After the spy thriller of 'The Pine Bluff Variant', the x-files steamrolls towards the end of season five with the excellent Folie a Deux. What a fun episode to watch! I absolutely loved everything else about the episode. It's so funny to see Mulder ticked off at the beginning for being called on every monster assignment. Labeling himself as "monster boy" was hilarious. It's cool to see the continuity from the previous episode with Mulder's pinkie still being bandaged up from being broken by the gimp. Kim Manners masterfully directs this episode. Kim likes to chop off the tops of people's head when he shoots close-up shots. It's interesting to see those shots when you're looking for them. He has a very unique style. Vince Gilligan, better known for his humorous episodes, writes an excellent story about paranoia and trust. The only failure in this episode for me is the cheesy-looking monster. I can't say what would've been better than that, I just think a giant bug is kind of a letdown. It reminds me of Stephen King's "It". I watched that entire show in suspense only to have "it" turn out to be a giant spider. Giant bugs just don't instill a lot of fear in me. However, Folie a Deux is still an awesome episode where even Scully sees some things she can't quite explain to Skinner. An episode of angst in an angst-filled season leads us right up to the angst-filled season finale. Will there ever be some angst relief for Mulder and Scully?
19 Reviews
Holy creep!
JaydoDre15 January 2013
Warning: Spoilers
Folie a Deux is a strange one. On paper it should be right about average. The special effects are low budget; some of the actors are irritating; the story is similar to some of the preceding episodes and the details in the storyline do not run smoothly. However, it manages to be profoundly eery.
The story centers around a worker who seems to be seeing a monster in someone when no one else does, which fact drives him to extreme measures. And there is something really creepy in the contrast throughout the show. It is the contrast of the people acting completely normal and friendly for the first half of the episode and then suddenly acting all evil in the second. The monster transformations you would normally expect to see are non-existent. The premise is that some people just see the monstrosity for what it is and others do not. Now this sounds like a budget cut, but the effect works and the sudden changes are creepy, with a good soundtrack as background for dynamic tension.
Even though the viewer understands what is going on, the show still manages to nail the portrayal of the clairvoyant employee as nothing more than a disgruntled worker who has mental issues and is terrorizing innocent people, again contributing to that creepy contrast that feels present throughout the episode.
The story centers around a worker who seems to be seeing a monster in someone when no one else does, which fact drives him to extreme measures. And there is something really creepy in the contrast throughout the show. It is the contrast of the people acting completely normal and friendly for the first half of the episode and then suddenly acting all evil in the second. The monster transformations you would normally expect to see are non-existent. The premise is that some people just see the monstrosity for what it is and others do not. Now this sounds like a budget cut, but the effect works and the sudden changes are creepy, with a good soundtrack as background for dynamic tension.
Even though the viewer understands what is going on, the show still manages to nail the portrayal of the clairvoyant employee as nothing more than a disgruntled worker who has mental issues and is terrorizing innocent people, again contributing to that creepy contrast that feels present throughout the episode.
Season 5 continues to deliver!
c-burdett4 January 2011
Folie a deux is another strong episode from the great season 5. Its an episode that doesn't always get loads of fan attention but that doesn't stop it from being a good one. Not only that but at times the X-Files kind of forgets about being scary, and, well, just isn't. This episode I'm happy to say has a few decent Mulder and Scully moments, quite a chilling ending, and a fair few scares. There's some great shots, where, without giving anything away. There's a shot of someone, their looking seemingly normal, then a dramatic music note, it shows them again and things aren't quite how you first thought. It's in a way predictable yet its dramatic and effective. A great more scary episode from the already strong season 5. Folie A Deux is a good one, don't miss it!
Return of the horror
rosti_mitev11 May 2011
Season 5 has a lot of "conspiracy" episodes and "spy" plots. I found myself missing the good old episodes involving investigations of strange creatures. I was missing the horror. And here we have this episode - Folie a Deux - a pure horror episode! The story runs very smooth, no rushing and no boring moments. There are some nice chilling shots (with a reference to the good old zombie movies), nice cinematography and well-paced story. The plot (although nothing original) could sustain even a full-length movie, I believe. It is very interesting also how Moulder approaches the case - skeptical at the beginning, hesitant after some clues and finally - near psychotic and put into a hospital due to his absurd statements. To me it was one of the best episodes from Season 5.
