Product Details

• Directors: Richard Compton, James A. Contner, Allen Coulter, Tucker Gates, Ralph Hemecker
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
• VHS Release Date: May 5, 1998
• Run Time: 45 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 630490763X
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #65,661 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

After "Wetwired" (third season, episode 23) you may never watch cable TV again. Mulder (David Duchovny) and Scully (Gillian Anderson) investigate a pair of multiple homicides in a small town and find delusional killers with stockpiles of seemingly random videotaped TV programs stashed in their homes. A high-tech cable tap may provide the linking clue, but not before Scully starts showing strange symptoms. Third season cliffhanger "Talitha Cumi" (episode 24) guest stars cult actor Roy Thinnes as Jeremiah Smith, or rather many Jeremiah Smiths, a man who may be clone, alien, mutant, or perhaps some combination of the three. Mulder and Scully track the mysterious Mr. Smith after he miraculously heals the victims of a shooting spree, only to discover a veritable army of identical men working for the government across the nation. Meanwhile the Cigarette Smoking Man (William B. Davis) secretly meets with Mulder's mother, a rendezvous recorded by shadowy X (Steven Williams) and presented to Mulder. As with all season-ending episodes, the many threads strewn through the season are pulled together and woven through with new characters and clues--and left hanging until next season, or in this case, the next video release. --Sean Axmaker

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Well . . ., December 19, 1999

By A Customer

While I can't say it's my favorite, I have to disagree with the one-star reviews. "Wetwired" isn't GREAT, but the scene with Mrs. Scully confronting her crazed, psychotic daughter in order to save Mulder--even placing herself in danger to do so--is a highlight. "T.C." was a cliffhanger. Oh--and that aforementioned scene in Wetwired might be a clue to the fact that Margret Scully KNOWS how Dana feels about Mulder. Just for all those shippers out there--myself included. If you don't know what a shipper is, it's a person who's devoted to, even bent on seeing Scully and Mulder together romantically.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I have to disagree, I liked this one, August 6, 1999

By A Customer

I found the one-star reviews surprising. "Wetwired" admittedly wasn't the best episode I've seen, but it had its moments. And "Talitha Cumi" was an engrossing cliffhanger. We literally shrieked when "To be continued" flashed across the screen--and then spent an hour, late at night, driving from one video store to the next looking for part 2.

1 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars UGH!, May 25, 1999

By A Customer

This episode is bad; Avoid this one. It's not as good as the more better X-Files episodes. Besides the plot seem like a 5-year old wrote it.

The Worst Episode Ever!