The X-Files (season 7)

The X-Files (season 7)
The X-Files Season 7
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Country of origin United States
Canada
No. of episodes 22
Broadcast
Original channel Fox
Original run November 7, 1999 – May 21, 2000
Home video release
DVD release
Region 1 May 13, 2003
Region 2 September 22, 2003
Region 4 October 20, 2003
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The seventh season of The X-Files commenced airing in the United States on November 7, 1999, concluded on May 21, 2000, and consists of twenty-two episodes. The X-Files is an American serial science fiction-horror-thriller television series. Season seven took place after the destruction of the Syndicate, which marked the end of their long-running story arc. This season marks the end of various story arcs, most notably the Samantha Mulder arc, which involved finding the truth about what happened to her.

Season seven received mixed views from critics. After the broadcasting for the season ended, David Duchovny sued Fox and left the show as a main cast member. He would return in later seasons, but as a recurring character instead. After this point, many recurring cast members such as William B. Davis and Laurie Holden wouldn't make an appearance on the show, until the series finale, which aired in 2002.

As sister show Millennium was cancelled in 1999 without concluding any of the long-running arcs, Chris Carter felt he needed to create "closure" for his cancelled show. This season would be the last to feature the old opening sequence for the series. The two later seasons changed the opening sequence in an attempt to renew the series.

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Production

Development

The episode "Millennium" was created to give a sort of "closure" for the series Millennium, which was cancelled in 1999. The episode would also mark the first time any of the original crew had done any work on the show, since Millennium was filmed in Vancouver, Canada, as The X-Files had been before it.[1] The episode was later included in the Millennium season three box set and The Complete Series, even though it wasn't officially a Millennium episode.[2]

The decision to end the long-running story arc about Fox Mulder looking for the truth about what happened to his sister (in the episode "Closure") was decided when the production crew was unsure if the show would be renewed for another season. Kim Manners, director for the show, even called this one of his "favorite" episodes.[3] "My Weakness", a song by Moby from his album Play, is used several times throughout the episode, most notably during the first scene and near the end. Carter never told the series' resident composer Mark Snow about the decision to use someone else's music, although Snow has since said that his reaction to the use of the song was more positive than negative and that the song was a "perfect" fit for the scenes in which it can be heard.[4]

Duchovny contributed to two scripts for the show, the first being "The Sixth Extinction II: Amor Fati" with Carter, and the second being "Hollywood A.D." which he both wrote and directed. Co-star Gillian Anderson also contributed to her first and only script for The X-Files. The episode was entitled "all things" and focused solely on her character, Dana Scully. The original script for "all things" was intended to be 10–15 minutes longer, the most notable cut off was the scene featuring conversation between Scully and Daniel Waterson (Nicolas Survoy).[5]

Casting

The theater audience in the episode "Hollywood A.D." largely consisted of crew members and their families as a "thank you" for their involvement with the show. Originally the entire audience was to have been made up of this group, but main co-star Gillian Anderson became ill after the filming of "all things", and production was pushed back a week. Extras were hired to fill the spots of people unable to adjust to the changed schedule.[1]

Reception

Cast

Main cast


Recurring cast

Also Starring

Guest Starring

Episodes

The list is ordered by the episodes' original air dates. Episodes marked with an asterisk (*) are part of the series' mytharc. Episodes with a double asterisk (**) are part of the series' Alien Mythology.