Don't let the bed bugs bite
Sanpaco1316 November 2007
Warning: Spoilers
This is by far one of my favorites. The episode is about a creepy buglike creature that can change its appearance into a human being by "hiding in the light". A man who works at a call center realizes that this his boss is this bug and the bug is killing the employees and turning them into zombies who also look normal in the light but zombie like in the dark. Somehow this man has learned how to see them for what they are. This episode reminds me of a Goosebumps story. Not a specific one but I can see one being like this. I like the scenes where the manager is calling each employee in to meet with them and the man can see that it is a bug and not a human. It seems very comical yet at the same time terribly creepy to see this bug welcoming his unsuspecting employees into his office. I also love the part where Mulder is taken to the mental hospital for attacking the man in Skinner's office. This is one of those wonderfully comical yet creepy scenes. I use the following dialogue as example:
NURSE: There we go. (closes the bed curtain) Sleep tight. Don't let the bed bugs bite. (NURSE turns off light and leaves the room. MULDER starts to relax, then hears insect sounds. Through the curtain he sees the shadow of the insect creature in the window) MULDER: Nurse. Nurse! Nurse! It's here! Nurse! It's here! (NURSE opens the curtain.) It's here! It's at the window! NURSE: What's here? MULDER: (trying to sound calm and rational) There is something there is something at the window and it's trying to get in here. Please unstrap me so that I can stop it. NURSE: We're three floors up. There's nothing at the window. MULDER: Undo my straps so I can check. NURSE: (turning on light) I can show you MULDER: No, don't! No! Just please ! Please. NURSE: See? (taps closed window) Nothing's going to get you. MULDER: Okay. Just, uh just untie me anyway please. (NURSE looking spooky unlocks and opens window.) MULDER: What are you doing? NURSE: (sounding spooky) You just need some fresh air. (As MULDER stares at her, NURSE tightens the straps holding MULDER and closes the curtain again.)
We later find out that the nurse is also one of the bug's zombie slaves. Wonderful episode. 10/10.
NURSE: There we go. (closes the bed curtain) Sleep tight. Don't let the bed bugs bite. (NURSE turns off light and leaves the room. MULDER starts to relax, then hears insect sounds. Through the curtain he sees the shadow of the insect creature in the window) MULDER: Nurse. Nurse! Nurse! It's here! Nurse! It's here! (NURSE opens the curtain.) It's here! It's at the window! NURSE: What's here? MULDER: (trying to sound calm and rational) There is something there is something at the window and it's trying to get in here. Please unstrap me so that I can stop it. NURSE: We're three floors up. There's nothing at the window. MULDER: Undo my straps so I can check. NURSE: (turning on light) I can show you MULDER: No, don't! No! Just please ! Please. NURSE: See? (taps closed window) Nothing's going to get you. MULDER: Okay. Just, uh just untie me anyway please. (NURSE looking spooky unlocks and opens window.) MULDER: What are you doing? NURSE: (sounding spooky) You just need some fresh air. (As MULDER stares at her, NURSE tightens the straps holding MULDER and closes the curtain again.)
We later find out that the nurse is also one of the bug's zombie slaves. Wonderful episode. 10/10.
one in a five billion
fazeelashraf9 July 2015
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This episode was perfect from start to finish and one of my top favourite xfiles episodes of all time. It had everything and kept me at the edge of my seat during the whole time. From Mulder's initial hesitancy to accept the case, to him being held hostage and ultimately beginning to see for himself the evil that lurked hidden in the light. Skinner played an important role in the episode as well in my opinion, as he was trying to make the best out of the whole situation and his confrontation with Mulder was a really well acted scene. Scully like always was skeptical of the monster hidden in the light story but was ultimately convinced to further investigate the case and not rule out the possibility that there might really be something else and not some delusion, by Mulder's "one in a five billion" speech. Scully had a hard time explaining to Skinner what she had seen when she came to rescue Mulder, hence the Folie a Deux. The music was chilling as always as was the cinematography, with chills and thrills both in ample quality.
A madness shared by two.
bombersflyup16 October 2018
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Folie a Deux is about a telemarketer claiming his boss is an insect in disguise, turning employees into zombies.
A terrific and well executed concept, though not fully capitalized on, as it could of been even better. The episode deals more with those knowing about it, than with Mr. Pincus. The insect never really takes corporeal form either and seems to move so quickly that it could of just turned everyone into a zombie, which is a flaw. The fact Scully shot it several times and there's still a scene at the ending showing its continuation, evidence of this.
