5 /10

Warning: Spoilers

I had an interesting thought while watching this episode. I wonder if everyone on the show was just as bored and sick of doing the show as Duchovny was but were stuck doing something with it because of contracts and such. That would definitely explain the lazy writing and convoluted and uninteresting mythology episodes that everyone hates so much. This episode is only slightly better than Essence. The teaser is the most interesting part where we see Billy Miles' vertebrae spinning around and magically regeneration a new terminator spine or whatever. After that there is a bunch of sexual tension between Scully and Reyes that has led many to wonder as to Reyes preferences in that area, and more confusing super soldier crap. If all of these people are super soldiers just like Billy Miles, then why are they shooting him with a shot gun? And how did he find them out there anyway? Apparently they followed the star of Bethlehem or something. Then Reyes finds out that the sheriff lady is a super soldier and a huge crew shows up but they all collectively change their minds about taking the baby and instead decide that they were just curious? Mulder even admits to not understanding what the freak is going on with this stupid plot at the end of the episode. Other than that, there is the death of Krycek which was a little too random for me. I still don't quite understand why all of a sudden Skinner decided that now was the right time and all the hundreds of times before when they could have killed him weren't. And that seriously lame moment where Krycek tells Skinner to shoot Mulder and then there's a little second where the cinematography tries to get you to think Skinner is actually going to do it? Come on give the viewer's some credit. Oh yeah Skinner is really considering killing Mulder just because Krycek said to. I'll believe anything if its on TV. The final redemption for the episode is the car chase out of the FBI garage where Agent Crane goes all gremlin on the Blazer and then Knowle Rohrer crashing into the median. Good chase scene. And Reyes whale sounds are stupid. I love how she just happened to find fresh clean towels in an old dusty cabin. And how she's all bragging about her psychic energy feelers or whatever but then she invites the super soldiers into the cabin for a front row seat to the delivery? Where were your energy feelers on that one genius? Finally, the end scene with the three wisemen and then the Mulder and Scully on screen kiss that everyone's been pining for ever since forever and its such a special moment except there's some random baby in the way that nobody cares about and honestly could the kiss look any more awkward? They're standing like a foot away from each other (making room for the holy alien baby) and then Scully grabs Mulder's arm instead of hugging him? What a terrible scene. 5 out of 10.