Product Details

• Actors: David Duchovny
• Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Language: English
• Number of tapes: 3
• Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
• VHS Release Date: April 27, 1999
• Run Time: 45 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6305320586
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #24,117 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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• This is item 7 in The X-Files Boxed Sets Series.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

This outstanding set of six episodes from the fourth (1996) season of The X-Files offers an equal balance of superior stand-alone stories and intricate chapters of the show's ongoing conspiracy "mythology," providing viewers with an opportunity to savor consistently excellent writing and direction. The primary reason to own this set is the inclusion of "Home," an episode so unsettling that it was banned from Fox-TV after just one network broadcast (thus making it the most cherished episode for collectors). But the good news here is that all of these episodes are equally outstanding, representing the series cast and crew at their seasoned best, when the show had fully settled into the tantalizing complexities of its overall structure (most evident here in the related episodes "Herrenvolk," "Tunguska," and "Terma"). These shows also give David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson some of their finest moments, both dramatic and deliciously sarcastic, as the Scully-Mulder dynamic reaches its most satisfying level of comfort and teasing ambiguity.

From deeply disturbing plots to the brand of offbeat levity that gives the show its unique appeal, these six episodes reveal the series at peak maturity, willing and able to push the limits of terror as never before seen on television. Certainly not for every taste (since they're sure to prove unsettling for the uninitiated viewer), but for die-hard X-philes, this is arguably the finest boxed set available. --Jeff Shannon

Product Description

Episodes include: Herrenvolk, Home, Unrone, Paper Hearts, Tunguska, and Terma.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Wave 7 is another masterpiece ..., July 28, 1999

By A Customer

The newest X-Files video set, long-awaited indeed, is essential for the true fan. HOME is extremely rare. FX shows it, but usually only in its very late-night slot when it comes up in episode order. They also "have" to show it when it wins viewer's choice marathons. But Fox will never show it again. As for PAPER HEARTS, it is a poetic masterpiece. UNRUHE was a bit of a stretch; a fascinating episode, but not essential 4th season either. TUNGUSKA - TERMA are needed for the mythology but are not the best of the arc episodes by a long shot. HERRENVOLK is essential to finish the Jeremiah Smith storyline, but is weak in immediate comparison to TALITHA CUMI. Then again, any fan will buy this ... better these 6 than none. MUSINGS and SMALL POTATOES, and to a lesser extent ELEGY (the best of the cancer episodes) need to be released soon.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best of the best, May 13, 1999

By	Timothy E. Jones (Phila., PA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

You can never go wrong with the X-Files. Most, if not all of the episodes are excellent in their storytelling, and in the past several sets, only the best of the best of each season have been chosen to be placed in this video series. So it is no surprise, that six new episodes have been chosen to be immortialized in bronze (so to speak), and all of them excellent and sometimes downright scarry. [Keep 'em coming, Chris!]

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars CLASSICS, April 29, 1999

By	[e-mail] (Camp Pendleton, California) - See all my reviews

These new releases contain key episodes in understanding the "files." Terma and Tunguska will reveal many issues to help you better understand the "truth." The next two, "Paper Hearts" and "Unruhe," are absolute masterpieces. Both episodes contain great dialogue between Mulder and Scully. They also reveal their love for one another. "Home" is a fan favorite. Full of gorry scenes. And "Herronvolk" is part two, to "Talitha Cumi," therfore you need to watch that episode as well. There are great picks out of many episodes. These tapes are worth buying.