The X-Files - The Complete Ninth Season (Slim Set) | 
 enlarge | Actors: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson
Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Rating:  25 reviews
Sales Rank: 1977
Format: Box Set, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Number Of Items: 5
Running Time: 882
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.5 x 1
MPN: D2234425D
UPC: 024543244257
EAN: 0024543244257
ASIN: B000EXDS3Y
Theatrical Release Date: September 10, 1993
Release Date: June 6, 2006
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Now you can own the entire ninth season of THE X-FILES?. All 19 classic episodes (including the 2-hour series finale) are available for the first time in this exclusive 7-disc collector?s edition. From the revelation about Scully?s baby in ?Nothing Important Happened Today? and the mystery surrounding the murder of Agent Doggett?s son in ?Release? to Mulder?s final confrontation with those who would deny ?The Truth,? these Season Nine episodes are a must for every X-Files fan!
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It's Really Not That Bad August 21, 2008
I don't think this last season is as bad as fans have said. Some good stories are still told. While Robert Patrick who has been accused of single handily killing the X-Files is fine as Agent Doggett. How is that he gets the blame from the fans any way. Isn't it more of David Duchovny's fault if anything ? I mean, he made some small appearances in the 8th season but here he only makes one in the Series finale. He made a big deal over money issues, when is he on the street begging for money with his wife Tea Leoni ? No. Duchovny as a regular would have made it a more solid last season. If not as a regular, he could have at least made more than just one appearance this season. Trying to throw answers together for us in one episode with him in the end just wasn't enough.
Anyone who took Duchovny's place had a big task ahead of them and Patrick does as well as he could have. While Annabeth Gish wasn't as bad of an addition to the cast as his partner Monica Reyes as fans have tried to say. They both do fine work. It's the writing I think that was the problem. I mean although Gish isn't bad, she wasn't needed. Especially since they have feelings for each other and can't be together because of certain reasons. That's all familiar territory. It doesn't help that Reyes has the same hair cut as Scully even if she has a different hair color. After fans being used to just Mulder and Scully working together on the X-Files. I could see how it could be a little hard for fans to get used to having another male and female team working together on it.
This season still had more life to it than the recent movie though. It's dark but it at least has the humor we came to love as well. That's no where to be seen in the movie. Patrick does better work this season than I think he did in season 8 as well. The two episodes that he really stands out in is one where he loses his memory in Mexico and another where he finally may have found who killed his son. In some episodes it's not Patrick's fault if he has too many scenes where he's complaining to Skinner or Scully about being out of the loop.
There's also strong appearances in this season by Terry O'Quinn "who makes his 3 appearance in the X-Files if you count the movie", Carey Elwes as the new assistant director and a former lover of Monica's, Adam Baldwin as a super soldier and Michael Emerson, "Ben in Lost". Emerson is in a silly episode where he's a lonely man who imagines the Brady Bunch to spend time with him. Despite being silly, it's an effective episode due to Emerson's performance. It also has a touching moment. Still, I'm not sure if it was a worthy last episode before the finale. Sadly, it is more memorable than it though.
 MULDER! August 2, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I AM A HUGE DAVID DUCHOVNY FAN! Gillian Andrson is also at her finest. The two of them work great together. Even though we don't see that much of Mulder the fact remains when he comes on the scene he makes his prescence known. You can feel the closeness between those two actors. I really enjoy it.
 Ok Season June 12, 2008
It was an ok season, certainly not the best. Agent Reyes wasn't really convincing, I liked her in season 7 and 8... but on this one she was just.. non sense!
I was a little bit disappointed about the 2 hours finale... could be so much better! The recapitulation was so slow and boring! But I've been rewarded with Mulder-Scully scene that I've been waiting for so long!!
Can't wait to see the movie in July!
An Awkward Situation June 8, 2008
One of the big problems of popular TV shows is when they are going to end. Unless a show is like LOST, which had the clout to forecast and negotiate a set number of seasons, many shows either are pulled off the air too soon, or stick around for a bit too long. The X-Files definitely had a problem with the latter of those two options.
Though the Ninth Season of the X-Files provided more thrilling stand-alone episodes (show creator Chris Carter said he had many more years of stories he could tell), the show was put in a rather awkward situation for one reason: main cast members were moving on. With David Duchovny (Mulder) only making a single appearance (in the season finale) this season, and Gillian Anderson (Scully) saying that this would be her final season, the show was turned over to Robert Patrick (Doggett) and Annabeth Gish (Reyes) playing the lead characters.
Surprisingly, that major transition worked quite well, especially for the stand-alone episodes, as the Dogget-Reyes relationship is as interesting as the early Mulder-Scully pairing. However, the myth-arc episodes suffered tremendously. For years, the backbone of the X-Files had been Mulder's quest to find his sister, Mulder's unearthing of government conspiracies, and the Mulder-Scully relationship. With those first two qualifications being wrapped up in earlier seasons, the only remnant of the "original" X-Files was the Mulder-Scully relationship (with baby William as the conduit)...which was never meant to be at the forefront of the show in the first place. Sure, the super-soldier myth-arc was fascinating, but without Mulder's passion it really became an entirely different show.
To conclude, even in this Ninth Season (widely-regarded as the worst of the show's run), the X-Files continued to produce compelling television. Yet, due to casting changes beyond the control of the writers/producers, the entire premise of the show shifted from Mulder's quests to the ensemble cast of Scully, Doggett, and Reyes. While I would not, by any means, say that the show went into the tank, it did lose the "magic" (Mulder's passion, witty humor, etc.) that made the X-Files the best show on the air for many years.
So, as you settle in to watch this show's final run, try to enjoy the show for what it once once...a paranormal spookfest (before it evolved into a web of government conspiracies). Then, enjoy the season finale ("The Truth"), which does its best to try and explain what happened during the nine years of the show's extended run.
X-Files April 27, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Easy to place the order, order was delivered very fast even though I used standard shipping. The price was fantastic.
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