xp also amazing that "Demons" is the second episode that season where a killer gets Mulder's gun while he's asleep/hallucinating, and he still has his job.
― Lily Dale, Monday, 19 February 2024 23:55 (three months ago) link
gotta say, it bothers me when there's nothing in the episode that establishes why the FBI has jurisdiction over the case
latest offender: D.P.O.!
― 龜, Tuesday, 5 March 2024 23:11 (two months ago) link
Well, Mulder, it looks like this turned out to be a local matter. Let's head back to Washington.
I dunno, Scully. I kinda like it here. I might stick around for a few days.
Mulder, don't tell me you still think there's something to that theory of yours!
― peace, man, Tuesday, 5 March 2024 23:19 (two months ago) link
the way mr veg and i groaned when his “sister” shows up again for the thousandth time in S5 ep2 and we just yell at the tv MULDER YOU N00B
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 6 March 2024 01:46 (two months ago) link
yeah at some point the villains figured out that mentioning his sister was the equivalent of jangling keys in front of a baby.
i think the season 5 opener was one of the first mythology ones i saw as a kid after catching random MOTW episodes and it was so baffling and dreary - I'm sure I've watched it since then but I just think of it as the one with nothing but Mulder wandering through warehouses and Scully giving a monologue while dying of cancer.
― JoeStork, Wednesday, 6 March 2024 02:01 (two months ago) link
the Lone Gunmen backstory ep is pretty fun
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 6 March 2024 02:02 (two months ago) link
I just watched an episode of MacGyver featuring a young Lone Gunman (Byers)!
― the absence of bikes (f. hazel), Wednesday, 6 March 2024 02:33 (two months ago) link
The actor Bruce Harwood I mean, it was not the coolest crossover episode in the history of television
― the absence of bikes (f. hazel), Wednesday, 6 March 2024 02:34 (two months ago) link
byers always looks like a kid pretending to be a grownupeven with a beard he looks like a 15 year old lol
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 6 March 2024 02:51 (two months ago) link
it was not the coolest crossover episode in the history of television
He was playing his Lone Gunman character?
― Ste, Wednesday, 6 March 2024 13:00 (two months ago) link
Was Richard Belzer there too?
― President Keyes, Wednesday, 6 March 2024 13:09 (two months ago) link
til People on Youtube make trailer for old tv episodes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuEnNqrR8q4
― President Keyes, Wednesday, 6 March 2024 13:14 (two months ago) link
For as much as Mulder complains about being straitjacketed by the Bureau, surely no other agent gets to just cherry pick the cases they're interested in like he does. Especially since so often they originate from random news articles he read, not something that has been referred to the FBI.
― blatherskite, Wednesday, 6 March 2024 15:09 (two months ago) link
The show should have devoted one of their occasional comedic episodes to showing the aftermath of an X-File, as government lawyers hopelessly attempt to prosecute one of Mulder and Scully's cases based on their absurd theories and shoddy evidence, perhaps in a mock Law & Order format.
― blatherskite, Wednesday, 6 March 2024 15:15 (two months ago) link
that trailer is about 1000x more exciting than the episode was
― the absence of bikes (f. hazel), Wednesday, 6 March 2024 19:42 (two months ago) link
The S5 opener Redux truly is the nadir of the mythology. It's been a while since I watched it, but I remember finding it hilarious when Mulder dramatically announces the true culprit of whatever they're talking about is... some FBI director we might have seen once or twice before in the series. OK then.
I remember there was a very mixed reaction to the blank-faced torch guys (who turn up later in S5) at the time, but I liked them. On one hand, it's yet another element added to the confusion; but it felt like they actually brought a sense of urgency and horror back to the Mythology, which was sorely needed by that point.
― Duane Barry, Thursday, 7 March 2024 23:01 (two months ago) link