The X-Filesrecap: 'Kitten'

He smelled like smoke that one time?Explain it to me, Mulder. like she never pulled a gun on him.) On that note: Kersh is back! Credit: Eric Millner/FOX Mulder and Scully answer all of his questions with more questions just to match him for pettiness. The partners start their search by breaking into Skinners tastefully minimalistic apartment. (Mulder, deadpan as ever: Maybe hes out meeting with an interior decorator.) Take this episodes Vietnam War flashbacks....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 224 words · Tammy Smith

The X-Filesrecap: 'Nothing Lasts Forever'

Ode on an old TV set The X-Fileshas a history of ending more than once a season. Its a messy hour. But I loved it. Credit: Shane Harvey/FOX I loved its wry sense of humor (Did you get your hair cut?) and the sad glamour of Mark Snows piano-heavy score. I loved the way the madness tapered into such an intimate ending. Call it the Post-Post-Modern Prometheus. (The church is named St....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 506 words · Kristin Miller

The X-Filesrecap: 'Rm9sbG93ZXJz'

Or: How Fox Mulder learned to tip Hello! I am here to help. Did you know technology is dangerous? Credit: Shane Harvey/FOX Mulder, that level of artificial intelligence is decades away from being realized! Scully scoffs, in shoulder pads. She doesnt know shes on a show with two and a half decades of staying power. hair to be long again next week. Now hes traded bran for blobfish, which he did not order....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 429 words · Mr. Seth Howard

The X-Filesrecap: 'The Lost Art of Forehead Sweat'

Youre about to have your memories, as you know them, taken away from you. Youre an alien; maybe everyone is. Your waiters name is not Buddy. Credit: Shane Harvey/FOX is the sound of every episode written by Darin Morgan, but especially this one. Shes been calling him all day; she wants to confirm theyre still on for dinner tomorrow. At least one relationship is getting better while the world falls apart....

May 1, 2025 · 4 min · 726 words · Lindsay Smith

The X-Filesrecap: 'This'

Mulder and Scully help an old friend while on the run Now This is more like it. But CSMs claim stays tucked away for now, and thats fine by me. Why let one bad apple spoil the whole bunch? Credit: Robert Falconer/Fox If she hasnt moved back in permanently, she at least seems to be heading in that direction). Welcome to the newX-Files, same as the oldX-Files. Langly, one of Mulders trio of hacker friends The Lone Gunmen, seems like himself but not....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 437 words · Eric Lopez

The X-FilesSeason 11: The Best Tweets From the Set

The X-Filesare reopened… …and so are the tweets. Here’s what they (and one dog) have revealed. Wigging out “Who’s that sexy lady? Gillian Anderson/Twitter; Brick Duchovny‏/Twitter “Anderson tweetedon Aug. 4. (Fortunately, it looks like Scully is in for better hair days.) Let them eat chocolate “Best cake EVER! Gillian Anderson/Twitter I’m not kidding,” Anderson ravedon Instagramon Aug. 9. And given the (guitar-shaped?) cake above hers, it appeared to be a dual celebration; Duchovny’s birthday falls two days earlier....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 245 words · Brian Dixon

The year in books: Everything you need to know 2018's biggest titles

Call us a little biased, but we believe that 2018 was the year of the book. Sure, it was agreat 12 months for television. The music world has"thank u, next. “But, dare we say, we’re at Peak Book. Cherry, by Nico WalkerThere There, by Tommy OrangeThe Incendiaries, by R.O. YA good Enough for everyone Young-adult fiction doesn’t always get its proper due. Our favorite YA titles were socially relevant and progressive....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 119 words · Sheri Kline

The year in LGBTQ projects you need to know about

Say it with us:Representation matters. No longer are audiences content to hear from the same homogenous voices weve always heard from. As Rosenberg told EW, he wanted to make that form of intimacy open to everyone. Credit: FilmRise Its lead single, Sanctify, was inspired by Im a Slave 4 U-era Britney Spears. What more do you’re gonna wanna know? Her guardians send her to a camp called Gods Promise, which is exactly as disturbing as it sounds....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 107 words · Steven Allen

The90210revival is 'tragic' and 'funny,' says star Jason Priestley

Well, original90210heartthrobJason Priestleygets it. Its inherently funny a bunch of middle-aged people trying to go back and recapture the magic of their youth. And you cant have great comedy without a little bit of tragedy, right? Credit: FOX The show is not unlikeEpisodesorCurb Your Enthusiasm. I think the opportunity to satirize the situation is something we all found very appealing. Who initially came to you with the idea, and was your first reactionHuh?...

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 352 words · Joshua Beard

TheArrested Developmentremix is impressive, but pointless: EW review

The show went off the air in 2006. The fourth season ofArrested Developmentwas strange, ambitious in its architecture, somehow never-ending without ever beginning. Season 4 wanted to push the family past its breaking point. Credit: Sam Urdank/Netflix The season had a complex timeline when you lined everything up in a binge. And it was unexpectedly hilarious to watchAlia Shawkat’s Maeby spiral downward into young adulthood. In the original series, she’d been precociousand, past a certain point, rather sidelined....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 190 words · James Lopez

TheAvatarlives again! Live-actionLast Airbenderseries coming to Netflix

The lifecycle of the Avatar isnt over yet. The streaming platform announced a new live-action reimagined series is coming to the streaming platform. He was dubbed the last Airbender due to the fact all others had thought to have been wiped out. In the past, the words Avatar and live-action havent sat well with fans. M. Night Shyamalan attempted to create a live-action film based on the show with hisThe Last Airbender....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 140 words · Steven Holt

TheBattlestar Galacticafinale is 10 years old, and this one part is unforgettable

The revival ofBattlestar Galacticawas one of the best TV shows of the 2000s. And you’re free to only really have complicated opinions about its series finale. Daybreak ran to three episodes of runtime, stuffed full of operatic digitality and ambient flashbackery. Credit: Art Streiber/Syfy/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images Witness the fall and rise of human civilization, with regular breaks for shaky-newsreel spacefights and drunken poor-decision sexuality. Andthencame the finales big twist, which I will nowspoil relentlessly....

May 1, 2025 · 4 min · 794 words · Tracy Johnson

TheDynastyreboot needs to get crazier ASAP: EW review

So am I, for that matter. So after I finished the newDynastypilot, I decided to relieve my boredom by googling Dynasty Catfight. This is what came up: Nothing in the pilot of neo-Dynastyis nearly as fun as that. As heiress Fallon Carrington, Elizabeth Gillies channels Collins carnivorous ambitionandLeighton Meesters imperial pout. Brother Steven is a progressive idealist who hates fracking. The show pretends toward vague topicality, ups the sexuality from TV-G to TV-14....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 153 words · Timothy Marquez