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Eve the Limerick:

Psychopathic Eves escape

And to the young one's fathers exsanguinate.

Two little twins

Beginning to sin

Later escape with Eve 8.

Eve is one of the first season 1 episodes that really grabs your attention as showing the potential of what this series' MOTW episodes could really be like. It takes some of the elements that are heavily used in the mythology episodes (ie genetic cloning and government conspiracies) and makes it into a stand alone episode that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

It all begins with the simultaneous, identical murders of two men who live on opposite sides of the United States and who have daughters who are identical in appearance. I love the way this is presented to the audience as we find this out at the same time Mulder and Scully do. They come from one house, having spoken to the little girl, and arrive at another house and who should answer the door but the exact same little girl! Well not really but can you imagine what kind of thoughts first went through Scully's head and then even better, Mulder's? Anyway, Mulder and Scully eventually uncover the mystery that the government performed tests on human clones to try and breed a super genius but which ended up backfiring as the clones were not only geniuses but also extremely psychotic and violent. Kind of like Brain from Animaniacs, always trying to destroy the human race and take over the world or whatever.

I always enjoy watching this episode. There are some very entertaining scenes and the plot itself is some of the higher quality of storytelling of the entire series. I give the episode a 9 out of 10 only because they never made a sequel.

Eve was a great episode. Very interesting idea and very interesting episode. The acting from the Twin Girls was very good and it's a pity they have not done anything else. I would have liked to see them acting more. Great twist as well. Haha. ;] Anyway, i'll say what was good and bad about this episode,

The Good: Evil twins. Enough said.

I love ambiguous endings.

"I bit into his eyeball." o_O

I never would have guessed it was the Girls. x]

The Bad: What has red lightning got to do with any of it?

Conclusion: Good, twisted episode, that you are in a surprise for! 8/10

Now if anyone thinks that two little twin girls couldn't possibly be evil then watch this.And watch closely.Honestly you can pick the general feel of eeriness off this episode.The two actresses who played Teena Simmons and Cindy Reardon do a fantastic job.What I like most about this episode is you can never quite work out what is going to happen next.A lot of twists and turns occur throughout.The whole natural instinct possessed by the girls plays a central theme in the episode where they can find each other despite living miles away.A brief sighting of Deep Throat happens to give Mulder a little help with the case

"Mulder, why would alien beings travel light years to Earth in order to play doctor on cattle?"– Dana Scully.

Episode 11, 'Eve', original air date December 10th, 1993. Written by Chris Brancato and Kenneth Biller, directed by Fred Gerber. Monster of the week episode count, 7. Back to the monster of the week format with 'Eve', a show written by the inexperienced writing duo of Brancato & Biller, their writing credits at this point in their career included three Beverly Hills 90210 episodes. Their lack of experience certainly shows up in the writing for this week with several implausible and poorly executed ideas. It's flaws notwithstanding however, 'Eve' still manages to be relatively unpredictable as a mystery thriller. The writing duo competently employ misdirection to an effective degree, resulting in a few unpredictable twists and turns throughout. While concurrently presenting flimsily constructed plot points along the way which drag down an otherwise ably written show. The script feels as thought it was rushed to completion and had they allowed themselves more time to iron out some of the kinks 'Eve' may have been comparable to some of the series better MOTW episodes. As it stands however it is ultimately a disappointment when coming off some of the first seasons more expertly crafted shows like 'Ice' and 'Squeeze'. Some of the criticisms have been directed, rather unfairly in my opinion, at the two lead actresses Erika and Sabrina Krievins, in their singular starring role in television. Child actors require a less critical lens when judging their acting and from that more accommodating perspective I believe the girls performed competently enough for what was required. It's easy to blame the actors in this scenario as that is what we, as the audience, see. However one must acknowledge that even the greatest actor is at the mercy of the writer, there is only so much that can be done with poorly written dialogue.

