Summary
The ridiculous and the sublime... Mr. Jeffrey Bell redeems himself in a big way with an X-File that is my first keeper of the season. (Not to fool anyone — least of all myself — but even though I will likely keep a couple of the eps to this point, this was the first one that occurred to me as I was watching it that it was a "keeper".) Almost everything that went wrong with The Rain King went right here. We got characters that we could care about, we got a marvellously original story idea, and we got a Mulder and Scully who are comfortable with each other and not playing mind games with themselves. What more can you ask for? This late in the series, it's not easy to score on all three counts. I especially liked the idea of luck being a double-edged sword that really can't be controlled, much like the idea of fate ("everything happens for a reason") in Monday. I came into this episode knowing just the title and the concept of a "lucky man". I didn't even know that it was Mr. Bell's script. All things considered, it was a wonderful surprise.
Best or Worst Moment
Lots of choice pieces to choose from here... in much the same way as The Rain King gave us some memorable impressions, this ep was abound with bits that'll live long in our memories. Everything from those lovely smiles that they kept giving one another to Dana Scully's flirtatious promise of what might happen back in DC to Mulder's hilarious Bruce Lee impersonation. Loved it all.
Original Rating: * * * *
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