![]() ![]() He can morph into visages of people he sees, just like the T-1000. ![]() The alien bounty hunter goes around terminating alien-human hybrid clones. I think of these as the “Terminator” episodes of “The X-Files,” in a good way. “Colony” (16, David Duchovny and Carter) and “End Game” (17, Frank Spotnitz) The shaping of a saga: All 12 ‘Halloween’ films, rankedĤ-5. But the performance by Nick Chinlund is mesmerizingly good Pfaster is somehow sympathetic even as he lures women to their deaths. It’s barely an X-File - the only paranormal element is that Donnie Pfaster appears to morph into Satan at random moments - and it’s inexplicable why Scully is inordinately creeped out by this particular bad guy. And a substitute teacher who puts even those people’s evil acts to shame. I have a soft spot for yarns about the horrors of high school, so I’ve always liked this one about a cult of devil-worshipping administrators who runs a small-town school. “Die Hand Die Verletzt” (14, Glen Morgan and James Wong) It’s a wonderfully disgusting episode that earns its status as a classic. ![]() And the idea of him being hauled around in the waste tanker. And the scene of the Flukeman standing in the bowels of a porta-potty, looking up. I love the scene where they flush a section of sewer and the monster is caught in the drain, inches away from the faces of Mulder and the sewer worker. But a more accurate phrase is “What you do see is scary, but what you imagine after that is scarier.” You gotta start with a creepy creature, and the Flukeman fits the bill. Some people like to say “It’s what you don’t see that’s scary” to defend movies or TV shows that cut corners. “The Host” (episode 2, written by Chris Carter) Here, I rank the episodes from Season 2, the year it became clear that “The X-Files” wasn’t a fad, it was a mainstream hit. Season 2 (1994-95, Fox) features arguably the best mythology episodes of the series (but also some duds, as I’ll explain in my episode rankings) and one of the very best monster-of-the-week hours (and it even happened while the X-Files were closed!). Starring: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Mitch Pileggi ![]()
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