Summary
This one holds the TXF record as the highest rated episode ever, but there have been moments when I've wondered if some other episode shouldn't have been shown in that post-SuperBowl timeslot. Despite the fact that Leonard Betts is a perfectly fine story, it doesn't ever strike me as being that much of a standout on anyone's "all-time" list. The idea is a good one — this entity that needs to consume cancerous by-products in order to survive and is capable of completely regenerating himself. (Why the hell not, it's the X-Files, after all?) But for all his supposed reputation as an outstanding EMT, he surely seems to have little regard for life when he's capable of killing his ex-partner just like that. This was undoubtedly one of those unfortunate plot elements required to move the story along, but I wish they had handled it differently. In the end though, I thought it was a wonderful way to introduce Scully's nasty cancer battle. Too bad the next ep shown — had new viewers been enticed to come on board — was Never Again instead of Memento Mori.
Best or Worst Moment
Hiding, hiding, forever hiding? The final scene where Scully wants to go home after Mulder tells her she should be proud of the job that she's done was a nice counterpoint to the opening scene in Memento Mori, where it's revealed that he was the first — and so far, only — person to whom she has disclosed her illness.
Original Rating: * * *
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