STACK #166 Aug 2018

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The truth is still out there. THE X-FILES: SEASON 11

The best medicine. THE GOOD DOCTOR: SEASON 1

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Release Date: 01/08/18

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Release Date: 15/08/18

After a mere six-episode journey into new episode X-tacy in 2016, we get a chunkier 10 eps to play with. Will we get answers? Yes… and no. Hey, this is The X-Files ! After an explanation for the S10 cliffhanger that will separate casual fans from the dedicated, Mulder and Scully are reinstated as FBI agents. This allows for the continuation of the main alien-themed story arc and the search for their son William, along with a welcome handful of ‘monster-of-the-week’ episodes that run the gamut from the charmingly silly

As viewers, we can't seem to get enough of social misfits bearing the prefix of doctor, be it in The Big Bang Theory , its prequel Young Sheldon , or Alan Cumming in Instinct . The precursor to it all was the hugely popular House, starring Hugh Laurie. So fans of this savant-inspired sub-genre should take note when House showrunner David Shore returns to guide The Good Doctor . Freddie Highmore ( Bates Motel ) is Dr. Shaun Murphy, whose autism manifests in an ability to hold volumes of medical

techno-fear of ‘Rm9sbG93ZXJz’ through to the truly disturbing witchery of ‘Familiar’. While the behind-the-scenes government chicanery of The X-Files is less of a shock in 2018 than it was last century, it’s the ongoing chemistry between Duchovny and Anderson that really keeps the X-fires burning. AF

information while also not being able to look anyone in the eye. And he always speaks the truth – no matter how hurtful it may be. Dr. House may have been prickly but here, Shore is committed to delivering the warm and fuzzy, despite the doc's suspect bedside manner. AC (See page 34)

A Comedy of Terrors from the Creator of VEEP and The Thick Of It , Armando Iannucci

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