The episode opens with the murder of a young girls father by what appears to be vampire like bite marks on his neck, his body drained of a large quantity of blood. Mulder of course has seen this before in a series of related X-Files though usually in cows rather than humans. Interestingly enough the idea of vampirism is never once mentioned by the FBI agents. Instead Mulder instinctively leans in the direction of alien involvement to explain the cattle mutilation. This certainly appears to be the case as the girls description of the event supports this theory. Meanwhile, 3,000 miles away a corresponding murder has taken place involving a young girl of identical appearance to the first. Things start to get complicated here, though luckily Deep Throat makes a timely appearance to provide some answers and lead Mulder in the right direction to solve this mystery. He explains that a top-secret gene modification program called the 'Litchfield' experiments had been creating young boys and girls of identical appearance, named Adam and Eve. Years later, Dr. Sally Kendrick (Harriot Sansom Harris) attempts to continue the experiments by cloning herself and consequently creates the identical girls played by Erika and Sabrina Krievins. Mulder's hypothesis then switches to the theory that the older 'Eve's' have murdered the young girls fathers to reunite the family. However as the episode progress it eventually becomes clear that the young girls themselves are to blame and pose the biggest threat themselves. It's well constructed guessing game of 'whodunit', the conclusion of which is for the most part unpredictable. Unfortunately, when reflecting on the episode it appears there are too many unanswered questions an illogical plot points.

The 'Eve's are said to have heightened intelligence due to their extra chromosomes, this leads us to the reasonable question of why they would stage such an elaborate and conspicuous murder scene when they would have been more capable of enacting something far less obvious? Why make the murders look like an alien exsanguination? What purpose does this ultimately serve, if any? When Mulder and Scully visit Eve 6 in the secret facility they are told by the attendant that since she screams when they turn the overhead lights on, that no one has gotten a good look at her. This is presumably the writer's justification for why no one recognises her as looking identical to Dr. Sally Kendrik or Eve 8, who enters the facility unrestricted in order to rescue the girls at the episodes conclusion. However, immediately after entering the cell Mulder shines a torch on Eve 6 which clearly shows her face for the remainder of the scene. Brancato & Biller had some glaring plot holes to cover and employed a rather humorous technique to explain these omissions. When asked how they knew of each others existence or how it was possible to orchestrate such an elaborate crime while living thousands of miles apart, their answer is simply, "we just knew". Although it's certainly possible that these genetically modified copies of one another possessed some psychic connection it still feels rather convenient that the answers to these questions require no further explanation.

Given the drawbacks to this episode it's unsurprising that Brancato & Biller did not return to pen any further shows. When looking past its imperfections and focusing on the positives of the episode, 'Eve' is enjoyable enough. Certainly upon its initial viewing there are more than enough twists in the plot to hold the audiences attention and provide sufficient intrigue. When it's all said and done though, it's a classic case of a script that was pushed forward without enough attention given to it's finer details.

I enjoy this episode, I like its eerie themes of genetic destiny and generations of twisted clones running amok. It's a little unfairly maligned, there are much worse episodes that the show has to offer, and I find it to be one of the better season one stories. It's kind of both a monster-of-the-week and a myth arc episode as the subject of shadowy government cloning experiments pops up again a lot in the later seasons, although as far as I can tell these clones are nothing to do with the alien human hybrids.. So I really like the mystery and morbid atmosphere of the first half a lot better than the rest, the misdirection plays out well and did a good job of keeping me guessing right up until the scene where all is revealed..and then for me they go a bit overboard with the 'evil children' thing and it falls apart slightly and becomes a little annoyingly silly with Mulder and Scully's drinks being poisoned and a chase through a truck stop parking lot. I agree that the young twin actresses are lame and aren't particularly imposing or frightening in the least. I mean to look at they do have a certain cold emotionless air about them like they weren't quite like ordinary kids, but the moment they open their mouths, well.. The idea of them was a lot scarier than they themselves actually were. I thought it was a really cool touch how young and old, they were all mentally connected. And I swear it's like some don't pay attention to the plot, the reason the girls kill their fathers in cold blood regardless of the consequences even though there supposed to be geniuses is because they can't help themselves, as they're genetically predispositioned to grow increasingly homicidal as they grow older, and as the more stable Eve helpfully explains at one point, the reason they turned psycho at such a young age is a result of her attempts to repair the inherent flaws in their DNA. I love the spooky ending with the girls locked away in the dingy mental ward alongside the scarier rotten-toothed Eve and not even seeming to care until a sinister new visitor arrives to set them free... And I actually never caught on that it was yet another clone before, for some reason I thought it was the original Sally Kendrick, I couldn't figure it out whether any of them were ever meant to be her or not, they should have totally played around with that idea a little.. It leaves a lot unconcluded like, where'd all the Adams go? That was definitely something that would've been explored if they'd ever bothered to carry on the story, and it's really too bad they didn't because I think it was an intriguing enough of a story that it deserved at least some kind of conclusion. Big 'ol kudos Harriet Harris who makes this episode work with her multiple performances. Always found her kind of creepy in whatever I've seen her in. This episode didn't help! It's probably not the episode that some will expect, and while nothing amazing, it's not awful either, not at all. I could see someone having the most fun with it who enjoys the concept of cloning. See ya, have a good one!

