The X Files: Season 3

• The X Files: Season 3 [DVD] [1994]

Amazon.co.uk Review Focused lightning bolts, stigmata, possession, and ancient curses become secondary in Season 3 of The X-Files as more episodes are devoted to pursuing the increasingly complex story threads. "The Blessing Way" is an explosive start, introducing the Syndicate's well-manicured man (John Neville), while Scully's sister Melissa is shot and Mulder experiences Twin Peaks-like prophetic visions. We learn of medical records of millions, including Scully, who have been experimented upon ("Paper Clip"): the fast-paced train-bound two-parter "Nisei" and "731" suggests the experiments are about alien hybridisation. Krycek turns out to be hosting an alien in the next double-act, "Piper Maru" and "Apocrypha", in which Skinner is shot by Melissa's killer. Two great one-offs outside the arc are "Clyde Bruckman's "Final Repose", a bittersweet tale of foreseeing death (featuring an Emmy-winning performance from Peter Boyle) and Jose Chung's "From Outer Space", a spoof of alien conspiracy theories through an author's investigations into abductees. --Paul Tonks Product Description All twenty four episodes from the third season of the X Files in the correct order (unlike the BBC airing of the stories). The season kicks off with the concluding parts of the cliffhanger from the previous year and continues with stories of reincarnation, witches, astral projection and the 'mythology' shows - the underlying conspiracy story arc - 'The Blessing Way', 'Paper Clip', 'Nisei', '731', 'Piper Maru', 'Apocrypha', 'Wet Wired' and cliffhanging season finale 'Talitha Cumi'.