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Steve Griffith as Paramedic. as 2nd ParamedicEpisode chronology← Previous'Next →' Kill Switch' is the eleventh episode of the of the. It premiered in the United States on the on February 15, 1998. It was written by and and directed.

The episode is a 'Monster-of-the-Week' story, unconnected to the series' wider. 'Kill Switch' earned a Nielsen household rating of 11.1, being watched by 18.04 million people in its initial broadcast. The episode received mostly positive reviews from television critics, with several complimenting 's virtual experience.

The episode's name has also been said to inspire the name for the American band.The show centers on special agents Fox Mulder and who work on cases linked to the paranormal, called. Mulder is a believer in the paranormal, while the skeptical Scully has been assigned to debunk his work. In this episode, Mulder and Scully become targets of a rogue capable of the worst kind of torture while investigating the strange circumstances of the death of a reclusive computer genius rumored to have been researching artificial intelligence.' Kill Switch' was co-written by pioneers William Gibson and Tom Maddox.

The two eventually wrote another episode for the show: 's '. 'Kill Switch' was written after Gibson and Maddox approached the series, offering to write an episode. Reminiscent of the 'dark visions' of filmmaker, the episode contained 'many obvious pokes and prods at high-end academic cyberculture.' In addition, 'Kill Switch' contained several scenes featuring elaborate explosives and digital effects, including one wherein a computer-animated Scully fights nurses in a virtual hospital. 'Kill Switch' deals with various 'Gibsonian' themes, including alienation, paranoia, artificial intelligence, and transferring one's consciousness into cyberspace, among others. Contents.Plot At a in, a man tries to access files on a laptop computer, but is repeatedly denied. Meanwhile, several drug dealers receive anonymous phone calls about the whereabouts of their competitors; they are told that they are at the same diner.

Two receive a similar phone call about an escaped prisoner. The drug dealers arrive in pairs as the man attempts to gain access to the files. Just as he does, the two Marshals appear and a shootout ensues. and arrive and identify the bodies of the drug dealers. Mulder also identifies the man with the laptop as Donald Gelman, 'a folk hero' who aspired to create an.

Mulder takes Gelman's laptop and finds a CD inside. When he puts it into the car stereo, it plays '. However, the agents take it to, who discover that the disc contains a large quantity of encrypted data. The trio, however, are unable to decrypt it. Upon Scully's suggestion, they access Gelman's e-mail account and find a message sent by someone named Invisigoth, saying that someone named David is missing.The message contains a for an, which Mulder and Scully locate. When they approach it, a woman uses a Taser on the Agents and attempts to flee but is captured by Scully.

The container turns out to be full of state-of-the-art computer equipment. The woman, the 'Invisigoth' they've been looking for, warns the agents that a satellite has pinpointed their location. They quickly leave the area as the container is destroyed, supposedly by a 'Particle Beam' shot from a defense satellite. The Agents bring Invisigoth to meet the Lone Gunmen. Invisigoth, whose real name turns out to be Esther Nairn, tells the agents and the Lone Gunmen that Gelman succeeded in creating an artificial intelligence. She reveals that once the AI locates an enemy, it destroys them using the satellite.

According to Esther, Gelman was creating 'Kill Switch', a virus that could destroy the AI. However, the AI learned of Gelman's plans and killed him by luring the drug dealers and the police to the diner.

The only way to destroy the AI is to find the computer on which it is stored. It turns out that David is Esther's friend, and also worked with Gelman.Mulder uses a government source to find a secret in, —one that the AI uses to log onto the Internet. He also finds the trailer that is connected to the T3 line.

Meanwhile, Esther forces Scully to drive to David's house. However, they find that the house has been destroyed. Esther admits that she and David had been planning to transfer their consciousness into to enter the AI. Gelman, however, thought the idea was too dangerous. Esther also admits that she and David were in love, and were having an affair behind Gelman's back.

Meanwhile, Mulder finds much computer hardware inside the trailer. He also finds David's dead body, with a helmet on his head. Suddenly, Mulder is constrained by moving cables and wires, and experiences a strange vision in which he is in a hospital where nurses threaten to amputate his limbs unless he reveals Kill Switch's location. Meanwhile, the AI locates Scully and Esther driving near a. They become trapped on the bridge after the AI manipulates its drawing mechanism, causing Scully to persuade Esther to throw the computer into the water below. Just as it hits the water it is destroyed by the defense satellite's laser strike.Scully and Esther find the trailer in which Mulder is trapped.

