zzzzzZZZZZZZ *swat!* by Sarah Stegall copyright ©1995 by Sarah Stegall Writer: Chris Carter Director: Chris Carter When I first realized that all the prisoners on Death Row in Chris Carter’s The List were black, and that all but one of the prison guards was white, I thought we were going to see an exploration of racial themes in Friday night’s episode of The X-Files. Certainly it would be in character for Carter, who has dealt with controversial subjects before in this series without backing away: his episodes Darkness Falls, Red Museum, and Irresistible all incorporated politically or socially charged themes.…

The Questing Beast by Sarah Stegall Copyright ©1996 by Sarah Stegall   Scully: “You’re so consumed by your personal vengeance against life, whether it be its inherent cruelties or its mysteries, that everything takes on a warped significance in your megalomaniacal cosmology.” Mulder: “Scully, are you coming on to me?” Writer: Kim Newton Director: Any television show that combines dinosaurs and fishing gets my undivided attention. If nothing else had happened in “Quagmire”, the juxtaposition of the noble art of angling with John Bartley’s lyrical shots of a beautiful mountain trout lake would have gotten several sunflower seeds from me.…