Frank Spotnitz

Let's get stuck right into this second episode of season five episodes right here on Revisiting the X-Files.

So let's get back into the conclusion of this two-parter that we left off at the end of last episode with episode seven of season five, titled "Emily," directed on this occasion by series regular Kim Manners, and again written by the trio of Vince Gilligan, John Shiban, and Frank Spotnitz.

And just like in the great old days of television, you've had to wait a certain amount of time to get to this concluding episode of the two-parter, which we always had to do when we watched it on TV on its first run.

And these days you can basically, once someone puts a season out, generally you get to s- just binge a whole series in one day and not have to worry about all these little, "Oh my God, I wonder what's gonna happen" things.

Um, it's, it's a, it's a fun episode to watch, but it's not one that you need to get a whole lot out of.

[upbeat music] Righto, it's probably time to reach out and see what's happening in the wilderness parts of the US with Episode 4 of Season 5, titled "Detour," directed by first-timer Brett Dowler and written by Frank Spotnitz.

And the story goes that Spotnitz was drawn to write the episode after watching the film Deliverance.

So make of that what you will, because there's actually another film that it really does look like.

I know probably our friend Michael from Melbourne will not forgive me for that.

But for me, four and a half out of five.

[upbeat music] As an added bonus for our first look at season five, you get an extra portion to this episode as we deliver into episode six of season five, which is titled "Christmas Carol," directed by Peter Markle on his first episode of "The X-Files," and written by Vince Gilligan, John Shaban, and Frank Spotnitz.

And this is a two-parter, so you'll get half now, and then you'll get half later.

The original air date for this episode, January 6, 2002.

It was written by Chris Carter and Frank Spotnitz and written by Tony Warmbie.

And this episode takes place in Washington, D.C., That is the ancestral homeland to Piscataway and Anacostan, as well as Bethesda, Maryland, which is Conoy, Piscataway.

And we find that information at native-land.ca.

Who in this episode worked on this episode, was in this episode? Who are you giving your last dozen tamales to?

Okay, so I had to think about this one for a minute.

And I'm giving my dozen of tamales to Frank Spotnitz.

And the reason I'm giving it to Frank Spotnitz, because I think whatever, whatever shippiness was revealed, or anything like that, I think it absolutely came from Frank.

So that's pretty much the wrap as it speaks.

writing and directing for this episode for this series so chris carter had six co-writes on this series and two solo rights uh frank spotnitz also had six co-writes and for me as it turned out which i'll also discuss again shortly the four episodes that were co-written by chris carter and frank spotnitz they are four of the best five episodes of the season so the fact that they combine so well in writing and with ideas just showed that their partnership worked really well for me Vince Gilligan has two co-writes and three solo writes.

Small Potatoes, which was great.

Paper Hearts, also great.

Number two is Tunguska.

And number one is Max, which is great.

So I was saying before that we had Chris Carter and Frank Spotnitz, four of the top five episodes for me for the whole series were written by them.

And they were Terma, Termas Fugit, Sorry, try that again, Bill.