Am I imagining this conversation from the revival episodes? Mulder saying to Scully something to the effect of, "You have no idea how many times I wished you out of the basement. Then you would still have your sister, you would be married to a surgeon, have kids.." Am I confusing this with fan fiction 😂

Any idea?

I want to believe

I have a school project to analyze the shots/lighting/other film-work in an episode of tv and i'd like to do X-files. Any standout episodes in the first 5 seasons that do exceptionally well in any of these categories? Thanks

I thoroughly enjoyed this one. Willie Garson was great. Mulder and Scully cannot stop smiling at each other. Mulder making all kind of faces. Just all-around fun.

I'm a first time watcher, and i recently started s8. I've noticed that a lot of the previous mythos episodes have been pretty bad. Does anyone else agree, and if so, what made the mythos go bad and when?

For my first proper re-watch earlier this year, I was watching it, now I’m looking at it.

It is very rough around the edges, but all the building blocks were there, and you can see why it became a phenomenon.

M&S are surprisingly tactile, especially Mulder, right from season 1.

Is it me, or did Mulder have a different haircut in every episode - like they were trying to find his best look?

And the last scene, with TSM amongst the warehouse shelves - that was the part of the trailers which had me hooked back in 1994 (UK terrestrial first broadcast).

I’ve just made it to season 2, episode 4 on my slow, mindful rewatch (after binge watching the show twice over and still not being bored of it, I imposed a new rule on myself that I can watch one episode per day, without any distractions - no phone, no laptop, no roommate and most importantly NO SKIPPING).

This was a surprisingly good episode! It wasn’t one that stuck out to me from my previous watches as being a good one, but having just watched again there’s so much great stuff. We’re introduced to Krycek for the first time, Mulder meets X after having only spoken on the phone in the previous few episodes, the case itself is interesting - for anyone who needs a refresher, it’s the one about the veterans who were subjected to sleep eradication experiments, leaving one of them able to manipulate dreams and cause waking hallucinations in others.

Plus, we get some real good early-season MSR flirting. Around 25 minutes in, they talk on the phone about the case and their whole conversation is so goddamn flirty and adorable, especially this particular exchange -

SCULLY: Sounds like your new partner’s working out.

MULDER: He’s all right. He could use a little more seasoning and some wardrobe advice But he’s a lot more open to extreme possibilities than. . .

SCULLY: Than I was?

MULDER: . . .than I assumed he would be.

SCULLY: Must be nice not having someone question your every move, poking holes in all your theories.

MULDER: Oh yeah, it’s---it’s great. I’m surprised I put up with you so long.

Did I mention they’re both smiling like absolute love struck teenagers during this entire back and forth? It is friggin adorable.

Finally, shoutout to the ending scene of the ep, where we see Krycek reporting to the Smoking Man. I’d also forgotten that we learn right away that Krycek is a rat, for some reason I thought that only came up later on! Krycek tells him Scully is a bigger problem than they anticipated and we get CSM’s chilling response “Every problem has a solution…” leading us right on into the next couple of eps, Duane Barry and Ascension, aka the beginning of Scully’s abduction arc and, IMO, when the mythology really kicks into gear!

Lots of exciting stuff ahead!

Anyways, that’s all folks, apologies for the rambling, just had to share my thoughts! What does everyone else think of this episode? Does it stand out? Fade into the background? If you’ve not watched in a while, I’d recommend giving it a rewatch! I was surprised how much there is in this one!

What ep were mulder and/or scully trapped in a videogame?

Hello again, I thought instead of just rating episodes of season 5, I'd post my opinion briefly on each one, so here it goes for the first 5 episodes. All in all this was a pretty strong start and of course feel free to discuss in the comments, I would love to hear everyone's opinion!

Redux: They had to at least partially resolve the rollercoaster that was the season 4 finale. Which they did to some extent, but there was a lot going on here as well, with Mulder and Scully trying to figure everything out. I loved the little detail that they changed the closing sentence in the intro (to 'all lies lead to the truth') and Mulder's creepy/flirty comment when he was sitting in Scully's apartment in the dark and she started undressing lol. And Scully collapsing at the end was super dramatic. Rated 9/10

Redux II: Sooo many things I loved about this one, just a heads up, I'm a sucker for MSR so there will be a few things I point out about this throughout this post lol. Joins Redux as this is fast-paced as well, a lot going on, trying to find the mole but also saving Scully at the same time. CSM attempting to recruit Mulder, and him telling CSM to p*** off was so satisfying, also, I don't think that really was Samantha... And all the hospital scenes, not just in terms of MSR, but Scully with her mom, then Scully praying with Father McCue. This was something that struck a chord with me because I was raised Catholic too. Gillian's acting throughout the cancer arc was just phenomenal. Showing Mulder's hearing, Scully praying and CSM being shot with cutting from one to the other was brillint. P. S. Bill Jr. really is a jerkface, you guys were right... P. P. S. I don't think CSM is dead, but no spoilers please lol Rated 10/10

