were laughing out loud funny. Though she is famous for her voice
work I think this shows that she ought to get time in front of the camera
more often. The initial interview with her was hilarious as Mulder bails
right after she started singing and Scully can barely contain herself at the
ludicrous nature of the case.

Okay, sports fans time to talk about "The Scene". I've got to admit, though I
found it quite entertaining to watch I was left with feeling "Poor Scully" at
the end. I think the question of whether or not Scully has ever entertained
unpartnerlike thoughts about Mulder has been pretty much answered. Kudos to
Gillian Anderson for playing this all so very believably. Our girl Scully has
yet another exciting Friday night planned for herself -now that she no longer
has a dog to wash she is torn between the thrill of finishing her monograph
for "Penology Review" on that riveting topic of "Diminished Acetylcholine
Production in Recidivist Offenders" or pouring over autopsy results of a
quicklimed monkey man. So Casual!Scully sits alone when Faux Mulder shows up
bottle of wine in hand sporting a goofy grin. Scully is immediately wary,sure
something is wrong, but goes with it giving Mulder curious sidelong glances
as she opens the wine. Eddie Van Blundht was right when he said "maybe I got
personality" - what he has figured out is how to master these situations and
give women what they want. I bet Scully has wanted to "really talk" to Mulder
for a long long time, so a bottle of wine, firelight, romantic music, a
little bonding with a pumper-truck prom story, and three shakes of a
monkey-man's tail later Scully is perhaps thinking that she's only had two
bad dates in four years and she's only got so long to live, so what the hell
- why not. The vulnerable way she quietly says "I like it" and that beautiful
moment of realization Gillian gives us as Scully watches the Mighty Morphin
Panty Raider * move in for the kiss complete with a soft nervous sigh was
wonderfully done. Like I said, poor Scully. Oh well, Action!Mulder is there
to break up the party and the door (does he not have a key?) so all that is
sacred is safe in X-Files land. No kiss, but UST for miles. Mulder and Scully
are back to not "really" talking until Mulder, while not a loser according to
Scully, can perhaps find a little bit of Eddie in himself.

*As much as I'd like to take credit for Mighty Morphin Panty Raider, I must
thank Sister Nina the Remotely Plausible for coining that one.

Random Musings
-------------------------
-Retreads (and there were lots): The black nurse was the maid in "Our Town"
and a train clerk in "Nisei". The Doctor with the PCRs was one of the evil
PTA members in "Die Hand" and also in "Born Again" as the little girl's
doctor. The security guard wearing his pants around his ankles could be seen
in "Blessing Way", and of course, not that you'd recognize him, but Darin
Morgan was the flukeman from "The Host" under all that latex.

-X-Files once again concocts its favorite tabloid "The World Weekly Informer"
- and in addition to that great "Monkey Babies Invade Small Town ... Did West
Virginia Women Mate With Visitors From Space?" headline and classic photo we
had "Michael Jackson Held Captive By Exotic Pets", "ETAP Bigshot Busted"
(which I would assume was a joke at one of the show's cameramen or
cinematographers), and last but not least an exclusive by the Stupendous
Yappi.

-Hmmm. So just what was about to happen on good little catholic girl Scully's
prom date when the sirens started going off? After all Marcus was the 12th
grade love of her life...

-So how does one become impregnated by Luke Skywalker?  "He dropped by my
apartment one day and one thing sort of lead to another..." - Sounds like
standard moves for Eddie. Could've been Scully saying this.

-Nice to have an episode chock full of *plausible* Scully Rational
Explanations (SREs) - she was doing all the medical grunt work to solve this
right along with Mulder, and her explanations of events were logical and
possible. The Rohypnol rape and the medial reasons for the tails were both
quite good.

-I don't know if Scully's wearing shorter heels these days, or if it was just
all the walking shots, but the height difference was really apparent this
episode - perhaps highlighted by Duchovny having to bend himself awkwardly to
even fit under that umbrella.

-Speaking of the umbrella, the weather sure did change from the rainy car to
the porch where the sun shines brightly.

-I loved the way the silent "H" fell off the side of the house when Mulder &
Scully were at the door.

-Yet another great moment. Mulder opening a door to large crashing and
clanging then yelling "I'm alright". Scully: "What?"

-That was a heck of a flying tackle and a great slide attached to snag the
perp by Action!Mulder.

-So did this thing get a TV-14 just for a few swear words and a plumber's
butt scene? That's pretty mystifying to me.

-It's funny the games they play to amuse themselves, but really... Eleanor
Roosevelt? Mulder was right to amend the rules after that one.

-It's no wonder Eddie turned out so strange - just look at his house. Dad the
Monkey Man on the wall. Old copies of Glimpse magazine with "The Tale of a
Tail" stacked around, TVs on top of TVs, and velour lamp shades for crying
out loud.

-Ah, a pathologist and her power tools - plus yet another entry in the Scully
fashion headgear for autopsies. 

-A headline from Mulder's wall: "Dead Horse Riddle Sparks UFO Buffs".

-We finally have an address for Mulder: 42-2630 Hegal Place, Alexandria, VA
23242. And we know his driver's license will expire 3-31-99. 

