Bloody Good Show by Sarah Stegall Copyright ©1994 by Sarah Stegall munchkyn@netcom.com Writer: Glen Morgan and James Wong Director: David Nutter Well, Friday night’s episode of “The X-Files” brought us back to the high standards set by the opening episode: creepy camera angles, good writing, tight pacing, and eerie music. Through this whole episode I felt that I was being forced to the edge of a cliff. By the last scene, where Mulder’s phone is sending him messages, I was standing with my toes hanging over the edge. The pacing of this episode was excellent. Having pulled the pin out…
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The X-Files: “F. Emasculata”
The Virus of Fear by Sarah Stegall copyright ©1995 by Sarah Stegall Writer: Chris Carter and Howard Gordon Director: Rob Bowman For a guy who used to write for Walt Disney, Chris Carter sure knows a lot about fear. In Friday night’s episode of “The X-Files”, he and co-writer Howard Gordon mix fears the way a bartender blends drinks: an ounce of terror, two fingers of revulsion, and a dash of jitters. We begin in the rain forests, where Dr. Robert Torrence is collecting specimens of the flora and fauna on behalf of a pharmaceutical company hoping to discover the…