"The X Files" Salvage (2001)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Rod Hardy

Writers:

Chris Carter (creator)
Jeffrey Bell (written by)

TV Series:

"The X Files" (1993)

Original Air Date:

14 January 2001 (Season 8, Episode 9)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Plot:

A man believed to be dead from Gulf War Syndrome comes back to life and slowly turns into metal. |

Plot Keywords:

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

Cast

Gillian Anderson	...	Dana Scully
Robert Patrick	...	John Doggett
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tamara Clatterbuck	...	Larina Jackson
Dan Desmond	...	Harry Odell
Jack Forbes	...	Ray Pearce's Double
Arye Gross	...	Dr. Tom Puvogel
Scott MacDonald	...	Curt Delario
Kenneth Meseroll	...	Owen Harris
Reece Morgan	...	Owen Harris' Little Boy
Jennifer Parsons	...	Nora Pearce
Colleen Quinn	...	Owen Harris' Wife
Randy Walker	...	SWAT Cop
Wade Williams	...	Ray Pearce (as Wade Andrew Williams)

Runtime:

Argentina:60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Certification:

Argentina:13

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Trivia:

Robert Patrick's character comments that you only see metal men in movies. Patrick played the liquid-metal Terminator in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991).

Weak episode...

I honestly could not remember what episode this was before I reviewed it which is pretty rare for me. I figured it must be in Season 8 or 9 and sure enough. The funny thing is I know that I've seen this episode at least twice before and both times I completely forgot what it was about. On rewatching I have to admit that the first thought that came to my mind was to wonder whether it was a coincidence that this story seemed so much like Terminator and Robert Patrick was starring. There is even a little joke in there about metal men only being in the movies but this just seemed like a poor attempt at an inside joke or something. This was a lame episode with no real explanation to it at all. I mean yes the X-Files tends to have open ended episodes but at least we have some sort of idea what really happened even if it is not confirmed. In this episode the guy just kind of disappears and the show ends. I guess it is a good idea but it wasn't really handled very well by the writer and director. I give it a 6/10 simply because I did think the whole clipping off the metal from his face was kind of cool.