Deja Vie by Sarah Stegall copyright ©1996 by Sarah Stegall Writer: Glen Morgan and James Wong Director: Rob Bowman “The Field Where I Died” is poignant, even heartbreaking. What a desperately romantic notion–souls mated for eternity, spinning in and out of one another’s endless lives like electrons circling in and out of the orbits of covalent atoms. Writers Glen Morgan and James Wong pull out all the stops in a sweeps-month story of thwarted lovers and past lives. It’s gripping, highly emotional, and a showcase for the actors. But in the context of more than seventy episodes, it stands out…
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The X-Files: “Kaddish”
Feat of Clay by Sarah Stegall copyright © 1997 by Sarah Stegall Written by Howard Gordon Directed by Kim Manners From the first season onward, The X-Files has had three major themes: conspiracies/UFOs, “weird science”, and the paranormal. But now and then the series delves into an area rich with story potential: folklore. The pioneering entry into this territory was Chris Carter’s script for “The Jersey Devil”, which explored a legend about a monster that dates back to the founding of New Jersey. Later in the first season, Marilyn Osborne used the spirit-possession legend of the Manitou as a starting…