Unusual Suspects: The backdoor pilot for The Lone Gunmen, it was interesting enough, but not super captivating, I did like all the bickering though, it was funny. Rated 7/10

Detour: I didn't much care for the monster in this one, but parts of it were quite suspenseful. Also, there were some great MSR moments here, like Scully wanting to talk about death and dying, and Mulder in true Mulder fashion just makes a joke... Also, correct me if I'm wrong, but were they going to stay in the same room with a shared bed at the motel? At the end, Scully was packing both their stuff and they all were in this one room, not two separate. Rated 8/10

The Post-Modern Prometheus: Same thing goes as before about the monster, but a little more interesting than in Detour. I did like the sentiment of the episode, and the fact that it was shot in black and white, this made it stand out quite a lot. And of course the Mulder and Scully dance scene was gold, I wish they kept the take where Mulder twirls Scully a bit, I saw this a few days ago and it was precious. Tiny detail I noticed at the very end: the frame is frozen when they're dancing, holding hands like you normally would while dancing with someone who isn't your romantic partner. Then they turn this into a cartoon-style image, and in this one, their fingers are intertwined... oh my shipper heart /s Rated 8/10

Okay, so I was gonna do 10 episodes per post, but this is already too long so I'll stop at 5, maybe post some more tomorrow as I'm up to episode 10 already.

I mean, if you’re lucky you get 75 years. If you’re really lucky you get 80 years. And if you’re extraordinarily lucky, you get to have 50 of those years with a decent head of hair.

…the ending of S6 E19 The Unnatural has one of the most emotional endings in the series. I know everyone, myself included, love the scene of Dana and Fox hitting balls at the very end, but the scene where Exley dies in Aurthur’s arms is too much for me. When it cuts back to Dales as an old man, staring up at the ceiling in tears….i lose it every time. We’re all going to that land…Stay Spooky, Everyone.

Based on an earlier post involving eating goopy spaghetti while watching Sanguinariam. What are some other on-the-nose worst meals to eat with other episodes?

S6e19 the Unnatural

The way they talk about their love of a useless thing just does it for me. That and the battle between the decent and the vile.

Also, who names their goldfish "Arthur"?

Personally, I loathed her. She annoyed me to the point of rolling my eyes hard at that scene in the season 6 where she's wearing that cringe negligee and throwing herself on Mulder...

And each time Scully would take a dig at her, I'd be cheering loudly and secretly wishing Scully would kick her ass... let's just say that her last name suits her personality.

The actual story of this episode is sorta weak but the M&S stuff is really nice, imo. I have a question though:

Towards the end of the episode Scully talks to the FBI therapist about her vision she had of one of the victims. This is in the midst of Scully grappling with the fact that she's sick, probably very very sick and facing death. She knows that seeing the visions of the victims is an omen of impending death. She tells the therapist that the victim was trying to tell her something, but she didn't know what. But then the therapist says, "are you sure?" And it's clear Scully isn't, she has an idea.

WHAT DO YOU ALL THINK??? I'd love to hear some thoughts. I honestly don't know. I wish they'd kept that therapist around longer

Hi guys,

Just wanted to let you all know that I posted my first fic on AO3! It feels great to have finally posted one. The fic explores Scully's personal feelings about her diagnosis along with other supernatural events that occur.

You can find me at my username,>!HopeInTheMist!<.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/59549974

Is this a good idea or?

I never read or even knew that there were junior novelizations of specific episodes. I’d be interested to see what people thought of them if they did read them and what elements they’d have to tone down for younger audiences. For example, War of the Coprophages was adapted for young adults under the title Die, Bug, Die!, because it’s a miracle that they got away with the word Coprophages in an episode of ‘90s network television aimed at adults let alone kids. I could see that one working because it’s not a particularly graphic episode and it’s extremely funny. But I don’t see Home getting the junior novelization treatment…

I really needed this today. I wanted to laugh and this made my day. Enjoy!

Let’s talk about Fearful Symmetry.

Ya’ll. This is one of those totally off the wall, skip during a rewatch bonkers episodes. Animals being abducted by aliens? Stolen animal ovum? Scully can perform necropsies now?! This episode is completely bonkers.

Written by: Steve De Jarnatt Directed by: James Whitmore Jr.