They even shared some of the same crew. Kim Manners had a big hand in establishing a style for both shows.

I don't think I hate it either. There's a lot of goofy ideas here that you'd only see in a late-era Chris Carter script. They don't quite blend like they should, but then again most of his scripts suffer the same.

Poor Robert Patrick. He's so much better than that show.

For a split second that crossed my mind.

When the show ended a lot of shows picked up the torch they left behind. Someone i09 mentioned Fringe and Person of Interest as spiritual children to X-Files, which is completely true. They're way more consistent in creating a seamless narrative than the X-Files ever did. A lot of season ten is the writers struggling…

I thought the implication from the hospital scene was CSM had used alien science to regenerate his cells…I guess.

The X-Files never had a traditional writer's room. It was typically two rooms, one for mythology and MOTW stories, from all I've researched about the show. Again, it comes down to Chris Carter not having anyone to bounce ideas off of, excise ones that are too cumbersome for him to tackle. He did some of his best…

It was naive of me to assume that as soon as the UFO showed up, we'd get a payoff. On the plus side, it's a hot mess but it could have been worse…?

From about 2005 to about 2010, it sucked being someone who was remotely geeky-looking, who also wore eyeglasses. I got a lot of people who told me I resembled either Harry Potter or McLovin', from Superbad. It was always fictional characters that people compared me to. The last person who I reminded someone of was…

Being someone whose repeatedly put The Blues Brothers on repeat, I'd love to see the soundtrack to that film performed live, better still if they aped the concert from the movie.

Lordy does that cast photo look photoshopped…

Janet Montgomery's insufferable thief character, named Ames upon consult from Wikipedia, from the retooled second season of Human Target immediately comes to mind as someone who inspired involuntary groans whenever she came onscreen for. Human Target had a dependable lineup of actors coasting on chemistry and her…

I know I always chime in when there's a West Wing reunion in the TV Club space but is it too late to have someone, anyone, to finish reviewing West Wing?

Have you explored Forrest MacNeil's Twitter page? Not sure if Andy Daly tweets as him, but it's a gold mine all the same. Within the feed "Forrest" revealed that AJ never speaks to him when they're not rolling. A fact can't get over how funny it is. So it's entirely possible.

It wasn't unlikely though. Review likes to recast minor characters into background players and vice versa.

The actor that played Cassius also played the racist that Forrest bonds with early in season one, which I pray, however unlikely, is the same character.

Remember John Doe? That was a good show.

Just the gift for someone you don't wish to be friends with anymore!

Bryan Fuller is a good point of comparison. There's always strong (read: compassionate) characterization that marks whatever project he's involved on. Eli Roth has a very sour, negative view of humanity that permeates through the screen.

Slightly off-topic, but whenever The West Wing pops up here again, I always have the same question: When will AV Club start reviewing the show again?