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"The X Files" Kill Switch (1998)
19 out of 22 people found the following review useful:
And you thought C.O.S. was nasty., 9 November 2006
Author: Muldernsanta from Washington Terrace, Utah
Kill Switch re-visits the idea of artificial intelligence(AI) gone rogue, a concept first explored in season one's "Ghost in the Machine". Computer stuff always fascinates me, so it's easy for me to like episodes with this subject matter. It's interesting, that right after the teaser, Mulder and Scully come upon Donald Gelman's laptop which still has command on the screen to hit "enter" to initiate program. If only Mulder had known, a big mess could have been avoided, if he had pressed that button. It's funny to see Scully's complete disbelief in AI. Her skepticism is to the extreme in this episode. The Lone Gunmen are featured in Kill Switch, which is always a bonus. Mulder's "virtual" experience is quite entertaining, especially when we get to see "Kung-Fu Scully". She kicks some nurse butt. A little nitpick with a continuity error: Scully and Esther are walking through the woods and you can see snow falling behind them. Two seconds later, they come up to the camper and there is no snow anywhere and not even falling. It's not a negative thing, just a cool nitpick. I actually find some of the AI stuff harder to believe than the paranormal happenings that the agents normally investigate. Kill Switch is a cool, fun, and interesting episode that shouldn't be missed.
8 out of 11 people found the following review useful:
Good episode, 11 April 2007
Author: Sanpaco13 from Sandy, UT, United States
*** This review may contain spoilers ***
I really enjoyed the teaser to this episode. It is very interesting to see all the different mob bosses being tipped off and slowly they all arrive and get a table while shooting hesitant and suspicious glares at everyone else that is there and then finally the climax with the US Marshalls busting in. Very cool and it makes you want to keep watching to figure out what the heck is going on. The only problem with the teaser is that all the guy had to do was hit enter but instead he stands up and gets in the line of fire shouting no. I know that this is of course necessary for us to even have an episode but it should have been handled in a way that would make it more believable.
This episode overall is pretty good if you can look past all the AI and networking stuff that seems so lame. I don't know if its just when it was made or what but I laughed when the Lone Gunmen were talking about T3's only being used by major labs and ISPs. I mean yes a T3 is a lot of bandwidth but there are plenty of non ISPs that use them. It is definitely not a home user kind of a thing to have though so I'll give them that and also I'm sure the government probably does keep a tally on who has access to that kind of bandwidth. The other problem is that the AI entity on the net seemed to just be able to get past any kind security it wanted. I mean even if there was some sort of AI entity on the net it would have to have access to all sorts of keys to get past just home user's firewalls let alone gaining access to a DoD satellite. AI just not a very realistic concept overall because computers only do what we tell them to do. The concept of AI is saying that someone was able to write a finite piece of code that is able to react to an infinite number of situations in an infinite number of ways. It just doesn't make any sense for something that only does what we tell it to to be able to act like it is doing what it wants.
Anyway, I am still willing to suspend my reality beyond this and look at these sorts of stories as possible. I mean for one example I loved the Chris Carter show "Harsh Realm" which is another one of those very unrealistic computer stories. This episode used some really great elements to keep it interesting. The program was able to track them using voice recognition and satellite images. This along gives it a god-like quality. It always knows where you are and can strike you down. I love the scene on the bridge where the flammable truck pulls up behind them and they have to ditch the kill switch. Very suspenseful. Another element of this episode that I enjoyed was the Scully versus Invisigoth segment. Scully rocks! Also we get to see Scully in Mulder's VR dream kick the crap out of all the nurses and then possibly the only time we see Mulder physically attack Scully. I will admit the first time I saw the episode I didn't figure out that Mulder was in a dream until they cut back to the real world.
Overall this was an enjoyable episode. Not a favorite but I thought it was well written and had some good suspense and action. I give it 7/10.
1 out of 1 people found the following review useful:
Great X Files written by star cult sci fi novelist William Gibson, 7 February 2009
Author: joncamaney
This is actually an amazing episode of The X Files, and quite ahead of its time. Seeing as how the other reviewers find it just an average or slightly above average episode, wanted to take the time to recommend this great story. A fascinating story involving the just emerging cyberworld, this stand alone chapter manages to tie together a gang shoot out in a dilapidated dinner, a sinister digital intelligence inhabiting an unassuming trailer, a cyber punk rebel chic by the name of Invisigoth and dreams of eternal love to become eternal in cyberspace (years ahead of Second Life). That the chapter manages to convey the crazy, infinite, menacing, and liberating aspects of the cyberspace world is quite a triumph, while at the same time including the usually great Mulder and Scully interplay, as well as the indispensable Lone Gunmen. While different in subject than other episodes, this one is quite a threat, courtesy of guest writer William Gibson of "Neuromancer" fame. A great episode of a season full of brilliant episodes.
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