Almost every reviewer for this episode makes some reference to "Groundhog Day" so why should I be any different? Following right after the prior week's 'Agua Mala' episode, for me this turned out to be the weakest one-two punch in the series so far. But what the heck, it's in it's sixth season and there haven't been too many clunkers. I guess my main problem with the story is the repetitious nature of the time loop thing. Even though the writers varied some of the situations and dialog with each new Monday, I was still chomping at the bit to find out how things were going to get resolved.
But the bigger problem for me was the inherent lack of logic in Scully and Mulder reliving each day attempting to prevent the robbery and blowing up of the bank. At this point, one could reasonably ask where the inherent logic of any of these episodes were, but for me that's missing the point. The monster of the week episodes along with those dealing with the mythology arc were generally built with a good premise and the writing followed through to a conclusion, even if Scully and Mulder failed to solve the case. Here, one has to accept that groundhog day can happen over and over again with no advance of a time line. The idea is creative and unique the first time you see it, but for everyone on this board, it's pretty obvious that first time occurred with something else.
So given all that, I'm satisfied well enough that Mulder figured things out with the help of Pam (Carrie Hamilton) being a persistent bystander. Until that final scene of course. It's too bad she had to be sacrificed for the sake of the story, but that big boom would have killed a lot of people otherwise. And it would have been THE END for Scully and Mulder.
But the bigger problem for me was the inherent lack of logic in Scully and Mulder reliving each day attempting to prevent the robbery and blowing up of the bank. At this point, one could reasonably ask where the inherent logic of any of these episodes were, but for me that's missing the point. The monster of the week episodes along with those dealing with the mythology arc were generally built with a good premise and the writing followed through to a conclusion, even if Scully and Mulder failed to solve the case. Here, one has to accept that groundhog day can happen over and over again with no advance of a time line. The idea is creative and unique the first time you see it, but for everyone on this board, it's pretty obvious that first time occurred with something else.
So given all that, I'm satisfied well enough that Mulder figured things out with the help of Pam (Carrie Hamilton) being a persistent bystander. Until that final scene of course. It's too bad she had to be sacrificed for the sake of the story, but that big boom would have killed a lot of people otherwise. And it would have been THE END for Scully and Mulder.