The x files zero sum

Emile Linzer as Dr. Emile Linzer. Kim Manners. Storyline Edit. Mulder is contacted by a local police detective who thinks he has an x-files type case for him to look into. Before Mulder can even begin to look into the case, someone is going around erasing the evidence in the washroom and even some of the blood samples taken from the victim. The person doing the erasing however is Assistant Director Skinner who seems to have made a pact with the Cigarette Smoking Man.

Add content advisory. Did you know Edit. Trivia Gillian Anderson , who appeared in more episodes of The X-Files than all other cast members, took one week off from the series to film her role in The Mighty The writers decided to create another story centered around Skinner and his involvement in the deal made with CSM to cure Scully's cancer, as alluded to in Memento Mori User reviews 7 Review.

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Universal Conquest Wiki. Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Season 4 Sanpaco13 4 July What a wonderful episode. Zero Sum is a very unique episode for two reasons. Not only is it one of only two episodes in the entire series that does not have Scully in it at all. But it is also one of only two episodes that are centric to the character of Walter Skinner. I think that's right as far as numbers. I'm pretty sure Scully is in all but this and "3".

And the only Skinner centric episodes I can think of are this and "Avatar". I enjoy this one because of the mystery in the beginning of the episode. We are shown about 11 minutes of Skinner cleaning up evidence from a crime scene and posing as Fox Mulder. Ultimately we learn that he is working for the Smoking Man who uses Skinner's weapon to murder a police officer who was asking questions.

The case that this all pertains to is all about bees and the secret smallpox testings that the syndicate have been secretly testing on the public. As Skinner deals with his duties to the Smoking Man, he is at the same time trying to hide from Mulder the fact that he has been the one covering his tracks and he also is carrying out his own investigation trying to figure out the story behind the bees. The scene at the elementary school is very haunting to me.

Scenes like this convince me that the Syndicate is just completely wrong in everything they do. CSM can smooth talk all he wants, they are bad. They heartlessly unleash a swarm of bees onto a group of children playing at recess who watch as their teacher is attacked and killed by the bees. I also love watching Mulder's reaction when he learns that Skinner is the one who was posing as him. Its almost like Skinner was the last person he ever thought would betray him and he is so deeply disturbed in that moment.

Oh and I LOVE the scene where CSM is taunting Skinner to shoot him or leave and Skinner unloads three rounds and it takes the camera about 20 seconds to pan around and show us that all three rounds went into the wall just past CSM's head. And he just stands there peeing his pants as the phone continues to ring.

Well I think that is at least a confetti of a review. I give the episode a 10 out of Muldernscully 21 September Zero Sum is the second Skinner-oriented episode in the x-files.

Avatar was the first and the story for this episode continues on the theme from Avatar, of Skinner being blackmailed by the cigarette smoking man.

The storyline, however, continues on from Memento Mori, dealing with Scully's cancer. Scully Gillian Anderson , actually takes a break from this episode and we never see her. Mulder says that she is undergoing testing in the hospital. An episode just isn't the same without her.

Even so, Zero Sum is a tight, suspenseful episode, leaving you on the edge of your seat, wondering whether Agent Mulder will discover Skinner's part in the cover-up of the x-file. Gagen Lisa Ratke Getting Started Contributor Zone ». Edit page. Top Gap. See more gaps ». Create a list ». X-Files Season 4 Best to Worst. The X-Files - Season 4 7. See all related lists ». Share this page:. Clear your history. Dana Scully credit only. Walter Skinner.