# Title Directed by Written by Original air date Production
code
U.S. viewers
(millions)
140 1 "The Sixth Extinction"** Kim Manners Chris Carter November 7, 1999 (1999-11-07) 7ABX03 18.76[6]
Walter Skinner (Mitch Pileggi) and Michael Kritschgau (John Finn) work desperately to attempt to discover what is wrong with Fox Mulder (David Duchovny), who is imprisoned by his own frenetic brain activity, but they are unaware of Agent Diana Fowley’s (Mimi Rogers) duplicity. In the meanwhile, Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) is hunting for an ancient artifact in Africa. 
141 2 "The Sixth Extinction II: Amor Fati"** Michael Watkins David Duchovny & Chris Carter November 14, 1999 (1999-11-14) 7ABX04 16.15[6]
Returning to Washington to find Mulder gone, Scully joins Kritschgau and Skinner - who is still being forced into betrayal by Alex Krycek (Nicholas Lea) - to find her partner. However, the Cigarette Smoking Man (William B. Davis) has taken Mulder to a place where all his problems are gone and Fowley is forced to make a choice about her loyalties. 
142 3 "Hungry" Kim Manners Vince Gilligan November 21, 1999 (1999-11-21) 7ABX01 16.18[6]
In a unique episode told from the point-of-view of the “monster”, a fast-food employee with unusual cravings becomes the focus of an FBI investigation. The victims appear with no brain and a suction hole in the forehead. 
143 4 "Millennium" Thomas J. Wright Vince Gilligan & Frank Spotnitz November 28, 1999 (1999-11-28) 7ABX05 15.04[6]
An associate of the Millennium Group, which believes the apocalypse will happen on the new year of 2000, resurrects the dead for use in the bringing about of the apocalypse, and Mulder and Scully have to ask the help of criminal profiler Frank Black (Lance Henriksen), a man who has former experience with the shadowy group. 
144 5 "Rush" Robert Lieberman David Amann December 5, 1999 (1999-12-05) 7ABX06 12.71[6]
When a school student becomes the prime suspect in the bizarre murder of a police officer, Mulder and Scully are sent to investigate. They discover that the boy and a couple of friends have been playing with the ability to accelerate their movements to a frequency the human eye can’t perceive. 
145 6 "The Goldberg Variation" Thomas J. Wright Jeffrey Bell December 12, 1999 (1999-12-12) 7ABX02 14.49[6]
After being thrown off a building and surviving, Henry Weems, who appears to be the luckiest man in the world, attracts the attention of Mulder and Scully. But, if he’s so lucky, why is he on the run from the mob, and why is everyone around him so unlucky? 
146 7 "Orison" Rob Bowman Chip Johannessen January 9, 2000 (2000-01-09) 7ABX07 15.63[6]
Reverend Orison releases Donnie Pfaster, Scully’s former kidnapper ("Irresistible" Season 2), from jail in the hopes of passing judgment on him. What he discovers instead is that he has released pure evil, and it’s headed for Scully. 
147 8 "The Amazing Maleeni" Thomas J. Wright Vince Gilligan & John Shiban & Frank Spotnitz January 16, 2000 (2000-01-16) 7ABX08 16.18[6]
The Amazing Maleeni, a small-time magician, performs an amazing feat to impress a heckler - he turns his head 360 degrees. So when he is later found without a head at all, Mulder and Scully arrive on the case and discover an angry ex-con, an unimpressed rival, and Maleeni’s twin brother all seem to have something to do with the plan to rob a major bank. 
148 9 "Signs and Wonders" Kim Manners Jeffrey Bell January 23, 2000 (2000-01-23) 7ABX09 13.80[6]
When a small town church is the site of a number of ritualistic-like murders, fingers are pointed to the Church of God with Signs and Wonders, a church where the Bible is read literally, and punishment is dealt deftly. But soon the agents realize that the difference between the peaceful religious and the fanatics may not be very much at all. 
149 10 "Sein und Zeit"** Michael Watkins Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz February 6, 2000 (2000-02-06) 7ABX10 13.95[6]
While investigating the bizarre disappearance of a young girl from her home, Mulder becomes obsessed with a number of children who have vanished in similar ways. Scully's fears that he is emotionally involved due to his sister's disappearance 27 years earlier are heightened when Mulder's mother dies, apparently of suicide. 
150 11 "Closure"** Kim Manners Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz February 13, 2000 (2000-02-13) 7ABX11 15.36[6]
As Mulder is forced to accept that his mother’s death was by her own hand, he is led by a man whose son disappeared years earlier to another truth - that his sister may be among the souls taken by ‘walk-ins’, saving the souls of children doomed to live unhappy lives. Together, they embark on a journey that will reveal to Mulder the truth about his sister’s disappearance. 
151 12 "X-Cops" Michael Watkins Vince Gilligan February 20, 2000 (2000-02-20) 7ABX12 16.56[6]