Look at it! Mulder sees it and doesn't react, then proceeds to ask follow up questions in a calm fashion. He tries to get Skinner to look, but he obviously won't. Both, Apicella and Markinson excel in their roles as Pincus and Lambert.
I especially love the ending. I can vouch that there was an intruder in the room. What did this intruder look like? It was dark. You must have got a glimpse. Cutaway - Folie a Deux. Scully keeps her professional image intact.
A terrific and well executed concept, though not fully capitalized on, as it could of been even better. The episode deals more with those knowing about it, than with Mr. Pincus. The insect never really takes corporeal form either and seems to move so quickly that it could of just turned everyone into a zombie, which is a flaw. The fact Scully shot it several times and there's still a scene at the ending showing its continuation, evidence of this.
Look at it! Mulder sees it and doesn't react, then proceeds to ask follow up questions in a calm fashion. He tries to get Skinner to look, but he obviously won't. Both, Apicella and Markinson excel in their roles as Pincus and Lambert.
I especially love the ending. I can vouch that there was an intruder in the room. What did this intruder look like? It was dark. You must have got a glimpse. Cutaway - Folie a Deux. Scully keeps her professional image intact.
A fabulous episode, one of the best.
Sleepin_Dragon11 September 2022
Hiding in The Light.
Gary Lamber, a disgruntled employee at Vinyl Right believes that his boss is a monster, and transforming his do workers into zombies.
Folie a Deux, 'Delusion or mental Illness shared by two people.'
Once again the variety that we were given in Series five is evident once again, a tremendous return to the earlier, horror themed monster episodes. This is perhaps the best episode from Series 5 I've seen, so far.
A pretty scary theme, imagine the concept, you can see a monster, but nobody else can, nobody believes you, that in itself is a scary thought. An episode where even Mulder's credulity is put into question.
A definite degree of originality here, it's a well paced, slick, surprising episode, it's one of those that simply absorbs you, time, your phone, parcels at the door, nothing matters, you're just lost in the story.
The visuals work incredibly well, as does the music, not something I often comment on, but it served to increase the tension and adds to the horror vibe.
A masterclass in TV horror, 10/10.
Gary Lamber, a disgruntled employee at Vinyl Right believes that his boss is a monster, and transforming his do workers into zombies.
Folie a Deux, 'Delusion or mental Illness shared by two people.'
Once again the variety that we were given in Series five is evident once again, a tremendous return to the earlier, horror themed monster episodes. This is perhaps the best episode from Series 5 I've seen, so far.
A pretty scary theme, imagine the concept, you can see a monster, but nobody else can, nobody believes you, that in itself is a scary thought. An episode where even Mulder's credulity is put into question.
A definite degree of originality here, it's a well paced, slick, surprising episode, it's one of those that simply absorbs you, time, your phone, parcels at the door, nothing matters, you're just lost in the story.
The visuals work incredibly well, as does the music, not something I often comment on, but it served to increase the tension and adds to the horror vibe.
A masterclass in TV horror, 10/10.
Strong horror vibes, great stuff
derangedxzombie21 July 2021
A good episode, it has some real horror vibes to it whilst playing on characters possible paranoia. Also has action and tension, not to mention an interesting situation for one character that's kind of humorous as not out of place for them.
Corporate zombies
quark186 December 2018
Warning: Spoilers
This is far from my favorite X-Files episode and I find bug episodes in general to be revolting. This one is a lot funnier, however, watching as an adult after working in corporate America for 20 years.
The opening character's job is just about the most mind-numbing kind of corporate job around, reading the same sales script hundreds of times a day while being ordered to smile. Nowadays, even those kinds of jobs have been outsourced to other countries where labor is cheaper (for the time being).
Fittingly, he sees his boss as a giant bug who is gradually infecting his coworkers. They are walking zombies who actually died as human beings and still look human on the outside, to most other people. The people who can see them for the zombie-bugs they actually are, are the ones thought to be crazy.
Of course, our heroes Mulder and Scully save the day and the zombie-bugs flee that particular location, but they live on to infect others.
That's corporate life in a nutshell. Except that it's gotten worse in the last 20 years. The best science fiction always provides commentary on the human condition.
