The writers still have it...
Nov. 5th, 2000 09:38 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alexpgpThe X Files ended a few minutes ago and, for a season premiere episode, it's pretty good. Even if Mulder is kinda out of the picture, having been abducted by aliens at the end of last season.
The fellow that's been insinuated into the opening credits - Robert Patrick - did a creditable job of John Doggett, who's been put in charge of investigating Mulder's disappearance. I remember Patrick best, perhaps, for his role as the advanced T-1000 android in Terminator 2, and he's aged well.
Interesting item: a look at the Internet Movie Database shows Patrick to have apparently appeared on the show during the 1993 season, in the role of Doggett. Dip me in oil, but I don't remember him. Then again, I only really started to keep up with the show after I moved to Houston (those Albuquerque stations don't travel very far into Colorado).
Tonight's episode was classic Carter: conflict, conflict, and then - for variety - even more conflict. Not only was there no resolution to squat, but more and more complexity as you go along. Multiple opportunities for mind games all hour long. It works well, and is one of the reasons I like the show. Mark Twain once said, "the difference between truth and fiction is that fiction has to make sense." Carter's show puts Twain's observation on its ear.
Cheers...
The fellow that's been insinuated into the opening credits - Robert Patrick - did a creditable job of John Doggett, who's been put in charge of investigating Mulder's disappearance. I remember Patrick best, perhaps, for his role as the advanced T-1000 android in Terminator 2, and he's aged well.
Interesting item: a look at the Internet Movie Database shows Patrick to have apparently appeared on the show during the 1993 season, in the role of Doggett. Dip me in oil, but I don't remember him. Then again, I only really started to keep up with the show after I moved to Houston (those Albuquerque stations don't travel very far into Colorado).
Tonight's episode was classic Carter: conflict, conflict, and then - for variety - even more conflict. Not only was there no resolution to squat, but more and more complexity as you go along. Multiple opportunities for mind games all hour long. It works well, and is one of the reasons I like the show. Mark Twain once said, "the difference between truth and fiction is that fiction has to make sense." Carter's show puts Twain's observation on its ear.
Cheers...
