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"The X Files" Chimera (2000)
5 out of 6 people found the following review useful:
Quoth the Raven..., 19 November 2007
Author: Sanpaco13 from Sandy, UT, United States
*** This review may contain spoilers ***
I like this episode. I really like the creepiness of the crows and the crazy crowlady that shows up and rips people to shreds. It has a very effective creepy factor to it. Interesting how it seems like every guy in the whole town is sleeping with the one single mom. No wonder no one liked her. This episode is also a lot like the Season 9 episode of "Underneath" as far as the split personality taking over and physically transforming into a monster. It is done so much better in this episode that later however since they don't try to throw that explanation in your face and have Reyes running around acting like its the only logical explanation. Anyway, I give the episode 7 out of 10.
5 out of 6 people found the following review useful:
Crisp and clean, 11 July 2007
Author: Edgewalker from Tuxford, England
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.
6 out of 8 people found the following review useful:
Predation and Passion in Peyton Place, 26 October 2006
Author: (andyetris@yahoo.com) from Philadelphia, PA
Squeaky-clean stay-at-home moms aren't the only ones in danger when feelings of repression and revenge prompt a ravening wraith to go on a rampage. While Scully tracks a shifter of a different shape in the seamy part of town, Mulder gets the real Rob Petrie treatment in suburbia. Mulder finds that the monster isn't the only one who can't look into a mirror as Scully supplies the key clue to the killer's identity.
This isn't a bad thriller though it's a tad predictable with a stereotypical theme. It's not really much more than a darker reworking of the season 6 episode "Arcadia" - which is a pity since the lighter tone of the previous episode suited the subject matter perfectly, IMHO! I wonder if that slotted closet door is the same one Scully was hiding behind in the earlier episode... Anyway, the red herrings in THIS episode are better distributed, making the plot crisper (IMHO). If only the theme had been more imaginative this would have been one of the greats! Hell hath no fury... yeah yeah yeah...
4 out of 12 people found the following review useful:
Overly-desperate Housewives, 7 July 2007
Author: Muldernscully from Washington Terrace, Utah
Chimera kind of reminds me of 'War of the Coprophages' in that Mulder works out a case by himself while Scully is somewhere else, though still in the episode. Though Chimera is nowhere near as good as 'War of the Coprophages'. Mulder gets called away from a stakeout to check out the disappearance of a housewife in an upscale neighborhood. The story doesn't give off an original feel as Mulder once again throws out crazy-sounding theories about folklore that earns him curious looks from the locals. The only thing that's different is that Scully isn't around to reign Mulder in and make them seem a bit more respectable. As always, Mulder makes his leaps and catches on to what's really happening. I guess it's the uninteresting guest characters that also don't help to make this episode more interesting. There is a cute line when Ellen Adderly asks Mulder if he has a significant other. He tells her, "Um, not in the widely understood definition of that term.", referring to his abnormal relationship with Scully. It is interesting that this may be the first time that two x-files are solved in one episode. While Mulder is solving the mystery of the ravens and broken mirrors, Scully stays on the original stakeout and solves that mystery, concluding that it wasn't an x-file at all. However, Chimera's unoriginality and uninteresting guest characters leaves it to wallow in mediocrity and leaving the viewer to wonder if he'll see it "nevermore".
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