i do not like this one . it base on a very interesting idea and that the enormity and complexity of the universe can be reduce to a single and simple equation . nowadays they would build a whole series around that concept . unfortunately that idea get lose in an impenetrable storyline that leave me decidedly flummox by end credit . let me admit right here that a big part of my attraction to the x file be it plot contrivance and normally vague resolution . i think anyone who really like the show must feel the same way and especially if you stay tune in through the last couple season . but this episode take the usual confusion associate with the program to another level . i would wager anything that none of the actor and gillian anderson and annabeth gish and nor robert patrick ( and certainly not burt reynolds ) and could make head or tail of this mess if you ask them about it and even a they be shoot it . in fact and i would challenge even the writer of the show to articulate exactly what go on here . you see and i can not give any concise summary of the episode because it impossible . of course i do rather enjoy the playful tone of the episode . however it would take a lot more charm than mr. even shade could ever offer to distract from the inanity of the plot . actually i do not know if i should even call it a plot . and i doubt anyone disagree because to this point no one else have post anything about improbable . for fan willing to sit through the episode it hard to acknowledge how bad it be .