Warning: Full spoilers for the episode below.
I'll say this about The X-Files revival: This six-episode non-miniseries format certainly allows for some interesting tales. Not all of them land, but they sure are unique. Basically, having so few episodes - and then only having two of them (the first and last) dealing with the new mythology arc - opens the show up to a certain amount of playfulness. And creator Chris Carter returned as writer/director for this penultimate chapter, "Babylon " - a fun balance between weird gimmickry and headiness.
And I liked it. Mostly because, overall, I never knew where "Babylon" was headed. Were these terrorists being framed? Was there something supernatural about their target or method of detonation? What was to be the ultimate hook here? Aside from Mulder and Scully meeting younger doppelgänger versions of themselves in Robbie Amell's Agent Miller and Lauren Ambrose's Agent Einstein?
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I'll say this about The X-Files revival: This six-episode non-miniseries format certainly allows for some interesting tales. Not all of them land, but they sure are unique. Basically, having so few episodes - and then only having two of them (the first and last) dealing with the new mythology arc - opens the show up to a certain amount of playfulness. And creator Chris Carter returned as writer/director for this penultimate chapter, "Babylon " - a fun balance between weird gimmickry and headiness.
And I liked it. Mostly because, overall, I never knew where "Babylon" was headed. Were these terrorists being framed? Was there something supernatural about their target or method of detonation? What was to be the ultimate hook here? Aside from Mulder and Scully meeting younger doppelgänger versions of themselves in Robbie Amell's Agent Miller and Lauren Ambrose's Agent Einstein?
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