The Sixth Extinction - 11/08/99
 
"Some truths are not for you."
 
If this is truth, none of it is for me. I wasn't disgusted by this 
episode. After all, it is mythology and a season premiere, so exceptions 
must be made. I was disappointed, but I expected that. Overall, 
it was 'ok', but nothing special. Enough with opening pleasantries, 
let's nit-pick!
 
First of all, how can Scully afford to stay in Africa? Doesn't she have a 
job of her own to do, other than chase Mulder around? Jeez, she must have 
had a ton of vacation time. She must have run out of clothes too, because 
those shirts she was wearing were way too tight. And whats the deal with 
the machete? Where's her gun? And I thought people in the Ivory Coast spoke 
French! Despite those minor misgivings, this episode opened in true XF form: 
a voice over/monologue. Scully's narrating a journal to Mulder, probably the 
same one she used in Memento Mori. She tells him all about her struggles 
and how hard is to make sense out of writing on an extra terrestrial space 
craft written in an ancient language. These are things that she would never 
tell Mulder. She's Scully, she's fine, and she's kickin' butt with that 
knife of hers. Well, maybe the tight white shirts instead of the knife... 
but anyway. I like the biblical tie in with the plagues and stuff, locusts, 
boiling sea, sea of blood, etc. even though on my S7 wish list I specifically 
said "No more end of the world apocalyptic garbage" (to quote Mulder from 
the movie). One thing confused me in this hemisphere: when was Scully ever 
under suspicion for anyone death, let alone Dr. M's? Dr. Barnes makes an 
overture that led me to believe that she was...
 
Coming back the great ol' 'Mer'can dirt plantations, Mulder's in the hospital 
(of course) and attacks Spanky (of course) and has to put up with DIEana 
FOULy's half hearted love confession, Kritchgau telling him that he sucks 
at psychic readings but through all that, the boys got SOUL! Did you hear his 
rhythm on those monitors? He could've been a musician... tee-hee-hee. Nothing 
really surprised me about any of this though. Come to think of it, did 
anything really happen? Did we really learn anything new, other than that 
Mulder can be treated? I didn't think so.
 
Come to think of it, it seems to me that at the end of this episode, I felt 
kinda high and dry. There was absolutely no resolution to any of the 
cliffhangers from last season. It was pure filler. Why? Maybe that question 
can be answered next week with the conclusion. Not even Redux did this 
bad of a job with consistency. At least we knew that Mulder was alive... 
one resolution.
 
Musings of a K.M.C.
 
- Editors busted on continuation: Right before we get to see Kritchgau's 
fancy new dig, we learn by the thing at the bottom of the screen that 
it is exactly 5:05 AM, but Kritzy says "its six AM". Open mouth insert foot!
 
- I guess Snow couldn't come up with any new music and had to use the 
same score from Bio... how sad.
 
- I like Spanky's meanness to Foul, but that "I love you, Fox. I've 
loved you for so long." thing really got to me. Talk about nightmares... 
That's when I wanted to bury a machete in someone's throat.
 
- And now that Scully's back in the country, someone stole the freakin' 
space craft. La-de-da. Woo-hoo. Look at me, I don't care!
 
It's pretty sad when a long anticipated, overblown episode is just filler 
before the REAL season premiere. Oh well, what do you expect from CC?
 
Rating: 3 generous lounge chairs out of 5
 
Previews: Yay Deep Throat! (Yeah right... I'm soooo sure its really him.)/
When was Mulder ever infected with an alien virus?/ SEX SCENE BETWEEN MULDER 
AND FOWLY?/ At least Albert is okay./ Fox, I am your father./ Can't wait 
for this one!
 
"Yeah, we white people been workin' on rhythm for a long time 'n we got a 
long way to go." - Reverend Jim