Kim Manners

I don't know anything about him.

And then Emily was directed by Kim Manners, who's directed a ton of X Files episodes.

Oh, interesting.

And I, I honestly feel like this...

And off-camera you hear Gillian saying, "Rock from Mars." And I'm like, "I know.

I know what that means." And this is where I think, you know, as a fan of the show I sort of knew that story, but that was a truly fortuitous thing because, um, I just felt it, it melded well because you've got that episode where they're doing a whole scene in front of a tombstone in honor of Kim Manners, and that whole story was about something that he did as a director.

And, um, that's kind of like this little thing that you kind of have to be listening for when you're watching the dailies.

But that was, like, such a find for me.

It's really aft- a lot of it comes after the fact.

It's like, "What do we have?" And you just find common threads and try to build around that.

I really appreciate how carefully you handled that Kim Manners section because you just did it with a lot of care and a lot of heart, and it was really moving, but not because you did too much to make me feel moved.

You just presented it really carefully, and I thought it was just expertly done.

So, yeah.

And even though he's not on the show, you know Kim was there.

Oh, yeah.

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[laughs]

That's Kim Manners-

Kim Manners

... from The X-Files.

Righto, after the excitement of "Redux," why not continue along that path a little more with episode two of season five, titled "Redux 2"? [laughs] That's original.

Uh, directed by Kim Manners, and with the writing again helmed by Chris Carter.

So now we've gotta tie up the loose ends from the last episode, which shows Mulder turning up at the ICU, even though, of course, he's dead.

Um, which obviously once he runs into Skinner there, Skinner is very cranky about [chuckles] Mulder's fake death.

I mean, you might get some sort of a solution, but you don't get any further answers or any closer to the truth just by watching them.

[upbeat music] Rightio, we've been a bit heavy on the old, uh, alien mythology arc in recent times.

So let's slip back into something that is a little more slapstick with episode three of season five, titled "Unusual Suspects," directed by Kim Manners and written by Vince Gilligan.

So our main guys were once again away filming scenes for the upcoming "X-Files" movie, which meant that the network had to find a suitable alternative episode to cover their absence.

This is his second one.

Second one in season nine, directed by Kim Manners.

So, you know, got some big shoes to fill here.

Did Stephen Maeda also do 4D? No.

Sir.

Yeah, and the other bit of info, I gather for Roger Patrick, he had a friend who had recently died, and I guess it was a bit...

Rough for him on set, but luckily, Kim manners made him feel safe and allowed him to expose his vulnerability, which

comes through, I would say.

And Dean just goes, what'd she say? And Sam can't respond.

And the episode ends with a lovely dedication to Kim manners.

The

rest in peace King.

In this episode we're about to cover.

But last episode, Kim Manners did, right? Yes.

So just the talent of...

Kim Manners and then Rob Bowman just back to back.

It's amazing.

Yeah.

And I absolutely enjoyed myself.

So great.