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• Actors: X-Files, Gillian Anderson, David Duchovny
• Directors: Chris Carter
• Format: Anamorphic, Box set, Closed-captioned, Collector's Edition, Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
• Subtitles: English, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 6
• Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: May 13, 2003
• Run Time: 999 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (57 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000089RT0
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #38,424 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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With the original conspiracy plot arc having fallen into a muddle of loose ends, once-hungry lead actors on the verge of big-screen careers and making demands for more time off or shots at writing and directing, and the initial wish list of monsters-of-the-week long exhausted, it's a miracle that by its seventh season The X-Files was still making its airdates, let alone managing something pretty good every other show and something outstanding at least once every four episodes. The season opens with a dreary two-parter ("Sixth Extinction" and "Amor Fati") and winds up with the traditional incomprehensible cliffhanger ("Requiem"), but along the way includes a clutch of episodes that may not match the originality of earlier seasons but still effortlessly equal any other fantasy-horror sci-fi on television.

The highlights: "Hungry," a brain-eating mutant story told from the point of view of a monster who tries to control his appetite by going to eating disorder self-help groups; "The Goldberg Variation," a crime comedy about a weasely little man who has the gift of incredible good luck, which means Wile E. Coyote-style doom for anyone who crosses him; "The Amazing Maleeni," guest-starring Ricky Jay in a rare nonfantastic crime story about a feud between stage magicians that turns out to be a cover for a heist; "X-Cops," a brilliant skit on the TV docusoap Cops with Mulder and Scully caught on camera as they track an apparent werewolf in Los Angeles (season-best acting from David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson); "Theef," a complex revenge drama with gaunt Billy Drago as a hillbilly medicine man stalking a slick doctor; "Brand X," a horror-comic tale of corruption in the tobacco industry; "Hollywood AD" (written and directed by Duchovny), in which Tea Leoni (Duchovny's wife) and Garry Shandling are cast as Scully and Mulder in a crass movie version of a real-life X-file; and "Je Souhaite," a deadpan comedy about a wry, cynical genie at the mercy of trailer-trash masters who haven't an idea what to wish for. --Kim Newman

Product Description
Now you can own the entire seventh season of THE X-FILES™. ALL 22 classic episodes from David Duchovny's last full season as Agent Fox Muler are available for the first time in this exclusive 6-disc collector's edition. From Scully discovering the alien spacecraft in "The Sixth Extinction" and Mulder finally learning the truth about his sister in "Closure," to Mulder's own disappearance and Scully's miraculous pregnancy in "Requiem," these Season Seven episodes are a must for every X-Files fan!

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36 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The X-Files Season 7 - A season of closure!, July 8, 2003

By	K. Wyatt "ssintrepid" (St. Louis, MO United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

After watching the special features I found it hard to believe that the shows creator, Chris Carter wasn't sure whether or not there would be an eighth season. This lead Chris Carter and gang to come to some conclusions and closure of certain plot lines within the series. Chief among those is Mulder's quest to find his sister is finally brought to closure after six and half seasons of innuendo and unanswered questions leading to additional questions.

The "mythology" episodes had to take a somewhat different direction during the seventh season due to the syndicate being decimated in the sixth season, leaving only the CSM, Krycek, Diana Fowley and Marita Covarrubias and they seemed to be looking for a new direction during their episodes. The seventh season principally consists of going back to the thrilling standing alone episodes that did one of two things, provide a good scare with astonishing imagery not normally seen on television or they combined that with some brilliant humor.

The mythology episodes:

The Sixth Extinction & The Sixth Extinction II: Amor Fati - Continuing on from the outstanding sixth season cliffhanger, Biogenesis, these two episodes usher in the seventh season brilliantly. Fox is bed stricken, infected with an alien virus that has his mind working triple time; Scully is in Africa trying to come up with clues as to how to save her partner and AD Skinner is doing his best to help both Mulder and Scully while dealing with Agent Diana Fowley and Krycek. These two episodes also contain some of the best imagery of the entire series.

Sein Und Zeit - This exceptional and extremely emotional episode is part mythology as it leads into the follow on episode, Closure. In this episode, a young girl goes missing in the middle of the night, just after her father has a terrible image of her and a note is inexplicably left behind by the mother.

