Sleepwalker by Sarah Stegall Copyright © 1994 by Sarah Stegall Writer: Chris Carter Director: David Nutter Maybe it’s too early to worry about the future of “The X- Files”, but I like to get an early start on these things. Glen Morgan and Jim Wong, the best writers for this show, are leaving in January to start their own series, and Ten Thirteen Productions is going to need new blood very quickly. It’s beginning to show. Friday night’s episode, “Firewalker”, was “Alien” meets “Ice” (which was “The Thing”, anyway) meets “Darkness Falls“. Agents Mulder and Scully find themselves involuntarily quarantined,…
The X-Files: “Duane Barry” & “Ascension”
Where, Oh Where Has My Little Girl Gone? by Sarah Stegall copyright © 1994 by Sarah Stegall Writer: Chris Carter/Paul Brown Director: Chris Carter/Michael Lange I’ve started and scrapped this review three times. “Duane Barry”/”Ascension” is a very difficult arc to get a handle on. While there are problems with pacing, direction, and content, there are moments–defining moments–in this two-part series that characterize “The X-Files” more sharply than anything else that has appeared in the series so far. Someone needs to remind Chris Carter that when you begin, literally, with a scream, it’s hard to go anywhere but down. You’ve…