"The X Files" Revelations (1995)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

David Nutter

Writers:

Chris Carter (creator)
Kim Newton (written by)

TV Series:

"The X Files" (1993)

Original Air Date:

15 December 1995 (Season 3, Episode 11)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Plot:

Over the course of three years, eleven would-be stigmatics, or people who claim to have harnessed the power of God...

Plot Keywords:

Title Spoken By Character | FBI | FBI Agent | Alien | X Files

Cast

David Duchovny	...	Fox Mulder
Gillian Anderson	...	Dana Scully
Kevin Zegers	...	Kevin Kryder
Sam Bottoms	...	Michael Kryder
Kenneth Welsh	...	Simon Gates
Michael Berryman	...	Owen Lee Jarvis
Hayley Tyson	...	Susan Kryder
R. Lee Ermey	...	Reverend Patrick Findley
Lesley Ewen	...	Carina Maywald
Fulvio Cecere	...	Priest
Nicole Robert	...	Mrs. Tynes

Runtime:

Argentina:60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Certification:

Argentina:13

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Scully and Mulder make a reference to a story about St. Ignatius "in the Bible." Ignatius, in fact, is not in the Bible himself; he is one of the early so-called "church fathers."

Quotes:

Dana Scully: Mulder, would you do me a favor?
Dana Scully: Would you smell Mr. Jarvis?

Movie Connections:

References "The Simpsons" (1989)

Outstanding episode

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

This was one of my favorite episodes of season 3; they just re-aired it on The Sci Fi Channel. I had not seen it in years but I remembered every detail because I watched it over and over when I first saw it around a decade ago! It is not one I easily forgot, and it was definitely intriguing to see Agent Scully in a role where she plays not only the protector of the stigmatic child but also becomes the believer and Mulder is the skeptic, as mentioned in the previous comment. It is always interesting to see Scully show emotion of any kind, and also easy to see why Anderson won an Emmy for her role. This is classic X-Files, in my opinion. I remember years ago thinking that it was so convenient that she saw the recycle container and suddenly knew where to find Kevin, but now seeing it again I realize that those signs were meant for her to see because she was "chosen" to protect him, whereas otherwise she would not have made the connection.