There's been a countless parade of X-Files imitators over the past 17 years, but only one show has risen to the level of the original. And have done so by peeling away all of the elements they borrowed from the X-Files in the first season. But also by undoing- reversing, really, The X-Files' great and tragic mistake by picking up stakes and moving the show up to Vancouver, the Sacred City of the Ongoing Sci-Fi Revelation.
Gratuitous Anna Torv eyecandyThe X-Files' ratings folded like a cheap suit after leaving Vancouver, a downward slide that stabilized only during the epochal Season Eight but then collapsed again after Fox forced a ninth season. I know Fringe's exodus was down to budgetary concerns, but it seems the old spirits of X-Files' past were waiting for Abrams and company there, and have inhabited the fledgling show like the XF Mytharc's Walk-Ins.
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I think I wrote this before, but it is worth repeating.
There was a curious similarity between the very first episodes of both the X-FILES and FRINGE. This odd parallel involves lingerie.
In both opening shows, the lead female character (Anna & Gillian) was shown, quite gratuitously, without a shirt and just a bra. As far as I know, this never happened again on any other episodes on either show. (I might be wrong, and sports bras don't count!)
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