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Summary: Enter the Syndicate
Review: The conspiracy kicks into high gear as Christ Carter and Co. continue to weave sub-plots into the story. Mulder's return from the dead leads him and Scully to an abandoned mine that raises even more questions. In this season the Syndicate makes it's first appearance to which Scully looses a family member, and Mulder learns more of his father's involvement in the conspiracy. Krycek turns up in the least likely of places, and the mysterious Black Oil makes it's first appearance as well. In the season finale, Mulder's mother is visited by the Cigarette-Smoking Man, which turns out to be nearly fatal. Mulder discovers a deadly weapon which my have ties to a man that can miraculously heal people, has the answers to all of Mulder's questions... and is being stalked by the Alien Bounty Hunter.Mythology episodes include: The Blessing Way, Paper Clip, Nisei, 731, Piper Maru, Apocrypha, and Talitha Cumi.
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Summary: Does The X-Files ever have any rubbish episodes?!
Review: Season 3 of the X-Files has got to be one of the best seasons of any TV show in history. The plot lines are amazing, the sets are eye-popping and the acting abilities of FBI Agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) are excellent. Show creator Chris Carter didn't just have a semi-popular show with a few sci-fi fanatics here, he had a worldwide phenomenon in which almost everyone watched - you weren't cool if you didn't watch The X-Files! Suddenly, being a geek was cool! Season 3 of The X-Files was nominated for eight Emmy Awards and won five - so they actually do take note of sci-fi/fantasy shows? Must be just Buffy that they have a grudge against then... The mythology arc of The X-Files is ever expanding as the show progresses, and Season 3 has a lot of them! After held in suspense at the end of Season 2 with Anasazi, we are treated to a superb Season 3 opener with The Blessing Way/Paper Clip. In the former, Scully pursues secret files on alien experimentation and unwittingly becomes a killer's target as a Native American mystic attempts to heal Mulder after his accident last season. In the latter, while trying to expose a government plan to create an alien/human hybrid, Mulder gains startling new information about his sister's abduction - and Scully's. The scene where Mulder and Scully are in the abandoned building looking through files, spotting what seem to be aliens and a spacecraft are some of the most infamous scenes in the show's history. This two parter was also recently voted the greatest X-Files episode in the history of the show in an Internet poll. Another superb two-parter is Nisei/731. In Nisei, the agents uncover what seems to be tangible proof of the government's contact with extra-terrestrials when they investigate a videotape of an alleged alien autopsy. In 731, Mulder finds himself trapped on a speeding train with a government assassin, a ticking time-bomb and a deadly virus. Scully also makes a shocking and emotional discovery. The next two-parter of Season 3 is Piper Maru/Apocrypha. In the former, Mulder and Scully face their old foe - Alex Krycek - while pursuing a radioactive entity unleashed from a sunken WWII wreck. In the latter, Scully learns new details about her sister's murder as Mulder pursues the shapeless alien entity inside Krycek's body. The Season 3 finale, Talitha Cumi is a brilliant episode, but not quite up to the standard of either Season 2 or 4's finales. In the Season 3 finale, a supernatural being with miraculous healing powers provides the agents with clues to a mysterious alien conspiracy known only as "The Project." The episode does leave you on the edge of your seat, however, as that spooky alien bounty hunter approaches the agents! The stand-alone episodes of Season 3 are perhaps the best of the entire show. They include Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose, The List, The Walk, Grotesque, Pusher, Teso Dos Bichos, Hell Money, Jose Chung's "From Outer Space" (check out Mulder's girly yelp when he discovers an alien!), Avatar and Quagmire. In D.P.O., the agents investigate a series of electrical deaths linked to a teenage boy who may be able to control lightening. 2 Shy is just a downright scary episode in which bizarre murders involving overweight women lead Mulder and Scully on the trail of a mutant killer who feeds off the fat cells of his victims. The two episodes War Of The Coprophages and Syzygy are absolutely hilarious. The former sees Mulder and Scully discovering that killer cockroaches may actually be extra-terrestrial robots while investigating mass hysteria in a small town. The episode is so over the top that it makes fun of itself in a brilliant way never seen before or since in The X-Files. In the latter, the agents must discover what is causing two teenage girls to commit brutal murders - a rare planetary alignment or a Satanic cult. It could be either, but it's definitely the former when Mulder and Scully start to fall out and act strangely. The scene with Scully trying to look all serious smoking a cigarette is just madness! She'd never touch a cigarette in her life! Wet Wired is another outstanding episode in which Mulder and Scully uncover a conspiracy involving mind control through television signals while probing a string of small-town murders. OVERALL GRADE: 10/10 A fan of The X-Files cannot begin to explain just how stunningly significant, amazingly gripping and downright enthralling Season 3 of this worldwide phenomenon really is! After Season 3, the show just continues to get better and better with Seasons 4 and 5, before taking a gradual downfall with Seasons 6 and 7 - before going really down with Seasons 8 and 9! Not even a true fan such as myself wants to remember what the show became with the last two seasons. But if you want to relive some of the best episodes, of the one best seasons, of one of the greatest TV shows in history, buy Season 3 of The X-Files on DVD from Amazon.co.uk now!
