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by Rick Norwood
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What to look for in February 2000 | |
Both The X-Files and Voyager have major multi-part episodes beginning in February, that
promise changes in the status quo.
On The X-Files, we have a two-part mythos episode beginning Sunday, February 6, that has new
information about Fox Mulder's sister Samantha. In the sixth season two-parter "Two
Fathers/One Son" (****), we discovered that the aliens demanded the children of the conspirators
as hostages, to guarantee their continued collaboration. The other conspirators dutifully turned
their children over to the aliens, but Fox and Samantha's father tried to keep Samantha. The
aliens did not take no for an answer. In earlier episodes, we learned that Samantha was cloned.
Some of the clones are used to keep the mutated bees, who will spread the plague that will wipe
out the human race. These clones are still children. There were at least two adult Samantha
clones, one of whom died trying to help the rebel alliance, the other was raised by the Cigarette
Smoking Man. Now, at last, we get to find out what happens next.
The two non-mythos episodes this month also look very interesting.
The X-Files
Star Trek: Voyager
Meanwhile, over at Voyager, a three part episode involving Borg children begins, and between
episodes one and two we have a sequel to "Fair Haven" (***) which apparently does what I
wished Voyager would do in my last column: examine in depth the question of when holograms
are sentient. Does someone involved with Voyager read this column? I'd love to know. I have
this great Voyager script sitting in my closet.
And keep an eye out for Deep Space Nine reruns, which are being shown in some areas.
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Rick Norwood is a mathematician and writer whose small press publishing house, Manuscript Press, has published books by Hal Clement, R.A. Lafferty, and Hal Foster. He is also the editor of Comics Revue Monthly, which publishes such classic comic strips as Flash Gordon, Sky Masters, Modesty Blaise, Tarzan, Odd Bodkins, Casey Ruggles, The Phantom, Gasoline Alley, Krazy Kat, Alley Oop, Little Orphan Annie, Barnaby, Buz Sawyer, and Steve Canyon. |
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