Season 1 Episode 5 “Shadows” or “Caspar Your Friendly Dead Boss” Just in the first few minutes, we have Ben Franklin, George Bush, Bill Clinton. Shaping up to be a very federal episode! Apparently the writers were told to have Mulder and Scully help people sometimes, so here someone will leave happy and not dead. […]
Read More The X-FilesSeason 1, Episode 5 “Jersey Devil” or “Donald Trump Takes Atlantic City” I think the tagline for this show should be, “There may be a truth, but is that question even worth pursuing?” A rule of this show is: there are no red herrings. Mulder: people are basically animals Scully: I might not be an […]
Read More The X-FilesSeason 1, Episode 4 “The Conduit” or my title: “Too Much Television” Gillian Anderson has such beautiful lips. She coulda been a silent movie star. “Men in Black” ripped this off, didn’t they? If you’re the kid in your family always getting blamed for everything, you should call yourself “Weather Balloon.” Though they suffer from […]
Read More The X-FilesSeason 1, Episode 3 Based on the attacker’s use of air vents for travel, I am guessing that this man was killed by Emperor Zurg. Pre-internet, pre-cell phone show about investigators, the importance of photos (and all other physical evidence) is so different. There’s an admirable (unrealistic?) lack of sexual tension and sexism between Sculder […]
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