"Funny you mention an X-Files feeling(although I don't understand why emma hollis makes you think of it). For me, it was the absurd, conspiracy crap surrounding shadowy, dark organization that drove x files comparison. Some of season 2 and most of season 3(season 3 especially) feels like a BAD x files episode. "
Simply because I believe CC was trying to move in an X-Files-ish direction by adding a female agent though there was little-to-no sexual tension in the Black/Hollis relationship. It was more teacher/student but it was still a male/female partnership like XF that would possibly reel in some viewers looking for some 'shipper action. S2 definitely mirrored XF in the dark organization comparisons but especially when they made it clear that they weren't working in Frank's best interests.
"I have been watching season 3 for sometime, and the reason I bring up the X-Files feeling is due to the following reasons:
1. I have noticed Agent Hollis dresses like Agent Scully, and acts in the same manner as Scully, she must have gotten some of Gillian Andersons excess wardrobe that was not tailored right. "
Klea Scott is a good six inches taller than Anderson so I doubt she got Anderson's cast-offs rather they just decided that was how a cool female FBI agent dresses with the femme-cut trenchcoat and high-heeled boots.
"2. Frank Black, like Agent Mulder, is conducting his own side investigation on a shadowy organization that is bigger than himself and may encompass the FBI and other parts of the Government. For Frank the Millenium group is part of the FBI due to ex-agents who still have ties to the Organization and have influence in the government contracting process. For Mulder, the shadowy MJ-12 organization existed within the government. Both had influence over the Governmental System and what to investigate or who to monitor. Both organization most likely had insiders and conducted cover-ups and promoted ideals to achieve their overall goals."
I'm sure the parallel is more than coincidental but maybe because that's the subject matter the producers liked and there was a good audience response during the XF. The X-Files' mytharc is said to be one of the most popular themes of the show.
"3. Both Organizations had a council of individuals that influenced decision making based on their goals, at the expense of Government resources, and both were fronted by a Point Man, in X-Files, it was the CSM in Millenium it was fronted by Peter Watts."
"4. Both CSM and Peter Watts meet their end in the series, with both organizations falling apart."
I don't want to say anything to ruiin it for you if you haven't finished watching Season 3 but CSM and Watts are quite different though on the surface, both "appear" to be opponents of Mulder and Black, respectively. Watts however, is NOT the figurehead of The MillenniuM Group.
"5. Frank is a single Father, Scully was a single Mother."
You're reaching now. Scully's motherhood was anything but conventional compared to Frank's fathering and parenting his own child. I don't really see it as a comparison but coincidence especially since Scully is the secondary character on XF and most of the show is centered around Mulder.
"7. Both Frank and Mulder have supervisors who down play the conspiracies happening under their watch due to Government Pressure from above, or they simply do not believe their agents and move them towards other assignments or dismiss them. "
Again, I'm not sure if you've finished S3, so I won't comment about both assistant directors roles so as not to spoil it. But you'll see both McLaren and Skinner are nothing like each other. What I will say is that one's hands are tied when helping his agents and the other's isn't.
reply
share