This episode is utterly nonsensical.
The broader context is that Carter essentially wrapped up the underlying mythology of the X-Files series in Season 5 with 'Two Sons' and 'One Father,' following the movie itself.
According to that narrative, hinted at in earlier episodes, Samantha, Mulder's sister, was used as a pawn in the alien hybridization experiments The Syndicate conducted as it collaborated with the aliens.
But unlike all the other underlying storyline points, the fate of Mulder's sister was not completely, openly depicted as resolved in 'Two Sons' and 'One Father' - likely because Carter realized the show would be giving up its entire emotional impact if 100 percent of the mythology was resolved.
So here he returns to the matter, but bereft of all its previous hints, context and narrative. Sentimental music and fuzzy visuals are employed to elicit an emotional reaction, and the abduction, syndicate, and hybridization references go by the wayside as if they never happened.
Instead, we are treated to some nonsensical, secular-mystical bromides about what it means to die and take away innocence.
Carter fails to explain why Samantha was taken, why the cigar-smoking man wants to move her somewhere else, or how she disappeared or whom she was disappeared by. Instead he just rolls back all the previous insinuations and makes a nonsense out of the whole thing.
The broader context is that Carter essentially wrapped up the underlying mythology of the X-Files series in Season 5 with 'Two Sons' and 'One Father,' following the movie itself.
According to that narrative, hinted at in earlier episodes, Samantha, Mulder's sister, was used as a pawn in the alien hybridization experiments The Syndicate conducted as it collaborated with the aliens.
But unlike all the other underlying storyline points, the fate of Mulder's sister was not completely, openly depicted as resolved in 'Two Sons' and 'One Father' - likely because Carter realized the show would be giving up its entire emotional impact if 100 percent of the mythology was resolved.
So here he returns to the matter, but bereft of all its previous hints, context and narrative. Sentimental music and fuzzy visuals are employed to elicit an emotional reaction, and the abduction, syndicate, and hybridization references go by the wayside as if they never happened.
Instead, we are treated to some nonsensical, secular-mystical bromides about what it means to die and take away innocence.
Carter fails to explain why Samantha was taken, why the cigar-smoking man wants to move her somewhere else, or how she disappeared or whom she was disappeared by. Instead he just rolls back all the previous insinuations and makes a nonsense out of the whole thing.
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