The FB prequels are just a good ole cash grab, let Rowling alone. I thought the first prequel was crap, I won’t be seeing the rest, and I certainly won’t be wasting any time discussing the political correctness merits of a filler series. Reminds me in a way of the exhausting discussion of trade diplomacy in the Star…

Hamming it up to 11 does take great skill.

If anything, it’s Duchovny’s character that is replaceable. Anderson enlivens any show or movie she’s in, not to mention that she tends to steal the spotlight in any given scene with her ice queen panache. Duchovny, not so much.