AD Walter Skinner’s life hangs in the balance thanks to a mysterious poison in ‘S.R. 819,’ a tangental mythology episode with repercussions that have yet to be realized.
Category Archives: Recaps/Reviews
X-Files Flashback: ‘The Rain King’
Mulder and Scully make a silly journey over the rainbow where a local weatherman’s emotions influence the weather in ‘The Rain King.’
X-Files Flashback: ‘Terms of Endearment’
The oddly titled X-Files entry ‘Terms of Endearment’ has the good sense to cast Bruce Campbell as a demon trying to have a human baby.
X-Files Flashback: ‘How the Ghosts Stole Christmas’
‘The X-Files’ serves up an old fashioned ghost story for their 1998 Christmas episode, which stars Ed Asner and Lily Tomlin as two ghosts whose eternal mission is to entrap lovers in a death pact.
X-Files Flashback: ‘Dreamland, Part Two’
‘Dreamland’ wraps up its Freaky Friday-influenced body switching plot lines with an equally humorous but puzzlingly banal episode. Best to put this one behind us.
X-Files Flashback: ‘Dreamland, Part One’
In the silly, pointless ‘Dreamland,’ David Duchovny switches bodies with Michael McKean. As a result, someone has a lot of sex. The other one? Not so much.
X-Files Flashback: ‘Triangle’
Chris Carter shows off his directorial prowess in ‘Triangle,’ an episode that works on multiple levels and becomes one of the show’s more discussed outings.
X-Files Flashback: ‘Drive’
Bryan Cranston and Vince Gilligan are paired together for the first time in ‘Drive,’ a hyperkinetic episode that captures the best of the series.
Review: Keeping It ‘Casual’
Hulu’s Casual is a smart, laid-back sitcom filled with stellar writing and performances.
X-Files Flashback: ‘The Beginning’
‘The X-Files’ undergoes something of a reboot in ‘The Beginning,’ an episode that marks many firsts and shifts in the execution of the series.