Review of Trevor

The X-Files: Trevor (1999)
Season 6, Episode 17
9/10
It Was A Dark And Stormy Night...,
10 May 2022
Besides a crazed, escaped convict named, Wilson Pinker Rawls, What could possibly go wrong? But this is the X-FILES, so what ELSE is wrong with the Redneck sporting bad stolen clothes and the surliest temper?

I really liked this good-n-scary episode, and I can't explain exactly why other than I think it's because the real monsters are so often 'just a person', that dude or chick down the street. This script for the episode, Trevor, in the X-Files sixth season, played off that very real possibility quite well.

This episode's great tension and fright-factor has also got to do with an IMPRESSIVE character role more than capably acted by John Diehl, as the convict, Wilson Pinker Rawls. Mulder & Scully veritably sleep-walked through this episode (Hey, it was their 6th Season, they were tired) It was all about Wilson Pinker Rawls, a.k.a 'Pinky', an authentic hillbilly name if I ever heard one. When the X-files producers played it straight, as this episode is, they often hit home runs. I hope actor, John Diehl's, admirable command of his character opened future doors for him. Watch 'Trevor' yourself and see if you agree.
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