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Not the best though FULL SKULL BABY!

I remember when this series started, and the hint of dissapointment was hanging in the air. I'm giving it 5 stars because it's the X Files but in all honesty it's probobaly not worth all of them. This season has a surprising amount of duds and it's a real shame that you have to look upon the grimness of a pregnant Gillian Anderson throughout the first ten or so episodes. Aside from that though it still has episodes that stand out from the rest and Gillian's pregnancy was something of a blessing for the show in the long run. Duane Barry was the first ever two parter brought on by her, and the story of her abduction that the show tended to revolve around later was written in as a result of her pregnancy too.
It's got it's gems and you shouldn't be too dissapointed with the rest of them. (They take seven any day and I won't even bother mentioning eight and nine).
The episodes of pure television genius in this season are-
Sleepless
Duane Barry
Ascension
Fire Walker
Colony
End Game
Dod Calm
The Calusari
F. Emasculata
Soft Light
Anasazi

Little Green men would have made it on but it's a little over the top and flawed. For instance, when Scully forgets to feed the fish in Mulders apartment, and the way those idiots are following her around at the air port. (They couldn't have made it any more obvious that they were following her if they had a sign saying, 'Dana Scully-were watching you.')
Anyway eleven out of 25 aint great, but you'll be glad if you buy it. It still beats most T.V today.

Great episodes - disappointing extra features FULL SKULL BABY! empty skull, sniff.
Unfortunately, Fox hasnt understood it yet that DVDs are here to offer some real extra features. What we do get on this otherwise fantastisc DVD collection is a mere disappointment:

1) Fox TV episode trailers: they are so short it takes you more time to click through the menue to get to the trailer than to watch it. Whats good about that? Why would i care to watch the trailer anyway, if I have the whole episode on DVD?

2) Deleted Scenes: There arent many of them and they are terribly short. Some are simply pointless and thats exactly the reason why there were deleted. Only interesting were to discover that X was in the first reason a woman and an additional funny scene from "Humbug".

3) Special effects: Ouch! 3 of them and one shorter than the next. If I remember well, Carter has exactly the time for one sentence until the the special effects clip is over. A disappointment. X-Files would have so much to offeron that ground.

4) Behind the Scenes elements: Yeah, well, the one with Gillian Anderson chewing an insect was funny, the rest useless.

5) 15-minutes documentary: quite ok, but nothing really new.

6) Behind the Truth elements: well, copied from the TV, not really spectacular

7) Comments by Chris Carter: they were already on the Video collections by Fox available in Europe.

I give it a four star because after all, the main elements are the episodes themselves which of course are great and worth the price! There is absolutely nothing to complain about those.

Maybe in the 3rd season collection we will finally find some really decent special features!

Nothing disappears without a trace....... FULL SKULL BABY!
Fox delivers another beautiful collector's edition on DVD. Thankfully they have revamped the packaging and have given us a much more durable box set then season one. In season two the show hits its stride and becomes a classic. With the x-files closed Mulder is assigned a new partner in Alex Krycek while Scully is teaching at the academy. X steps in for Deep Throat as Mulder's informant and Skinner becomes a major character in the series. This season had it all, suspense, mystery, horror, and comedy. Season two had some of the creepiest episodes ever like The Host, Aubrey and Irresistible. My personal favorites were Duane Barry/Ascension, Colony/Endgame, Dod Kalm and One Breath. We also get the first ever comedy episode in Humbug and a great season finale in Anasazi. With over 20 hours of material this set is well worth the price even for just the casual fan.

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