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"The X Files" (1993)Original Air Date:
7 January 2001 (Season 8, Episode 8)Plot:
Doggett and Scully deal with a killer who may have X-Ray vision. | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Calling Clark Kent... moreCast
(Episode Credited cast) | Gillian Anderson | ... | Dana Scully |
 | Robert Patrick | ... | John Doggett |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
 | Greg Boniface | ... | Gangbanger #2 |
 | Michael Bowen | ... | Dwight Cooper |
| James Franco | ... | Officer #2 |
 | Noel Gugliemi | ... | Gangbanger #1 |
 | Tom Jourden | ... | Carlton Chase |
 | Patrick Kilpatrick | ... | Randall Cooper |
 | Joe Sabatino | ... | Captain Triguero |
| Ty Upshaw | ... | Officer #1 |
 | Kellie Waymire | ... | Tammi Peyton |
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Surekill is a mixed bag for me. I so wanted to like this episode a lot. But it just wasn't happening. It's still a decent episode, but ultimately fails to pull the viewer in.
Surekill starts off with a great teaser. It has a man fleeing for his life, seemingly from an unstoppable assassin. The police place him in the drunk tank where he appears to be safe, but the man knows he is not safe. And then, blam!, right in front of the officer's eyes, the man is shot in a locked room.
I think the concept of x-ray vision is a very interesting concept. However, the writer just turned it into a simple, love triangle story. The story is slow-moving, uninteresting, and not that memorable. It was hard for me to take notes on this episode, because of those qualities.
There were a couple of high points to the episode. Mark Snow, once again, does some great music. I probably made more attention to it, because of the slow-moving story. Also, Michael Bowen gives a fantastic performance as Dwight Cooper. He is very believable as a sleazy jerk.
The concept of x-ray vision could have been dealt with in a better, more interesting fashion, thus making Surekill a little off target.