Closure - This is the episode the fans have been waiting for almost seven years to see as we're finally and with no small modicum of heart wrenching emotion lead to the end of Fox Mulder's quest to find his sister. In no small measure, this episode was done quite magnificently and accolades are due for director Kim Manners.

En Ami - The CSM is back and he claims to Scully that he's dying and he entreats her to help him. This episode is remarkably well written and played out on screen as we're able to see the CSM and his continued ability to confuse through obfuscation. Of special note is that this one was written by the CSM himself, William B. Davis.

Chimera - I categorize this brilliant episode as part of the mythology because it gives us a look into Scully's past and her present persona in comparison to that past. While it is a hard pill to swallow, believing that "by the book" Scully would have an affair with a married man while she was in medical school, it does show that she can be "human" as well and fall into that trap. Of special interest is the fact that Gillian Anderson, wrote, directed and starred primarily in this great episode.

Requiem - This exceptional season seven cliffhanger stands out as giving Mulder proof that the truth is out there, as you will see when you watch this episode. The one true sad thing about this episode is that it marks the end of the last full season in which David Duchovny/Fox Mulder works on the series full time!

A brief synopsis of some of the better stand alone episode:

Hungry - This particularly fascinating episode is about a young man who isn't quite a young "man" and he has some dietary needs that are quite hard on those around him. What I also found to be appealing about this episode is that it's told almost completely from the "monsters" point of view which brings one to empathize with him.

Millennium - In a manner of homage to the Millennium series, Lance Henriksen is brought on the X-Files in the same character that he played on that series, Frank Black. Now Mulder and Scully must deal with the Millennium group as the time is at hand. The long awaited first on screen kiss between Mulder and Scully is done skillfully.

Orison - This exceptional episode brings Mulder and most predominantly Scully back into the world of Donnie Pfaster who was first seen in season two's "Irresistible" where he nearly killed her. He's escaped from prison and they're destined to meet again.

The Amazing Maleeni - The X-Files explores the world of magic and this episode scores big in the humor area while telling a good X-File.

Hollywood A.D. As comedic episodes go, this is one the series finest and it tells a good X-File at the same time. Of note is that David Duchovny gets to work briefly in this episode with his wife, the ever gorgeous Tea Leoni'.

Je Souhaite - This is a marvelous comedic X-File as well as we're taken to Missouri and we meet a not so bright young man who opens up an abandoned storage area only to find a "Jinniyah" in a rug who grants him three wishes. The scenes with Scully in this episode are priceless as we get to see her smile a little more.

Special Features of note:

The one true disappointment about this boxed set is that the special features appear to be somewhat limited in contrast to past boxed sets. {ssintrepid}

- "The Truth About Season Seven"
- 10 deleted scenes
- 13 special effects sequences
- 44 promotional television spots

Episode list:

The Sixth Extinction {mythology}
The Sixth Extinction II: Amor Fati {mythology}
Hungry
Millennium
Rush
The Goldberg Variation
Orison
The Amazing Maleeni
Signs & Wonders
Sein Und Zeit {mythology}
Closure {mythology}
X-Cops
First Person Shooter
Theef
En Ami {mythology}
Chimera
all things {mythology}
Brand X
Hollywood A.D.
Fight Club
Je Souhaite
Requiem {mythology}

25 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Season 7: The Problematic Stepchild of the X-Files Series, July 4, 2003

By	flask - See all my reviews

Season 7 represents the end of the traditional X-Files episode formula and the befuddlement of the established series mythology. For every gem worth viewing, it has two or three low quality imitations to match.

The season highlights include "Hungry" (7x03), "Millennium" (7x04), "The Goldberg Variation" (7x06), and "X-Cops" (7x12). Honorable mention should also be given to "First Person Shooter" (7x13) -- at least for its outlandish action scenes -- "Theef" (7x14), "En Ami" (7x15) and "Brand X" (7x18).

Surprisingly, the episodes penned by David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson are oddly flat. Duchovny's "Hollywood A.D." (7x19) is humorous, but lacks the endearing sentimentalism of "The Unnatural" (6x20). Anderson's "All Things" (7x17) attempts to graft her own spiritualism as an actor atop the scientific rationalism of her character. As a result, the defining essence of Special Agent Dana Scully is iconoclastically ruined and the episode instead strikes the viewer as a glorified music video.

