Wikipedia:WikiProject Television/The X-Files task force/A-Class review/The Sixth Extinction II: Amor Fati

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The article was approved by Grapple X 23:59, 4 October 2012 (UTC) [1].[reply]

The Sixth Extinction II: Amor Fati

Nominator(s): Gen. Quon (Talk) 01:13, 20 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Leave comments here for an A-Class assessment! Thanks.--Gen. Quon (Talk) 01:13, 20 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Support TBr and ley 06:31, 30 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Comments'

""The Sixth Extinction II: Amor Fati" earned a Nielsen household rating of 10.1" -> in the lead, I prefer to see these ratings put into context; present it as ten percent of the audience rather than a 10.1 rating
"Large portions of the episode, were inspired by Nikos Kazantzakis's novel The Last Temptation of Christ." -> that comma's wrong and should go
I'd consider ditching the guest stars in the infobox from "Martin Grey" downwards.
Plot summary is a bit on the beefy side; I'd like to see it trimmed closer to 500 words per WP:TVPLOT. A quick and easy way to bring this down is to get rid of the loquaciousness used; things like "in effect", "however", "an attractive neighborhood" can stand to be cut back.
"While executive producer Duchovny was drawn to the fact that Christ's struggle, in the novel was "not only godlike, but also profoundly human."" -> again, that comma between "struggle" and "in the novel" shouldn't be there
"For instance, Fowley is seen as Kazantzakis' version of Mary Magdalene—in fact, both characters share the same roles in that they "thwart the mission" of the hero." -> ditch "in fact"
"originally aired on the Fox" -> either fire "network" in there, or remove "the"
"0.84 million" -> might be better to present this as 840,000 or 840 thousand
"Great TV 'I Love You's" -> add {{sic}} to this, the apostrophe is erroneous
"Not all reviews were positive. Paula Vitaris from Cinefantastique gave the episode a more mixed review " -> review... review. Try something else for the second one.
"Shapiro (2000), pp. 28–29" is cited quite often. Given that it's a range can we split some of the cites to one page only into separate ones?

That's all from me. GRAPPLE X 00:38, 3 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I believe I addressed all the issues.--Gen. Quon (Talk) 20:06, 4 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I trimmed the plot some more; beside a little shaving here and there, I removed the stuff about the "touchstone" moment as I felt Fowley's death was a logical end point (sorry Glimmer, spoiler) and the bit about Hosteen being in Scully's flat and then how he wasn't really there (because fuck that guy). It's still a shade over 500 but it's over 100 words closer than it was so I'm happy enough. Given that TBrandley's already supported I'm promoting this now. GRAPPLE X 23:35, 4 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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