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The End and the Beginning (The Official Guide to the X-Files, Vol. 5)

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This series of volumes started with the somewhat disappointing "The Truth is Out There", a book covering 2 seasons in less pages than later volumes covered 1. "Trust No One" followed for Season 3...better than the first volume in comprehensiveness, but nowhere near the depth afforded by "I Want to Believe" (Season 4) "Resist or Serve" (Season 5) and now this one, "The End and the Beginning" (Season 6). Andy Meisler has done the job of providing the definitive print version of the X-Files...the only materials on the X-Files enjoyable even when the power goes out and VCR's computers and DVD's are silent. These books, at very reasonable prices, are must-haves for fans of the show. For people wondering about gaps in their knowledge of the series, these books will fix the problem.

I've been waiting several months for this book to come out because I've enjoyed the other four volumes so much. This volume, though slightly late, met all of my high expectations. It gives plot synopses of all the episodes from the stellar sixth season (don't miss my favorites "Milagro" and "Triangle!") and, more interestingly, inside info on the development and filming of each episode, including trivia and funny anecdotes. There's a beautiful section of color photos in the center of this volume including a great picture of Mulder and Scully making baseball sexy :) If you're a fan of the show, trust me, you can't live without these books.

This is definitely a must-have for any X-Phile, especially if you missed an important episode of Season 6. It contains a detailed summary of every episode in a mini novel-like form, with commentary about that episode. It's also great to have if you desperately want to view a Season 6 episode, but you didn't tape it. In this book, you can READ the episode. I know it's not the same as watching it, but it's something. And for all you 'Shippers like me out there, you can re-live all the greatest 'Shipper moments, like in the episode "Triangle."--the famous kiss, and Mulder's famous "I love you" line to Scully. And let's not forget the part in "The Unnatural" where Mulder teaches her how to play baseball, or in "Dreamland" where Mulder dances in front of the mirror while in the body of Morris Fletcher.

The book also contains colorful photos commemorating every unforgetful moment of the season. Now I can't wait for the next volume. I'm one of the unfortunate people who missed the Season 7 finale, where Mulder gets abducted and Scully announces to Skinner that she's pregnant . . .

I admit to being a X-Files addict, and so this was necessary to try to understand the show. It, and its previous 1 through 4, have made my interest in the X-files grow as I finally got clues and tremendous answers in reviews and stories from many missed episodes. A lot of work obviously went into these books, and I wait eagerly for volume 6.

I love these Official Guides for the X-Files. They tell the entire episode in just enough detail if you may have missed something or have not paid enough attention. They also have the "Backstory" so you could find out information you ay never have even heard of. They have quotes from the fabulous stars. I just wish they would have had more from and about the stars. Bt other than that they are fabulous. I have my rating as 5 stars but because of this I would pick four and a half if I could. They tell everything you need to know and more about the greatest show to ever air!

I love this book,I especially like the behind the scenes stuff, it's great.I recommend this book to anyone who is the biggest fan in the world to the show like me.It has a great picture of David Duchovny in front of the mirror (very cute). I have almost all of season 6 on tape so it was very interesting to read the behind the scenes stuff and see how they made the episode.I have all of season 7 on tape so I can't wait for the next book to come out.I am running out of blank tapes!

I love all the X-Files episode guide books, but they seem to get better with each new one that comes out. This one is definately no exception. With in-dept synopis' of each season six episode, lots of behind-the-scenes info and beautiful full-page colour pictures depicting the best moments of Season 6, this book is a must have for any X-Files fan! :) It was definately worth waiting for!

I love this book. This was a great season for the X-Files and if you want to relive it all, get this book. Arcadia, The Natural, Milagro, you get the picture.

Some shows have an ambiance that is hard to bottle. Not only do they amaze us when we watch them, but they also amaze us in our recollections. X-Files has long been one of those artifacts, with time sometimes standing still in some of the frames and the show not really aging like you would expect from something started this long ago. One has to give credit to Chris Carter, Kim Manners, David Duchovny and Jillian Anderson for this because they not only made a product but they also reflected pieces of ourselves then that we can lok back on. And with books like this, we can really see exactly what eery piece of the puzzle was.

While some of these guides really started slow, I felt that this one did a nice job. Not only did it show a lot of incite, but it also captured a fair deal of "what is out there" in pictures and commentary. While I am not sure who should get this, myself a fan and rading it as such, I do thing that this in-depth look at "the turth" is enlightening. If nothing else, it captures the show within in the show.

Along with these books, I have also enjoyed the 4 pieces of the X-Files puzzle that show the inner plotlines. Abduction, Black Oil, Colonization, and - to a degree - Super Soldiers are nice works of art that capture the inner dragon and I personally find these all grand. They show the episodes that you need to see to understand things and these books show you what all these things mean. I do think some of it is opinion in a way, to, but a lot of it is plotline. That is the beauty of this thing - it really did have its inner truth.

The book really did score a 4.6/5 or so, rounding it into a 5. It is something I do not think is for everyone, and if you are one of those "needy people" you will know it. I am impressed by this one, more than the others, and think they have gotten better. You can always find snippets of it and see if you agree, making your watching a little more worthwhile.

Another outstanding book for X-File collectors, great behind the sceen stuff as well as pictures and interviews.