My Struggle II
- Episode aired Feb 22, 2016
- TV-14
- 45m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
4.7K
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Mulder and Scully uncover a shocking truth with global ramifications.Mulder and Scully uncover a shocking truth with global ramifications.Mulder and Scully uncover a shocking truth with global ramifications.
Julian Christopher
- Dr. Rubell
- (as Julian D. Christopher)
Eoin Bates
- Stranded driver
- (uncredited)
Annet Mahendru
- Sveta
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Amber Snow
- Driver
- (uncredited)
John Specogna
- Dr. Grayson
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAdenosine deaminase (ADA) - the gene product inhibited by the Spartan virus - is an actual enzyme. Hereditary defects in the enzyme can lead to a condition known as Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID), which leaves patients at risk for severe infections like those depicted. A treatment for the condition is to introduce a functional immune system into the patient via bone marrow transplant like Scully suggests for Mulder.
- GoofsThe Cigarette Smoking Man has a tracheostomy. He should not be able to speak unless a special device were attached to the tracheostomy (not apparent in this episode). Generally, a tracheostomy has to be covered to allow someone to speak. Please note that the word "tracheostomy" refers to the placement of a tube in the trachea while "tracheotomy" is just the act of cutting into the trachea. "Tracheostomy" is the correct term in this use.
- Quotes
[to Mulder]
Cigarette Smoking Man: Every man has his weakness. Mine was always just cigarettes.
- SoundtracksThe X-Files
(uncredited)
Written by Mark Snow
Performed by John Bael
Featured review
from one passionate fan to another
1. Fox can fight! Don't mean to blow this out of all proportion but I watched every episode of the first nine seasons and was known to comment on more than one occasion, gee, you would think that somewhere in FBI training they would have taught this guy to throw a punch? Well Carter (or someone) heard my plea and here we have the only instance I know of where Mulder actually shows some MMA. Loved it.
2. A lot of effort went into this script and the shame is that the effort is not immediately obvious on first viewing. Someone tried not only to tie up loose ends from the first 9 seasons but also incorporated more recent news, like the aluminium dust they are always dropping on our heads, no I am not a conspiracy nut, tests have been done that show this is real.
3. The switch from the semi-comic irony of the earlier episodes to "serious as a heart attack" is a bit sudden. All fans should be treated for whiplash.
4. The underlying gestalt (a problem much bigger than one TV series) is that as a culture, as a society, we have not only lost our belief that our rules want to help us but, worse, most of us subliminally feel they want to hurt us. Scary. And possibly true. Which makes it even scarier.
5. As for a rating, this episode, in spite of the whining of the fans, was entertaining as heck and kept this fan glued. What more do you want? Free pizza?
6. Over 2 dozen IMDb reviews for a single episode? No way this is anything less than a success.
2. A lot of effort went into this script and the shame is that the effort is not immediately obvious on first viewing. Someone tried not only to tie up loose ends from the first 9 seasons but also incorporated more recent news, like the aluminium dust they are always dropping on our heads, no I am not a conspiracy nut, tests have been done that show this is real.
3. The switch from the semi-comic irony of the earlier episodes to "serious as a heart attack" is a bit sudden. All fans should be treated for whiplash.
4. The underlying gestalt (a problem much bigger than one TV series) is that as a culture, as a society, we have not only lost our belief that our rules want to help us but, worse, most of us subliminally feel they want to hurt us. Scary. And possibly true. Which makes it even scarier.
5. As for a rating, this episode, in spite of the whining of the fans, was entertaining as heck and kept this fan glued. What more do you want? Free pizza?
6. Over 2 dozen IMDb reviews for a single episode? No way this is anything less than a success.
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- Apr 10, 2016
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- Crease Clinic, Riverview Hospital, Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada(Our Lady of Sorrows Hospital)
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