I feel like I should be criticized for never being satisfied with this show. I've spent a long time this season requesting some monster of the week episodes that aren't played in such a comedic way, but the ones we've been getting lately have been pretty weak. Am I just overly demanding? Trevor isn't as heinous as Alpha since there are at least some interesting ideas at work, but there's something pretty routine and flat about the whole thing, resulting in what feels like a throwback to some of the less successful early episodes. More specifically, those annoying Howard Gordon scripts featuring guest stars embarking on some supernatural revenge mission.Trevor is credited to two new writers, and with that in mind you can understand some of the heavier flaws in the episode. The major one being that Mulder and Scully don't get a whole lot to do. It stinks of writers who have an interesting story to tell, but struggle to fit the show's two protagonists into it. So there's a lot of the two agents following a trail of squicky homicide and playing catch-up. They even vanish for a significant period at the end, which is disappointing.
Great work by the guest actors, though. John Diehl is reliably menacing as Pinker, and I loved his casual demeanor right before he impaled that prisoner in the teaser sequence. Catherine Dent also added some depth to her character, desperate to escape the trashy lifestyle she once inhabited. Tuesday Knight starred on 2000 Malibu Road, so she's automatically awesome.
While Trevor isn't terrible, it's a pretty forgettable filler episode which just so happens to feature guest performers who single-handedly raise the bar slightly. Blah. C
Credits
Guest stars John Diehl (Wilson 'Pinker' Rawls); Tuesday Knight (Jackie Gurwich); Frank Novak (Raybert Fellowes); David Bowe (Robert Werther); Catherine Dent (June Gurwich)
Writers Jim Guttridge, Ken Hawryliw Director Rob Bowman
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