John Shiban

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.

She's like, "Well, can we send you some, you know, ID photos of our guys and see if you can't find your officers to locate them?"

I'd also say that, you know, there's that little moment where you, you... that I thought John Shiban wrote well and Alan directed well, was that moment where...

Is he a Nausicaan, the one with the-

Yes