But I finally put my finger on something: One of the reasons Season 9 bugs me so much is that in this two-part opener, they abruptly switch us, the audience, from M&S's point of view to Doggett and Reyes' point of view. I know that sounds obvious, but think about it: For seven years, we knew as much as M&S knew. We figured things out along with them, and we saw everything the way they saw it. Now we're suddenly discovering things along with Doggett and Reyes. Our precious Scully is KEEPING SECRETS FROM US. She and Mulder had a conversation and decided all this stuff without us, and now she won't even let us in on the plan. We're suddenly seeing everything from Doggett and Reyes' point of view, and we don't know everything that Scully knows anymore. I HATE IT. But at least it makes me feel a little better now understanding *why* these episodes bug me so much.
As for the whole Mulder-is-just-gone thing, this bugs me to no end. Scully says to Skinner, in her apartment, "Mulder can't know. He can't be brought back into this. He can't be brought back into the FBI. It's just too dangerous for him right now." WHAT? Why is it so much more dangerous for Mulder than for Scully or the baby? I KNOW David Duchovny left, and I KNOW they had to come up with some plot device to explain his absence, and I KNOW the odds were good that it was going to be relatively lame, but THIS? MAKES NO SENSE. There's no possible explanation for why it would suddenly be too dangerous for Mulder specifically, especially since he's not even an FBI agent anymore! Surely he can't be doing more good off in the desert or wherever he is than he'd be at home, physically protecting Scully and the baby. I just can't get behind that idea, especially since they don't even bother to try to give a decent explanation. (Old school Scully would've stubbornly demanded a rational explanation, but now all we get is, "It makes sense in its own way." Gee, thanks, that clears everything up.)
One last thing: These are the episodes where everyone suddenly switches to a first-name basis. Oddly, I actually don't mind Doggett and Reyes calling Scully "Dana". The whole Agent-this and Agent-that thing was starting to get kind of old, but they can't really just call her Scully, because that's reserved for Mulder and sometimes Skinner. But it's kind of funny how quickly everyone switches from Agent Agent Agent to Dana and John and Monica in this episode.
Oh, and on a shallow note... Scully sure did get rid of that baby fat pretty quick, huh? She's back to her normal 90-pounds-soaking-wet figure 48 hours after giving birth. Though I'm not complaining - I don't mind the new black leather look. :P
Scully says to Skinner, in her apartment, "Mulder can't know. He can't be brought back into this. He can't be brought back into the FBI. It's just too dangerous for him right now." WHAT? Why is it so much more dangerous for Mulder than for Scully or the baby?
I dont know, really. Maybe they think Scully is passive and wont tell anyone that the super soldiers are buddies with people in the FBI (and they would actually be right, she is now lame!season9!Scully) unlike Mulder who would do anything he could about it - hence why his life is the only one in danger, apparently. In the first half of this arc Kersh tells Doggett that he told Mulder to leave to save his life, but it was Scully who convinced him to go. I just ... dont get it.
This is frustrating too, because it's hard to believe that Mulder would just accept this, you know? "Oh, I'm too stubborn and would never it let go, so I might as well leave my family and just go wander around in the desert for a year." What? Hell no! That's what gets me about this plot device. David's gone, yes, so they have to make up a story to explain it. But it just SUCKS that they couldn't come up with something more believable in terms of the character's personality than this.
As for the whole Mulder-is-just-gone thing, this bugs me to no end. I agree. If they had given us a logical explanation why Mulder had to leave, maybe I even would've been okay with it. We could've imagined him being out there somewhere, doing... SOMETHING. LOL You know, fighting against the colonization, the conspiracy, finding out what's up with William... I don't know, ANYTHING. But all we got was "he's gone". Like... where, why, doing what? Argh. Pisses me off.
And I also agree on the first-name thing. I don't mind it at all that Doggett and Reyes call her "Dana", somehow it fits.
Speaking of names, does Scully EVER call William by his name? The whole "my baby" or "the baby" thing gets old. Maybe it was a something us viewers were supposed to pick up on back then Almost as if they were saying, "Don't get too attached."
She did call him "Sweet Willy" once in this episode, which was so ridiculous and awkward and cringe-worthy that I was perfectly happy to have her go back to "my baby".
I'm pretty sure she uses his name when she and Reyes are looking for him in that field in Providence. Screaming "My baby!" would've been really weird, haha. But yeah, I know what you mean. One of the many little things that just aren't right in s9.
As for the whole Mulder-is-just-gone thing, this bugs me to no end. I don't think I've ever heard a single example of lazier writing than this. It's downright offensive to the viewer, frankly.
As for the whole Mulder-is-just-gone thing, this bugs me to no end. Scully says to Skinner, in her apartment, "Mulder can't know. He can't be brought back into this. He can't be brought back into the FBI. It's just too dangerous for him right now." WHAT? Why is it so much more dangerous for Mulder than for Scully or the baby? I KNOW David Duchovny left, and I KNOW they had to come up with some plot device to explain his absence, and I KNOW the odds were good that it was going to be relatively lame, but THIS? MAKES NO SENSE. There's no possible explanation for why it would suddenly be too dangerous for Mulder specifically, especially since he's not even an FBI agent anymore! Surely he can't be doing more good off in the desert or wherever he is than he'd be at home, physically protecting Scully and the baby. I just can't get behind that idea, especially since they don't even bother to try to give a decent explanation. (Old school Scully would've stubbornly demanded a rational explanation, but now all we get is, "It makes sense in its own way." Gee, thanks, that clears everything up.)
One last thing: These are the episodes where everyone suddenly switches to a first-name basis. Oddly, I actually don't mind Doggett and Reyes calling Scully "Dana". The whole Agent-this and Agent-that thing was starting to get kind of old, but they can't really just call her Scully, because that's reserved for Mulder and sometimes Skinner. But it's kind of funny how quickly everyone switches from Agent Agent Agent to Dana and John and Monica in this episode.
Oh, and on a shallow note... Scully sure did get rid of that baby fat pretty quick, huh? She's back to her normal 90-pounds-soaking-wet figure 48 hours after giving birth. Though I'm not complaining - I don't mind the new black leather look. :P
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I dont know, really. Maybe they think Scully is passive and wont tell anyone that the super soldiers are buddies with people in the FBI (and they would actually be right, she is now lame!season9!Scully) unlike Mulder who would do anything he could about it - hence why his life is the only one in danger, apparently. In the first half of this arc Kersh tells Doggett that he told Mulder to leave to save his life, but it was Scully who convinced him to go. I just ... dont get it.
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I agree. If they had given us a logical explanation why Mulder had to leave, maybe I even would've been okay with it. We could've imagined him being out there somewhere, doing... SOMETHING. LOL You know, fighting against the colonization, the conspiracy, finding out what's up with William... I don't know, ANYTHING. But all we got was "he's gone". Like... where, why, doing what? Argh. Pisses me off.
And I also agree on the first-name thing. I don't mind it at all that Doggett and Reyes call her "Dana", somehow it fits.
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LOL at mental image :D
~Mango
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I don't think I've ever heard a single example of lazier writing than this. It's downright offensive to the viewer, frankly.
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Dude, agreed.
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