Deja Tooms by Sarah Stegall Copyright © 1996 by Sarah Stegall Writer: Howard Gordon Director: James Charleston Editor: Michael Stern “You can get the next mutant.“—Mulder to Scully, “Tooms” It looks as if the time has come for Agent Mulder to pay off on his promise to Agent Scully, as “Teliko” returns us to the tunnel-crawling, mutant-chasing days of yesteryear. “Squeeze” meets “2Shy” meets “Ghost in the Machine” etcetera. It’s not the first time The X-Files has revisited the scene of the crime; “Firewalker” recast the essential elements of “Ice“, and “Wetwired” was an updated episode of “Blood“. What’s interesting…
The X-Files: “Small Potatoes”
The Man Who Would Be Mulder by Sarah Stegall Copyright © 1997 by Sarah Stegall “”What we are not by nature we take unto ourselves through imitation.” —Aristophanes, “Thesmophoriazusae” Written by Vince Gilligan Directed by Clifford Bole It’s easy, and dangerous, to make us laugh at others. Poking fun at others can alienate us from them, creating emotional distance as we emphasize the difference between Self and Other. Writer Vince Gilligan and actor Darin Morgan’s genius is that they can identify for us that part of ourselves present in The Other, and thus make the laughter shared laughter. And few…