Stars: Gillian Anderson, Robert Patrick, Annabeth Gish, Mitch Pileggi, Cary Elwes, Cary Elwes, Tom Braidwood, Dean Haglund, Bruce Harwood

Director: Kim Manners

Summary: Scully is on a mission to discover the answers to many questions including, what happened to Mulder, what is the mystery surrounding her son and what is the future for the human race...

In this tense installment from the ninth (and final) season of THE X-FILES, Scully (Gillian Anderson) searches for her missing son as Reyes (Annabeth Gish) watches over Doggett (Robert Patrick), who lays in a coma after attempting to prevent the kidnapping.

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As with earlier releases, The X-Files: Providencesplices together two episodes, "Provenance" and "Providence", into a pseudo-movie. Again, the results fall way below the series average as the long-dead alien conspiracy business is flogged, with a lot of running around and ominous rumbling still not adding up to anything like an actual story. FBI agent Neal McDonaugh (of Minority Report) inexplicably survives a flaming motorcycle crash, leaving behind brass rubbings taken from an alien spaceship, then shows up and tries to murder Scully's psychokinetic baby, who is promptly kidnapped by a UFO cult.

In Part 2, Scully (Gillian Anderson) and Reyes (Annabeth Gish) fend off enemies and friends within the bureau as they track down the cultists, who are having trouble with a spaceship they've dug up, and a typical pointless climax has things happen without the characters doing anything to contribute. Even at this late, post-Duchovny stage in the game, The X-Fileshas turned out some fine stand-alone episodes, but these dreary wallowings go a long way towards explaining why only diehards are still watching. After the child says "I made this" at the end of the credits, it's becoming very hard not to shout "well, clean it up then".

On the DVD:The X-Files: Providence, as with Nothing Important Happened Today, arrives in a great-looking anamorphic widescreen transfer. There are two slight promotional "featurettes"--three-minute clips/talking heads promos focusing on the episode "Providence" and actor Cary Elwes' character. --Kim Newman

Aspect Ratio:	1.78 Wide Screen, 16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Subtitles:	Dutch, English, French, German, Italian
Year:	2002
Release Date:	September 16, 2002
Runtime:	87 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	23758 D V D
Keywords:	General, Wide, Screen, Fiction, Science, Files, Tv, X, Horror, Providence, Sci, Fi
Genre:	Science Fiction