The opening character's job is just about the most mind-numbing kind of corporate job around, reading the same sales script hundreds of times a day while being ordered to smile. Nowadays, even those kinds of jobs have been outsourced to other countries where labor is cheaper (for the time being).
Fittingly, he sees his boss as a giant bug who is gradually infecting his coworkers. They are walking zombies who actually died as human beings and still look human on the outside, to most other people. The people who can see them for the zombie-bugs they actually are, are the ones thought to be crazy.
Of course, our heroes Mulder and Scully save the day and the zombie-bugs flee that particular location, but they live on to infect others.
That's corporate life in a nutshell. Except that it's gotten worse in the last 20 years. The best science fiction always provides commentary on the human condition.
"Monsters. I'm your boy!"
classicsoncall17 July 2017
Warning: Spoilers
Mulder goes for a little tongue in cheek at the beginning of this episode when he spoofs himself for being a believer in the paranormal and, dare we say it...Monsters! There's a bit of carry over from the prior episode, 'The Pine Bluff Variant' when Mulder got his fingers broken by a goon working him over; he's still wearing a finger splint that Scully comments on.
As if on cue, as I'm writing this review I get a call from a telemarketer who's going to save me a couple hundred dollars on car insurance, but like Scully, I don't have the patience for this stuff. Sometimes it's hard not to be rude, my standard line is 'Thanks for calling but I'm not interested'. Well, maybe not thanks for calling.
This episode's monster of the week isn't as well defined as some of the ones we've seen in the past, as it changes size and shape throughout the story. The creature effect of crawling along the ceiling and on a rooftop reminded me somewhat of "The Exorcist", lending some credence that this might be some kind of devil or demon at work. Then there was the zombie effect on the workers at Vinyl Right Siding, with employee Gary Lambert (Brian Markinson) the only one who could see what was going on with boss Pincus (John Apicella). Except for Mulder, who could see through any of these kinds of paranormal events.
The upshot of this episode, as we've seen with other stories like 'Quagmire' and 'Bad Blood', is that even after Mulder and Scully are done with their investigation and have explained things the best they can, the evil that existed beforehand is still at large and left to pursue it's deadly agenda. In the real world that would be a problem because victims would still be dying, so the closure for a story like this has to rest with the viewer's acceptance that the case is over and done with. And if you go with that, have I got a deal for you.
As if on cue, as I'm writing this review I get a call from a telemarketer who's going to save me a couple hundred dollars on car insurance, but like Scully, I don't have the patience for this stuff. Sometimes it's hard not to be rude, my standard line is 'Thanks for calling but I'm not interested'. Well, maybe not thanks for calling.
This episode's monster of the week isn't as well defined as some of the ones we've seen in the past, as it changes size and shape throughout the story. The creature effect of crawling along the ceiling and on a rooftop reminded me somewhat of "The Exorcist", lending some credence that this might be some kind of devil or demon at work. Then there was the zombie effect on the workers at Vinyl Right Siding, with employee Gary Lambert (Brian Markinson) the only one who could see what was going on with boss Pincus (John Apicella). Except for Mulder, who could see through any of these kinds of paranormal events.
The upshot of this episode, as we've seen with other stories like 'Quagmire' and 'Bad Blood', is that even after Mulder and Scully are done with their investigation and have explained things the best they can, the evil that existed beforehand is still at large and left to pursue it's deadly agenda. In the real world that would be a problem because victims would still be dying, so the closure for a story like this has to rest with the viewer's acceptance that the case is over and done with. And if you go with that, have I got a deal for you.
Terrible monster episode really overrated and I don't care about it
NightmareOnElmStreetFan6 July 2019
Started well in which a delusional man, Gary Lambert (Brian Markinson), who believes his boss, Greg Pincus (John Apicella), may be a monster-and decides to take an entire office building, including Mulder, hostage to prove it. I like that but the man dies. The episode reminds me on episode "Duane Barry" the second season. Roger Cross from First Wave as Joshua stsrs in this episode as Agent Rice. It started well but then it felt rushed to me and it sucked because no one belived Mulder about the mosnter he sees everyone thinks he is paranoid and that he is not fit to be an F.B.I. agent anymore that is horrible. I hated the monster they create in her, it looked like a copy of the fly from David Cronenberg's masterpiece "The Fly. (1986)."
