Television Science Fiction Fantasy Video : The X Files : Season 5 - Box Set

The X Files : Season 5 - Box Set

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The fifth season of The X-Files is the one in which the ongoing alien conspiracy arc really takes over, building towards box-office glory for the inevitable cinematic leap in The X-Files Movie (1998). The series opener Redux begins with Mulder having been framed for everything going. Scully finally sees a UFO (The Red and the Black) before being presented with a potential daughter (the two-part Christmas Carol and Emily). By The End, there s an enormous tangle of threads for the big-screen adaptation to unravel (or not, as it turned out). Cigarette Smoking Man is being hunted, playing every side against the middle, as well as chasing after information on Mulder s sister. Krycek is back, too, as is an old flame for Mulder in the shape of Agent Diana Fowley. If that wasn t enough to goad viewers into the cinema, there was the Lone Gunmen s 1989-set back story (Unusual Suspects, with Richard Belzer playing his Homicide: Life on the Streets character), a musical number in the black and white Frankenstein homage Post Modern Prometheus, and scripts co-written by Stephen King (Chinga), William Gibson (Kill Switch), and even Darren McGavin (who had inspired the show as Kolchak: The Night Stalker) in Travellers. On the DVD: The X-Files, Season 5 extras include Chris Carter s commentary over Post Modern Prometheus, which reveals the decision making behind shooting in black and white as well as the problems it caused. A second commentary is from writer/coproducer John Shiban on Pine Bluff Variant, where he openly admits the influence of The Spy Who Came in from the Cold. Across the six discs (only 20 episodes because of the movie of course) you get credits for every episode, their TV promo spots, deleted and international versions of several scenes (some with commentary from Carter), and a couple of TV featurettes. The best of these is The Truth About Season 5, talking to an excited Dean Haglund (Langly) amongst other crew members.--Paul Tonks

One of the weakest seasons. - Others have described the episodes in full here, so let s keep this brief. Those who love the mythology side of the X-Files will find this a treat. But for those who crave the original stand alone magic of the X-Files, you will only find disappointment here. Emily , Christmas Carol and Travellers ....oh dear!

A must buy - For any X Files fans, this is a must buy - all the platitudes in the world could not adequately describe how good this series is. And for the price it is well worth it. You will either buy none, or buy them all, and at this price, it is an absolute bargain.

A class act - Season 5 is definetly one of the most enjoyable and brilliant seasons of the shows 9 year run. Very like season three the 20 episode season is packed heavily with mythology episode that would lead to the X Files movie Fight The Future after the seasons ends.Season 5 kicks off with the amazing two parter Redux I and II where Mulder despretlay tries to find a cure for Scullys worsening cancer while also trying to find out who inside the FBI is responsible for her cancer. These are two unbelievabley well written episodes and David Ducovhnys finest acting.Christmas Carol/Emily are the next two mythology episodes and deal with what happened after Scullys abduction. Another brilliant two parter with a briliant performance by Gillian Anderson.Patient X and The Red and the Black is the final two parter of the season and deals primaraly with the Black Oil/Syndicate story that will play a major part in the Movie. Strange to see Mulder as the skeptic but it actually works very well.The End will leave you dying to see the movie and Season 6 to find out what will happen next.The stand-alone episodes are fantastic bar the dreadfully awful Travellers. In season five we see some very experimental episodes that work amazingly well. Most notabley the black and white Post Modern Prometheus and Kill Switch.

the pinnacle of 9 years - In this season the whole conspiracy plot blows out of proportion. The episode s of Redux and Patient X made my head spin of the charts. The idea of having Mulder as a skeptic with Scully having to revert his belief was a good emotional plotting technique used by Carter. The conclusion to Redux is the best in any x-files episode. Patient X was a complete shocker and was the programs first move towards a hollywood look which arguably is a positive or negative step. The season finale - the end - has a cliffhanger that will drop first time viewers jaws. The season also has many comical moments such as the post modern prometheus which also contains social significance of alienation and has an hilariously cheesy must see conclusion. Duchovny provides laughter in the bad blood episode also. The lone gunmen also attain an episode focusing on their gathering as Mulder s little helpers giving their characters a much more stronger representation in future episodes. Schizogeny creates connotations of the Predator scenario when the agents are stalked by an invisible predator in the woods containing a tense atmosphere. The only let down of the series is firstly the return of the Pusher in Kitsunegari, which should not have focused on a new pusher and recreated the amazing staredown between the pusher and mulder in the original. Secondly is the Emily storyline. A Christmas Carol seemed like a total waste of time where the only memorable moment is Mulder dresses in a hip bandana. This story could have been carried out in a more intense, fast paced manner much like the other conspiracy orientated episodes in the series.

Season Five - Season 5 for me is tha best season of the show. The stand alone episodes are in the whole very good, and the mythology ones are amazing, particuall Redux/Redux2.In this season Mulder and Scullys relationship really evolves and the chemistry between them is buzzing. I found lots of the episodes funny.For me this is the peak of the show, and even though the following series are good, they can t match the fun and brilliant story lines of series five.




The X Files : Season 5 - Box Set