-The last shot shows someone swabbing the floors wearing the same outfit we
just saw Eddie in... hmmm...

Autumn
"Did he have a light saber?"

    
    This is a review from USA Today
    
'X-Files' lets some light peak through

Some weeks The X-Files is so scary, it's funny.

Sunday night, it was so funny it was scary.

The inspired episode introduces us to Eddie Van Blundht (the "h" is
silent), who was born with a tail. With an "anomalous muscle structure"
that lets him morph into anyone's image, this hopelessly romantic freak of
nature calls attention to himself by impregnating women while impersonating
their impotent husbands. The babies all sport tails.

Which is strange enough, but the episode (by Vince Gilligan) achieves
classic status in its hilarious last half, after blobby Eddie assumes the
handsome visage and trim figure of Agent Mulder (David Duchovny).

With Eddie inhabiting Mulder, Duchovny gets to loosen up for a change as
the playful invader flashes his badge (in a "You talkin' to me?" homage to
Taxi Driver) and sardonically surveys Mulder's monklike existence: "This is
where my tax dollars go?" and "Where the hell do I sleep?" are among his
reactions.

In the grand finale, he arrives at Scully's (Gillian Anderson) doorstep,
bearing wine and a big grin, attempting a seduction and even a kiss until
the real Mulder breaks in. Anderson's creeped-out double take is an
absolute scream.

Files philes will surely appreciate the significance of casting Darin
Morgan as Eddie. Morgan first appeared on the show as the loathsome
sewer-dwelling "Flukeman" in a 1994 hair-raiser and went on to write some
of the more memorable and whimsical adventures, winning an Emmy last year
for the episode that featured Peter Boyle as a psychic.

Morgan will be long remembered for Eddie's parting shot, behind bars, to
Mulder: "I was born a loser, but you're one by choice." Maybe so, but the
episode was a hands-down winner.

By Matt Roush, USA TODAY

  
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    I seem to be the only one who found the ending of this episode so
    annoying that it's taken the whole series down a few notches for me. 
    Oh, well, everyone's in the minority about something.
    
    DFW

    
    What was wrong with the ending?  I thought it was perfect.  It was a
    show we could get into the people (fox and dana).  We now know that
    Dana wouldn't mind getting to know her partner more :<)
    
    and as Fox said "I'm no Eddie"  
    
    Meaning he has no life - and it looked like dana wanted to say
    "yea, your not, and why couldn't you be an Eddie once in awhile"? :-)
    
    It's a classic right up their with "Clyde Berkman" 
    
    Lou

    
    I thought Scully's behavior when Eddie-as-Mulder arrived was completely
    out of character for her.  I thought she should have copped to it much,
    much earlier than she did.  And why didn't Mulder, as soon as he was
    out from the locked closet or whatever it was, call Scully to tell her
    what happened?  Because they wanted that teaser.  Blech.
    
    But of course, having it annoy me means very little in the scheme of
    things.         
    
    DFW

"Elegy" Review
By Autumn Tysko

    
    
"I saw something, and I don't know what to trust."

Well, despite the numerous rewrites, this episode did say "Written By
John Shiban", so I suppose I will have to trust that. Let me be the first 
to congratulate Mr. Shiban on his dramatic and marked improvement 
over his last two outings. He has finally realized that Mulder and 
Scully are more important than the supporting players in The X-Files, 
and has written them with the intriguing emotional baggage that is at 
the core of the better episodes. Unfortunately, the actual "X-File" part 
of the story is still pretty weak (psycho nurse driven mad by either 
her failed marriage, bad wig, drugs or bad teeth - jealous for some 
reason of girls a mental patient likes - "she is me" - sure, fine, 
whatever). Still, big points on character development Mr. Shiban, 
big points. Plus, no subtitles, cats, rats, or goats - Yea!

Things do not look good on the health front for our Scully. Setting 
a new episode record for "I'm fine" (one wonders at the rate we 
are going if, as her condition worsens, this will be her only 
dialogue), each utterance of the phrase becomes less and less 
convincing. We are to the point where it has become her 
touchstone, her mantra - she even whispers it to herself now - 
Mulder is not the only one she is trying to convince anymore. 
With every nosebleed the otherwise luminous Agent Scully (for a
woman supposedly getting so close to death damn if she doesn't 
look good - perhaps the most healthy looking cancer victim in 
television history) grows more and more afraid. The strength and 
determination we saw at the end of "Memento Mori" is being 
funneled away drop by drop. We are told she is visiting the a 
doctor weekly and keeping a close watch, but the Scully we 
see getting her blood drawn is clearly shaken by her own mortality. 
Could she have looked more depressed? Doubtful.

How could I possibly not like any episode that takes Dana 
Scully back to the office of EAP counselor Karen Kosseff? 
It was, after all, that therapy scene in "Irresistible" that made 
me the Phile I am today. Gillian Anderson, of course, not 
only does not disappoint us, but blows me away once again 
as she gives that right eyebrow of hers a workout and proves beyond
a shadow of a doubt that she is the best actress working on 
television. Instead of the hysterical showy scenes we are "treated" 
to by other actresses in dramatic television, we consistently see 
her mastery of the craft by the quiet, true, understated honesty 
she delivers week in and week out. This is why we are wrecked 
and filled with empathy for Scully as her eyes fill with tears and 
we see her defeat through dialogue delivered with swallowing and 
shaky breaths and why we mutter to ourselves "poor Scully" as 
we see her strength crumble alone in her car.