They should have made a movie about this monster episode but they never did. It was a monster movie called They Live (1989) John Carpenter's before this episode come out. Folie a Deux is a good last stand up alone horror episode just my at least favorite episode and I just don't care. I like the half of the episode the hostage situation and the girl employe of VinylRight corporation. I like Cynthia Preston as Nancy Aaronson and when she stairs at Mulder in Gary Lambert house is creepy I like that. Bu than episode turns in to boredroom.
Folie a Deux not my favorite episode but also not the worst one in The X-Files.
They should have made a movie about this monster episode but they never did. It was a monster movie called They Live (1989) John Carpenter's before this episode come out. Folie a Deux is a good last stand up alone horror episode just my at least favorite episode and I just don't care. I like the half of the episode the hostage situation and the girl employe of VinylRight corporation. I like Cynthia Preston as Nancy Aaronson and when she stairs at Mulder in Gary Lambert house is creepy I like that. Bu than episode turns in to boredroom.
Folie a Deux not my favorite episode but also not the worst one in The X-Files.
This episode made me angry
barbjryan24 March 2016
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I loathed this episode. The assistant director causes a man to be shot because he doesn't listen to Scully or use common sense and tries to call Mulder, when Mulder almost was able to get control of the gunman. And no one calls him out on that anywhere in the episode. Then Neither Scully or Skinner believe Mulder..again. Nice way to have the guys back aholes. And in the end Scully "tells the truth" sort of. BS. I hate the constant disbelief, particularly on Scully's part, of anything Mulder says or believes. But it's okay if she believes in ridiculous things. Except now, when she will not be frank with DA Skinner so as to confirm that Mulder is not nuts. Grrrr.
A paranormal season (dvd)
leplatypus20 January 2013
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Back to my TV show after the Christmas break!
Well, this 5th season is rather abnormal: for those who thought the show was about FBI investigating paranormal and especially aliens, the first episodes leave interrogative. The so-called mythology is turning into a sad soap: the duo cries and cries, and when the cancer is cured, then it's a discovery of a daughter. (5.07) is almost intolerable because it takes the body obsession to the max as Emily's exams are close to intensive medication (the extra would reveal tell that this set freaks out the first cast actress). About the normal episodes, x-files become what they tried to avoid: a monster of the week show (the moth-man, Frankenstein revisited). Finally, we had to wait for best-sellers authors (King and Gibson) to have good episodes.
If there is a real intention to wrap up past loose ties (the lone gunmen (5.03); the pusher (5.08) or even the first x-file (5.15)), the new trends aren't engaging: after all Fox had witnessed, he needs only a military statements to have doubts about aliens! The new agents seems to be the son of Cancer-man whose mother was the queen of abductees, and a ex-lover of Fox's! Those relationships really suck the blood out of the show actually.
The usual religious (5.17) or funny (5.12) episodes are pretty good but as it was the movie year, we lost at least 4 more episodes, which isn't maybe a fair deal. The extras are pretty decent because they add a full behind the scene episode and tell more about leaving Vancouver and Gilian 's real sister, Zoe !
Finally, my best pick of this season is (5.19). It's again a hard one for Fox after having his limbs cut, his fingers broken. It's an original variation of the body snatchers, set in a high-tension hostage crisis. As it involves a gunfight, it says at least a point that medias never told us today when covering the reform to limit the constitutional right to gun (the last one to a citizen to protect against a oppressive government). Behind those crazy and criminal gunfights, there are guns, but what pulls the triggers is madness. So, I don't imply that fly monsters are at work, just maybe a lot of drugs sold by pharmaceutical drugs....
Well, this 5th season is rather abnormal: for those who thought the show was about FBI investigating paranormal and especially aliens, the first episodes leave interrogative. The so-called mythology is turning into a sad soap: the duo cries and cries, and when the cancer is cured, then it's a discovery of a daughter. (5.07) is almost intolerable because it takes the body obsession to the max as Emily's exams are close to intensive medication (the extra would reveal tell that this set freaks out the first cast actress). About the normal episodes, x-files become what they tried to avoid: a monster of the week show (the moth-man, Frankenstein revisited). Finally, we had to wait for best-sellers authors (King and Gibson) to have good episodes.
If there is a real intention to wrap up past loose ties (the lone gunmen (5.03); the pusher (5.08) or even the first x-file (5.15)), the new trends aren't engaging: after all Fox had witnessed, he needs only a military statements to have doubts about aliens! The new agents seems to be the son of Cancer-man whose mother was the queen of abductees, and a ex-lover of Fox's! Those relationships really suck the blood out of the show actually.
