Summary
This would definitely make my top twenty list. Darin Morgan's first effort was filled with clever dialogue, fascinating images, and straight out mockery of the show and its characters. Humbug was a fun ride, even with all the requisite squeamish things that typify the freak show circuit. It was a welcome change of pace to encounter an X-File that — while not merely presented as a funny distraction — gave us time to relax and consider the oddities of life. No matter how different, people are still people. This episode illustrated how — deep down — we all have the same hopes and dreams, not to mention the same desires for a "normal" existence.
Best or Worst Moment
Like War of the Coprophages, this one had a whole slew of moments that would qualify as "best" for the series as a whole. Ones that automatically pop into my mind are Scully's trick with the cricket (which as we insiders know, wasn't really a trick, making it all the more icky), Mulder being pegged by Mr. Nutt as a Fibbie, the mutual "robe closing" moment between Scully and Lanny, Mulder's "I'm doing that right now as we speak", our intrepid agents' exhumation of the potato, and the final sequence with the wide shot of Fox Mulder striking a pose as Dr. Blockhead describes the ignominy of life as someone "like him".
Original Rating: * * * *
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