Ohh dear, I can tell already: long comment, ahoy! (I bet you thought you were done with those, didn't you?)
When Reyes is giving testimony about the birth, Duchovny gives this little shuddering breath when she says “witnessed her giving birth to her son.” Oh, MULDER. How horrible is it that Reyes and a whole bunch of Super Soldiers got to be there, but HE didn’t? Breaks my heart, and clearly his, too. Mine too. God dammit.
His reaction is also nice when Reyes tells the court that Scully gave William up for adoption. You know, he actually has very little to do in the middle part of this episode besides sit there and react, and he does a great job. I didn't notice that the first time I saw the finale, because I was just way too focused on: OMG, MULDER'S BACK! You know, kind of like a dog. Sad, I know. But on the rewatch, I definitely noticed all those little touches, and I appreciate them so much.
This little exchange might be funnier than the love child one: “I found it.” “What?” “What’s going to get you off.” I’m sorry, I’m
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P.S. Because I think I'm past the timely window to mention it; I definitely see where you're going with all the Scully/grief stuff, and it makes a lot of sense to me. Sure, the true answer is "Sunshine Days is a STUPID episode that aired at the WORST possible time, and we have to deal with it somehow," but I think your way is the only way it makes any kind of sense. For the record.
The hotel room symmetry from the “Pilot” gets me choked up every time. The whole scene does. One thing I’ve always loved is her line, “It’s what I saw in you when we first met.” Maybe I’m reaching, but “what I saw in you” is generally used to mean “something that made me totally loooove you.” You are not reaching, because that is how I have always read it. I think that's the intent behind the line too, I really do.
Anyway, I’m going to talk about the meat of it down in the Mulder and Scully character section, but I’d just like to express my adoration for the way he hitches his leg up over her.I love the entire hotel scene. SO GODDAMN MUCH. And that little
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There's no getting around the fact that it was poorly planned, having two episodes between "William" and "The Truth." But I feel like, even if we'd gone right into the finale after she gave him up for adoption, the emotional stuff I've laid out still works. And it at least makes sense of what we're given on screen.
You are not reaching, because that is how I have always read it. I think that's the intent behind the line too, I really do. Yay! And when she says it, he gives this look like, "You totally had a crush on me as soon as you met me!"
It really is sad, isn't it? But then I suppose it does fit with the overarching tragic theme in XF, as difficult as it is to watch and think about.It's always been sad to me, but man, when I was really thinking about it as I wrote this out, I honestly started getting a little teary-eyed. The enormity of it, the fact that they're still here, they're still together--survival in the face of everything awful life can throw at you. And not just survival, but finding a small piece of happiness,
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Oh, I agree, it works either way. Sure, it would've been ideal to SWITCH THE ORDER so it actually makes some ounce of sense, but I really wonder how much, if any, of the crew really cared at this point. Which is also really sad.
And when she says it, he gives this look like, "You totally had a crush on me as soon as you met me!" I know! Which is so damn cute. (And who can blame her, really? Yeah, he's kind of a territorial jerk when they first meet, but he's CUTE.)
And not just survival, but finding a small piece of happiness, refusing to submit quietly to fate. That's why it's always Mulder and Scully, against the world, as classic heroes. If one of them falters, the other one pulls them back again. It would've gotten ridiculous had they not had such strong characters to work with.
But on the rewatch, I definitely noticed all those little touches, and I appreciate them so much. Watching for all of those little touches was the one redeeming part of having to sit through the world's most boring and pointless trial. He's really good at those little tiny things, and thank god, so I at least had something to watch while people were recapping the entire show.
Yes, Scully seems to have more resilience in her because she bottles up so much and is so adept at compartmentalizing, but at this point? I think she just doesn't have it in her anymore to be completely alone, after all that loss. That moment where she gets the news about his sentence...it's like something in her breaks. She loses it in a way we've never seen before, you know?
Heh, "world's most boring and pointless trial" about sums it up. Which is really, really sad, of course. But, no changing it now, I suppose. Sigh. (Thank you, Duchovny, for providing a worthy distraction!)
Yeah, she definitely does really, fully lose it. It's devastating to watch.
When Reyes is giving testimony about the birth, Duchovny gives this little shuddering breath when she says “witnessed her giving birth to her son.” Oh, MULDER. How horrible is it that Reyes and a whole bunch of Super Soldiers got to be there, but HE didn’t? Breaks my heart, and clearly his, too.
Mine too. God dammit.
His reaction is also nice when Reyes tells the court that Scully gave William up for adoption. You know, he actually has very little to do in the middle part of this episode besides sit there and react, and he does a great job.
I didn't notice that the first time I saw the finale, because I was just way too focused on: OMG, MULDER'S BACK! You know, kind of like a dog. Sad, I know. But on the rewatch, I definitely noticed all those little touches, and I appreciate them so much.
This little exchange might be funnier than the love child one: “I found it.” “What?” “What’s going to get you off.” I’m sorry, I’m ( ... )
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The hotel room symmetry from the “Pilot” gets me choked up every time. The whole scene does. One thing I’ve always loved is her line, “It’s what I saw in you when we first met.” Maybe I’m reaching, but “what I saw in you” is generally used to mean “something that made me totally loooove you.”
You are not reaching, because that is how I have always read it. I think that's the intent behind the line too, I really do.
Anyway, I’m going to talk about the meat of it down in the Mulder and Scully character section, but I’d just like to express my adoration for the way he hitches his leg up over her.I love the entire hotel scene. SO GODDAMN MUCH. And that little ( ... )
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You are not reaching, because that is how I have always read it. I think that's the intent behind the line too, I really do.
Yay! And when she says it, he gives this look like, "You totally had a crush on me as soon as you met me!"
It really is sad, isn't it? But then I suppose it does fit with the overarching tragic theme in XF, as difficult as it is to watch and think about.It's always been sad to me, but man, when I was really thinking about it as I wrote this out, I honestly started getting a little teary-eyed. The enormity of it, the fact that they're still here, they're still together--survival in the face of everything awful life can throw at you. And not just survival, but finding a small piece of happiness, ( ... )
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And when she says it, he gives this look like, "You totally had a crush on me as soon as you met me!"
I know! Which is so damn cute. (And who can blame her, really? Yeah, he's kind of a territorial jerk when they first meet, but he's CUTE.)
And not just survival, but finding a small piece of happiness, refusing to submit quietly to fate.
That's why it's always Mulder and Scully, against the world, as classic heroes. If one of them falters, the other one pulls them back again. It would've gotten ridiculous had they not had such strong characters to work with.
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Watching for all of those little touches was the one redeeming part of having to sit through the world's most boring and pointless trial. He's really good at those little tiny things, and thank god, so I at least had something to watch while people were recapping the entire show.
Yes, Scully seems to have more resilience in her because she bottles up so much and is so adept at compartmentalizing, but at this point? I think she just doesn't have it in her anymore to be completely alone, after all that loss.
That moment where she gets the news about his sentence...it's like something in her breaks. She loses it in a way we've never seen before, you know?
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Yeah, she definitely does really, fully lose it. It's devastating to watch.
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