> "Two Fathers." by  Caroline O'Connell
> 
> Spoilers 

> "I could never have scripted the events that led us
> to this."  
> CGB Spender - The bad guy formerly known as CSM.
> 
> 
> A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away... Oops,
> sorry, wrong mythology.  I'm a bit caught up in the
> Star Wars hoopla.  Like most people I have a touch
> of Zhworng Fever*.  Then again, maybe watching Two
> Fathers with CSM in full on Darth Vader mode I just
> wanted to yell "Use the Force, Jeffy!"  It's being
> heralded as the answers to all our questions.  I'll
> take a good dose of Scully scepticism and tell you
> I'll believe it when I see it!    Too often we've
> been reeled in with the promise of answered
> questions (Patient X/The  Red and The Black, Fight
> the Future.) only to be left with a whole new set of
> questions the main one being "Huh?".  
> 
> Two Fathers kicks off with CSM explaining the
> ongoing attempts to create a human-alien hybrid, the
> culmination of 50 years work and how - through the
> revelation of that work - his son betrayed him.
>  Bill Davis has been quoted as saying he plays CSM
> as if he were the hero and not the villain.
>  Watching his monologue unfold you almost feel sorry
> for him... Almost.  He thoroughly believes what he's
> doing is right and that's one of the most
> frightening aspects of his character.  He acts with
> impunity because it's for the greater good.
> 
> Inter woven with his story, the other players tell
> their tales.  Cassandra Spender returns and tells
> Mulder the aliens' plan preferring to talk to him
> than to her own son, fuelling the animosity between
> the two agents.  We also find out that the woman
> Mulder spoke with in the cafe was just another
> clone, but that Samantha is still alive and, like
> the Truth, is out there somewhere.
> 
> Mulder and Scully are almost peripheral to this
> story.  We know who they are and where they stand in
> the Grand Scheme of Things.  Two Fathers brings all
> the major characters of the mythology together and
> shows us where their loyalties lie.  Krycek (with a
> nice haircut, this time!)  for want of a better
> phrase, has been well and truly been seduced by the
> Dark Side.  The Consortium deciding that since he
> knows everything anyway he's better off with them
> than against them.  As Deep Throat said "Keep your
> friends close and your enemies closer.".   This is
> something Agent Spender has failed to learn.  
> Finally finding a way to get Mulder and Scully out
> of the FBI, his efforts to impress his father are
> met with a scornful comparison and a slap in the
> face.  Cassandra is more interested in talking to
> Mulder than her own son.  No wonder Spender hates
> him!  Poor little Jeffrey, unloved and unwanted -
> and one of my favourite characters I have to admit.
>  Teamed with an equally watchable Nichola
> s Lea to kill a shape shifting alien, Spender - to
> his horror - finds out that every thing his mother
> has told him and Mulder has been trying to tell him
> is true.  But what will young Luke... Sorry! Jeffrey
> do now?
> 
> After the lite episodes we are now well ensconced in
> X-Files territory.  A good old rip roaring
> conspiracy arc!  A plethora of characters and an
> interesting climax that doesn't leave us wondering
> if Mulder and/or Scully are dead!  
> 
> How long til Sunday?
> 
> 8/10
> 
> Stuff...
> 
> For those of you not paying attention for the last 6
> years, here's one we made earlier.
> 
> Things I learned from the X-Files:  Bad things
> happen on trains...which is why I take the bus.
> 
> Mulder as a homie?  Man that is dope! (Bear in mind
> that I am possibly the whitest person on the
> planet!)  And all the girls say I'm pretty fly for a
> white guy.
> 
> Is it just me or did any one expect CSM to shake his
> fist and say "And we'd have gotten away with it if
> it wasn't for those pesky aliens!"
> 
> It was a veritable catchphrase-o-rama!  Trust No
> One, The Truth is Out There, Fight The Future and
> (sorry, Alex, wrong programme!)  Resistance is
> Futile.  The T-shirt industry gets on its knees and
> thanks the Lord.
> 
> Are all the Syndicate members taught to say "My God"
> like that?  And didn't Doctor Openshaw look like WMM
> (RIP).
> 
> Jeffy and Alex - All our bad eggs in one Taurus!
> 
> And a great big double EEWWW! for Diana Fowley and
> that hand lovingly snaking across CSM's shoulder.
>  That would give anyone nightmares!
> 
> Cal
> May the Eighteenth be with you... err...
> 
> 
> *Zhworng Fever infects people between the ages of 20
> -35.  It's predominantly, but not exclusively, a
> male disorder causing the sufferer to lapse into a
> gibbering wreck at the mere mention of The Phantom
> Menace.  Symptoms include constricted breathing,
> refusal to believe one's paternal origin and a
> tendency to have invisible sword fights with fellow
> sufferers using strange phrases to each other like
> zhworng, zhworng, kishhhh!
> 
> It is expected to reach a dangerous epidemic
> Wednesday afternoon in the States and Canada.
>  Experts predict it's passage to Europe in July. ;-D