The X-Cast is covering the seventh season of The X-Files. It is a season that arrives at an interesting point in the larger arc of the series, with the creative team trying to both prepare for the end of the show without actually committing to it. I joined Carl Sweeney, Cathy Glinski and Kurt North to discuss the season finale, which perfectly encapsulates this tension.
Requiem is an episode that existed in a variety of contexts between production and airing. When it was filmed, there was every possibility that it could be the last episode of The X-Files ever. Chris Carter wanted to use it as a launching pad to a series of spin-off movies. However, between filming and broadcast, its meaning shifted dramatically. Following a disastrous season, Fox had no choice but to greenlight an eighth season of The X-Files, and David Duchovny reached a settlement in his lawsuit against Fox. Requiem went from being a series finale to a season finale, without changing a single shot.
You can listen to the episode here, or click the link below.
You might be interested in our reviews of the seventh season of The X-Files:
- The Sixth Extinction
- X-tra: Harsh Realm – Pilot
- The Sixth Extinction II: Amor Fati
- Hungry
- X-tra: Harsh Realm – Inga Fossa
- Millennium
- Rush
- The Goldberg Variation
- Orison
- The Amazing Maleeni
- Signs and Wonders
- Sein und Zeit
- Closure
- X-Cops
- First Person Shooter
- Theef
- En Ami
- Chimera
- all things
- Brand X
- X-tra: Harsh Realm – Reunion
- Hollywood A.D.
- Fight Club
- Je Souhaite
- Requiem
- X-tra: Harsh Realm – Camera Obscura
- X-tra: The X-Cast – Season 7, Episode 22
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