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Summary: The X-Files Season 3 The series is in its prime
Review: As stated above, the series is truly in its prime in season three. Chris Carter now knows he has an international hit on his hands that will go for quite some time. I don't know that he knew whether or not they'd get nine seasons out of it or not, but he knew by now that it was here to stay. With the season two season finale, "Anasazi" and the furtherance of the X-Files mythology, we went through a long summer waiting on the Season three opener, "The Blessing Way." Two of The X-Files best shows out of its entire nine year run. What was truly maddening was the long summer wait, the season opener and then to top it off, "The Blessing Way" ends with a huge To Be Continued and another weeks wait for "Paper Clip" and the conclusion of this trilogy of The X-Files finest. Season three is jam packed with excellent episodes, the only difference between the superb episodes and the excellent episodes is whether or not they dealt with the mythology aspect. The mythology episodes of this season served well in carrying the on going story along, those episodes being: "The Blessing Way;" "Paper Clip;" "Nisei;" "731;" "Piper Maru" which is named after Gillian Anderson's daughter and serves as introduction to the "Black Oil" aliens; "Apocrypha;" "Wetwired;" which is part mythology, and finally the season finale "Talitha Cumi." All of these episodes leave you floored by their brilliance and desperate for more. The non mythology episodes are true masterpieces in and of themselves. "D.P.O," is about a young man who is struck by lightning, lives and is able to use lightning at his will. "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose," is a truly wonderful episode, highlighting the writers and producers talents to produce comedic and yet serious episodes. This also includes a wonderful performance by Peter Boyle. "The List," a man on death row is treated quite poorly while there and comes up with a way to come back after his execution and kill those who treated him poorly. "2Shy," is just a downright scary episode about a man who kills large women to consume their fat cells. "The Walk," is an excellent episode about a Gulf War vet who has lost all of his limbs and decides to take revenge upon those he felt were at fault. This is the one episode where I do have a minor complaint. As a soldier in the US Army, one does notice how poor the producer's research was in providing uniforms for those who were supposed to be in the Army. The female captain was wearing "Infantry" crossed rifles signifying her branch as infantry, this is impossible. The dress shirts for all of the officers were blue, wrong again, not in the Army. "Oubliette," is a great episode about a young girl who is kidnapped and at the same time an earlier victim of that same kidnapper is experiencing, physically and mentally, everything the young girl is. This is an extremely emotional and well written episode, superbly performed by David Duchovny. "Revelations," is about a young boy who experiences "crucifix" type wounds and a possessed businessman trying to track him down and kill him. "War of the Coprophages," is a strange episode where we, one get to meet a very beautiful Bambi, and two see some serious jealousy and friction between Mulder and Scully. There also some great acting by the cockroaches in this one, LOL. "Syzygy," is a great episode where the planets and stars line up perfectly and bring out pure evil in two young women. "Grotesque," is an extremely well written and performed episode about a demon who possesses its victim and then uses that victim to kill young men. "Pusher," is an amazing episode about a dying man's ability to control other people's thoughts. "Teso Dos Bichos," is about the bones of South American female shaman being brought to the states and a series of bizarre murders occurring, which culminates in an unexpected ending. "Hell Money," is a great episode that in one way is not a true X-File and could be something that is ripped right out of reality. "Jose Chung's "From Outer Space" is just a great episode that takes a lighter look at the X-Files, truly one of the best non mythology episodes of the entire nine year run. "Avatar," is a scary episode that will initially have you wondering if AD Skinner's future on the show is in jeopardy. This one also has Jennifer Hetrick, Star Trek The Next Generations "Vash" playing AD Skinners wife. "Quagmire" is one of the serious, yet funny shows that also portrayed the demise of Scully's dog. Of course the seventh disk has several special features that are a must see. Episode list: The Blessing Way
Paper Clip
D.P.O.
Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose
The List
2Shy
The Walk
Oubliette
Nisei
731
Revelations
War of the Coprophages
Syzygy
Grotesque
Piper Maru
Apocrypha
Pusher
Teso Dos Bichos
Hell Money
Jose Chung's "From Outer Space"
Avatar
Quagmire
Wetwired
Talitha Cumi
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Summary: The best season
Review: This is the best season of the X-Files!!! Pros: Jose Chung's "From Outer Space" (Darin Morgan written episode. Many very odd characters in this episode concerning a possible abduction of a teenage couple. So many funny lines. Alex Trebek as one of the Men in Black.), Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose (Another Darin Morgan episode. Peter Boyle's character can see how you are going to die (autoerotic aphyxiation (?)). M & S enlist him to catch a serial killer of psychics. Very sad & funny.), Oubliette (Guy kidnaps young girl. M gets the killer's former victim to help.), War of the Coprophages (Morgan episode #3. Killer cockroaches episode. M hits on S ("Scully, what are you wearing?") and Dr. Bambi ("I find bugs...very interesting"). S gets very jealous ("She?"..."Her name is Bambi?"), Grotesque (M's former superior from VCU enlists his help to catch a serial killer who has a fascination with gargoyle drawings/sculptures. AngstyMulder.), Pusher (Serial killer can push his victims to do things by mind control. Great M & S interaction. Angsty M & S.), Revelations (Good vs. Evil. S's faith is tested. M is the skeptic. Eerie ending.), Syzygy (Strange astrological happenings. M & S act weird. M is looking for the horny beast and S is smoking. JealousScully. M & S are PO'd at each other.), Quagmire (M is looking for a swamp thing. Funny lines. Queequeg gets killed. S's insight into M on the rock.), and Wetwired (Mind control via television. AngstyScully tries to shoot M when she thinks he has stabbed her in the back.). Cons: Teso Dos Bichos (Killer kittens!!! Bad effects.). I love this season. Probably the last season when I really liked Scully throughout. Very highly recommended season. I believe that at least two episodes were nominated/won an Emmy (Darin Morgan episodes).
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Summary: Now I remember now why I loved X-Files so much.
Review: Do you remember what the X-Files were like before the plots started to recycle? Before 'X-Files: Fight the Future' ('Fight the Fatigue' is more like it)? Before Mulder left, then came back, then left again? Before Agent John Doggett? Well, here it is. Season Three is, in my humble opinion, the second best season the X-Files had. Deep Throat, killed off (prematurely, I think) in Season One makes a token appearance. X is still alive. Scully doesn't have cancer yet she gets it in Season Four and it goes away in Season Five). The plots are fresh and interesting. The mythology hasn't become so complex and impenetrable. The epiodes alone are worth the price of the DVD. But that's not all Chris Carter gives us. The interviews and segments with production staff and Chris Carter himself, all apparently gathered from the FX channel, are excellent. The Third Season is better than the first two DVDs technically - it seems like the menu is faster and easier to manage. And when there are no "special" options like deleted scenes (I LOVE those), little bonuses are thrown in like a list of actors/actresses in each show. Oh, and the alternate language clips are a riot. It's a blast to see Scully talking to Mulder in Japanese, or Mulder expounding something to Skinner in German. Get the First two seasons first, of course. But the watch the Third Season and remember why you liked X-Files in the first place.
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Summary: fantastic entertainment
Review: This is on of the most elequent season that TV has ever put out. the great part of the X-files is its completeness. It has fantastic:writing acting directing and score. What else could you ask for. i think that the show stepped into its own half way through season two and then moved at full pace in season three. It is up there with the first season of Roswell or any of the Babylon 5 seasons(Well maybe not quite that good) but anyway it is truley something remarkable. It is unique clever and entertaining. Check it out.
