The X-Files: Ghost in the Machine (1993)
Season 1, Episode 7
8/10
"As a general rule, scruffy minds don't commit murder."
12 May 2017
Warning: Spoilers
Here's what I don't get - how is it that a highly security conscious company like Eurisko allow it's front door to remain open in the middle of the night so someone like Mulder can simply walk in?

Well, from the standpoint of two decades gone by now, this was a pretty interesting excursion for the 'X-Files' team, when artificial intelligence and adaptive networks weren't yet part of everyday life. Back in the early '90's, a lot of this stuff was still theoretical, and one wasn't thinking about AI or robots making life or death decisions based on potential outcomes the way the C.O.S. did here in dealing with Benjamin Drake (Tom Butler).

Poor Scully got put through the wringer here crawling through the air vent and getting pummeled by the high speed wind turbine. It would have been a good opportunity for her to call out Mulder for giving her the shaft. Sorry folks, that's just how my mind works writing these reviews.

Only the seventh episode in the series but the first time Mulder specifically reached out to Deep Throat (Jerry Hardin) for some perspective on what was going on at the Defense Department that might prove invaluable to avoid an early retirement. Deep Throat's response came as both solid advice and a dire warning - "They can do anything they want."
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