While the Scully Psychic Moment (SPM) returns for all the 
wrong reasons, her own imminent death as a catalyst for a 
vision, this isn't the first occurrence for her of this phenomena. 
Her connection to spirits beyond this life is also highlighted 
in "Beyond the Sea" and "One Breath". The scene where she 
sees the ghost was expertly done, the fear we see in Scully 
making it all the scarier for the audience as she can barely 
get out the word "yeah"  in answer to Mulder's query.

On the whole though, "Elegy" does give us further insight 
into the Mulder/Scully dynamic. Scully still has fits and starts 
in admitting any weakness to Mulder when she tells him she
wants to go to the doctor, and in a wonderful bit of acting we 
see the moment of realization she experiences when she sees 
the truth in her fear of failing Mulder. A lot of speculation has 
always been bandied about concerning why Scully stays with 
the X-Files, and she shares a bit with us here - the importance 
of the work - especially now - and how much she relies on 
Mulder for strength and support. It's too bad we don't always 
see that support as Sensitive!Mulder couldn't seem to get 
with the program all the way. While he is obviously concerned, 
his one track mind causes him to barge in, all business, on a 
praying Scully (which really tells us something about her state 
of mind) in her "Blessing Way" bathrobe before realizing 
he's been a bit of a cad. Oh, that's right she went to the doctor 
- Duh! At least he's back by the very end as he sets aside his 
frustration at Scully's belated confession and confronts the fear 
they both have about the state of her health. "Why can't you be 
honest with me?" Heck Mulder, she's having a hard time being 
honest with herself.

Here's hoping "Elegy" wasn't an anomaly and if we have another 
Shiban outing in the future it will be as rich in character 
development.

Random Musings
-------------------------

-A retread festival. Mr. Bowling Alley Pintero was Dr. Bugger 
in "War of the Coprophages". The doctor at the hospital was 
last seen as the train conductor in "731". The black female 
attorney was a nurse in "One Breath" and a doctor in "Shadows."

-The bowling alley lanes were using computerized scoring 
systems which means that the hand written score cards 
featured so prominently in this episode would not have existed.

-Speaking of bowling, someone on this show has *no clue* how 
it is scored. In the pivotal "have Harold recite the score" scene 
the numbers they have him give and the closeup of the score 
sheet is impossible. He says "122 131 166 178 201". First off, 
you can't get more than 30 points a frame so you can't go from 
131 to 166 - second, the math in the closeup was wrong wrong 
wrong. 

-Well, I can honestly say I never expected to see Scully putting 
on bowling shoes, but the look she gave the squealing bowlers 
pretty much tells us what she thinks of the sport.

-Wish I could have better made out the back of that bowling 
team's shirts - looked like a  pale woman's face with short red 
hair on them...

-Scully may not bowl, but apparently basketball isn't 
Mulder's only forte - and even Scully was impressed. 
Wonder how many shots that strike took Mr. Duchovny.

-Action!Scully paid us a visit, though she did let that nurse 
toss her around a bit more than I would have liked. Scully 
sure has become proficient at that shoulder shot - thank 
God Mulder gave her the practice.

-A bit of dialogue I really enjoyed: "What is that look 
Scully?" "I would have thought that after four years you'd 
know exactly what that look was." She's right Mulder - 
we all knew what it meant.

Autumn
"The Doctor said I was fine."

    
    The rumor of the day is that David (Fox Muldar) and Tia Leoni have
    applied for a marriage lic' and David has asked George Clooney to be
    his best man 
    
    

[From the "People View" section of Pathfinder in PointCast]

May 7, 1997

  AFTER THE NAKED TRUTH 
  New York's paparazzi and news reporters scrambled Tuesday night to get to the 
bottom of a tip that "X-Files" star David Duchovny, 37, and "The Naked Truth" 
star Tea Leoni, 31, had tied the knot, PEEPHOLE has learned. "The [New York] 
Post has two people staked out at a hotel at 63rd and Madison," a freelance 
photographer, rushing to the scene, said at 8:30 p.m. That would have put the 
couple in the intimate and chic Lowell Hotel. Earlier in the day, gossip 
columnist Liz Smith reported that the couple may have been spotted in Lower 
Manhattan on Monday, taking out a marriage license. By Wednesday a.m., the only 
word came from the Daily News, which, quoting "relatives," reported: "David 
Duchovny and Tea Leoni are definitely getting married this week ... Duchovny's 
pal, 'G.I. Jane' star Jason Beghe, will be best man." The two were best buddies 
at the prestigious Collegiate School, says the tabloid. Further news to come.  



           

"Demons" Review
By Autumn Tysko

    
"Just answer the question, Mom! Just answer the question!"
"I am your mother and I will not tolerate any more of your questions." 

