Nov 16, 2004 00:57
Season 4 continues...
Tunguska/Terma
I watched this one a few weeks ago, and already I forgot what happened. Mulder and Scully find Krycek, who apparently set them up and used them. While Scully investigates a piece of meteor whose contents killed a bunch of people, Mulder and Krycek go to Russia to look at where the meteor was found. Krycek betrayed Mulder again (when will you learn, Mulder?), but then Krycek gets his arm cut off. Scully thinks Mulder is dead, until he makes a BADASS entrance to a Senate hearing where Scully is testifying. And there's a beautiful hug! Classic lines:
Mulder (hugging Scully): "Feels good to put my arms around you. Both of them."
Paper Hearts
This was the saddest episode ever. A serial killer Mulder put away years ago and Mulder himself seem to share a mental link. Mulder thinks he's solving crimes in his sleep, but is really just reading the killer's mind or something. The killer makes Mulder believe that the former murdered the latter's sister in order to get out of jail. Poor Mulder believes it. The killer knew a lot of details about Mulder's sister's abduction, except for one big one ("You're in the wrong damn house, you stupid son of a bitch!") There's a cute Mulder/Scully hug at the end, which we all live to see.
El Mundo Gira
Mexican goat sucker? Skipped this one.
Kaddish
An unremarkable episode. References to Mulder's Jewish heritage. Only a so-so one.
Never Again
I agree with Maura. Scully DOES get some. I like how this one shows how Scully is getting fed up with Mulder and the X-Files. The fact that Scully refers to an episode of Rocky and Bullwinkle makes her even cooler. But her whole orgasm-ing while getting her tattoo was weird.
Leonard Betts
I only watched parts of this one. The guy who plays Dr. Ramono on ER is in this one. Hints that Scully may have cancer...?
Memento Mori
Scully DOES have cancer! Mulder, how will you cope? He rushes around to find a cure and KISSES HER! The deleted scene shows him KISSING HER ON THE LIPS!!! I must have watched it a thousand times. You can tell it was improvised because Gillian Anderson looks completely thrown off guard. Beautiful.
Unrequited
This was kind of a cool one. A killer who doesn't exactly turn invisible, but rather knows how to manipulate naturally occuring blind spots in peoples' eyes.
Tempus Fugit/Max/Sychrony/Small Potatoes
This is the disc that came in 2 halves. I'll recap the good parts. In the beginning of Tempus Fugit, Mulder and Scully are in a restaurant. It's Scully's birthday. Mulder has the waitstaff bring out a Hostess Snowball with a sparkler in it. Scully can't get over the fact that Mulder knew it was her birthday. In Small Potatoes, a man who can change his apperance to look like other people (no, not a bounty killer). He locks Mulder in a basement, the proceeds to morph into Mulder, who then gets Scully drunk, and the puts the moves on her. He would have scored, but then the real Mulder barges in. Awesome.
Zero Sum
Skinner cleans up after a crime, removing all evidence so that no investigation can take place. Why? If he does so, he will be given the cure for Scully's cancer. Skinner secretly loves Scully. Ah, but Scully loves another...
Elegy
Eh.
Demons
Or "Lemons" as the Netflix sleeve said. Mulder undergoes some weird psychological procedure to help him remember what happened to his sister. In his crazy tripped-out state, he almost shoots Scully, but then doesn't because he loves her. Best part? MULDER NAKED!! Well, as naked as the FCC would allow.
Gethsemane
Mulder fakes his own death, and Scully covers for him, lying to about 5,000 people. Meanwhile, Mulder searches for a cure for Scully's cancer. Scully takes a turn for the worst. Continues in season 5...