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Summary: Hits the mark.
Review: Season three of The X-Files carried the mythology introduced in season two into different directions while still maintaining the classic X-Files formula. The episodes kept getting bigger, with such Emmy Award powerhouses as "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose" and the great "Jose Chung's From Outer Space." Elaborating on the drama, the beginning of the season deals with some dark plot points, including the death of Melissa and the rise of the Syndicate. What really shines this season is the relationship brewing between Mulder and Scully. Seeing how bad things can get for them and dealing with the loss of loved ones, they form a bond like never before and finally come together as one. Everything about this season is good. The mythology was still fresh and exciting, and the drama and humor were all on stride. Highlights include "The Blessing Way", "Paper Clip", "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose", "Nisei", "731", "War of the Coprophages", "Piper Maru", "Apocrypha", "Pusher", "Jose Chung's From Outer Space", and "Talitha Cumi." The show just keeps getting deeper.
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Summary: 3rd Season
Review: In the third season of The X-Files, we learn more about Cigarette-Smoking Man (CSM), Mulder's father, and a few other goodies. All 24 episodes are on 7 discs, with documentaries, deleted scenes, etc. Episodes:
--------- 1) The Blessing Way ' Mulder lies somewhere between life and death. His spirit goes through a Navajo healing ceremony and his father and Deep Throat visit his spirit. Scully is searching for the MJ documents and the Well-Manicured Man delivers her a warning. 2) Paper Clip ' In this episode, the Navajos return Mulder to health. Mulder and Scully find their way to a mine in West Virginia where Mulder see a UFO take off and Scully see a 'group of aliens.' Scully see rows and rows of cabinets, which contain medical records and DNA samples (there is one dating back to her abduction in season two). 3) D.P.O. ' Mulder and Scully investigate a teenager that has the power/ability to control lighting. 4) Clyde Bruckman's Final Response ' Mulder and Scully are contacted by an insurance salesman that has the ability to foresee how people will die. 5) The List ' Mulder and Scully are called in on a case of a man executed that swears he will seek vengeance from beyond the grave. 6) 2Shy - Mulder and Scully investigate a case where lonely, overweight women are contacted over the Internet. The 'killer' has the ability to suck the fat from the women's bodies. 7) The Walk ' Mulder and Scully investigate a number of Gulf War veterans who have tried to kill themselves but can't. The investigation leads to a quadruple amputee. 8) Oubliette ' Mulder believes there is a psychic connection between Lucy Householder, who had been kidnapped as a small child and a little girl recently kidnapped. 9) Nisei ' Mulder and Scully investigate a salvage ship after Mulder receives a mail-order 'alien' autopsy tape. Mulder winds up on a train that may be carrying an alien. 10) 731 ' Mulder finds himself in a train car with a bomb. X shows up kills the assassin and helps Mulder escape just before the explosion. 11) Revelations ' In this episode, Scully believes that there is a phenomena and Mulder believes there is a more ration explanation. 12) War of the Coprophages ' Mulder and Scully go to Miller's Grove based on a report that cockroaches are overrunning the town. 13) Syzygy ' Mulder and Scully arrive in a small town where it appears that a satanic cult has taken over the local high school. 14) Grotesque ' Mulder and Scully work with Mulder's former mentor of the behavioral sciences unit. His mentor, Bill Patterson, arrest a serial killer obsessed with gargoyles. 15) Piper Maru ' In this episode a French salvage ship finds a WW II plane at the bottom of the ocean and the pilot is still alive. The pilot was 'possessed' with an alien who finally works his way to Krycek. 16) Apocrypha ' Assistant Directory Skinner in shot by the same man that shot Scully's sister. Mulder return with Krycek, CSM's agents run them off the road and it appears that Krycek will be stuck in a spaceship forever. 17) Pusher ' Mulder and Scully investigate a man that has the ability to control people with his voice. 18) Teso dos Bichos ' Mulder and Scully investigate the removal of ancient archaeological artifacts from a sacred burial ground. 19) Hell Money ' Mulder and Scully investigate an ancient cult where they hold a lottery in which the players wager parts of their body. 20) Jose Chung's from Outer Space ' In this episode, Scully is interviewed by the famous author Jose Chung, who is trying to expose the truth about alien abductions. 21) Avatar ' Assistant Directory Skinner is accused of murder when he is found in a hotel next to the corpse of a prostitute. 22) Quagmire ' Mulder and Scully go to Georgia after receiving a report of Loch Ness type monster. 23) Wetwired ' Mulder and Scully investigate a number of Maryland homicides and it appears the only thing these people had in common was they watch a lot of television. 24) Talitha Cumi ' Jeremiah Smith heals the wounds of several shooting victims. Jeremiah is well known to CSM and it appears that CSM is working closely with the aliens. We also find out that CSM know Mulder's mother better that anyone knew.