Ever feel like you're Mulder and Chris Carter is "Mom"? You love him, but
sometimes you just want to shake the truth out of his weasely little head and
make him quit with the games already. Despite being an intense, edge of the
seat episode from long time producer and first time writer Bob Goodwin, we
still don't learn anything that we didn't already know by last year at this
time. I guess I should just be thankful that there were no bees and no bee
husbandry. This episode was all presentation and not that much substance -
empty calories - but you know what they say, presentation is everything - and
we all love dessert - and that is why "Demons" succeeds. The story was
riveting, the direction tight, the editing flashy, and the acting first rate
- all hiding the fact that nothing new is presented. Unlike this season's
"Paper Hearts" which took the Samantha story on a new and different spin,
here we follow a familiar path - only with the volume turned way up. In fact,
if anything, what we had here was sort of a "Wetwired" redux: episode before
the finale written by staffer who usually doesn't write, one of the partners
goes temporarily bonkers, other partner is oh so understanding and fears for
their partner's health, big gun-drawn showdown scene where they say things
like "You've got to trust me" or "You're the only one I trust", showdown ends
in a dramatic crumpled hug. Seem familiar?

Well, I guess we do now know for a fact that Mulder is definitely off the
deep end for the truth. He's lost all sense of judgement at this point and
Scully is right in her eyebrow-enhanced fears that she voices at the end.
Let's face it, Mulder allowed some weirdo doctor to *drill into his head* not
just once, but twice, the second time with full knowledge of just how stupid
it was - risking both his own and his partner's life in the process. Yeah,
he's got some demons to exorcise alright. Duchovny does his tortured and
bewildered Mulder well (he even manages to get the veins on his head to pop
out during his seizures), and Anderson as Scully takes control this episode
running the gamut from doctor to friend to investigator to lawyer to, my
favorite, Cranky!Scully who gets tough with the evil Dr. Goldstein (we know
she hates him early on from the way she initially confronts him - you go
Cranky!Scully).

I'd also like to take the time to point out to you Scully naysayers out there
that this episode clearly shows why Scully's skepticism is a *good* thing.
Her need for "absolute certainty" is what drives her here in clearing Mulder.
She methodically goes about investigating the death of Officer Spooky and the
Cassandras (with the help of "Abductee" magazine - what is up with that -
talk about your plot devices) until her Spooky is sprung. 

Also, a nice portrayal of the Mulder/Scully dynamic and their absolute faith
in each other. Mulder calling her, as usual, when in a panic, and Scully's
commitment to comforting and helping Mulder despite his bad ditching ways. I
absolutely loved the "I'm fine", "No, I am not going to take that for an
answer" exchange - Scully better watch out for that one to come back and
smack her in the head sometime. I was, however, concerned by Mulder's
affirmative nod to Scully's "Are you going to shoot me Mulder?" - what was
that all about? A tie into the earlier murder/suicide?

Still, in the end, we didn't even get answers as to how in the heck Mulder
got himself into this pickle in the first place - even he doesn't know what
he was doing there. He doesn't know why he stood around or was invited to a
murder/suicide. He doesn't know who his father is. He confronts his mother,
finally, with "You've kept things from me. You've kept secrets from me" while
the audience screams "DUH!" in a loud voice. So Mulder is finally coming to
the realizations that have been obvious since "Talitha Cumi".  Like I said,
nothing is learned, but wow - what presentation.

Random Musings
-------------------------

-Retread: the doctor working with Scully was the Agent stuffed in the trunk
in "Colony" and the missing fighter pilot in "Deep Throat". Thankfully, we
did not have to see him in his underwear in this particular incarnation.

-Time stamp reads April 12th - the last time we got a date read was around
the end of February with Scully's birthday in the "Tempus Fugit"/"Max"
episodes. They've certainly packed a lot of adventure into the last month and
a half.

-OK, so I know Scully has many superhuman powers, but really - I haven't seen
her play "The Flash" like this since her two minute crosstown jaunt in
"Grotesque". Let's see, Mulder wakes her up in her jammies at 4:50AM and she
has time to get up, put on her favorite Casual!Scully outfit, pack,
apparently take a chartered Concorde from her apartment to Providence, Rhode
Island, stop by Lariat and pick up the rent car, and drive to Mulder's hotel
all by 6:15AM? What a woman! At least she was squealing her tires when she
drove up. Sometimes I just have to wonder if they do this on purpose as just
changing a simple legend time stamp could make it possible. Maybe 1013 really
wants us to believe Mulder and Scully can beam anywhere...

-So then, given this propensity for speed, what makes her so damn slow in
getting people to the doctor's office when, as she mentions, she knows that
it is the only place Mulder would go - seems like she should have been able
to get authorities to head him off at the pass before he got his little brain
breather.

-Speaking of Casual!Scully, have you noticed that she really has a thing for
that particular little button up sweater top? It seems almost every time we
see her not in a suit she's wearing that with something. At least she decided
to wear a shirt underneath it this time after all the trouble its cleavage
enhancing features caused her in "Small Potatoes".