The usual religious (5.17) or funny (5.12) episodes are pretty good but as it was the movie year, we lost at least 4 more episodes, which isn't maybe a fair deal. The extras are pretty decent because they add a full behind the scene episode and tell more about leaving Vancouver and Gilian 's real sister, Zoe !
Finally, my best pick of this season is (5.19). It's again a hard one for Fox after having his limbs cut, his fingers broken. It's an original variation of the body snatchers, set in a high-tension hostage crisis. As it involves a gunfight, it says at least a point that medias never told us today when covering the reform to limit the constitutional right to gun (the last one to a citizen to protect against a oppressive government). Behind those crazy and criminal gunfights, there are guns, but what pulls the triggers is madness. So, I don't imply that fly monsters are at work, just maybe a lot of drugs sold by pharmaceutical drugs....
"They Live"
hurlock2 June 2019
This Episode is full of inconsistencies
geronimo-zimmermann7 June 2021
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Garrys magazine must be supernatural. He shoots like 200 shoots and doesn't reload. Agent Brice seams to be the most unable person on the planet. Garry is crazy - okay, but he still acts absolutely stupid even in his "world" he's doing so much mistakes it's almost frightening.
The rest of the Ep. Is pretty good. The whole plot and concept is pretfrighten Mukder is back i frighte.
The rest of the Ep. Is pretty good. The whole plot and concept is pretfrighten Mukder is back i frighte.
Rubbish
rabbitmoon25 June 2023
This episode is really disappointing, especially after the growth in quality and complexity of season 5. The story relies entirely on hoping the audience finds it somehow eerie or scary - if you don't, if you're more plugged into character, theme, depth or anything like that, then there is nothing to see here. Mulder/Scully revert to the same tired belief debate from earlier seasons, as if it's supposed to be interesting. It's just ridiculous, aimed at 12 years old kind of stuff. A shame considering Vince Gilligan wrote it. A far cry from his later grasp of story dynamics and depth of character.
It's good, right?
koatprdns15 March 2023
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As a one off, maybe. But in the timeline and progression, the episode is actually uninspired and the script undeveloped.
Why doesn't Mulder actively figure it out like he always does? The word insect should have immediately set off some deductions like effects of light on "visibility". When Mulder has the opportunity to convince Skinner, he instead pouts like child, doesn't even try to coerce.
Far too much filler footage and very little story satisfaction from dependably strong writers and scrappy characters. But no.
Surprise surprise, insects escape. And the 2 super agents don't even have a debate and conjecture any hypothesis of what this creature is, or even bother to continue tracking it despite plenty of evidence and motivation to do so. WTF? There's unsolved and then there's just dropped. Again, atypical, and for the audience, straight up annoying.
Scully is aggravatingly and incredulously hostile and rigid. After everything they have been through and having literally swapped positions on more than one occasion recently, this is a great cause of concern.
After much character development, this is such a backward turn, it hints towards a plot point that hasn't been shared. Or a seriously misguided writer that went unnoticed. Whilst fascinating, this episode is the worst in an accumulating frustration and dislike of Scully's authors as they keep trying to return black and white what's more interesting when grey.
Wish I could go back in time and slap them upside the head. They can do better.
Why doesn't Mulder actively figure it out like he always does? The word insect should have immediately set off some deductions like effects of light on "visibility". When Mulder has the opportunity to convince Skinner, he instead pouts like child, doesn't even try to coerce.
Far too much filler footage and very little story satisfaction from dependably strong writers and scrappy characters. But no.
Surprise surprise, insects escape. And the 2 super agents don't even have a debate and conjecture any hypothesis of what this creature is, or even bother to continue tracking it despite plenty of evidence and motivation to do so. WTF? There's unsolved and then there's just dropped. Again, atypical, and for the audience, straight up annoying.
Scully is aggravatingly and incredulously hostile and rigid. After everything they have been through and having literally swapped positions on more than one occasion recently, this is a great cause of concern.
After much character development, this is such a backward turn, it hints towards a plot point that hasn't been shared. Or a seriously misguided writer that went unnoticed. Whilst fascinating, this episode is the worst in an accumulating frustration and dislike of Scully's authors as they keep trying to return black and white what's more interesting when grey.
Wish I could go back in time and slap them upside the head. They can do better.
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