I do remember that the first time I watched it, when they got to the pueblo, my reaction was "What the FUCK is going on here?" It seems like they're taking it in a whole bizarre new direction all of a sudden at the last minute and it confused me. I'm easily confused, apparently.
No, I totally agree. It's like Chris Carter was like, "Wait, HOW many pages is this supposed to be? Oh, SHIT." I especially dislike the fact that they have what seems to be a final send-off with Doggett and Reyes and the rest of the gang, but then they run into D&R at the pueblo again. It makes the nighttime, side of the road scene lose any gravity that it had. Also, I'm not entirely sure what going to see CSM even does, or what Mulder thinks it will do. I guess he doesn't know that's who it is, so maybe he thinks the alleged "wise man" will give him helpful advice.
Me too! Actually I just wish they had spent the whole episode making out. THAT would have been a finale. No, wait! We could have had NEW flashbacks to all the sexy times they had in season 7 and maybe season 8, or at least all the other stuff we missed out on.
I wish that was the movie: "The X-Files: Season Seven Sexy Times." They're both still totally hot. It would work!
Although now that I think about it some more, it's not like she knew she was going to see him again so soon. Would she have just carried on like that indefinitely? I don't think she could have--I think she would have broken down eventually. So it's probably good that she was reunited with Mulder so soon.
A good point. Although maybe she would've tried to get in contact with him and have him come back or meet him where he was. I have to believe, if he hadn't gotten into trouble so soon, that she wouldn't have been able to continue on her own without contacting him for that much longer.
I'd have to watch the end of "Elegy" again but I wonder if that fits too--she's brave-little-soldiering along until Mulder prods at her with his "I hope that's the truth," and she barely makes it to her car before she starts crying.
I haven't watched "Elegy" in awhile, but I do think it works with that, too. I'm sure there are more examples. And if it's true for those things, then I'm sure it's magnified when the grief is for their son. So I think it's a combination of Mulder being the one she's emotionally honest with, plus her fear that she's made the wrong choice. She can't move forward with it unless she's with him. It's kind of beautiful, but so sad.
No, I totally agree. It's like Chris Carter was like, "Wait, HOW many pages is this supposed to be? Oh, SHIT."
Oh good, because that's the feeling I had too.
I wish that was the movie: "The X-Files: Season Seven Sexy Times." They're both still totally hot. It would work!
And I know I personally would see it enough times to make up for at least eight non-fans who aren't interested! It's a foolproof plan! And maybe they could throw in some other stuff we missed out on, like "Mulder, I'm pregnant and you're the father."
I have to believe, if he hadn't gotten into trouble so soon, that she wouldn't have been able to continue on her own without contacting him for that much longer.
I agree. She was desperate to see him in "Trust No 1," and that has to have been intensified tenfold by the loss of William.
No, I totally agree. It's like Chris Carter was like, "Wait, HOW many pages is this supposed to be? Oh, SHIT." I especially dislike the fact that they have what seems to be a final send-off with Doggett and Reyes and the rest of the gang, but then they run into D&R at the pueblo again. It makes the nighttime, side of the road scene lose any gravity that it had. Also, I'm not entirely sure what going to see CSM even does, or what Mulder thinks it will do. I guess he doesn't know that's who it is, so maybe he thinks the alleged "wise man" will give him helpful advice.
Me too! Actually I just wish they had spent the whole episode making out. THAT would have been a finale. No, wait! We could have had NEW flashbacks to all the sexy times they had in season 7 and maybe season 8, or at least all the other stuff we missed out on.
I wish that was the movie: "The X-Files: Season Seven Sexy Times." They're both still totally hot. It would work!
Although now that I think about it some more, it's not like she knew she was going to see him again so soon. Would she have just carried on like that indefinitely? I don't think she could have--I think she would have broken down eventually. So it's probably good that she was reunited with Mulder so soon.
A good point. Although maybe she would've tried to get in contact with him and have him come back or meet him where he was. I have to believe, if he hadn't gotten into trouble so soon, that she wouldn't have been able to continue on her own without contacting him for that much longer.
I'd have to watch the end of "Elegy" again but I wonder if that fits too--she's brave-little-soldiering along until Mulder prods at her with his "I hope that's the truth," and she barely makes it to her car before she starts crying.
I haven't watched "Elegy" in awhile, but I do think it works with that, too. I'm sure there are more examples. And if it's true for those things, then I'm sure it's magnified when the grief is for their son. So I think it's a combination of Mulder being the one she's emotionally honest with, plus her fear that she's made the wrong choice. She can't move forward with it unless she's with him. It's kind of beautiful, but so sad.
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Oh good, because that's the feeling I had too.
I wish that was the movie: "The X-Files: Season Seven Sexy Times." They're both still totally hot. It would work!
And I know I personally would see it enough times to make up for at least eight non-fans who aren't interested! It's a foolproof plan! And maybe they could throw in some other stuff we missed out on, like "Mulder, I'm pregnant and you're the father."
I have to believe, if he hadn't gotten into trouble so soon, that she wouldn't have been able to continue on her own without contacting him for that much longer.
I agree. She was desperate to see him in "Trust No 1," and that has to have been intensified tenfold by the loss of William.
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