The Temple of St. Vincent

"You are one damn fine-looking man." -- Eddie VanBlundht, "Small Potatoes," written by UberVince

CLICK HERE for some background music approved by our Saint Himself (he listened to it over and over while writing "Bad Blood").

Known to some as St. Vince, UberVince, The Man, or The Anti-Chris [Carter], the unutterably adorable Vince Gilligan is one of The X-Files's most successful writers. His episodes are some of the fans' favorites, and "Small Potatoes" was chosen by TV Guide as one of the 100 greatest episodes of ANYTHING of all time. The episodes he has written or co-written have had depth and sensitivity, often showing sides of our two favorite characters we had not seen before.

Baby face, you got the cutest little baby face...

That picture's about 8 years old... here's another more recent one, of him and his XF cronies at a reception for 1997 Emmy nominees sponsored by the Writers Guild of America:

He's the one on the right. The others are Frank "I can't button my shirt!" Spotnitz and John "GoatSucker" Schiban, neither of whom have half the track record St. Vince does. Hehehehe.

Here's one of the Three Stooges (Vince, Frank, and John) at the L.A X-Files eXpo:

Here's as complete a biography of Vince as I could compile. If anyone has additional verified information, please let me know.

A guide to Vince's episodes. Includes info on Sixth-season episodes as well.

the official Temple fanfics... a series of stories involving St. Vince (and fictional wife Darcy Maguire) as he and a group of Shippers take over Ten Thirteen Productions. Written by High Priestess Verbal.

What a beautiful smile. SAINTLY SIGHTINGS

Monica met him at the Virginia Film Festival.... Amy and Sifaria met him at the L.A. eXpo... Somebody else met him at a writers' workshop. It seems like everyone has had a Close Encounter but me... **sigh** At any rate, according to Amy he has a husky voice with a slight Southern accent, and is a "cutie pie"... a "doll". **SIGH** And he's nice, too. Definitely qualifies for the sainthood we have bestowed upon him....

ANOTHER ENCOUNTER

Your High Priestess had the honor and privilege of attending the Sci-Fi Channel's third annual online science fiction convention on October 30. This blessed event included chats with a couple of Star Trek actors, and......... Our Saint Vince. I hung around for the Star Trek people because I got there early, not wanting to be stuck with a cranky computer that wouldn't connect to the server right before the chat. But the reason I went at all was for Vince. Talk about nice... he was the only guest who was on time! At first, I thought I might be prevented from encountering His Saintliness, because they had technical difficulties. But finally things got straightened out, and the chat commenced.

Vince was absolutely wonderful. It took him a long time to answer many questions, because it took so long for him to type them. He had nice, long, thorough answers for everyone. It was just entertaining to sit back and watch, but then.... oh honor of honors... the Moderator chose my question!!! (I have the questions and answers HERE. My nick for the night was "Elizabeth." The question is about half way through the chat.) He Who Has Not Turned Into A Jerk answered wonderfully (which almost made up for the comment directly preceding my question that will make all shippers despair).

He said something else that was unbelievably adorable -- he said that the crew had done a "darn" good job of something. "Darn." He did not use the common and relatively inoffensive expletive usually used in that context. Is that not adorable? I don't think I've heard of more than one expletive coming from the lips of Vince. Of course, he is abnormally nice.... I guess this is more proof of that.

So, while I have not had the pleasure of meeting our UberVince in person and basking in his unbelievable cuteness and sweetness, I have been in the same chat room with him. And that must count for something.
---- High Priestess Verbal, She Who Watches To See If He Turns Into A Jerk

Visit Amy's Vince Gilligan Shrine. She has Monica's complete story of how she met St. Vince. Warning: read this story and you will immediately pass out from finding out what a sweetheart he is. Amy also has scanned in a letter she received from UberVince and the title page of the "Small Potatoes" script he sent her, and has some of the transcript from the eXpo. She also has some pics -- but be warned, the two black-and-white ones are not flattering at all. She also has a screen capture from the SAGs, with **Vince in a tux!** [Verbal swoons]. I suspect that redhead on the left is his girlfriend.

