The two-part episode, comprised of Tempus Fugit and Max, is in a nutshell what the crux of The X-Files is made of. That would be there are EBEs, the government knows and protects that knowledge fiercely, and sometimes it gets out and has to be contained at all costs.
These two episodes make a mini-movie of sorts, and it's a good one taken as a whole. While very predictable, Chris Carter isn't afraid to visit the core of so many episodes condensed into this two-parter. It works even though you can guess the eventualities. Beyond the writing there's the production which is on a quite good level as a plane with Max Fenig, the season one abductee, is taken with subsequent tragedy as the plane is caused to crash killing all aboard due to the government's attempted interception of the alien UFO which is in turn abducting Max right from the plane. It looks right with all the fear that proper lighting, cinematography, and effects join to provide.
Here too on full-display are the ethos that constitute Mulder and Scully's dynamic yin and yang. They are bound together by their care of one another on a human level made livelier by their obvious level of alien acceptance. Scully has the logical part that keeps her from wildly looking outside the realm of what she sees, but she now realizes Mulder has a much keener insight into the aliens she struggles to finally accept exist. This is a powerful thing that has taken four years to develop into the storyline and it really endears the viewer in these two episodes.
So, in the end we get no startling revelations: just a fantastic mini-movie which on occasion The X-Files does well and treats the steady faithful with. Highly recommended.
These two episodes make a mini-movie of sorts, and it's a good one taken as a whole. While very predictable, Chris Carter isn't afraid to visit the core of so many episodes condensed into this two-parter. It works even though you can guess the eventualities. Beyond the writing there's the production which is on a quite good level as a plane with Max Fenig, the season one abductee, is taken with subsequent tragedy as the plane is caused to crash killing all aboard due to the government's attempted interception of the alien UFO which is in turn abducting Max right from the plane. It looks right with all the fear that proper lighting, cinematography, and effects join to provide.
Here too on full-display are the ethos that constitute Mulder and Scully's dynamic yin and yang. They are bound together by their care of one another on a human level made livelier by their obvious level of alien acceptance. Scully has the logical part that keeps her from wildly looking outside the realm of what she sees, but she now realizes Mulder has a much keener insight into the aliens she struggles to finally accept exist. This is a powerful thing that has taken four years to develop into the storyline and it really endears the viewer in these two episodes.
So, in the end we get no startling revelations: just a fantastic mini-movie which on occasion The X-Files does well and treats the steady faithful with. Highly recommended.