Tag Archives: 201 Days of The X-Files

Chris Carter creates an expressionist fantasia with an homage to Frankenstein, comic books, James Whale, and Cher in ‘The Post-Modern Prometheus.’

‘The X-Files’ returns to the woods and finds Mother Nature fighting back in ‘Detour,’ an episode that completely echoes/rips off the earlier ‘Darkness Falls.’

Writer Vince Gilligan stumbles with ‘Unusual Suspects,’ a Lone Gunman-dedicated episode that is absent of his usual attributes and overabundant in cilantro.

‘Redux Part Two’ continues the mythology arc with compelling exposition and a touching exploration of Scully’s faith.

Season Five kicks off with ‘Redux Part One’ in which Mulder digs so far into the government’s alien conspiracy that no one emerges with a clear picture.

‘The X-Files’ wraps its fourth season with ‘Gethsemane,’ a rather clever episode that establishes a suspenseful (if unlikely) cliffhanger for the season.

‘Demons’ is, sadly, about Mulder’s personal demons and some faint memories he has of his mother’s relationship with the Smoking Man. We really wanted this one to be about actual demons.

‘The X-Files’ offers a middling episode that takes a compelling Scully story and overlays it with a weak ghost story in ‘Elegy.’

A mythology episode largely dedicated to ‘The X-Files’ B-team, ‘Zero Sum’ is a middle-of-the-road outing that is partially rescued by a fantastically cruel 4th quarter set piece.

‘Small Potatoes’ undercuts its inherent pretension with a comic storyline that pulls emotional resonance out of David Duchovny.