This is unlike any other X-Files episode. The episode is largely dialogue-free, and features a silent Mulder and Scully as the only people in it. Yet they manage to communicate just fine, and the plot unfolds without the need for anyone to say what is going on. The lack of dialogue itself is a commentary of how our lives have changed thanks to technology.
This episode feels almost like a mini-episode of Black Mirror. And it is all too believable. I can easily see the world becoming this dependent on technology.
Where this episode lets itself down (and loses a few stars) is its ending and lack of resolution. It is unsatisfying and a waste, which makes it feel like 40 minutes of introduction and 5 minutes of pretending it never happened. But I applaud the creators for trying to do something different. For those first 40 minutes it was brilliant.
This episode feels almost like a mini-episode of Black Mirror. And it is all too believable. I can easily see the world becoming this dependent on technology.
Where this episode lets itself down (and loses a few stars) is its ending and lack of resolution. It is unsatisfying and a waste, which makes it feel like 40 minutes of introduction and 5 minutes of pretending it never happened. But I applaud the creators for trying to do something different. For those first 40 minutes it was brilliant.