Oh man, what a let down! Granted that the mythology of the series dealt with UFO's and aliens among us, I thought the ending of the story was a cop out when Mulder and Scully stood in the middle of that hay field with the outline of a flying saucer. Surely, everything prior wasn't very credible either with the whole 'gender bender' concept, but at least that was interesting. A character with the ability to use the seductive power of touch to mesmerize his/her victims was kind of creative, with the shape-shifting feature something of a bonus. It was around this time I believe, the early Nineties, when computer graphic technology succeeded in making facial and body changes virtually seamless, so it looked like one character morphing into another without a hitch. There was a fairly creative commercial coming out of the era that did it multiple times with people of different ages, genders and races and was pretty cool, though I don't remember who the sponsor of it was. But for all the cool effects being utilized here, the absence of a resolution to the story left things totally frustrating for this viewer. And the fact that the murderer got away with the help of his Kindred community had to leave a galling effect on Scully and Mulder who up to this point, had a pretty good record of getting their man, er..., woman, er..., whatever.
Review of Gender Bender
