This was a great ep! It didn't have much going for it in the way of actual plot, so the
creators must of decided to make it funny. The Dilbert-esque opening, all the
'negative imagery', Mulder's usual slightly risque joke (I hope that was a joke!), not
to mention Scully *singing* --all these combined to make a GREAT episode!
The fifth season has only one problem: it's hard to decid which ep is the best! I wish I
had this one on tape
Mulder was way off on the "Mothman" incident. According to my handy-dandy encyclopedia of the paranormal, it (not that it's not "Mothmen", as Mulder stated) was so called not because it had red eye... but because it looked like a moth! One of the sitings was by a kid who phoned the police saying that Batman was standing on a nearby roof. I'd say that what they encountered in this episode had zip to do with Mothman.
Would that be the Reader's Digest encyclopedia of the paranormal? I have UFO: The
Continuing Enigma..
No, but that's a good one. I've gotten it out from the library a few times. You'd notice I didn't capitalize it 'cause I'm not sure of the title... it's gotta be lying around here somewhere! Rest assured, I did have it on hand when I found that nit.
:::sigh::: why, why, WHY didn't she sing the second verse... or did the creators just not show it?? ;-) HA
okay, the glazer guy said something about people not being able "just disappear out here"....but why not? isnt that what happened to the kid's dad and the survey team?
this was my fave ep of the season next to "bad blood" :)
I thought the situation where the foursome split into two in order to chase the two seperate beings was soo funny. The man with the FLAR was chasing the being he could see on the machine. Mulder was following him.That makes sense. But then, Scully and the female searcher run after something they can't see. How many steps would they take before they would realize how silly they were being. They wouldn't be able to tell if they were still chasing after a few steps. They wouldn't know if they passed by it. They wouldn't even know if had stopped and they had caught up to it.
Just how many people have disappeared in these woods? Mulder and Scully seemd to be stockpiling a load of bodies after being stuck down the cave a while but there was no previous mentions of lots of disappearances. The only other explanation is that they were REALLY insensitive to the comatose people stored down there.
Funniest bit in the whole episode was Scully cuddling up close to the injured Mulder and he jokingly say '"I don't wanna wrestle".
I missed the last twenty minutes of this episode. What occurs beyond Dana's moment of lullabying Fox to sleep? Thank you in advance. I would also like to take this time to indicate the similarity between this show and the now-canceled cartoon TV series "Mighty Max." It is reminiscent of the animated show in that each episode usually commences with a person or persons being killed or harmed by an unseen force or entity. Did I not just describe the inception to every episode of "The X-Files?"
Not every episode. Some just start with one of the regulars spouting purple prose for no good reason.
Mulder takes a few large leaps in logic in this ep. I know that isn't a rare practice for him, but for all he knows there could be two camouflaged people who don't want the woods to be developed running around using nightvision goggles and a set of intricate tunnels that hide their body heat.
Even after they happen upon the cave there's still plenty of explanations for the bodies they find: others died in the cave long ago, the still-living people could be drugged, cannibals...
I know why the Forest Service lady was leaving the white stones, but wouldn't some sort of paint or organic dye be better so no animals (or long-lived wood-people) could mess with it?
I find it hard to believe that the only time we know M or S shoot the wood-people (WP) is when one dies. They've both been shown to be decent marksman, especially Fox, and the WP are noticeable when moving, so they should've been wounded at least once before.