This is actually a pretty decent plot, with all the cult stuff and then the idea of being murdered in a dream; I wish Mulder could've investigated it. :( It feels like it would've fit in well during Season 5 or something.
This is the second episode in a row with very minimal Scully screen time. Was Gillian Anderson working on something else at this time? I wish choo_choo_bear still had those guide book back-stories. :P
For some reason Kersh gets on my nerves even more when he's managing Doggett than he used to in Season 6 when he was in charge of M&S. It's something about his dialogue and the way he delivers his lines, but I don't know, he just always ends up sounding like a moron. Like when Doggett and Skinner are reporting to Kersh, Doggett admits that Scully doesn't have an opinion about the case yet. Kersh replies, "That's the PROBLEM. I'm not hearing conclusions from either ONE OF YOU. If this man has reached a HIGHER PLANE, then explain to me why 22 people are DEAD, including TWO FBI AGENTS. Now *I* want to hear what you're going to DO ABOUT IT." Dude, relax. Doggett is doing the best he can! Kersh always acts like everyone around him is purposely sitting around twiddling their thumbs, and that by emphasizing random words in his sentences, he can somehow motivate them to miraculously discover perfect explanations that are just sitting there waiting to be found. Uh, DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY.
Okay, sorry, enough about Kersh.
I love when the Lone Gunmen meet Doggett! It's kind of sad to see them in the basement office without Mulder, though. Have we ever seen them there before?
Robert Patrick is pretty impressive in the scene where Doggett goes to Skinner's office to confess that he doesn't know if he's even awake anymore. I know most of you guys hate Doggett, but that's some pretty good acting. Doggett is just barely BARELY keeping it under control, because he knows how crazy he sounds (and probably feels), but he's also literally afraid for his life. He's actually on the verge of tears at one point.
Oh, I LOVE the dream scene where Doggett goes to Scully's bedroom with the axe. The blue lighting and the flashes, where you see a different image each time the light comes back up? And the pulsing sound? The whole thing is just really neat.
Scully waking Doggett up is a nice, neat way to tie up the episode, but... it's kind of weird that she just came all the way into his bedroom like that. Don't you think that's weird? It wouldn't be with Mulder, of course, but Scully and Doggett still barely know each other (I'd love to get a word count of how many times they call each other "Agent" in these first few eps), and it seems odd that she would come into his house and up the stairs into his bedroom to wake him up. Why was she even going over there in the first place? Couldn't she have called?
I know most of you guys hate Doggett, but that's some pretty good acting.
I dislike Doggett in the early eps, but I do love RP, he is a great actor and he's only able to work with what he's given (ie: a poory written, annoying character) but I agree, he is good in this ep. Some of it seems a little over done though.
Scully waking Doggett up is a nice, neat way to tie up the episode, but... it's kind of weird that she just came all the way into his bedroom like that. Don't you think that's weird?
Yes it is very weird and I dont know what the point of it was.
This is the second episode in a row with very minimal Scully screen time. Was Gillian Anderson working on something else at this time? I wish choo_choo_bear still had those guide book back-stories. :P
I wish I had the answer to that. I blame FOX, or Harper Prism / Harper Collins (publishing house), and the various ep guide authors (Andy Meisler, Marc Shapiro, Brian Lowry) for not bothering to produce ep guides for the last two seasons. Why the heck did they stop at season 7? No idea.
It's something about his dialogue and the way he delivers his lines, but I don't know, he just always ends up sounding like a moron.
Yup. It's like the directors are telling him, "You gotta sound tough. Give 'em hell." And in response he's barking his lines and sounding, like you said, like a moron.
Oh, I LOVE the dream scene where Doggett goes to Scully's bedroom with the axe. The blue lighting and the flashes, where you see a different image each time the light comes back up? And the pulsing sound? The whole thing is just really neat.
If by neat you mean SCARY AS HELL, then I agree. The cinematography is pretty fantastic in that scene, as is RP's acting.
Doggett is just barely BARELY keeping it under control, because he knows how crazy he sounds (and probably feels), but he's also literally afraid for his life. He's actually on the verge of tears at one point.
Yup. I think that's RP's best acting so far this season.
Why was she even going over there in the first place? Couldn't she have called?
I'm not sure if a simple phone call would have snapped him out of the nightmare (and thus saved his life) as well as Scully being there in person to wake him up. Random thought: isn't it crazy that RP is a full 10 YEARS older than GA?
PS: I just went through imdb and perhaps GA was filming and/or promoting her film House of Mirth when this ep was being shot, thus limiting her available screen time. It's the only reason I can think of, anyway.
Robert Patrick is pretty impressive in the scene where Doggett goes to Skinner's office I agree, he's pretty fantastic in this scene and the whole episode, really. And that's why I can't hate this episode, although it's extremely Scully-light, but RP makes it worth watching, and it's an overall really good s8 ep.
