How many people ended up participating in that live-chat? Whatever software they were using did not agree with my computer, so I was out, But it might be fun to tear it down with all of you guys who have been commenting on these reviews for the past couple years in some new way.

I agree, I think the "mythology" in the classic meaning for this show wrapped up its' arc in Two Brothers/One Son, when the Syndicate was destroyed. I enjoy The Sixth Extinction three-parter that ended S6/began S7, but I am well aware by now that I am in the minority on that one.

He does come back in the season finale, and it's sort of explained what is going on with him (as much as anything "is explained" or "makes sense" for myth episodes these last two seasons).

Yea, I'm with you. While I can sort of forgive it in "Three Words" (perhaps Scully was trying not to totally overwhelm Mulder as he is clearly struggling mightely in this episode), this is something that gets more and more silly as the season wraps up. In theory, I can see the writers' dilemma: they have been…

I agree. Also, this tension gets fleshed out a bit in "Vienen," and IIRC the results make for a pretty fantastic episode.

This was pretty well covered in the comments for "The Gift," but I would just like to further express my exasperation at the "Mulder has a terminal brain disease" plot point this season, especially when it's resolved with one line from Scully in Three Words. Was this just something the writers threw into the…

*Spoilers?*

So which one of you guys is updating the Wikipedia pages of these episodes with AVC commentary? Because you are both punctual and hilarious.

I found Invocation very problematic. I'm glad Zack was similarly confused about the purpose of Billy (the kid ghost?), because I did not understand what the hell was going on by the end. Not that a little mystery is a bad thing on this show, obviously, but nine times out of 10 the mystery is at least interesting.

I just rewatched it last night, and at the end I was like, "Wow, that final monologue was very Rod Serling-esque." Then Wikipedia told me that was pretty much the writers' intent. Maybe the last scene made that point a little heavy-handed, in retrospect, but I can't say for sure that I caught onto that 13 years ago.

Didn't watch, but I just stopped in to see if anyone mentioned this - I saw them film, it was awesome!  Mostly I love when someone shoots in Albany because everyone loses their shit (which I'm sure happens to other small cities/towns when people film movies and tv).  Remember when Angelina Jolie came and did those…

I forgive the mythology for a LOT.  I take a more don’t-think-about-it-too-hard approach so I can still enjoy these later episodes and the finale.  But the one thing I could never abide was the reveal in “Within” that Mulder was dying for all of season seven.  It’s a bizarre twist that doesn't make sense for the…

C'mon McPlotdevice!  You don't bite it until the season seven premiere.  I remember because I might have applauded (no offense).

I read on Wikipedia that Bruce Campbell was very nearly cast as Doggett, which I never knew and… wow.  What a different show that would have been.

I agree with you about where Scully's coming from in these episodes.  At this point in the show, she is incredibly invested in and protective of the body of work she and Mulder built, and of Mulder himself, that I think it totally makes sense that in his absence, she would take on his point of view.

While there was a plea bargain in place, I'm pretty sure the 90-day psychiatric evaluation was a pre-sentencing arraignment. I'm not well-versed in California law, but from what I gathered in the Wanted and Desired doc and wikipedia (sketchy intel, I know), the actual sentencing hearing was set for after he completed…

Another fantastic round of reviews, John Teti! I can imagine myself being as upset when these reviews end for good after season five as I was watching the series finale in 2005 (probably minus the heaving sobs).  Already looking forward to what you have to say next summer about the much maligned fourth season.

Wait, so on his new show he watches old footage of himself and reacts to it?  That is hilariously self-aggrandizing, and so Olbermann (I'm saying this as someone who likes him). I'm assuming it's old ESPN stuff, not MSNBC?

One look at that header picture and I remembered that this was the episode where Billy kissed Brenda.  As John Teti pointed out, I will never stop being impressed with how great Jeremy Sisto is in this part; playing Billy "just a little bit off," the effect of which is completely unsettling from the moment he enters…

I couldn't put Dark Places down, which is not something I could say for the other two.  And while reading it I had actually cast Hendricks here in the lead part, who is supposed to be a gorgeous redhead.  Was disappointed to find out she's just playing the stripper who is barely in the book.