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The X-Files: “E.B.E.” Is a Great Character-Driven Conspiracy Thriller
Glen Morgan and James Wong return for “E.B.E.” Whereas previous episodes “Squeeze,” “Ice,” and (the masterful) “Beyond the Sea” offered up homages to Curtis’ The Night Strangler, Carpenter’s The Thing, and Demme’s The Silence of the Lambs, “E.B.E.” seeks to channel ’70s conspiracy thrillers such as The Conversation. Not only do Morgan and Wong kill […] More
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The X-Files Thriller “Fallen Angel” Presages Years of Future Television
“Fallen Angel” is a return to form for The X-Files after “Space,” an ambitious misfire from series creator Chris Carter. “Fallen Angel” is a formative episode not only for the series, but for writers Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa as well. It continues the series’ stylistic visual development and features Gordon and Gansa in full […] More
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The X-Files’ “Ghost in the Machine” Is a Solid ’90s Cyber Thriller
Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa return for The X-Files S1E7, “Ghost in the Machine.” It’s their first thriller, and the first in a series of cyber thriller episodes of The X-Files—a tradition which will stretch all the way to Season 11 in 2018. “Ghost in the Machine” is a smart piece of work which explores […] More
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The X-Files’ “Conduit” Digs Deep into Mulder’s Motivation
The X-Files digs into Mulder as a character with its fourth episode, “Conduit,” teasing out some of the various threads established before and turning them into searing human drama. The episode serves as our introduction to the writing duo of Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa, though this one has significant uncredited help from Chris Carter. […] More
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The X-Files Broadens Its Horizons with “Squeeze”
The third episode of The X-Files, “Squeeze,” completes our introduction to the show. It’s our first standalone episode—termed “Monster-of-the-Week” episodes by fans—our first episode to focus on something other than extraterrestrials, and the first episode written by Glen Morgan and James Wong. Morgan and Wong set the template for standalone episodes, envisioning The X-Files as […] More
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“Deep Throat” is Both Pure X-Files and Sharp Social Commentary
Where the pilot episode of The X-Files focused on familiarizing us with the characters, structure, and broader themes the series will explore, the second episode, “Deep Throat,” introduces us to the show’s sprawling mythology and Carter’s conception of his work as an ongoing dialogue, both with itself and with culture at large. The teaser echoes […] More
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The TV Obsessive Podcast Episode 96: News, Notes & Black Mirror
This week, on The TV Obsessive Podcast Episode 96, Caemeron and Ryan revisit a few episodes of Black Mirror in preparation for Season 7. But first, in the news: A trailer for The Rehearsal Season 2 has been released Rick and Morty Season 8 will premiere in May Dexter: Original Sin has been renewed for […] More
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News, Notes & 20 Years of Lost: The TV Obsessive Podcast Episode 67
This week, on The TV Obsessive Podcast Episode 67, Caemeron and Ryan celebrate the 20th anniversary of the premiere of Lost. But first, in the news: Casting information for Black Mirror Season 7 Time Bandits has been cancelled Sweetpea looks pretty good Another teaser for Squid Game Season 2 An Australian version of The Office […] More
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The Only Water in the Forest: A River Song Day Personal Retrospective
Picture it: NY, Christmas, 2010. Divorce finalised a year or two ago, and out of the cosplay scene for about a decade due to a husband who wouldn’t have stopped me, but just wasn’t into fandom life and it wouldn’t have been fun. I always felt like a bad nerd growing up because I never […] More
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The Truth of “Jose Chung’s From Outer Space” — How the Hell Should I Know?
This piece on The X-Files, “Jose Chung’s From Outer Space,” is available in audiovisual form on YouTube Usually, when you’re watching TV, you can trust that what you’re seeing is real within the world of the show. If there’s a mismatch between how someone is recounting an event and how it is portrayed, we’re prone […] More
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The X-Files: “War of the Coprophages” Grins at Us the Whole Time
“The X-Files: ‘War of the Coprophages’ Grins at Us the Whole Time” is available in audiovisual form on YouTube In its premise, “War of the Coprophages” is perhaps the most terrifying episode of The X-Files of all: What if cockroaches killed people? The episode opens with a man praising the heartiness of the insects—their evolutionary […] More
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Life, Death, and “Clyde Bruckman’s Final Repose”
This piece on The X-Files episode “Clyde Bruckman’s Final Repose” is available in audiovisual form on YouTube Given that it’s an episode of The X-Files, one of the most striking things about “Clyde Bruckman’s Final Repose” is the lack of ambiguity it presents with regard to Bruckman’s (Peter Boyle) psychic abilities. Throughout the episode, he […] More
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