Esther reveals that she still has the CD on which the Kill Switch is stored. Scully puts it into the drive into the AI, which then releases Mulder. She gets him out of the trailer, but Esther stays inside.

She uses the satellite to locate the trailer's position, causing the missile to destroy the trailer, killing her. Mulder tells Scully that Esther's consciousness probably joined the AI. Later, the Lone Gunmen get a strange message on their computer reading, 'Bite me'. Just before the credits, we see a trailer in, similar to the one where the AI lived, with automatic monitoring a boy who approaches the trailer to retrieve a football. Production.

The episode was co-written by noted author. Writing The episode was written by acclaimed cyberpunk novelist, together with fellow science fiction author. The authors and longtime friends had discussed various collaborations before and approached the production company with an offer to write an episode. Gibson originally started watching the series on the suggestion of his daughter, 15 years old at the time. (In fact, during the filming of 'Kill Switch', Gibson spent a majority of his time on the set only 'because his daughter insisted on being there.' )'Kill Switch' deals with recurrent Gibsonian themes, like 'alienation, paranoia, and the will to survive'. Author Alex Strachan later compared many of the episode's themes to that of Gibson's books, most notably in his novels,.

Written outside the of the series as a standalone story, 'Kill Switch' was penned to be reminiscent of the 'dark visions' of filmmaker and to contain 'many obvious pokes and prods at high-end academic cyberculture.' The episode also revolves around the 'interaction of human and artificial intelligence. On the World Wide Web'—ideas that were very popular when the episode was written.Reportedly, it took over a year before the episode was re-written and completed, due to series creator and executive producer 's other priorities. When they were finally available, Carter and Spotnitz made some revisions to the script, including 'upping the attitude on Esther's character' and tweaking the way Mulder and Scully react to her. Filming and effects. When you're writing a novel, there's no budget. You just make stuff up, lots of really intricate stuff happens in this scene.

So the script comes and it's the biggest thing in terms of complexity. That I've ever looked at for X-Files.—, on the cost of the episode.According to Spotnitz, 'Kill Switch' was the most expensive episode that the show produced during its original run in Vancouver, and it took a total of 22 days to film. The episode's bridge scenes were filmed at the, which spans Canoe Pass,. The location had been discovered by Carter during a technical survey for the prior fifth-season episode '. Because the bridge was the only way to access part of the Fraser River community, filming was heavily regulated, and because of this, permission to film the scene in which Esther throws the laptop into the river required thirty days to obtain. The abandoned house that Mulder discovers was filmed at a historical landmark known locally as 'Read House'.The episode contained several scenes featuring elaborate explosives, such as the one featuring a missile destroying a shipping container, which was originally scheduled to be filmed at one of Vancouver's waterfront facilities. After the city rescinded permission to film, the special effects crew for The X-Files shipped as many containers as they could to a recycling center in the adjacent city of Burnaby; here, they were able to film the explosion 'without a hitch'.

The destruction of the trailer was filmed adjacent to the, and afterwards, the series received several complaints from people living complaining about the explosion and its resultant shockwave. The robot that attacked Mulder was inspired by the rover and cost $23,000 to create. The producers secured satellite photos of the Washington D.C. Area by reaching out to, a satellite company based in France.The show hired a freelance computer artist to generate a 3-D image of Scully for the scene in which she fights off a group of nurses in a virtual hospital. Gillian Anderson was very pleased with the scene, later noting, 'I happened to be in good shape at the time and was just raring to get in there and be taking those half-naked nurses out with some karate chops.' David Duchovny was not as exuberant; when showed the script and directed to 'be impressed with Scully's karate skills', he responded that 'But I have no arms.

I've lost my arms. Why would I care about Scully's karate?' Later called the sequence 'one of the great fight scenes, ever'.

Reception Ratings 'Kill Switch' premiered on the on February 15, 1998. This episode earned a of 11.1, with a 16 share, meaning that roughly 11.1 percent of all television-equipped households, and 16 percent of households watching television, were tuned in to the episode. It was viewed by 18.04 million viewers.' Kill Switch' made frequent appearances in reruns, resulting in Gibson and Maddox writing a second X-Files episode titled ' during the show's.