-Ditching!Mulder is back and back big time. He calls her in the middle of the
night to save his ass, drags her all over refusing medical treatment, has her
get him out of jail, takes her to a messy confrontation at Mom's and then
sneaks off with her car? So, how did he do that? Hot-wire the car in record
time? Scully drove and had they keys - and while I'm willing to suspend
disbelief the way those two are always leaving their cars unlocked or windows
down I will *not* go so far to believe Scully left the keys in the car.

-Despite all the forced stylishness, the flashback sequences worked for me -
I liked the quick cut grainy effect, though, try as I might, the only
dialogue I could ever seem to make out was stuff like "She's my baby". I
wonder if the strobe effect used by the memory machine was supposed to effect
the way the memory was "viewed".

-What is it with these two and bleeding? Are they not pitiful? If we can't
have blood dripping from Scully's nose this episode we've got to have it
running down Mulder's forehead.

-In the "it's the little things that count" department - I loved the way
Gillian had a sleepy Scully shield her eyes from the light upon waking.

-Well, probably not quite what some people were looking for, but Scully did
get to play doctor with a naked Mulder. We also know that they were spending
a Friday evening talking on the phone for what that's worth.

-What the heck was with Scully giving that Quonochontaug officer a friendly
pat on the butt for his work before heading off to face psycho Mulder? Ok,
Ok, it could have been his arm, but it looked like Scully was getting a
little too frisky.

-Looks like Mrs. Mulder invested in new lamps to cover up in that summer
house they never use - last I saw Mulder was smashing all the table lamps in
that living room to find the hidden alien toy.

-My Mom always told me not to pick at scabs, but I guess it is OK if you are
a doctor. Why didn't she check Mulder's head right away after this little
revelation?

-Anyone else get sort of an odd Star Trek flashback on the line "You're a
doctor not a lawyer Scully"?

-Dr. Goldstein tells us his procedure is not invasive. Oh yeah, right,
drilling a hole in someone's head certainly isn't - and while I'm thinking of
it why did he drill a second hole into Mulder's head - certainly the first
hadn't healed - or was it just so we could get that scary drill shot ...

Autumn
"Mulder, you are not really good"

FROM A TO X
                    Behind-the-scenes secrets,
                    subtle subtexts, and
                    exclusive hints at startling
                    developments still to come
                    -- we've ransacked the
                    Files for this definitive
                    guide

                    B Y   RICK   SCHINDLER   A N D
                    S T E P H A N I E   W I L L I A M S

                    ALIENATION Over its
                    four seasons, The X-Files
                    has had plenty of little
                    green man-type aliens: No
                    fewer than eight classic "Communion"-style
                    extraterrestrials (which, by the way, lack nipples and
                    belly buttons) have been designed for the Fox series by
                    Toby Lindala, head of makeup effects. But the show
                    has increasingly explored social alienation as well --
                    involving disenfranchised groups such as POWs from
                    the Vietnam War and illegal immigrants from Mexico.
                    That's not to say these topical episodes aren't scary, too:
                    For the show about the chupacabras of Mexican
                    folklore, Lindala gave an actor a hideous case of
                    "athlete's face" using K-Y Jelly, glue, and potato flakes. 

		    BEES The ones in this season's opener seemed bad
                    enough. Then, in the April episode "Zero Sum," swarms
                    carrying deadly smallpox attacked a postal worker, a
                    scientist, and a school yard full of children.
                    Producer-director Kim Manners (who was given a
                    protective bee suit signed by the crew after the episode
                    was completed) shakes his head and recalls, "At one
                    point, we must have had 80,000 bees in the air with
                    these children around. Their parents had brought them
                    to work knowing full well they were going to be exposed
                    to real bees. And four or five of them got stung. We had
                    paramedics there who took out the stingers and put on
                    little Band-Aids. But the mother or father would say,
                    'Get back out there! You're on The X-Files!'" 

                    BETRAYAL See GETHSEMANE

                    CLONES See DEAD RINGERS

                    COOL CASTING The show has its own sly and
                                  subversive brand of guest star. For
                                  instance: The role of Eddie Van Blundht,
                                  a shape-shifter who impersonated Mulder
                                  in last month's "Small Potatoes," was
                                  tailor-made for writer-actor Darin
                                  Morgan, who not only penned such
                                  classic X-Files episodes as the
                                  Emmy-winning "Clyde Bruckman's Final
                    Repose" but also played Flukeman, the repulsive sewer
                    creature in season two. "Small Potatoes" also featured
                    Christine Cavanaugh, best known as the voice of
                    "Babe," as the deluded young woman who thinks Luke
                    Skywalker is the father of her baby. Jodie Foster
                    contributed the voice of the evil tattoo in "Never Again."
                    Roy Thinnes' role as alien Jeremiah Smith was a clever
                    homage to his series The Invaders, a '60s precursor to
                    The X-Files, and Peter Boyle (Everybody Loves
                    Raymond), Brad Dourif ("Ragtime"), and game-show
                    mainstay Charles Nelson Reilly have all contributed
                    memorable performances in the past. Consulting
                    producers Glen Morgan (Darin's brother) and James
                    Wong have made it a point this season to write roles for
                    cast members of their defunct Fox series, Space: Above
                    and Beyond. Rodney Rowland was Scully's tattooed boy
                    toy, Kristen Cloke played Mulder's past-life soul mate,
                    and Tucker Smallwood appeared as Andy Taylor, the
                    doomed sheriff of Home, Pennsylvania (see JOKES). 

