"all things" is the seventeenth episode of the seventh season of the
American science fiction television series The X-Files. Written and
directed by lead actress Gillian Anderson (pictured), it is unconnected
to the wider mythology of The X-Files and functions as a monster-of-the-
week story. The series centers on special agents Fox Mulder (David
Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Anderson) of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, who work on cases linked to the paranormal called
X-Files. In this episode, a series of coincidences lead Scully to Dr.
Daniel Waterston (Nicolas Surovy), a married man with whom she had an
affair while at medical school. After Waterston slips into a coma,
Scully puts aside her skepticism and seeks out alternative treatment to
save him. Viewer response was generally positive, but the episode
received mixed reviews, and many critics faulted the characterization of
Scully. The cast and crew helped Anderson adjust to her directorial
debut—the first time a woman directed an episode of The X-Files.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_things>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1397:
The three kingdoms of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway were joined
into the Kalmar Union, a personal union under Erik of Pomerania.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalmar_Union>
1579:
Explorer Francis Drake landed in a region of present-day
California, naming it New Albion and claiming it for England.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Albion>
1843:
New Zealand Wars: An armed posse of Europeans set out from
Nelson to arrest Ngāti Toa chief Te Rauparaha and clashed with Māori,
resulting in 26 deaths.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wairau_Affray>
1940:
Second World War: Britain's worst maritime disaster occurred
when at least 3,000 people were killed as a result of the troopship
RMS Lancastria's sinking by the Luftwaffe near Saint-Nazaire, France.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Lancastria>
2015:
A white supremacist committed a mass shooting at the Emanuel
African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina,
killing nine people during a prayer service (memorial service pictured).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charleston_church_shooting>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
pleasing fungus beetle:
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pleasing_fungus_beetle>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Most men are difficult to buy presents for. Last year I gave up
and handed my father a hundred dollars and said, "Just buy yourself
something that will make your life easier." He went out and bought a
gift for my mother.
--Rita Rudner
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Rita_Rudner>
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