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7X12 X-COPS SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERT |
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Written By: Vince Gilligan
Directed By: Michael Watkins From a Micheal Watkins interview. TVIndustry How did the "X-Cops" episode come about? Michael Watkins In talks of "X-Files," all the little idiosyncrasies of lenses and everything we do. But we shot the whole "X-Cops" episode on video. "Cops" is a real-life television show and it has a huge following and the banner song, "Bad Boys." They drive around with officers all over the country. What we did is -- I think it's the 150th episode -- we started off riding around with sheriff's deputies and then lo and behold, we come across Mulder and Scully investigating a case. And they get involved in the television show "Cops." I watched many episodes and met with the creators. I think it's a delightful episode. It's a huge change from our look -- all those close-ups and everything. We do one-timers and turn it into that sort of TV show. I think the fans will like it. It's a lot of fun and it took a lot of courage. Everyone had to go the other direction to do it. Is this a one-time occurrence, or do you expect to do more of these shows? No. I think it's one special one, right out of the chute. A lot of times we do fun ones. Chris did one a couple of years ago in black and white. We did one as a sort of homage to Hitchcock's "Rope," trying not to have edits. Every now and then, one of these pops out. But this is all by itself. It's a lot of fun. From Kim on AOL passed on by Numue. Marking the series' milestone 150th episode on Feb. 20, "X-Cops" was shot on video entirely in the hand-held, "gun-and-run" style of the FOX series COPS, and employs many of the trademark COPS devices. In the story, agents Mulder and Scully are followed documentary-style by a COPS camera crew throughout the course of their investigation. From alfornos@aol.com and the new and improved EW with a sense of humor. Hey, X Files fans, break out the brewskies and polish up the Pinto, Chris Carter & Co. are working on a special episode that mimics the style of Fox’s shaky-cam reality show, COPS. The brainchild of X-Files coexec producer Vince Gilligan, the episode will follow a rookie cop on the streets of Los Angeles, where he bumps into Mulder and Scully. “X-Files, in my mind, is sort of a cool and different COPS,” says Gilligan. Still under consideration is whether the Feb. 20 show will open with the familiar COPS logo. “We don’t want people tuning in, seeing COPS, and saying, ‘What the heck? Our show was preempted this week.’ We need to try to make clear that it’s indeed an episode of The X-Files.” Okay, but can we at least get to see Mulder in a grimy tank top. From the fantabulous Autumn T on AOL. So here's some info on episode 12 the "Bad Boys" episode. The plan is to shoot this thing on video "gun and run" style, and even try to copy the COPS music, legends, and title sequence. They'll curse a lot and bleep out what won't pass the censors. The COPS in this episode are the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. There is a full moon and a report comes in of a claw monster lurking about. Oh, and Scully? She *hates* the camera.M+S happen to be looking for the "claw monster" too when the cops being filmed run into them and they join forces. A recap of a few various spoilers already posted to date as summarized by Paula on AOL--thanks for keeping us all on track :) 7 x 12 is "teased" on the official site this way: Mulder and Scully accidentally get mixed up with Bad Boys in the Vince Gilligan-scripted episode #12. Whatcha gonna do when they come for you? Someone else pointed out that at the LA Expo, Vince mentioned pitching an idea like this to CC, who apparently shot him down quickly. I guess he's been honing his powers of persuasion. |
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