Tim Minear delivers his second, and final X-Files this week with Mind’s Eye, which first aired on 19 April, 1998, and earned its guest star, Lili Taylor and its editor, Casey O. Rohrs, Emmy nominations. Agents Mulder (David Duchovny) and Scully (Gillian Anderson) are called in by a detective, Pennock (Blu Mankuma) for help in…
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Millennium (1997) – Jose Chung’s ‘Doomsday Defense,’ and Midnight of the Century
Darin Morgan brings his creation Jose Chung (Charles Nelson Reilly) into Frank Black’s (Lance Henriksen) orbit with Jose Chung’s ‘Doomsday Defense’ which Morgan wrote and first aired on 12 November, 1997. Like the classic X-Files episode that features the character, this story is funny, satiric, and of course, because it’s Millennium, has a bit of…
The X-Files (1996/1997) – Paper Hearts, and El Mundo Gira
Vince Gilligan pens Paper Hearts, one of the best episodes of season four according to stars David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson. It first aired on 15 December, 1996, and earned composer Mark Snow an Emmy nomination. Mulder (Duchovny) has been having very vivid dreams, dreams that lead him to the unmarked grave of a little…
The X-Files (1996) – Sanguinarium, and Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man
Valerie Mayhew and Vivian Mayhew pen Sanguinarium,an episode that combines witchcraft and dark magics against the backdrop of a cosmetic surgery clinic. First airing on 10 November, 1996, this episode sees agents Mulder (David Duchovny) and Scully (Gillian Anderson) called in to investigate a violent death during a run of the mill plastic surgery operation,…
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1999) – Prodigal Daughter, and The Emperor’s New Cloak
Station log: stardate unknown Bradley Thompson and David Weddle pen this Ezri Dax (Nicole de Boer) episode that first aired on 6 January, 1999. The episode continues to demonstrate the differences between Ezri and Dax’s prior host, Jadzia. Sisko (Avery Brooks) is upset to learn that O’Brien (Colm Meaney) is missing after running down leads…
