Behind the ScenesVince Gilligan was inspired to write the script because of his enjoyment of Cops, describing it as a "great slice of Americana." Gilligan initially pitched the idea to the X-Files' writing staff and to series creator Chris Carter during the show's fourth season. Carter was concerned with the idea because it was "goofy" and would ( Read more... )

I don't think it's LIVE television, Scully, she just said (bleep).

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Behind the ScenesThe idea to close the story arc received mixed reactions from various production and crew members. However, many of the show's producers realized that the time had come to answer one of the show's biggest questions. Spotnitz explained that, "I think [series star, David Duchovny] grew tired of playing the man who is missing his ( Read more... )

I want to believe so badly in a truth beyond our own.

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Behind the ScenesAlthough both the season four episode "Paper Hearts" and the season five episode "Redux II" had dealt with possible explanations for Samantha Mulder's fate, the issue had yet to be resolved when the series moved into its seventh season. Realizing that the season potentially could be the last, series creator Chris Carter decided to ( Read more... )

I know, but if you don't do it, I might never know the truth.

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Behind the Scenes"Signs and Wonders" was written by The X-Files staff writer Jeffrey Bell. Bell had long desired to write a "down-and-dirty" horror story for the series. In addition, he had informally studied the practice of snake handling, concluding that "anything involving snakes would be scary and I saw the church stuff as something that would ( Read more... )

Snake handling... didn't learn that in Catechism class.

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Behind the ScenesThe idea behind "The Amazing Maleeni" started with executive producer Frank Spotnitz. When pitching ideas for the seventh season episodes, Spotnitz wanted an episode to deal solely on "magic and illusion" and have nothing to do with the paranormal. Spotnitz had been petitioning the writers of The X-Files for a magic-based episode ( Read more... )

Behind the Scenes"Orison" was written by Chip Johannessen, who had formerly been an executive producer on the Chris Carter-created television series Millennium. In Johannessen's first draft, the episode's main antagonist was a prisoner with the ability to stop time. Executive producers Carter, Frank Spotnitz, and John Shiban found the episode's ( Read more... )