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On paper, “The Post-Modern Prometheus” is a gamble: It’s a black-and-white retelling of the Frankenstein story set to the music of Cher. But that risk pays off in impossibly stylized fashion, culminating in a sweet ending in which Mulder and Scully give a monster one last hurrah. To the strains of a lone piano, the partners hit the road, and the scene that follows plays out almost like snapshots in a scrapbook: looks exchanged from the front seat of the car, Mulder’s outstretched arm, and, finally, a dance. The X-Files rarely uses outside music. It hasn’t filmed in black and white since. The effect is surreal, but like the show’s heroes, it finds the truth behind the magic: Mulder and Scully really feel the way they feel. — Entertainment Weekly, “25 Great Music Moments on TV”