xgirl's x-files x-perience REVISITED

xgirl's x-files x-perience REVISITED

Monday, 21 October 2013

3X22 - Quagmire

Summary


Like Mulder, I have a definite fascination for things like Big Blue and Big Foot. So while this theme as an X-File seems rather nondescript, I enjoyed the outing, particularly as we were treated to one of the best Mulder/Scully conversations in TXF history. Plot-wise, the "monster" in this episode seemed to know that Mulder and Scully were on the job, leading to a sudden escalation of activity upon their appearance. It's a common trap for MOTW storylines to fall into — the tendency for the number of incidents to increase as soon our agents show up. As a side note, I also saw some irony here with respect to the "Scully as parent" idea that was presented to us in the latter part of this series. Doesn't this episode show us that these two are not meant for such responsibilities? Look what happens here — Scully doesn't even have room in her life for a dog, requiring it to be "offed" by the creators. (Furthermore, I'm not all too convinced that Mulder was that sorry about Queequeg's fate, given his disdain at the dog's presence in the first place.)

Best or Worst Moment


Gotta go with the obvious and select that whole "conversation on the rock". I'm not sure we were ever treated to as normal a conversation between Mulder and Scully in the show's history. It was very refreshing to see them discuss things so unrelated to work, and yet so revealing about themselves. One of those moments when you could actually see these two as "real people".

Original Rating: * * *

No comments:

Post a Comment