Redux
- Episode aired Nov 2, 1997
- TV-14
- 45m
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8.6/10
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Mulder accesses a facility that may hold a cure for Scully's illness. Scully performs an experiment in hopes of determining the origin of the disease.Mulder accesses a facility that may hold a cure for Scully's illness. Scully performs an experiment in hopes of determining the origin of the disease.Mulder accesses a facility that may hold a cure for Scully's illness. Scully performs an experiment in hopes of determining the origin of the disease.
Ken Camroux-Taylor
- Senior Agent
- (as Ken Camroux)
Fidel Castro
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Ian Gregson
- Amputee Patient
- (uncredited)
Lyndon B. Johnson
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- GoofsMulder enters facility that may hold a cure for Scully's illness in the Department of Defense of Level Four. Level four which is the highest level in the department of Defense building would not be easy to enter. You would need extra clearance besides a key card. You will have to be cleared by military, Take a picture and also sign in.
- Crazy creditsThe tagline at the end of the opening credits reads "All lies lead to the truth."
- ConnectionsReferenced in The X-Files: My Struggle (2015)
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Redux
It's always a pleasure to come back to this show after a little hiatus where I have the chance to get a bit of excitement brewing up again. This show hasn't produced a weak season yet, and it continues to expand its storytelling into bigger things that really evolve the mythology. There will always be a turning point, though, for shows that go on for longer than they should, and I've always been afraid to reach that point with this show that I truly love. While I don't think we're there yet, this episode isn't as interesting of an opener as I had kinda expected.
The episode already works off of a basis that is highly unbelievable to any avid viewer of this show. The cliffhanger that ended the previous season interesting at all, because of the obvious fake out that was going to occur here as everyone who has seen the show knows that Mulder would never commit suicide. This episode also leaves off the audience on a sorta weird note with its cliffhanger, but it does set the stage for the final part of the three-episode arc pretty well. It's definitely a middle chapter, and a lot of it is laying the groundwork for what's to come and the overall narrative that will go through the fifth season. And while it is interesting work, there are other things that the show could have done to elevate the tension, as we pretty much know the outcome of the episode from the very beginning. It does give a bit more context to the events of the previous episode, and it's nice to know that they had a plan in motion to not just make Scully's actions during that episode stick as they felt very out-of-character. A lot of Mulder's activities are fascinating and helps the buildup to the next episode, but the episode never really manages to stand on its own as an interesting opener and had the episodes premiered at the same time, it would have probably given it a better flow. It's a solid episode, but it doesn't work nearly as well as a standalone adventure at all.
"Redux" opens up a lot of interesting doors and possibilities for the show's future, but it lacks a narrative that enables it to stand on its own. The discoveries made here are interesting, but there seems to be a lot of context missing that we won't get before the next episode, and thus it all feels underwhelming.
The episode already works off of a basis that is highly unbelievable to any avid viewer of this show. The cliffhanger that ended the previous season interesting at all, because of the obvious fake out that was going to occur here as everyone who has seen the show knows that Mulder would never commit suicide. This episode also leaves off the audience on a sorta weird note with its cliffhanger, but it does set the stage for the final part of the three-episode arc pretty well. It's definitely a middle chapter, and a lot of it is laying the groundwork for what's to come and the overall narrative that will go through the fifth season. And while it is interesting work, there are other things that the show could have done to elevate the tension, as we pretty much know the outcome of the episode from the very beginning. It does give a bit more context to the events of the previous episode, and it's nice to know that they had a plan in motion to not just make Scully's actions during that episode stick as they felt very out-of-character. A lot of Mulder's activities are fascinating and helps the buildup to the next episode, but the episode never really manages to stand on its own as an interesting opener and had the episodes premiered at the same time, it would have probably given it a better flow. It's a solid episode, but it doesn't work nearly as well as a standalone adventure at all.
"Redux" opens up a lot of interesting doors and possibilities for the show's future, but it lacks a narrative that enables it to stand on its own. The discoveries made here are interesting, but there seems to be a lot of context missing that we won't get before the next episode, and thus it all feels underwhelming.
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- lassegalsgaard
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