"The X Files" Without (2000)

User Rating:

8.2/10   

Director:

Kim Manners

Writers:

Chris Carter (creator)
Chris Carter (written by)

TV Series:

"The X Files" (1993)

Original Air Date:

12 November 2000 (Season 8, Episode 2)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Plot:

Scully leads Skinner and an unhappy Doggett to Arizona to protect Gibson Praise from an Alien Bounty Hunter disguised as the missing Mulder. |

Plot Keywords:

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

Cast

David Duchovny	...	Fox Mulder
Gillian Anderson	...	Dana Scully
Robert Patrick	...	John Doggett
Mitch Pileggi	...	Walter Skinner
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jo-Ann Dean	...	Secretary
Christine Firkins	...	Thea Sprecher
Marc Gomes	...	Agent Danny Mosley
Jeff Gulka	...	Gibson Andrew Praise
Sal Landi	...	Agent Landau
Jonathan Palmer	...	Principal
James Pickens Jr.	...	FBI Deputy Director Alvin Kersh
Brian Thompson	...	Alien Bounty Hunter
Kirk B.R. Woller	...	Agent Gene Crane

Runtime:

Argentina:60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Certification:

Argentina:13

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Trivia:

Last appearance of the Alien Bounty Hunter.

Quotes:

John Doggett: It's not who wins or loses - it's who takes the worst beating that counts.

There's always a UFO hiding right next to where you are.

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

The continuation of the season 8 opener is much better than the previous episode. The entire episode takes place entirely in Arizona. The search for Gibson Praise continues as Alien Mulder has now disappeared and Gibson has fled to a hiding place in the desert. Scully finds him but due to lack of trust for Agent Doggett and a bounty hunter impersonating FBI agents she does not share his location with the others. Waiting for the ideal moment, she escapes into desert with Skinner and sends Skinner to the hospital with Gibson while she looks for Mulder in the desert. Doggett soon shows up and reveals that he knows where Gibson is and that his men are watching. Scully scolds him for having so much trust in his men and rushes back to the hospital only to find that Skinner has been gassed and stuffed into the ceiling while the bounty hunter is attempting to escape with Gibson. Scully is able to sharp shoot the alien through the back of the neck (what a shot!) all after being thrown across the room. In all the wrap up we gain a little more trust for Agent Doggett and find out that he has been as much a pawn in the whole charade as Scully and Skinner have. In the end he is assigned to work on the X-Files with Agent Scully and season 8 truly begins. I give this episode a 9 out of 10.