"The X Files" Terma (1996)

Director:

Rob Bowman

Writers:

Chris Carter (creator)
Frank Spotnitz (written by) ...

TV Series:

"The X Files" (1993)

Original Air Date:

1 December 1996 (Season 4, Episode 9)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Plot:

Called upon to disclose Agent Mulder's current whereabouts, Scully must stall the hearings until further...

Plot Keywords:

Title Spoken By Character | FBI | FBI Agent | Alien | X Files

Cast

David Duchovny	...	Fox Mulder
Gillian Anderson	...	Dana Scully
Mitch Pileggi	...	Walter Skinner
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Stefan Arngrim	...	The Prisoner
William B. Davis	...	Cigarette Smoking Man / CGB Spender
Campbell Lane	...	Committee Chairman
Nicholas Lea	...	Alex Krycek
Pamela MacDonald	...	Nurse
Brenda McDonald	...	Auntie Janet
Robin Mossley	...	Dr. Kingsley Looker
John Neville	...	The Well-Manicured Man
Eileen Pedde	...	Angie
Jan Rubes	...	Vassily Peskow
Jessica Schreier	...	Dr. Bonita Sayre
Brent Stait	...	Timothy Mayhew
Malcolm Stewart	...	Dr. Sacks
Fritz Weaver	...	Senator Albert Sorenson

Runtime:

Argentina:60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Russian

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Argentina:13

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Quotes:

Fox Mulder: [questioning a home-grown terrorist] You want to know about anarchy? You don't tell me where that other bomb is, and i'll make sure you spend your prison time on your bigoted hands and knees putting a big smile on some convict's face.

Soundtrack:

Piano Trio No 2, 3rd Movement

Not as good as the first part

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Not as good as the first part, but still a strong closure to this great two-part Black-Oil myth arc.

My only issue with it were basically the scenes where Scully had to explain herself in front of that jury. First of all, they repeated the intro of the previous episode. Then Mulder came in, did his thing. Nobody cared. Evidence was thrown away. Ugh, the conspiracy was never my favorite part of the series.

But then you have the rest, which I thought was fascinating. I loved the look of Russia, the people with no arm were all pretty creepy. Most of my favorite scenes involved Krycek this time. It was shocking when he got his poor arm amputated.

Another thing I liked was the oil thing, how the government was experimenting on old people, and when Mulder got all covered and dirty under oil. Some nice action there.

FOUR stars.