Saint Max by Sarah Stegall copyright © 1997 by Sarah Stegall “When every day’s just another day when you’re gonna get kidnapped by little gray dudes from outer space, what’s a few CIA spooks?” — Max Fenig Written by Chris Carter and Frank Spotnitz Directed by Kim Manners He was among us and we knew him not. When Max Fenig (Scott Bellis) first appeared in all his oddly endearing glory in “Fallen Angel”, I took an instant liking to him. An X-Files groupie who followed the investigations not only of Fox Mulder but of “the enigmatic Dr. Scully”, he was…
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The X-Files: “Leonard Betts”
Capital Idea by Sarah Stegall copyright © 1997 by Sarah Stegall Writer: Frank Spotnitz, Vince Gilligan, John Shiban Director: Rob Bowman Back in my wasted youth, I trained as an Emergency Medical Assistant. Almost the first thing they taught people who arrive at an accident scene was that no one, no matter how mangled or bloody, was to be considered dead unless pronounced dead by a doctor. The only exception to the rule of “treat ’em as if they’re alive even when they’re dead” was the case of a decapitation. In such cases, we were told, the ambulance was allowed…