Behind the ScenesAnderson originally approached series creator Chris Carter about writing and directing an episode of the series during its sixth season. At the same time, Anderson was getting offers from various networks to direct shows, despite having never directed an entry of television before. She decided to "learn the ropes" with The X-Files ( Read more... )

One wrong turn, and... we wouldn't be sitting here together. Well, that says a lot. That says a lot, a lot, a lot. That's probably more than we should be getting into at this late hour.

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Behind the Sceneshe premise behind "Chimera" was "a compelling examination of the evil that lies beneath a prototypical white-bread suburban existence." These themes had previously been explored in the season six episode, "Arcadia". However, the show wished to explore the same ideas in a more "straight-ahead scare" style, rather than supplementing ( Read more... )

"Do you have a significant other?" "Um... not in the widely understood defintion of the term."

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Behind the Scenes"En Ami" was written by William B. Davis, who portrayed The Smoking Man. The main theme of the episode is The Smoking Man's desire to seduce Scully using an agenda she would understand: in this case, medical knowledge. Davis approached series creator Chris Carter with his idea, who was intrigued. He assigned executive producer ( Read more... )

You'd die for Mulder but you won't allow yourself to love him.

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Behind the ScenesOriginally, the episode was not planned to be produced during the seventh season. However, just before the writing crew prepared to take their Christmas break, one of the scheduled scripts was removed from the line-up. In order to meet the deadline, Frank Spotnitz, John Shiban, and Vince Gilligan decided to write a script about " ( Read more... )

You see that, Scully? You always keep me guessing.

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Behind the ScenesThe episode is notable for being written by William Gibson, together with fellow science fiction novelist and long-time friend Tom Maddox. "First Person Shooter" was the second episode written by the authors, after the success of the fifth season episode "Kill Switch", which first aired on February 15, 1998 and subsequently made ( Read more... )

I don't know about you, Scully, but I feel the great need to blast the crap out of something.

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