Walking Wounded by Sarah Stegall Copyright ©1995 by Sarah Stegall “The Walk” Writer: John Shiban Director: Rob Bowman This one had “five stars” written all over it by the middle of Act One, and I’m not referring to the General’s stars. Once again “The X-Files” does what it does best–take people on the edge of our world and drag them before our noses, focrcing us to look at them with compassion and dread inextricably mixed. In this case, “The Walk”, by John Shiban presenting his first X-Files script, gets up close and personal with the anguish and pain of disabled…
The X-Files: “The Blessing Way” & “Paper Clip”
The Blessing Way/Paper Clip by Sarah Stegall Copyright © 1995 by Sarah Stegall Writer: Chris Carter Director: Rob Bowman The Navajo do not pray for rain. Unlike their neighbors, the Pueblo and Hopi, who dance for the favor of the gods when drought threatens, the nomadic Navajo will hold ceremonies to put themselves in harmony with nature, even if it means buckling down to wait out a season of no rain. Similarly, the Blessing Way Chant is designed not to heal the patient of his physical ills, but to restore him to the “path of beauty”, the road of balance…