		    DEAD RINGERS The X-Files has so many lookalikes
                    that it would be no surprise if the Olsen twins showed
                    up (now that's really scary). Often the show sends in
                    the clones: There were the Eves (evil spawn of a genetic
                    experiment); multiple copies of Mulder's missing sister,
                    Samantha; and hordes of redheaded boys and men all
                    named Kurt Crawford (see HYBRIDS). And who could
                    forget the morphers? Both an alien bounty hunter and
                    Eddie Van Blundht (see KISS) have transformed
                    themselves into spitting images of Mulder. "It's much
                    scarier if the monster looks just like you and me -- if the
                    man sitting next to you on the bus isn't what he seems,"
                    says coproducer Frank Spotnitz. There are even
                    behind-the-scenes doppelg -- ngers: Duchovny's
                    stand-in, Jaap Broeker, has played The Stupendous
                    Yappi, a sham psychic; Anderson's photo double, Arlene
                    Rempel, recently married costar Mitch Pileggi. 

                    E.B.E. (a.k.a. Extraterrestrial
                    Biological Entities) Are aliens truly
                    among us, or is "Spooky" Mulder just a
                    nutcase? Hard to say. "We have not
                    proven definitively that what we have
                    seen on-screen, which have looked like
                    aliens, and the spacecraft, which look
                    like flying saucers, are that," says series
                    creator and executive producer Chris Carter. But what
                    about those convincing abduction scenes in the recent
                    plane-crash episodes? "That could all be a lie," cautions
                    Carter. "Remember: Mulder was telling us that story,
                    giving us a narrative. He has no physical proof. It's all
                    built on faith that what he's seen is what he thinks it is.
                    On The X-Files, you can never believe what you see
                    and [hear]." That's definitely something to keep in mind
                    while watching the season finale on May 18.

                    EXPERIMENTATION See BEES, HYBRIDS, and
                    VACCINES

                    FEATURE FILM Preproduction is underway on a
                    script that will send Scully and Mulder into the great
                    unknown: the big screen. The cast should include
                    Duchovny, Anderson (who has yet to sign a contract),
                    William B. Davis as Cancer Man, and Mitch Pileggi as
                    Skinner; series producer-director Rob Bowman will
                    direct. The film is scheduled to shoot this summer in
                    L.A. and hit theaters next summer, picking up where the
                    fifth-season finale leaves off. Spotnitz, who cowrote the
                    story with Carter, is sworn to secrecy about the plot, but
                    offers these meager hints: "It's just like the TV series,
                    only more so. It's a chance to do things we don't do
                    because of time and budget." He adds that it's "very
                    much its own story. It won't require prior knowledge of
                    the show." It also leaves the door open to more movies
                    -- so don't expect a nifty resolution. 

                    GETHSEMANE 1) The garden where Judas betrayed
                    Jesus; or 2) The title of this season's finale, which Carter
                    calls "a crucial episode in the series. It pits Mulder and
                    Scully against each other in a way we haven't seen and
                    might not anticipate." The duo will butt heads in a major
                    way about a possible hoax that, says Carter, is tied to
                    both Scully's cancer (see MORTALITY) and Mulder's
                    "passionate beliefs." Co-executive producer R.W.
                    Goodwin, who directs each year's cliff-hanger, promises
                    that fans will be "shocked" by a "major betrayal." Other
                    key elements: the discovery of a body in a Canadian ice
                    cave; the return of Blevins, the FBI official who
                    assigned Scully to the X-Files in the pilot; a new phrase
                    replacing "The truth is out there"; and the appearance of
                    what Goodwin delicately refers to as "a body There's a
                    death, OK? I don't know how to tell you this,
                    but there's a body in Mulder's apartment."

    Agent Mulder really dead!........naww, not unless Duchovny wants
    out of the series. I was not impressed with last night's episode;
    but hey, only my personal opinion. I truly enjoyed this show up
    until this season. I think Carter lost something when he added 
    Millennium to the Fox teevee lineup. I'm in the vast minority
    who do not think Millennium is very good. 
    
    When Dark Skies started on NBC I really liked teh show, but of
    course DS got the axe. I guess my tastes run contrary to the
    unwashed masses in Murca. 
    
    And there was no "to be continued" (next fall) at the end of 
    last night's finale.....hmmm. Was Mulder's suicide a ruse
    concocted by Mulder and Scully to lull the bad guyz into a
    false sense of security.
    
    Doesn't X-FIles have 1 more season to go? If Mulder's really
    dead, then......maybe Alex Krycheck isn't really dead and 
    will pair up with Dana, or maybe Skinner.......too many
    questions remain unanswered, no clusure....hmmmm.
    
    ttfn ray 
     

    
    Doesn't X-FIles have 1 more season to go? If Mulder's really
    dead, then......maybe Alex Krycheck isn't really dead and 
    will pair up with Dana, or maybe Skinner.......too many
    questions remain unanswered, no clusure....hmmmm.
    
    ttfn ray 




















	I believe I read somewhere that both Mulder and Scully
	signed up for next season already. I believe the death
	is faked and a ruze to get the Marlboro man and 
	company......     

