![]() ![]() However, it's also an episode made by a bunch of white guys about the dangers of xenophobia, and ends up dehumanizing the characters anyway. Season 4: Episode 3, "Teliko" This episode, about an African immigrant who lacks a pituitary gland and kills other black men to literally suck out their skin pigment for himself as a result, is actually surprisingly relevant in its portrayal of institutional indifference towards the suffering of people of color. Season 3: Episode 18, "Teso Dos Bichos" Fans like calling this generally-hated, Ecuadorian-themed episode "the one with all the cats." We'll also add that it's kinda racist (see below). makes out with a noir-y vampire lady? Or something? (Don't worry, Scully returns in Season 2, Episode 8.) ![]() The Season 2 Episodes After Scully Is Abducted In her absence, Mulder. After a while, you're not going to care about how it ends. In the same way one doesn't watch Lost for its satisfying ending, The X-Files has been unshackled from its ratings duties for over a decade and is now more about the fun of experiencing what has become the Rosetta Stone for both its onscreen descendants and the way modern TV maintains loyal fanbases. (Eventually people would start calling this the Chris Carter effect, a phenomenon wherein a show starts losing followers because its plot loses its mind.) But plot consistency isn't why one binge-watches a show like this. To get the really long version you need to watch the entire series-and for that, we're here to help.Īs the show progressed, notably after the sixth season and subsequent 1998 X-Files movie, critics noted that showrunners-of whom there were many, including creator Chris Carter and Breaking Bad impresario Vince Gilligan-seemed to be losing their grip on its story arc, trying new ideas out and discarding them before the audience even had a chance to recover. The long version: Take the short version and add catastrophically, comically huge meta-government conspiracies, relatively heavy-handed social justice metaphors, and every supernatural/extraterrestrial/folklore tale you can possibly imagine. The short version: Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson), a doctor and skeptic working for the FBI, is assigned to essentially babysit fellow agent Fox Mulder (David Duchovny), a believer to a fault whose sister was abducted (by aliens or otherwise) when they were children and whose investigations into the FBI's inexplicable X-Files cases often need an anchor in reality. Read More Binge-Watching Guides Fringe The Wire Freaks and GeeksThat means it's time to catch up. Likely thanks to a new life granted by streaming services, the nine-season show-one of the most elaborate, long-winded, beleaguered, and beloved cult sci-fi series in TV history-has received ever-expanding acclaim and became a cultural juggernaut once again. Even if you only have a passing interest in the show, chances are something in your daily life-an offhand reference by a co-worker or an endless stream of GIF sets in your Tumblr feed-has brought The X-Files back into your world. ![]()
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