A filming of an episode of COPS gets in the way of the collaborative effort between the FBI and the local police department. Mulder later finds out that the monster feeds on fear. While Mulder embraces the publicity, Scully is not so sure of it. The episode was filmed as if it was an authentic episode of the TV series COPS
152 13 "First Person Shooter" Chris Carter William Gibson & Tom Maddox February 27, 2000 (2000-02-27) 7ABX13 15.31[6]
The Lone Gunmen summon Mulder and Scully to the headquarters of a video game design company when the new virtual-reality game, which the Gunmen helped design, is taken over by a bizarre female computer character whose power is much more than virtual. 
153 14 "Theef" Kim Manners Vince Gilligan & John Shiban & Frank Spotnitz March 12, 2000 (2000-03-12) 7ABX14 11.92[6]
After a prominent doctor discovers his father-in-law dead and the word "Theef" written on the wall in blood, Mulder suspects hexcraft may be the source of threats against the doctor's family. 
154 15 "En Ami"** Rob Bowman William B. Davis March 19, 2000 (2000-03-19) 7ABX15 11.99[6]
After a young boy with cancer, whose parents don’t believe in medical treatment because it is against God’s will, recovers miraculously, Scully is intrigued. What she soon discovers is that his cure is not miraculous, but scientific. Eager, if wary, to learn of the truth behind his secrets, Scully agrees to travel with the Cigarette Smoking Man to get the cure to all mankind’s diseases. 
155 16 "Chimera" Cliff Bole David Amann April 2, 2000 (2000-04-02) 7ABX16 12.89[6]
Mulder investigates what appears to be a missing case of a woman from a small town, but soon turns out to be a murder by a spirit summoned from the underworld. Scully, meanwhile, must endure an uncomfortable stakeout. 
156 17 "all things" Gillian Anderson Gillian Anderson April 9, 2000 (2000-04-09) 7ABX17 12.19[6]
While Mulder is away in England, Scully is led by coincidences, chance, fate and possibly a higher power to a married man whom she had an affair with during medical school, and a look at the life she didn’t choose, forcing her to make choices about her future. 
157 18 "Brand X" Kim Manners Steven Maeda & Greg Walker April 16, 2000 (2000-04-16) 7ABX19 10.81[6]
While protecting a man due to testify against the Morley cigarette company, Skinner is horrified when the witness dies mysteriously. What the agents soon discover is that a new brand of cigarette has a dangerous secret. 
158 19 "Hollywood A.D." David Duchovny David Duchovny April 30, 2000 (2000-04-30) 7ABX18 12.89[6]
An entrepreneurial Hollywood producer and college friend of Skinner picks up the idea for a film based on the X-Files, however the agents find that the level of realism in their fictional portrayal is somewhat questionable. 
159 20 "Fight Club" Paul Shapiro Chris Carter May 7, 2000 (2000-05-07) 7ABX20 11.70[6]
Mulder and Scully cross paths with a pair of doppelgangers whose close proximity yields unlimited mayhem. Splitting up in two, the agent tries to find out "why" and "what" they are doing. 
160 21 "Je Souhaite" Vince Gilligan Vince Gilligan May 14, 2000 (2000-05-14) 7ABX21 12.79[6]
Mulder and Scully's encounter with a man and his wheelchair-bound, mentally-impaired brother leads them to an indifferent genie whose willingness to grant wishes belies a deeper motive. 
161 22 "Requiem"** Kim Manners Chris Carter May 21, 2000 (2000-05-21) 7ABX22 15.30[6]
Mulder and Scully return to the site of their first investigation together when a series of abductions take place. However, Scully's failing health, and Mulder's concern that she is in danger, cause him to take her off the case. Meanwhile, the Cigarette-Smoking Man - on his deathbed - reunites with Marita Covarrubias (Laurie Holden) and Krycek in an attempt to revive the project. Guest starring Zachary Ansley, Darin Cooper, Brian Thompson and Sarah Koskoff. 

References

  1. ^ a b Carter, Chris, Rabwin, Paul, Spotnitz, Frank, Manners, Kim, Gilian, Vince, Shiban, John and Anderson, Gillian (2000). The Truth Behind Season 7 (DVD). Fox Home Entertainment. 
  2. ^ Carter, Chris, Johannesen, Chip, Frank, Duggan, Michael and Horton (2000). End Game: Making Millennium Season 3 (DVD). Fox Home Entertainment. 
  3. ^ Manners, Kim (2000). Audio Commentary for "Closure" (DVD). Fox Home Entertainment. 
  4. ^ "ScoreKeeper With Composer Mark Snow About THE X-FILES: I WANT TO BELIEVE, The Creation Of The Series' Theme, And Much More!!". Ain't It Cool. June 24, 2008 ]. http://www.aintitcool.com/node/37203. Retrieved August 1, 2009. 
  5. ^ Anderson, Gillian (2005). Audio Commentary for "all things" (DVD). Fox Home Entertainment. 
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v "The X-Files Compilation: Nielsen Ratings". Compilation. http://x-files.host.sk/nielsens.php. Retrieved February 15, 2011. 

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