    
    Comments
    
    
    
    Mulder is not dead.  He did sign for a 5th season and so did Gillian. 
    The rest of the show will be played out in the Xfiles movie due out
    soon.
    
    ps.  Caner man smokes Marley's not Marlboro's FWIW
    
    lou

"Gethsemane" Review
By Autumn Tysko

    
"That's a long way to go for a hoax."
"If you're gonna go, why not go all the way?"

It sure was a long way to go. "Believe the lie"? No thank you Mr. Carter, I'm
just not that gullible. I prefer "The truth is out there" even though right
now the truth is we've been given a cliffhanger, that while an interesting
ride with some truly wonderful moments, was rendered impotent by its
insinuation that we actually worry that Mulder may be dead. Please. They even
used the rather cheap ploy of not allowing us to see the body that Scully
identifies. You know what the cliffhanger is for me? Wondering how Chris
Carter can possibly resolve this next season without insulting our
intelligence. If you ask me it is Carter in the boxcar this summer - he's
going to have to be a lot more clever in the season premiere next year than
he was in this finale. My frustration with this episode stems from the fact
that it had the potential to be great. It was as if all these wonderfully
written little scenes tied together by the ideas of faith and belief were
callously dismissed by an impossible to swallow overlying theme.

What worked for me here were the potent emotional cliffhangers and keeping
the focus on these instead of the obvious boring one would have made this
episode much more successful. We all know Mulder isn't dead so all we need to
figure out is who perpetrated that hoax. As appealing as the idea is, I'm
never going to buy that Mulder and Scully are in on it together for the
simple and true reason that while Gillian Anderson once again proved tonight
she is without compare as an actress we all know that Dana Scully is a
*terrible* liar. Unless she's been taking acting lessons on the sly, she
believes Mulder is dead. If Carter intends on making Scully a party to this
then they gave Gillian Anderson the wrong direction for this episode. So that
leaves either Mulder faking his own suicide (who would have to have a throw
down Faux Mulder body good enough to fool Scully stashed away for such a
purpose) or someone else faking Mulder's death - which is confusing to me as
well. I'm sorry, but I just don't understand anymore why the hell Fox Mulder
is so damn important to stage such a huge, intricate, and murder filled hoax.
It is, I believe, firmly established that the Yukon E.B.E. is a fake - beyond
that who knows. If the greater hoax is on Scully why in the world would they
go to these lengths to try to fool her? They've made it clear that the poor
girl is now on death's door (no matter how lovely she continues to look) - it
won't matter what the heck she believes or doesn't believe soon.

Speaking of the cancer, that is another corner that Mr. Carter has painted
himself into. I read so many interviews this week talking about how there
would be no miracle cure - that it would not be trivialized, but that is
going to be close to impossible to pull off now that they have moved the
cancer to a point where is has spread throughout her body. They do an
excellent job of continuing to handle the emotional impacts of the cancer
though. The tension in the Scully family was wonderfully rich, and our first
glimpse of one of Scully's brothers (complete with naval uniform as expected)
provided us with what was, in my opinion, one of the finest scenes in the
history of this series. That confrontation where Scully claims her cancer is
too personal to share with her own family members (what is that?) because she
doesn't want sympathy was breathtaking. Pat Skipper as the ScullyBrother is a
welcome addition to the family as far as I'm concerned. He asks the questions
that we want answered: "What are you doing at work?", "What are you trying to
prove?", and "Where is he Dana?".  Poor Scully doesn't really have any good
answers here. This scene alone should nail the Emmy for Ms. Anderson.

As for the much speculated "betrayal" by Scully I certainly didn't see it.
Her report to the committee, while certainly filled with confident and strong
statements, was post mortem (yeah right) and her version of the truth or lie
or believed lie or whatever. Before then, despite her understandably
fatalistic attitude given the news she has received ("I have no opinion
actually"), she was still working with Mulder, leaving a family gathering
because he asked (perhaps because it gives her a way to escape that
uncomfortable discussion of her faith). If there was a betrayal here it was
Mulder's suicide, hoax or not, which frankly is the penultimate ditch from
the man who has perfected it - not only does it allow Scully to think he is
dead, but in what we are led to believe are the last few weeks of her life
allows her to believe she was partially responsible.

One thing I have grown quite weary of over the years on the X-Files is the
constant need the writers feel to level set Scully back to square one. It
just isn't realistic any more. This isn't that same fresh faced character
that Blevins first assigned to the X-Files - she has been allowed to see and
experience fantastic things despite her "analytical perspective" through the
lens of science. It is OK to allow her to grow and become slightly less
skeptical (this is what made her admission to congress so powerful in
"Terma"), but instead we are thrown back to black and white - it has to be
all or nothing - the total "illegitimacy" of Agent Mulder's work - she is
allowed to forget morphing bounty hunters, green blooded clones, and the like
just so the writers can feel they have Skeptical!Scully back. For me this
made her report to the committee lack some punch. No matter what you think
about aliens, there is no way that you can brand all of Mulder & Scully's
work for the last four years a lie.