This 'X-Files' episode starts out like it might be a vampire story, something you'd expect coming out of the series and a theme they would get to in due time. The episode itself is rather creepy, and the twin girls who portrayed the cloned children of a genetically controlled experiment were actually pretty scary. Diabolically murderous too, having killed their respective fathers, and ready to put a major kibosh on Mulder and Scully in order to reunite with Eve 6 (Harriet Sansom Harris), the adult version they would eventually grow into. I guess we're not supposed to think about it when the story's over, but the resolution to the fate of the girls has them locked up in a cell at the Whiting Institute for the Criminally Insane right next to Eve 6. I'm trying to decide if that wasn't just a bit harsh, but then again, running around loose they had a handy way of spiking one's drink with foxglove, so maybe it was for the best. But they did have a wonderful vocabulary.

I'm not seeing why this episode was reviewed so well by so many people. From the appalling acting, to the laughable genetic jargon (of which, by the way, is not plausible), to the ridiculous plot, this episode is one of the worst X-Files episodes ever.

First off, these girls can't act; the few lines they're given are delivered emotionlessly, not befitting the psychotic characteristics the plot implies of them. Some of their expressions can be construed as vaguely malefic, but not in any Oscar-worthy way. And let's face it, they weren't high in demand before or after starring in these roles as their pages are practically blank. Surprisingly enough, Harriet Harris was the most dramatic, most diverse one in this episode, as even Mulder and Scully veered towards an oblivious one-dimensional husk just before realizing how badly they'd been deceived. I mean, that's not even good writing; no two people are so unrealistically superficial, especially to children they previously suspected of committing the murders. Taking into account Mulder's character persona that naturally questions everything and Scully's FBI training, this is in no way believable.

Secondly, as someone who has studied the field of bioengineering, I can tell you that the entire concept of 56 chromosomes in a "human" creating super strength, super intelligence, and heightened psychosis is more than a little absurd. We've been testing on mice for decades, and no two have exhibited the pithy "we just knew (when to kill our fathers and how at the same exact moment)" plot hole the girls serve up in their monotone voices.

Lastly, I don't think the writers had any idea what to do with this episode. It starts out with a man's blood drained from what seems to be a vampire bite. Oh, but wait, Mulder has seen it happen to cattle in abductions. Oh, but wait, there's another girl whose father died by losing almost 4 pints of blood, too, and they look exactly the same. Oh, but wait, they are really psychotic clones, and they happened to paralyze their fathers at the same time, then lift them onto a swing and drain their blood through what appears to be vampire bite marks. How did they do it? Why drain blood? Why kill their fathers at the same time, knowing it would garner attention, if they're so smart? And how are they privy to the classified information in the X-Files to imitate alien abductions?

The coup de grace comes at the end, when Harriet, posing as a doctor, comes to the asylum to release all the clones. Ending a story on that is the sign of a writing staff who has no direction and no passion for their work.

1/10, and yes, the score went down as I tried explaining the nonsense that is this terrible episode.

Another template X Files episode without the UFO's and the aliens. I think they did a good job with the plot twist, I for one didn't expect it. What I really enjoy about this one is the premise of the mystery and how Mulder and Scully deal with it as the episode rolls. Since I don't remember details, all I have to say is it's done in a very cool way. I do remember one of the girls took advantage of Mulder's alien obsession.

Oh and kid actors that are good actors, AND are good secondary actors. What else do you need? By the way, I got major True Detective vibes this whole season, and the jail scene in particular this episode.

Eve is definitely one of the better MOTW episodes until now. Though... it's still not that fascinating.

Cloning has never been my favorite storyline. The episode works well, despite some really bad child acting. I mean, they could have casted two better girls couldn't they? They weren't even that creepy, they could have easily played two cute innocent little girls.

Main reason why it works for me was Harriet as Adult Eve. She was creepy, crazy and just fun! I would like it much less if it were some random talentless actress. But she did a great job and saved this episode.

I'm giving it THREE stars. But just barely.

Eve is about the simultaneous murders of two fathers with identical daughters.

An okay light episode, nothing particularly memorable. Also rather moot as Eve 8 gets the girls out, but we never hear of them again. Why's Scully running after them with her gun anyway, like she would ever shoot. After discussing with Mulder that digitalis would barely be distinguishable in soft drink, she says "mmm syrupy" without a second though. Oblivious to everything when it's children involved. "We just knew," lazy shallow writing.