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…
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The X-Files: “Never Again”
Screwed, Blue, and Tattooed by Sarah Stegall Copyright © 1997 by Sarah Stegall Writer: Glen Morgan and James Wong Director: Rob Bowman “This is not about you, Mulder. “ –Dana Scully “Never Again” starts with Scully wandering away from Mulder’s interrogation of a witness, to the Vietnam Memorial, where she picks up a faded rose petal. What better reminders could she find of the brevity of life? Having had her thoughts turned this way, an intelligent woman can hardly fail to wonder if she is living the life she wants, if she is achieving the goals (distinguishing herself in the…