Good, Workmanlike Job

"It was a big episode, except we had a budget and we got to blow $hit up."

---Chris Carter, paraphrase


OK..Chris Carter and his crew are, after all, only human. I have seen a lot of reviews saying "Oh, it was just a long episode.." It's a f#cking TV show, for crying out loud! If you are expecting the writing of "The X-Files" to solve all the conspiracies that riddle our civilization, take broad and staggering leaps forward into new filmic ground (on network TV), or feature the long-awaited torrid toe-curlin cheek-slappin freaky-deak scene between David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson....then you are really putting too much on the shoulders of the people who give us this fine, refreshing part of our culture.

If, on the other hand:

--you would like to see the story-line explored and fleshed out much
more so than the show,

--You would like to see William A "CancerMan" Davis moving behind the
scenes in ways that are only hinted at on the show,

--You worship the ground Gillian Anderson walks on, as I do
(sorry, had to throw that in there)

--You would like to see a lot of the humor perpetuated in ways
that just have not happened on the show... not necessarily
because they cannot... ie, the episode where Mulder switches
bodies with Michael McKean, of Spinal Tap/Laverne & Shirley
fame, and they do that dance in the mirror...but in the movie,
David Duchovny even picks on himself.."If I was petrified,
I'd look like this." No change in facial expression..

If all of those things are true, and you are also prepared for a rollicking good storyline detailing the origins of the Black Ooze and the unbelievably George Orwell/_Naked Lunch_ cabal behind what CancerMan is really all about (which is explained IN DETAIL, thank God!!!) then fire up the surround sound and pass the popcorn.

If not, check your local listings for Star Trek conventions. They'll understand your pain..