"The X Files" Chimera (2000)

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Director:

Cliff Bole

Writers:

Chris Carter (creator)
David Amann (written by)

TV Series:

"The X Files" (1993)

Original Air Date:

2 April 2000 (Season 7, Episode 16)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Plot:

Mulder and Scully are on a stakeout of a female serial-killer of prostitutes. Mulder gets called away...

Plot Keywords:

Male Female Relationship | FBI | FBI Agent | Alien | X Files

Cast

David Duchovny	...	Fox Mulder
Gillian Anderson	...	Dana Scully
Gina Mastrogiacomo	...	Jenny Uphouse
Mitch Pileggi	...	Walter Skinner
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ashley Edner	...	Michelle Crittendon
Charles Hoyes	...	Howard Crittendon
Michelle Joyner	...	Ellen Adderly
John Mese	...	Sheriff Phil Adderly
F. William Parker	...	Dr. Blankenship
Wendy Schaal	...	Martha Crittendon

Runtime:

Argentina:60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Certification:

USA:TV-14 | Argentina:13

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Trivia:

Michelle Joyner played Ellen Adderly. Ellen's baby, Katy Adderly, was played by Ms. Joyner's real-life twin boys.

Goofs:

Continuity: Ellen Adderly's scar switches from being on the left shoulder, to the right, and back to the left.

Quotes:

Scully: Mulder when you find me dead, my dessicated corpse propped up staring lifelessly through the telescope at drunken frat boys peeing and vomiting into the gutter, just know that my last thoughts were of you... and how I'd like to kill you.
Mulder: I'm sorry. Who is this?

Crisp and clean

Chimera is a straight-forward episode with crisp writing by David Amann and clean direction by Cliff Bole. The story is a lot deeper and profound than a lot of fans give it credit for, the idea of someone bottling up all their rage until it has to release itself somehow is actually pretty neat. The scenes were Mulder is pampered in Sheriff Adderly's home are funny and touching, his loner lifestyle clashing hilariously with the domestic perfection of the Adderly household. The teaser is also worthy of particular mention as Bole's direction is utterly superb, he draws you headlong into the story with his expert use of every colour and texture he can get his hands on. If Chimera left you unsure the first time, revisit it and it will reward you.