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Summary: Postmodern and entertaining
Review: This season takes the mythology and makes it as large as you can not imagine (or at least that was the case when I saw it for the first time). For the first time the project is seen as the enormous plan that it is: the medical records stored in a mine (Paperclip 3x02), the post-world war II scientifics from Japan involved in the experiments (Nisei/731), the black oil's appearence in a world war II submarine which was ordered to go to its specific location (Piper Maru/Apocripha), and finally the begining of the colonization (Talitha Cumi). Besides, the emotional arc of the characters grows just as much: Melisa's death, Mulder's way to resurrection, Scully's implant (The Blessing Way 3x01). The standalones are really great with only three or four exceptions. This is the season of the very best comedic episodes: Clyde Bruckman's final repose is just a classic of TV (winner for best writing in the EMMY awards -they almost died for actually giving an award to a sci-fi series), José Chung's "from outer space" is one of the most complex things I have ever seen in my life, War of coprophages manages to make everyone just eat [refuse] and laugh, and Syzygy. Mythologic standalones are unbeatable: Avatar focuses not only on Skinner's intimate life, but on his alliances with both Mulder and Scully, and the syndicate; Wetwired reveals a great work with images and also is the begining of the end for Mr. X.
My top 10 for this season goes like this:
10. Pusher (an excelent episode written by Vince Gilligan)
9. Avatar
8. wetwired
7. Nisei / 731
6. The Blessing Way/ Paperclip
5. 2Shy (in Scully's words: a fat sucking vampire... I just loved this episode, it's simple, but the relation between the killer and his victims is thrilling. This episode really constructs a whole world --more normal than Jose Chung- around this monster... and his final line was breathtaking to me).
4. Syzygy (the universe is in armony in order to give all its power to a couple of crazed teenagers)
3. José Chung's "from outer space" (what is this? What's the reality behind all the witnesses, all the words, dialogues and lines? Who are the aliens? the ones out of this world or us, here but out of it, as well?)
2. Revelations (the religious topic is so well treated and Scully's belief being tested by Mulder make you relate more with the skeptic -now a believer-).
1. Clide Bruckman's final repose (can you be so obsesed with an idea that it makes you a psiquic? And what if this psiquic ability takes away from you your love for life?)
Also look up for other really good ones like Oubliette and Grotesque.
The extras are better than the ones in the previous package. The footage of David Duchovny fighting with the puppet of a cat for the episode Teso Dos Bichos always makes me laugh.
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Summary: This is why is started watching The X Files!!
Review: Yeeaahhh!!!!!!! Season 3 DVD Box-Set is here!!! Fantastic season, and the very place where I seriously began watching every episode. I was so amazed of Carter's storytelling in "The Blessing Way" and "Paper Clip". These episodes marked Carter's mythology expansion, and made the show much more diverse, and maybe a little more bright, with so many different stories. I mean; this season Carter really showed how much he as a producer, creator and writer had matured and this came to highlight also in the following seasons pre-movie: Season 4 & 5. In my opinion, this is everything The X Files had been building up to, and Season 3, 4 & 5 were the best years of The X Files. Get this DVD-set, and enjoyed the original episodes, and be taken away on a great journey together with a clear picture that can't get better!! Buy this now! Then buy Season 4+5 and then Seasons 1 & 2. YOU WILL NOT REGRET IT!! That's what I think.
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