![]() ![]() Scully suggests they may be attributable to animal bites or puncture wounds but is unable to identify the chemical compound drawn from them. He works in a cramped basement with an “I want to believe” poster on the wall, something I was going to comment on at this juncture but which, having viewed episode 4, seems to be of more significance than I thought so I’ll come back to it.They discuss the Oregon case, with Mulder showing her pictures of the marks found on the most recent victim (Karen, the girl from the opening scenes). Mulder must be one of the most terrifically dry characters ever written, and the deliberate whiff of passive aggression which underpins his greeting of Scully is quite wonderful. The scene where they first meet is the stuff of legend. – all of which evaporates as soon as she’s told to “make the proper scientific analysis” of Mulder’s decidedly more outlandish cases. We pause here for a moment of silence at Scully’s eager, wide-eyed enthusiasm – These are unassigned cases outside the bureau mainstream, most of which have to do with unexplained phenomena. He’s an Oxford-educated psychologist who is widely regarded as one of the best analysts in the violent crimes unit and who happens to have a consuming devotion to the so-called X-Files. She’s a qualified medical doctor who was recruited to the bureau right out of medical school. This is the cue for freshly-anointed agent Dana Scully to be partnered with Fox Mulder, aka Spooky Mulder. Local police scupper the investigation and the FBI are called in. The opening shots show us a girl being swallowed up by a bright light and shadowy figure in the woods, only for her body to be recovered the next morning with two unusual marks on her back. ![]() The story focuses on a series of strange deaths in a town in Oregon. I shall therefore be summarising them in groups, with particular attention on characterisation and what appear to be any key overarching plot points. ![]() A second one: given the sheer volume of episodes, it seems a little too ambitious to do a full recap for each one. Given there are nine whole seasons of about 22 episodes each, the odds of me being entirely caught up in time are pretty minimal – but I can least learn enough to decide whether the use of “believer” up there counts as a pun.So, without further ado – here commence The Mary Sue’s newbie X-Files recaps! One disclaimer: I’m still a complete wimp in many ways, so if these episodes get too dark for me look forward to their being punctuated with lots of cute animal gifs. I got the boxset from my very thoughtful parents two Christmases ago, and I’m determined to join the ranks of believers before the new episodes air. I recall watching a few episodes in fits and starts and possibly even the entirety of one movie, but the title tune creeped me out, and I never quite got round to absorbing it the way a loyal pop culture devotée should have.Īll of that is about to change. I managed to live through all the blissful highs of the ’90s without watching this show, mainly because I was – *counts* – 5 when it premiered, and only ever stumbled across it while channel-hopping late at night. From an outsider’s perspective, this is something of a rarity – most reboots tend to elicit groans at best and outright scorn at worse, but then, I’m a newbie. The recent announcement that The X-Files was being rebooted by Fox sparked unconfined joy throughout the land.
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