Skinner receives a call telling him that his time is up, it soon transpires that he's been infected with a deadly disease.
It's a good, fast paced, race against the clock type of episode, after the lighter tone of the previous episode, this one is pretty gritty, and quite intense.
If I didn't know any better, I would have thought that this was made in response to the popularity of The 24 Series, but guess what, this came first.
It's interesting to see how Mulder and Scully both reacted to Agent Skinner, how quick they were to support their former boss, despite his recent behaviour towards them, it'll be interesting to see if his attitudes towards them changes in the future.
Those wonderful production values that have been very evident since the start of this sixth series are once again very evident, and credit to the makeup team, Skinner looks impressively unwell in all of his scenes.
Different, an exciting episode.
8/10.
It's a good, fast paced, race against the clock type of episode, after the lighter tone of the previous episode, this one is pretty gritty, and quite intense.
If I didn't know any better, I would have thought that this was made in response to the popularity of The 24 Series, but guess what, this came first.
It's interesting to see how Mulder and Scully both reacted to Agent Skinner, how quick they were to support their former boss, despite his recent behaviour towards them, it'll be interesting to see if his attitudes towards them changes in the future.
Those wonderful production values that have been very evident since the start of this sixth series are once again very evident, and credit to the makeup team, Skinner looks impressively unwell in all of his scenes.
Different, an exciting episode.
8/10.