Jay 37,363 Posted January 24, 2018 Author Share Posted January 24, 2018 The X-Files 11x03 Plus One Well, that was alright. Felt largely like a "classic" X-Files episode - people are dying in a weird way, Mulder and Scully go investigate, Scully believes there must be a scientific explanation, Mulder thinks there's a supernatural one, etc. Most of the doppleganger related stuff was done pretty well. What stands out from this episode was the conversations Mulder and Scully have alone in their hotel room. It seemed weird and out of character - even though we're 15 years beyond the original run - for Scully to suddenly be thinking about her age and if she should have had kids, if he'd want someone younger, etc. The show can't seem to decide if they are a couple now or not, at one point they share a bed, but they also clearly rented 2 separate rooms? Like wtf? Why can't Carter just let them be happily together and solve weird murders together every week? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 I've never been a big fan of the the M/S ship. I just liked them solving monster mysteries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,651 Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 They were happily together in the second movie, but I don’t think they’ve been together in the new seasons (Mulder had to be located in a shack, etc) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,363 Posted January 24, 2018 Author Share Posted January 24, 2018 They clearly boned down in this episode though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,651 Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Oh for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,504 Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 Episode 4....crikey. Was it written on drugs? I know what Carter was after -- pure comedy satire on current state-of-affairs in the US, but still. I can't remember any episode of the 90s show being as goofy and bizarre as this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 46 minutes ago, Thor said: Episode 4....crikey. Was it written on drugs? I know what Carter was after -- pure comedy satire on current state-of-affairs in the US, but still. I can't remember any episode of the 90s show being as goofy and bizarre as this. All the Darin Morgan episodes were a similar tone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 1 hour ago, Thor said: Episode 4....crikey. Was it written on drugs? I know what Carter was after -- pure comedy satire on current state-of-affairs in the US, but still. I can't remember any episode of the 90s show being as goofy and bizarre as this. Jose Chung, and this was very much a Darin Morgan episode in that style. I didn't initially like "The Lost Art of Forehead Sweat", it was jarring, but then I really warmed up to it, and legitimately laughed out loud a few times, and then I realized I enjoyed the hell out of it. So far the only one I didn't care for was the second episode "This" with Langly. That one didn't work at all. "Plus One" seemed the most X-Filesy but I agree with @Jay that the one bedroom conversation with Scully and Mulder in bed, going on about a younger woman, was weird. Didn't feel like Scully and it was awkward. Otherwise a good MOTW entry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Scully's human afterall (or is she?), with typical human frailties and insecurities, so it's not outside the realm of possibility she'd be asking Mulder such a question. But I'm still weirded out by them being a couple. I liked The X-Files better when they were just work colleagues who had to put up with each other and had their limited lives apart from one another outside the FBI (well she did, at least). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 I don't know, I feel like Mulder/Scully was something everyone wanted to see happen. Not like, say, Chakotay/Seven of Nine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 Latest ep reminds me of Season 7's Sein Und Zeit/Closure two-parter because it starts out as a routine monster ep, but unexpectedly develops into a mytharc one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 Phwoarrr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,363 Posted February 9, 2018 Author Share Posted February 9, 2018 The X-Files 11x04 The Lost Art of Forehead Sweat Ehhhhh. So, last season's Darrin Morgan episode (the werewolf one with Rhys Darby) was great, but it had one problem I noticed: A huge part of it, basically the entire middle third of the episode, was just Mulder and Rhys Darby standing in a cemetery talking; IE, a lot of characters TELLING us stuff instead of the episode SHOWING us stuff.. or, at least, varying the conversation, and have it take place in multiple locations to make it more interesting and give it more of a momentum and drive. When you stay in one location for a long time and nothing is technically happening there except exposition/talking, momentum screeches to a halt! For a show that was coming back after ~15 years off the air and it being a repurposed Night Stalker script, it was forgiveable, because overall the episode was good (and easily the best of the season). This episode has the EXACT same problem! Overall, the episode is fun and plays with a fun concept (Mandela Effect), but.. sadly, again, the entire middle third of the episode is just Mulder, Scully, and Brian Huskey talking in a garage. Again all drive and momentum came to a halt. Big bummer. Overall, though, pretty fun, and again certainly the best episode of the season so far. Lots of funny moments throughout, especially the bits where Huskey was inserted into old footage. Good stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,363 Posted February 9, 2018 Author Share Posted February 9, 2018 The X-Files 11x05 Ghouli Mostly meh episode that at least played with an interesting concept (seeming like a "monster of the week" episode, but then actually being about the overall story with Williams, etc). It was mostly just boring though, and I have no attachment to the Williams character at all, despite the show desperately trying to make him relevant. The X-Files 11x06 Kitten ZZzzzzzzzzz. Haley Joel Osment was good (he's turn into a good adult actor), but trying to create this new backstory and motivation for Skinner 25 years later was just weird and ineffective. I do think, though, they they've finally found a good groove of Mulder and Scully investigating things, the way they interact with each other is back to being like the heyday of the show again. I overall do enjoy watching them investigate random spooky mysteries each week, and I hope they do more of these than the conspiracy stuff in the second half of the season coming after the Olympics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 So what yall think of the finale? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,651 Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 I'll let you know after I get around to episodes 4-9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obi 404 Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 This final doesn't really exist. I really like all the 11th season, very much. But all the My Struggle stuff is so bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,363 Posted March 23, 2018 Author Share Posted March 23, 2018 The X-Files 11x07 Rm9sbG93ZXJz Well bloody hell, that was great! Where did an episode like this come from? Just when I had given up hope on this season, this comes along to blow expectations out of the water. This should have been the 2nd episode aired this season, really let people know they were capable of greatness again after the mostly dreck they've been airing in the reboot era... I wouldn't say the episode is perfect, but the concept behind it is great, the execution is largely great, and it just had so many moments to make you smile. This is the kind of cool, random off-the-wall episode the original run was able to do once it became a hit, and the type of 'sode the reboot era has largely been missing. Really fun stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taikomochi 1,136 Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 That finale was awful, one of the worst episodes of the show. All the My Struggle eps have lowered the bar and made me yearn for The Truth and I Want To Believe, which I’m sure are deservedly not popular here, but had a basic semblance of coherence. That final scene where Scully talks about William, so tone deaf and insulting. Made the already inferior seasons 8 and 9 worse knowing this is how the William story would pay off. Dreadful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,363 Posted March 23, 2018 Author Share Posted March 23, 2018 The X-Files 11x08 Familiar Sigh. I had SUCH high hopes after last week's great episode but alas... this was just a sub-par monster-of-the-week with nothing really special about it, and it kind of felt like well-worn territory, nothing terribly original. I guess the Mr Chucklehead imagery was decently creepy, but that's about it. Oh well. The X-Files 11x09 Nothing Lasts Forever Meh, that wasn't that great either. The whole secret cult consuming organs to remain young thing felt like already-trodden territory, and none of the individual sequences in the episode were all that interesting other than maybe the old/young actress lady. Some of Mulder and Scully's conversations about faith were nice, at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A. A. Ron 1,742 Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 I discovered The X-Files as a teen, several years after the end of its original run. I'd binge it in the evenings and I loved it, yes, even the mythology episodes. My tastes have changed quite a bit since then though. There's a lot I still love about the show, but I've really just been watching these last 2 seasons for the nostalgia and because I like seeing Mulder and Scully in a somewhat updated 2010s environment. That said, I loved Mulder & Scully Meet the Were-Monster last year and The Lost Art of Forehead Sweat, Ghouli and Familiar this year. These episodes felt like classic X-Files to me and made me realize just how much I've missed the show and it's always entertaining, sometimes even good writing. As for the finale, it was alright I guess. It was a bit gory for me and every bit as ridiculous as the other "My Struggles," but it at least had some fun chase scenes and an entertaining if dumb soapiness to it. All things considered, I'm ok if this is the end. I still have to go back and watch 11x09 though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,363 Posted April 20, 2018 Author Share Posted April 20, 2018 The X-Files 11x10 My Struggle IV Welp, that mostly sucked. Not really a fan of seeing Mulder and Scully's kid kill a bunch of people, or hte X-Files being shut down yet again (yawn). Sure there was a bunch of character deaths (Reyes I guess and seemingly Cigarette Smoking Man) but on this show anyone can come back so it's not like it really matters. The ending with Scully being pregnant and Mulder and Scully seemingly finally getting together for real was nice, but I mean, it seems like they should have been together already, and every new movie or season flip flops on if they are together or not, blah blah blah Disappointing end to a disppointing resurrection. Why did they do nothing this year with those 2 younger agents they introduced last year? The world needs more Lauren Ambrose! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 I've been in the middle of a rewatch lately and I'm four episodes into Season 5. I'll post my full-on retrospective on this whole series once I'm done. Mulder and Scully were like my favourite people ever when I was 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkgyver 1,645 Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 Believe it or not, I'm watching season 10 of this for the first time. I don't get why people don't like this. It's great. Even though old Scully looks a bit like a shrivelled prune, I like how the series isn't overly modernized. In fact, it's modernized very tastefully in the right places. Episode one looks like David Duchovny sleepwalking, but it only gets better from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 I like her wig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 All of David Duchovny's performances could be described as 'sleepwalking.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 Until he hams it up. ANSWER THE QUESTION! HOW DID SHE GET HERE??! WHO DID THIS TO HER?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeH 768 Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkgyver 1,645 Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 I just rewatched the Old Souls and Starlight episodes. Just so so good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 1 hour ago, gkgyver said: I just rewatched the Old Souls and Starlight episodes. Just so so good. Sein Und Zeit and Closure? I remember hating those when they first aired. I felt let down by pretty much all of Season 7 back then. But now I love it. Weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkgyver 1,645 Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 Yes, Closure. Too lazy to google the original titles. I don't know, these are just really powerful episodes, which is what happens when you build characters and tell about them for so long, and don't just do so much cheap emotion all the time like so many series, but save it for important moments. Like, you don't see Mulder do emotional outbursts in the series very often, and when he finally realizes his mom really did commit suicide, that's a really powerful moment to me. And the subject of these two episodes is very heavy, and not so out there like others, I find the subject of children souls being prevented from suffering really touching. And it's also very shocking and out of left field to suddenly find a graveyard of two dozen murdered children. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 Nobody shoots at Santa Claus... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkgyver 1,645 Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 The two episodes also feature Scully at her obnoxious know it all best, making Mulder even more sympathetic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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