Remote patrol weekend

On Sunday's episode of "The X-Files" (8 p.m., Channel 4), series creator Chris Carter casts a funhouse mirror on the show's real-life backstories, including David Duchovny's rumored departure, by introducing a Hollywood filmmaker who comes to D.C. to research a movie based on the lives of Mulder and Scully. Don't miss the opening scene, which fast-forwards to the premiere of the film, with Tea Leoni (aka Mrs. David Duchovny) and Garry Shandling (!) as the leads. And that's just for starters as the episode also squeezes in references to dreckmaker Ed Wood, to losing faith in the 1960s, and to heretical scriptures so blasphemous that it drives good men to evil deeds. There are also choice lines like this one, from the blowhard director shadowing Mulder and Scully: "I like the way you guys work. No warrants, no permission, no research. You're like studio executives with guns." @ART CAPTION:Duchovny (left) and Shandling @ART:Photo >>>