The Man in the Iron Mask by Sarah Stegall copyright 1996 by Sarah Stegall Writer: Howard Gordon Story: Howard Gordon and David Duchovny Director: James Charleston It’s been a rough year for Walter Skinner. We began the season with an armed confrontation between the X-Files agents and their boss. He got shot in the gut for pursuing the investigation into the death of Melissa Scully. Now he gets framed like a Picasso by the same guys, for the murder of a prostitute. No wonder the man rarely smiles. Friday’s X-File, “Avatar”, takes us behind the mask that Assistant Director Walter…
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The X-Files: “Grotesque”
Monsters from the Id by Sarah Stegallcopyright 1996 by Sarah Stegall Writer: Howard Gordon Director: Kim Manners “Is this the monster called Madness?” — Fox Mulder A good hunter tracks his prey from the inside: he wears camouflage to blend in with the background, seeks patterns in the way the prey operates, studies it closely to exploit its weaknesses. Like American Indian buffalo hunters before the advent of horses, a good hunter will put on the skin of the prey, looking through its eyes as he approaches the quarry, drawing ever closer to it both physically and spiritually. And when…