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Wikipedia article of the day for August 3, 2019

The Wikipedia article of the day for August 3, 2019 is The X-Files . "The Truth" was the two-hour ninth-season finale of the American science fiction television series The X-Files, premiering on May 19, 2002. Written by series creator Chris Carter and directed by Kim Manners, the finale was the most-watched episode of the ninth season, with 13.25 million viewers. It received mixed reviews, with many commentators criticizing its lack of closure. Others were pleased with the episode's conclusion and with the full return of actor David Duchovny (pictured) as Fox Mulder, following his departure from the series after the eighth-season finale. The ninth season focused on the paranormal investigations of FBI special agents John Doggett (Robert Patrick), Monica Reyes (Annabeth Gish), and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson). In the finale, Scully learns that Mulder—who had been missing for almost a year—was being held for the supposed murder of a bioenhanced soldier in a secret govern...

Wikipedia article of the day for June 14, 2019

The Wikipedia article of the day for June 14, 2019 is The X-Files . "Ice" is the eighth episode of the first season of the American science fiction television series The X-Files. Premiering on the Fox network on November 5, 1993, "Ice" was directed by David Nutter (pictured) and written by Glen Morgan and James Wong. The debut was watched by 10 million viewers in 6.2 million households and received largely positive reviews from critics, who praised its tense atmosphere. In the episode, FBI special agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) investigate the deaths of an isolated Alaskan research team. The agents and their team discover the existence of extraterrestrial parasitic organisms which drive their hosts into impulsive fits of rage. The episode was inspired by an article in Science News about an excavation in Greenland, and series creator Chris Carter also cited John W. Campbell's 1938 novella Who Goes There? as an influence.

Wikipedia article of the day for November 22, 2018

The Wikipedia article of the day for November 22, 2018 is The X-Files . "Triangle" is the third episode of the sixth season of the American science fiction television series The X-Files. Written and directed by series creator Chris Carter (pictured), it premiered on the Fox network on November 22, 1998, with 18.20 million viewers. In this episode, FBI special agent Fox Mulder (David Duchovny), who works on cases linked to the paranormal along with Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson), boards a passenger liner in the Bermuda Triangle. Transported back in time to the outbreak of World War II, he encounters German soldiers searching for a superweapon called Thor's Hammer. Main and recurring cast members, including Anderson, William B. Davis, Chris Owens, James Pickens Jr. and Mitch Pileggi, play additional characters aboard the ship, distinct from their regular characters. Inspired by the 1948 Alfred Hitchcock film Rope, many scenes were edited to appear as single takes. The epis...