The episode "Unrequited" addresses the tragedy of POWS who were left behind...as though a blind eye was turned toward them. However, one is back seeking vengeance from his superiors who were deemed as doing nothing to save their fellow soldiers.
Mulder and Scully come in to a situation where certain military brass are being assassinated mysteriously with only a "death card" being left at the scene of the murder. The card is, of course, a reference to how certain squadrons advertised their lethal fury. But this is almost thirty years later and there is, seemingly, no way this could be happening as the assailant is believed to be a soldier assumed dead due to a few teeth found as remains? Something doesn't add up as now you see him and now you don't...Teager turns invisible at will as if he can produce a "blind-spot" in the viewer's eye.
While the idea of those who survived the war only to languish in a prisoner of war camp is a tragedy, the invisible "ghost-like" specter of Teager really never gels. The character never really has any development on-screen and his vanishing act doesn't really work to create the paranormal "almost" believability it needs to even minimally work up that paranormal zeitgeist needed. In the end, the lesser of approximately three episodes dealing with the politics of the Vietnam war thus far seen in this series. Not a must see or particularly recommended.
Mulder and Scully come in to a situation where certain military brass are being assassinated mysteriously with only a "death card" being left at the scene of the murder. The card is, of course, a reference to how certain squadrons advertised their lethal fury. But this is almost thirty years later and there is, seemingly, no way this could be happening as the assailant is believed to be a soldier assumed dead due to a few teeth found as remains? Something doesn't add up as now you see him and now you don't...Teager turns invisible at will as if he can produce a "blind-spot" in the viewer's eye.
While the idea of those who survived the war only to languish in a prisoner of war camp is a tragedy, the invisible "ghost-like" specter of Teager really never gels. The character never really has any development on-screen and his vanishing act doesn't really work to create the paranormal "almost" believability it needs to even minimally work up that paranormal zeitgeist needed. In the end, the lesser of approximately three episodes dealing with the politics of the Vietnam war thus far seen in this series. Not a must see or particularly recommended.