Director Bob Goodwin has always had a flair for the panoramic and
"Gethsemane" was no exception. The mountain vistas that Tundra!Mulder trod
through were breathtaking. He also gave us a wonderful view of one of Gillian
Anderson's very best performances from the exciting Action!Scully where her
ballsy behavior in barking out orders and running full tilt in those heels
makes her far surpass her diminutive size to her fear of weakness even in the
face of death with the priest to her breakdown in the end - her face a series
of small tremors. There was also that beautiful fade at the end from Mulder's
tear streaked face to Scully on the verge of tears. What a happy ending to
this one. Both our heroes crying in the end.

David Duchovny, while I felt he had some fine moments here, left me confused
at times. Even though the confrontation scenes between the partners worked
wonderfully, and for once he didn't have that scrunched up face when he
cried, I was mystified at the lack of excitement he brought to the alien
discovery/autopsy. He asserts strongly that he believes it to be real but I
just didn't get that during the scene. I kept flashing back on a Mulder
barely able to contain himself in the pilot episode over another body. This
one looked like it was putting him to sleep.

Random Musings
-------------------------

-Retreads: Ostelhoff was last scene as Mr. Kiveat in "DPO", and Arlinsky was
Surnow in "Roland".

-What a let down after seeing Sheila Larken but once this season previously
to have her spend her brief time this episode lighting candles. (You can tell
where Scully gets her fondness for candles as the Scully house was a virtual
fire hazard of burning wicks!) Ms. Larken, as usual, makes the most of her
limited screen time exchanging a wonderful look with Scully during the
conversation with the priest.

-Where in the heck was Skinner at this big brass meeting? Off cleaning
another bathroom? Blevins is only still a Section Chief. I also must admit I
missed that sour faced OPC woman who never speaks, It just doesn't seem right
when she isn't there.

-Well, Mrs. Scully certainly isn't hurting for money - she must have got a
heck of a life insurance settlement after the captain died because that
dinner party was flawless - complete with expensive floral arrangements and
maid.

-Casual!Scully really is in a fashion rut. She just can't seem to break out
of that button up long sleeved sweater model. While they do look great on her
she really needs to expand her wardrobe.

-When we enter the party Scully is relating a story about brother Bill taking
a tumble down the stairs - apparently this runs in the family. Speaking of
that tumble Scully took - OUCH! It looked bad (and Gillian Anderson had the
perfect look on her face as she lost her balance), but enough to make her
back bleed like that?

-Those who long for Scully skin got a quick flash of her bra while she put
her shirt back on. 

-I find it amusing that while Scully never laughs at Mulder's clever jokes
Dana laughs at even bad ones told by family members.

-The closest we get to a date stamp here is the April 97 stamp we see during
the computer search on Michael Kritschgau.

-Why in the world didn't Mulder call Scully to witness the alien autopsy?
That seemed like a huge hole to me. She said she wouldn't go with him to the
Yukon not that she wouldn't look at whatever he brought back. You would have
thought if he really wanted to prove it was real he'd trust Scully to do that
- if he could convince her he could convince anyone.

-The Action!Scully sequence was the first time I can remember her holster
hanging out like that - it's huge! How in the heck does she keep that thing
hidden under those tailored suits?

Autumn
"I have strength, and I'm not going to come running back now - it's not who I
am - I'd be lying to myself and to you."

    -1
    
       Interesting observations. My housemate and I debated last
    night's finale, him feeling it was a cheap cop-out, me feeling,
    "huh! I stayed up for this."
    
       We both stayed up way too late discussing possibilities
    Carter could have up his sleeve. I'm still not certain Alex
    Krycheck is dead, and what about the shape shifting alien
    that Cancer man coaxed into healing Mulder's mother. It's
    become difficult to sort out all the various alien beings
    (if any are real in the series).
    
       Two years ago, we were given a hint that Mulder was blown
    up in the boxcar, but I suspected he'd be back. OR! just
    thinking, what about the American Indian shamen who brought
    Fox back from the dead in the Year 3 opening 2-parter. I've
    come to wonder if Carter has something under his hat to tie
    it all together, or is the series just bumping along in the
    dark without direction.
    
       He's left a lot of doors open with very little closure;
    hey! but this is teevee, not reality. ....well just me,
    but I felt that Dark Skies was doing a much better job in
    the genre of aliens among us stuff.
    
    ray

    reply to .486 PEIRCE
    
    Good Review~!
    I agree on almost everything you mentioned in your overview....
    my Main complaint is Mulder shooting himself....
    GET REAL Carter.....I was thoroughly DISAppointed  because 
    It was SO Unbelieable that he would shoot himself...i was disgustd...
    As far as Scullys cancer, they will drag it out for 1 more season and
    put that in the final ending...(Duchovney said they only have 1 more
    season to go before it a done)
    
    the Good part of this kind of stupid ending is ...you are NOT in 
    suspense the whole summer.....                    
    M*
    
     

>    As far as Scullys cancer, they will drag it out for 1 more season and
>    put that in the final ending...(Duchovney said they only have 1 more
>    season to go before it a done)

Ah, but there is also the movie... :-)  (see .471)

- Nina