Season 7 is also significant in that it was the last full season in which Duchovny starred. In a sense, perhaps the departure of David Duchovny was inevitable. The character of Special Agent Fox Mulder had simply run out of steam: his crusade to stop alien colonization was resolved in Season 6 with the destruction of the Syndicate in "One Son" (6x12), and his quest for his abducted sister was brought to a poetic conclusion in "Sein Und Zeit" (7x10) and "Closure" (7x11). Hence, what more was there left to do? Perhaps Duchvony sensed this as well and left the series accordingly.

In terms of mythology, the X-Files reached its true end with Season 7. The Syndicate was destroyed, Samantha Mulder had been put to rest, the Cigarette Smoking Man had become an outcast and, last but not least, Scully and Mulder had admitted/consummated their affection for one another. All the plot widgets had been sown up. Unfortunately, the show dragged on for two more years and became something quite different. By that time, "the truth" was gone forever.

Overall...

Seasons 1 through 3 are excellent.
Seasons 4 through 6 are very good.
Seasons 7 through 9 are average.

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a break from mythology, January 29, 2003

By	C. Mejía "CMM" (Btá, Cmarca Cbia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Another season of the X-Files is about to be released and we are getting close to The Truth. This seventh season is known to be one of the most difficult to swallow for the fans. I believe that the negative response it got from some people had to do with the fact that there was a big void: there was no real mythology episodes here... the transicion from the old mythology to the new one took place between the second half of the sixth season and the begining of the eighth. This means that the entire seventh season had to flirt with some elements of mythology without really starting a new one. The season starts with The Sixth Extinction two parter. These episodes don't really set new things, instead they try to elaborate around the things we saw in Biogenesis (the symbols in the artifact, and how it came from a space craft buried in an African beach). The CSM returns to reveal something to Mulder and to work as a devil who will tempt the hero with the promise of a new and normal life. By the end of the second episode nothing really important has happened... Mulder returns, there is no big revelation and Scully has learned that sometimes prayer works better than running around in high heels... and of course... Diana Fowley's demise. This two parter proved to be the most disappointing season opener of the series, but it was followed by some really great episodes. Hungry, which turned the focus of the series around and centered itself around the monster, although many thought that it was a bad episode I actually enjoyed it a lot. Then we find other really great episodes like Rush, Orison (Donnie Pfaster's return), The Goldberg Variation (a bit too light for me, but quite good actually), The Amazing Maleeny and Signs & Wonders (one of the most visually disturbing episodes of the season). In the middle of the season we find the two parter which resolved Samantha's abduction. Okay... those two didn't really work... but then we found some of the most brilliant stand alones of the series. X-COPS was just great, funny, clever and new. The always controversial "all things" (directed by Gillian Anderson) which kept me looking at the TV screen the entire time... it was that compelling to me (the problem: well, it is not really and X-File, but I took it as a breath of fresh air). Brand-X is an excelent episode: Mulder getting his lungs almost literally sucked out is just priceless drama... this was the first ep. from Steven Maedea. First Person Shooter offers some of the classic images of the X-Files: Mulder and Scully in virtual reality game customs and Scully shooting Maitraya. Je Souhaite is another really good episode from Vince Gilligan's hand, where we get to see the agents behaving in that goofy fantastic way (like in Small Potatoes, Bad Blood, Syzygy and Jose Chung): Scully is fascinated by an invisible corpse only to be later disappointed by its disappearance, and Mulder lecturing the genie in front of Skinner and a bunch of FBI agents who think he has finally lost it. In En Ami Scully is "seduced" by the possibility that cancer man can actually show a human side of him... but it could be all a trap or a set up: from William B. Davis' head comes this excelent episode. And finally: Requiem. The season finale that is mother to all season finales... not because of it being the best of them all (which i don't think is), but due to the implications of that final act: Mulder being finally abducted and Scully being pregnant.
In overall, season seven lacked a well constructed mythology arc but it kept being one of the best shows on TV. The impulse that drove fans to the series crumble because of the uncertain future of the series, which forced Chris Carter not to enter completely into the development of the new mythology. But it sets in Requiem the first brick of the second mythology, which got almost half the episodes of season eight. And of course... FOX's work is just neat with these Boxed sets... I am really looking forward that Gillian Anderson commentary, as well as Vince Gilligan's. I have no doubt that the box will be just as beautifully crafted as the previous ones and there is no other booklet as good as the one that comes with this series' seasons (I know much people don`t care about these details, but i love them).