My Name is Nobody by Sarah Stegall Copyright ©1996 by Sarah Stegall Writer: Glen Morgan Director: James Wong “I’m the liar; you’re the killer.” –Deep Throat to the Smoking Man It was only a matter of time until a series based on government conspiracies and cover-ups eventually got around to the Grandest Conspiracy of Them All, the John F. Kennedy assassination. “Musings of a Cigarette-Smoking Man”, by Glen Morgan, finally addresses this mother of all intrigues by showing us the life of Mulder’s nemesis, the title character played by William B. Davis. The series has dropped hints about his character…
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The X-Files: “Home”
Family Plot by Sarah Stegall copyright 1996 by Sarah Stegall Written by Glen Morgan and James Wong Directed by Kim Manners In his Pulitzer Prize-winning play “Buried Child”, actor and playwright Sam Shepard uses the image of a child’s corpse unearthed in a family’s backyard to speak to us of buried hopes and fears, and the dark secrets that can hold a family together. Just as silence can bind family members in a net of conspiracy and oppression, so are the inarticulate and grotesque Peacock brothers of “Home” entangled in a hopeless web of silence, ignorance, and depravity. Whether this…