"The X Files" The Sixth Extinction (1999)

User Rating:

7.8/10   

Director:

Kim Manners

Writers:

Chris Carter (creator)
Chris Carter (written by)

TV Series:

"The X Files" (1993)

Original Air Date:

7 November 1999 (Season 7, Episode 1)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Plot:

In Africa, Scully searches for answers for Mulder's condition by studying rubbings taken from the fallen spacecraft...

Plot Keywords:

FBI | FBI Agent | Alien | X Files | Conspiracy

Cast

David Duchovny	...	Fox Mulder
Gillian Anderson	...	Dana Scully
Mitch Pileggi	...	Walter Skinner
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Michael Ensign	...	Dr. Barnes
John Finn	...	Michael Kritschgau
JoNell Kennedy	...	Dr. Amina Ngebe (as Jo Nell Kennedy)
Abdoulaye NGom	...	Driver (as Abdoulaye N'Gom)
Anthony Okungbowa	...	Barnes' Driver
Conrad Roberts	...	Primitive African Man
Mimi Rogers	...	Agent Diana Fowley
Warren Sweeney	...	Dr. Harriman
Mari Weiss	...	ICU Nurse

Runtime:

60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:TV-14 | Argentina:13

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Goofs:

Continuity: In the scene were Mulder writes a message on Skinner's hand, he writes it along the bottom, starting near the baby finger. The next time you see Skinner walking, he reviews Mulder's message, but it is now written on an angle starting at the middle of the hand, leading to the thumb.

Quotes:

Scully: Where's Mulder?
Agent Diana Fowley: Maybe before you go around blaming everyone you can find for what's happened to Mulder you could think about what you could've done to prevent it.
Scully: I just want you to think. Think of Mulder when you met him. Think of the promise and the life in front of him. Think of him now. And then try and stand there in front of me, look me in the eye and tell me Mulder wouldn't bust his ass trying to save you.
Agent Diana Fowley: I'm thinking, Agent Scully. I'm always thinking.

Movie Connections:

References Ghost Busters (1984)

Uncle Sam Propaganda Mills and Swanky Addresses

I've got several problems with The Sixth Extinction. So why do I give it a rating as high as a 7? Because it's still interesting and entertaining to watch. I don't like some of the inconsistencies from previous seasons. In season four's Tunguska, Mulder is infected with the alien virus via the black oil. He then is given the vaccine that apparently cured him. I guess not, since they're they're saying that Mulder's exposure to the artifact activated the virus within him. I felt it was a contrived reason for bringing Kritschgau back to the show. Before he was just a DoD lackey who helped dissuade Mulder from his belief in aliens. Now, he's apparently some expert in ESP, that Mulder already knew about. Mulder's in a psych ward, yet he found access to a red marker to write "HELP ME" on a piece of clothing to give to Skinner? In my Biogenesis review I mentioned how creepy Dr. Barnes was and that he was well cast. Several months later, they bring him back to the show, but now he's just plain annoying. He is given really lame dialogue that grates at the ears, and he's no longer creepy, just annoying. I also don't like the idea that apparently aliens just want to use Navajo to record all religious text and DNA sequences on their spacecrafts. Why? They can't write it somewhere else? Barring numerous shots of Scully's chest which may have helped me get through this episode easier, I still like this episode. I don't like the direction that the mythology is going, but the action contained within The Sixth Extinction still makes for an entertaining hour of television.