Krycek Disarmed by Sarah Stegall copyright ©1996 by Sarah Stegall Writer: Chris Carter and Frank Spotnitz Director: Kim Manners/Rob Bowman “These guys, they make it all up as they go along.”–Alex Krycek When a neglected billboard becomes weathered and forgotten, the laminated advertisements begin to peel away randomly, revealing layers of wildly conflicting scenes, contrasting colors, and contradictory messages. It becomes a collage of warning and inducements; on a rainy night it is caught in the flare of passing headlights, leaps into view for a startled, confused moment, and disappears into the void. The next night’s rain will change it…
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The X-Files: “Teliko”
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…