But I also agree that it's strange how Scully comes into Doggett's bedroom in the end. Does she have keys to his house, although they hardly know each other at this point? Why didn't she just call, like someone else pointed out? Weird.
This is the second episode in a row with very minimal Scully screen time. Was Gillian Anderson working on something else at this time? I wish choo_choo_bear still had those guide book back-stories. :P
For some reason Kersh gets on my nerves even more when he's managing Doggett than he used to in Season 6 when he was in charge of M&S. It's something about his dialogue and the way he delivers his lines, but I don't know, he just always ends up sounding like a moron. Like when Doggett and Skinner are reporting to Kersh, Doggett admits that Scully doesn't have an opinion about the case yet. Kersh replies, "That's the PROBLEM. I'm not hearing conclusions from either ONE OF YOU. If this man has reached a HIGHER PLANE, then explain to me why 22 people are DEAD, including TWO FBI AGENTS. Now *I* want to hear what you're going to DO ABOUT IT." Dude, relax. Doggett is doing the best he can! Kersh always acts like everyone around him is purposely sitting around twiddling their thumbs, and that by emphasizing random words in his sentences, he can somehow motivate them to miraculously discover perfect explanations that are just sitting there waiting to be found. Uh, DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY.
Okay, sorry, enough about Kersh.
I love when the Lone Gunmen meet Doggett! It's kind of sad to see them in the basement office without Mulder, though. Have we ever seen them there before?
Robert Patrick is pretty impressive in the scene where Doggett goes to Skinner's office to confess that he doesn't know if he's even awake anymore. I know most of you guys hate Doggett, but that's some pretty good acting. Doggett is just barely BARELY keeping it under control, because he knows how crazy he sounds (and probably feels), but he's also literally afraid for his life. He's actually on the verge of tears at one point.
Oh, I LOVE the dream scene where Doggett goes to Scully's bedroom with the axe. The blue lighting and the flashes, where you see a different image each time the light comes back up? And the pulsing sound? The whole thing is just really neat.
Scully waking Doggett up is a nice, neat way to tie up the episode, but... it's kind of weird that she just came all the way into his bedroom like that. Don't you think that's weird? It wouldn't be with Mulder, of course, but Scully and Doggett still barely know each other (I'd love to get a word count of how many times they call each other "Agent" in these first few eps), and it seems odd that she would come into his house and up the stairs into his bedroom to wake him up. Why was she even going over there in the first place? Couldn't she have called?
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I dislike Doggett in the early eps, but I do love RP, he is a great actor and he's only able to work with what he's given (ie: a poory written, annoying character) but I agree, he is good in this ep. Some of it seems a little over done though.
Scully waking Doggett up is a nice, neat way to tie up the episode, but... it's kind of weird that she just came all the way into his bedroom like that. Don't you think that's weird?
Yes it is very weird and I dont know what the point of it was.
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I wish I had the answer to that. I blame FOX, or Harper Prism / Harper Collins (publishing house), and the various ep guide authors (Andy Meisler, Marc Shapiro, Brian Lowry) for not bothering to produce ep guides for the last two seasons. Why the heck did they stop at season 7? No idea.
It's something about his dialogue and the way he delivers his lines, but I don't know, he just always ends up sounding like a moron.
Yup. It's like the directors are telling him, "You gotta sound tough. Give 'em hell." And in response he's barking his lines and sounding, like you said, like a moron.
Oh, I LOVE the dream scene where Doggett goes to Scully's bedroom with the axe. The blue lighting and the flashes, where you see a different image each time the light comes back up? And the pulsing sound? The whole thing is just really neat.
If by neat you mean SCARY AS HELL, then I agree. The cinematography is pretty fantastic in that scene, as is RP's acting.
Doggett is just barely BARELY keeping it under control, because he knows how crazy he sounds (and probably feels), but he's also literally afraid for his life. He's actually on the verge of tears at one point.
Yup. I think that's RP's best acting so far this season.
Why was she even going over there in the first place? Couldn't she have called?
I'm not sure if a simple phone call would have snapped him out of the nightmare (and thus saved his life) as well as Scully being there in person to wake him up. Random thought: isn't it crazy that RP is a full 10 YEARS older than GA?
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I just went through imdb and perhaps GA was filming and/or promoting her film House of Mirth when this ep was being shot, thus limiting her available screen time. It's the only reason I can think of, anyway.
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I agree, he's pretty fantastic in this scene and the whole episode, really. And that's why I can't hate this episode, although it's extremely Scully-light, but RP makes it worth watching, and it's an overall really good s8 ep.
But I also agree that it's strange how Scully comes into Doggett's bedroom in the end. Does she have keys to his house, although they hardly know each other at this point? Why didn't she just call, like someone else pointed out? Weird.
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