Reviews 'Kill Switch' received largely positive reviews from critics. Francis Dass of was positive toward the episode, calling it 'excellent'. And, in their book Wanting to Believe: A Critical Guide to The X-Files, Millennium & The Lone Gunmen, rated the episode four stars out of five. The two wrote that its themes were 'fresh and new' and that the plot had 'real heart to it'. ' Shearman and Pearson wrote positively of Mulder's virtual experiencing, praising 'kickboxing Scully' and calling her 'supercool'. Emily VanDerWerff of gave the episode a B+ and wrote that, while 'William Gibson's cyberpunk milieu wouldn't necessarily seem to be the best fit for The X-Files', the episode 'weirdly benefits from the lack of staff oversight.'

She noted that it featured many elements to its plot, but was 'a rare example of an X-Files episode that works, even though it tries to do too much.' VanDerWerff was complimentary towards the story and called it 'propulsive'; she was particularly praise-worthy of the fact that Scully was featured heavily in the episode. She cited the scene wherein a virtual Scully roundhouse kicks a group of nurses as one of the best shots in the episode, and called it a 'hysterical moment'. Brett Love of stated that it is his favorite episode of The X-Files, considering it a 'great story' and describing it as a 'tough one to beat'. Paula Vitaris of gave the episode a positive review and awarded it three stars out of four. Vitaris praised the episode's directing and noted that the entry was 'a great improvement over The X-Files 's earlier A.I.

Episode, first season's '. Vitaris cited 'Mulder's virtual experience' as the 'highlight of the episode'. Awards 'Kill Switch' earned an by the for Outstanding Picture Editing - Series. Footnotes. ^ Meisler, pp. 140–153. ^ (booklet)., et al.

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© TheWrapGillian Anderson Margaret Thatcher The CrownGillian Anderson has joined the cast of Season 4's 'The Crown,' with 'The X-Files' star set to play former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, the show announced Saturday morning.Production is now underway on the fourth season, even ahead of the Season 3 premiere on Netflix on Nov. In a statement posted along with the announcement to twitter, Anderson was not shy in addressing just how 'controversial' of a figure Thatcher was in British politics.' I am so excited to be joining the cast and crew of 'The Crown' and to have the opportunity to portray such a complicated and controversial woman,' Anderson said in a statement.

'Thatcher was undoubtedly formidable but I am relishing exploring beneath the surface and, dare I say, falling in love with the icon who, whether loved or despised, defined an era.' Also read:Mention of Anderson's casting was originally tossed around in January, when wrote, 'Margaret Thatcher is returning to British television screens, and this time she will be played by the X-Files actress Gillian Anderson, who is swapping her FBI badge for a handbag in the fourth series of the blockbuster Netflix series The Crown.' Season 4 also recently added Emma Corrin as Princess Diana, portraying her during the period before she became the Princess of Wales.Thatcher was the leader of the Conservative Party in Britain and was prime minister between 1979 to 1990, the longest-serving British prime minister of the 20th century and the first woman to hold the position. Dubbed the 'Iron Lady,' Thatcher has been portrayed on film and TV by Patricia Hodge, Andrea Riseborough, Lindsay Duncan and Meryl Streep in an Oscar-winning performance in the 2011 film 'The Iron Lady.'

Thatcher passed away in 2013 at age 87.Also read:Season 3 of 'The Crown' is set during 1964 to 1977, and Olivia Colman has now replaced Claire Foy in the role of Queen Elizabeth II. Along with Oscar winner Colman, Season 3 stars Tobias Menzies as Prince Phillip, Helena Bonham Carter as Princess Margaret, Ben Daniels as Tony Armstrong-Jones, Josh O'Connor as Prince Charles, Erin Doherty as Princess Anne, Marion Bailey as the Queen Mother and Jason Watkins as Prime Minister Harold Wilson.Anderson has most recently starred in the Netflix series 'Sex Education.' In 2018 she made a return to her long-running character Dana Scully in a revived season of 'The X-Files,' and she was also seen in the film 'The Spy Who Dumped Me' in 2018.See the tweet announcing the news below:Gillian Anderson will play Margaret Thatcher in The Crown Season Four, now in production.- The Crown (@TheCrownNetflix).