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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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DP Anka Malatynska Talks Collaborating with Nature on FOX’s New Drama Rescue: HI-Surf
There has been an abundance of new shows hitting the screen this fall TV season including the much anticipated The Penguin (HBO), Brilliant Minds (NBC), Doctor Odyssey (ABC) and Nobody Wants This (Netflix). FOX’s new lifeguard drama Rescue: HI-Surf is also making a splash as TV’s highest-rated fall drama debut in six years, since the […] More
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October 2024 TV Premiere Dates & Streaming Recommendations
We’re back to list TV premieres for the upcoming month and to recommend things available to stream on various services. October 2024 features new seasons of Heartstopper, Somebody Somewhere, What We Do in the Shadows, and more. Notice anything we’ve missed? Let us know in the comments! October 2024 TV Premiere Dates Tuesday, October 1 […] More
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Larks & Recs: Snake Oil, I Saw the Devil, and the 96th Oscars
This week, Caemeron Crain wants to sell you on Snake Oil, Hawk Ripjaw recommends I Saw the Devil, and Clay Dockery wraps up their coverage of the Oscars with a look at the broadcast of the ceremony itself. Snake Oil Caemeron: I’m a sucker for a good game show (and sometimes even a bad game […] More
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Larks & Recs: The Lazarus Project, The Floor, Gilmore Girls, Barbie
Welcome back to Larks & Recs! I know it’s been a while, so let me remind you how this works. Each week, members of the TV Obsessive staff offer recommendations of things they’ve been into recently. Often, those will be TV shows. Sometimes, they’ll be films, songs, podcasts, or potato salad recipes. The field’s wide […] 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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Fall 2023 TV Premieres: New & Returning Series We’re Excited About
I saw a poll recently asking when Fall starts. Is it when the leaves change, or the first day of school? Is it the autumnal equinox occurring this year on September 23? I think that’s the answer, but it’s not really the answer for what counts as “Fall TV,” so we’ll start a couple of […] 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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The X-Files 30th Anniversary: S1E1 ‘Pilot’ Recap
Aliens. Crime scenes. Government conspiracies. Dramatic finales and goofy parodies. Across all 11 seasons of The X-Files, we’ve seen it all. But where did it all begin? For the 30th anniversary of one of the most popular cult TV shows ever, it’s time to revisit the inception: the Pilot episode. As Perfect Pilots go, The […] More
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Dreaming of Dana Scully
“Dreaming of Dana Scully” is available in audiovisual form on YouTube In the early months of 2021, I began dreaming of Special Agent Dana Scully from The X-Files. Before writing this article, I never thought to compare television or dreams (not even when Twin Peaks fans exploded in speculation about “the dreamer who dreams and […] More
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The X-Files: “Humbug” Celebrates the Weird
“The X-Files: ‘Humbug’ Celebrates the Weird” is available in audiovisual form on YouTube. While he’s credited with the story for the earlier Season 2 episode “Blood,” Darin Morgan’s first official writer credit on The X-Files comes with S2E20, “Humbug.” At this point, it’s hard to imagine the show without his influence, though it was a […] More
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