X-FILES 8.16 FAQ
WHAT’S IT CALLED?
“Three Words.”
WHO’S REPSONSIBLE?
Teleplay is credited to series creator Chris Carter and series executive producer Frank Spotnitz.
NOW THAT MULDER’S BACK, DOES HE STILL PLUMMET IN SLOW MOTION DURING THE OPENING CREDITS?
Yes.
WHAT DOES TV GUIDE SAY?
”Mulder's first meeting with Doggett is far from a cordial one in a tense episode that broadens the scope of the word conspiracy. The installment opens with a man hopping a fence and running toward the White House. Tackled by guards, he yells that aliens are taking over America; then he's shot, apparently with his own gun. Kersh (James Pickens Jr.) dismisses the incident as he tells Doggett and Skinner that he wants no more of Mulder on the X-files. But the event prompts action by Absalom (Judson Scott), the alleged UFO cultist arrested in Montana during Mulder's return. It's Mulder who spots a link between the two, and, with Scully, he risks prison to investigate further.”
WHAT ARE THE THREE WORDS?
“Fight the future.”
WHY ARE THEY IMPORTANT?
They're said to serve as a passcode to a 10-gigabite file identifying extraterrestrials being tracked via the U.S. census.
WHAT ELSE ISN’T TV GUIDE TELLING US?
That the man who was shot was a disciple of Absalom. Doggett is captured by Absalom and used to infiltrate the Federal Statistics Center, which houses the census data. It proves, says Absalom, “that they’re already among us.” But before Doggett and Absalom can get to the data, Absalom takes a bullet to the brain.
WHEN DOES MULDER MEET DOGGETT?
More than halfway in.
WHERE DOES THIS MEETING TAKE PLACE?
Skinner’s office.
HOW NOT-CORDIAL IS THE FIRST MEETING?
When Doggett reaches to shake Mulder’s hand, Mulder angrily pushes Doggett back into his chair.
WHY?
Mulder thinks Doggett got Absalom killed – “because of what he knew!”
WHEN DO THE LONE GUNMEN SHOW UP?
Right after the Mulder-Doggett meeting.
DO THEY BRING THE HOT BRITISH GIRL FROM THEIR OWN SHOW?
No.
THEN WHAT ARE THEY DOING THERE?
They help Mulder compromise the facility where Absalom was shot.
ANY SIGN OF SPECIAL AGENT MONICA REYES?
Nope.
HOW DOES IT END? (MAJOR SPOIILER HERE.)
Doggett’s friend, the one played by Adam “Animal Mother” Baldwin, is revealed by a lump in his neck to be possessed by an alien.
HERC’S RATING FOR “X-FILES” 8.16?
**1/2
The Hercules T. Strong Rating System:
**** better than most motion pictures
*** actually worth your valuable time
** as horrible as most stuff on TV
* makes you quietly pray for bulletins
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