Paula Graves's Vince Gilligan Information Page.

Join the Vince Gilligan Appreciation Society.

Here is the home of the Vince Gilligan Estrogen Brigade. For those women who believe that smart, sensitive, and Emmy-nominated is sexy.

Vince News

IMPORTANT REQUEST

There was a picture of Vince Gilligan and Chris Carter at the Home Fries premiere in a recent edition of Hollywood Reporter. If anyone has that or any other Vince pictures from the movie premiere in .jpg or .gif format, please send them to verbal98@hotmail.com. You will receive a commendation and eternal gratitude from the High Priestess Verbal.

HOME FRIES NEWS
VINCE GOT A GREAT REVIEW!!!!!!!!!! The illustrious and respected Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert gave Home Fries TWO THUMBS UP!!! Siskel especially appreciated its quirkiness. "Engaging romantic comedy..." " delightfully complicated..." "truly offbeat storyline..." -- Siskel. Ebert, who originally disliked the picture but changed his tune the next time he saw it, praised the characters, the dialogue, and the wit... which we all know are Vince's strengths.

Read the High Priestess Verbal's own review, which was unmercifully scrapped when her editor decided "No more newspapers this semester", HERE.

We now have a banner for all our Temple members to display on their homepages.

The Temple now has a List, consisting of those in positions of influence who dis St. Vince/his work. The first person to make The List is one Mr. Glenn Lovell, critic for Daily Variety, who totally trashed Home Fries, and not only that: HE BLAMED THE WRITER. (And adding injury to insult, he wrote this review on the High Priestess's BIRTHDAY.)

Read the review HERE.
Read the TV Guide Online review HERE.

Altar Women -- those who have Seen the Light and appreciate Vince's writing talents, his intelligence, his sweetness, and of course his writerly good looks. Each Altar Woman is assigned her very own Vince Clone to do with as she pleases [Verbal grins evilly]. Visit the Clone Quarters to pick one out.

Prayers to St. Vincent of Farmville. **NOTE: No disrespect is meant to any religious persons. These "prayers" are written with tongue firmly in cheek [unfortunately, not Vince's. <*eg*>]

High Priestess Verbal:, She Who Watches to See if He Turns Into a Jerk
Bisky: Honorary Altar Girl
Tiff: Keeper of the Sacred Hand-Hold
DarkAngel: Guardian of the Memento Mori Promise
dreamer15: Keeper of the Paper Hearts
FireCat: Keeper of the Sacred "Pusher" tape
Amy: High Priestess of the Temple of Modell; no other title yet.
Fee: Keeper of the Sacred Red Wine (from Small Potatoes)
Pusher: Keeper of the Sacred Cerulean Blue Basquet
Missy: No title yet.
Monica: She Who Met and Held the Hand of the Sainted One
Jaina: Chef of the Small Potatoes
Liz:Keeper of the Magic Fingers
Cat: Guardian of the Soft Light
Jules: Sharpener of St. Vince's Pencils
Darkstryder: The Vampire Slayer
Sifaria: Guardian of UberVince's Bourbon
XFileChic: Spreader of the Sacred Sunflower Seeds
KudzuWolf: Keeper of Eddie VanBlundht's "Superstar" Hat
Angel: Bard of the Monkey Tails (and Vince's messenger to God)
TigaLily: Defender of Vince's Scripts
Erin the Ever-Strange: Singer of "Shaft"
Helena: Lover of Small Potatoes
Parker: Keeper of the Folie A Deux

To sign up to be an altar girl/woman/person, LET ME KNOW! I'll put you on the list ASAP. Please think of a title for yourself: Protector of the Small Potatoes or Cook of the Home Fries. Anything Vince-related.

people have come to pay homage to St. Vincent of Farmville sice February 20, 1998.