There are so many directions you could take this show. I just hope they lock down a good writing team going forward. TV shows have really advanced since this show first ran, and as much as I love the show, it has some catching up to do. But I think the potential is limitless.
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Wasn't a big fan of tonight's episode, except the part with Mulder on shrooms. That was classic.
last 2 episodes were absolute trash, moreso this week's. utterly uncreative lazy writing. there has to be better ideas than taking shrooms to talk to a terrorist. they need to crowdsource some ideas. how about a storyline that deals with scully trying to find her son and/or their son is trying to find them. how about finding some lost tapes from the lone gunman that has mulder/scully goign on a treasurehunt of sorts. how about a show that's just dialogue b/w mulder and smoking man. ffs have some sort of overaching story that is more interwoven. if i wanted to watch crap like this i would still be watching supernatural. the only saving grace of this episode was that pretty boy agent who looked like bel ami's lukas ridgestone. that said, i still wouldn't want to watch either of the new agents in a spinoff. i'm here to see mulder/scully.
I'm thinking they did this 6 part series to test the waters. The ratings have been huge, so there's definitely still an audience for this show. However, I do feel that if this show gets picked back up, they need a team of experienced writers (or young writers with good ideas) to bring the show up to par with some of the other truly awesome shows that are now on TV.
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I was listening to Chris Carter on the Nerdist Writing Panel, and he talked about how the original series was written. One of the writers would be in charge of the episode, but it was a collaborative effort when it came down to pitching stories and the editing process, including Carter rewriting scenes if he felt it necessary. This time around, there is no writers' room. Each episode is written and directed solely by one of the original writers (Carter for eps. 1, 5 & 6, James Wong for 2, Darin Morgan for 3, and Glen Morgan for 4), though obviously they have some collaboration over the season's theme (which is basically why William is mentioned every week).
I think that explains the quality of this season. While it sounds like an interesting idea to give some of the X-Files' original writers full control, it also makes for a very disjointed season since there isn't anyone to reign them in when needed. That, and the writers who got to direct their own episodes don't have much directing experience at all (Darin only directed 2 episodes of Millennium nearly a decade ago), which I think results in some of the weaker acting we've seen.
I think that explains the quality of this season. While it sounds like an interesting idea to give some of the X-Files' original writers full control, it also makes for a very disjointed season since there isn't anyone to reign them in when needed. That, and the writers who got to direct their own episodes don't have much directing experience at all (Darin only directed 2 episodes of Millennium nearly a decade ago), which I think results in some of the weaker acting we've seen.
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Sure wish Vince Gilligan could have returned, that man has proven with both Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul that he is a master story teller
That actually makes a lot of sense and explains how this season unfolded. Hopefully, moving forward, they will collaborate again before shooting. I love that the show is back on the air, but besides the were-lizard episode, it hasn't been a resounding triumph.
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Was a weird episode. Like what was up with the arab homeland guy who wanted Sculley and Miller to leave? Miller said something about him wanting revenge, but that seems pretty idiotic - why would they give a shit about killing the almost dead kid? I'm glad they didn't puss out and make it a false flag operation by the Illuminati to incite America against Muslims, but it's kinda funny how the episode made Muslims come off very badly.
The nurse who wanted to murder him was a bit crazy but also kinda right, if the local church brought him and the others over they basically hosted a giant sleeper terrorist cell... we need Trump to sort this out!
The nurse who wanted to murder him was a bit crazy but also kinda right, if the local church brought him and the others over they basically hosted a giant sleeper terrorist cell... we need Trump to sort this out!
I didn't mind the terrorist episode until the very end with the bs speech between Scully and Mulder. I did love the trumpet callback to the beginning of the episode though. I love shit like that, and would have loved for that theme to continue to the next episode but it probably won't.
6 episodes was not nearly enough.
6 episodes was not nearly enough.
Thought this episode was horrible. The whole plot with all the political agenda bullshit in it was just way over the top. I can see all the anti vaccination people now watching this episode and saying "See! that's exactly why we didn't get our children vaccinated!" I like how Scully was able to whip up the cure for the Spartan virus in fifteen minutes. Seems plausible since scientists around the globe haven't found a cure for anything in almost a century.
