Mar 21 2018SaveTV ReviewsThe X-Files3/21/18C+TV ReviewsThe X-Files3/21/18Mulder and Scully close an X-File no one asked forZack Handlen257SaveGive it this much: “My Struggle IV” does its level best to tie off loose ends. Season 10 ended with a wildly…
Mar 14 2018SaveTV ReviewsThe X-Files3/14/18B+TV ReviewsThe X-Files3/14/18A gory X-Files offers up a new kind of vampireZack Handlen73SaveIt would be going too far to say that “Nothing Lasts Forever” is The X-Files’ goriest episode. For one thing, the…
Mar 7 2018SaveTV ReviewsThe X-Files3/7/18BTV ReviewsThe X-Files3/7/18An okay X-Files is elevated by a nifty monsterZack Handlen93SaveThe title gives the game away. The name “Familiar” refers to the shape-shifting demon who appears multiple times…
Feb 28 2018SaveTV ReviewsThe X-Files2/28/18ATV ReviewsThe X-Files2/28/18A marvelous X-Files has Scully and Mulder hunted by the pest in the machineZack Handlen112SaveWe’re living in the future now, when things are supposed to be easier. And they are, they are. Most of us carry…
Feb 7 2018SaveTV ReviewsThe X-Files2/7/18B+TV ReviewsThe X-Files2/7/18Skinner heads to the woods for a pretty good X-FilesZack Handlen84Save“Kitten” opens with a Vietnam War flashback. This isn’t new ground for the show—the war, with its morass of…
Jan 31 2018SaveTV ReviewsThe X-Files1/31/18BTV ReviewsThe X-Files1/31/18Scully has strange dreams on a twisty X-FilesZack Handlen66SaveFairly early in “Ghouli,” Mulder complains about the state of modern monsters while Scully looks up creepy pasta on…
Jan 24 2018SaveTV ReviewsThe X-Files1/24/18ATV ReviewsThe X-Files1/24/18A delightful X-Files plays with memory, lawn dartsZack Handlen220Save“I’ve stumbled on the conspiracy to end all conspiracies,” says the guy, and even though he’s arguably right, it’s…
Jan 17 2018SaveTV ReviewsThe X-Files1/17/18B-TV ReviewsThe X-Files1/17/18A killer game of Hangman makes for inarticulate X-FilesZack Handlen64SaveWe’ve had a mythology episode, and a mythology-plus-standalone episode. “Plus One” is the first fully committed…
Jan 10 2018SaveTV ReviewsThe X-Files1/10/18B+TV ReviewsThe X-Files1/10/18The X-Files has style to burn in "This"Zack Handlen94SaveIt’s something of a surprise that “This” tries to blend a standalone concept with serialization. For most of its…
Jan 3 2018SaveTV ReviewsThe X-Files1/3/18C+TV ReviewsThe X-Files1/3/18The X-Files re-returns, and it's not as bad as it might've beenZack Handlen187SaveAfter last season’s disastrous finale, I was surprised to find myself somehow still excited at the prospect of more X…