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5x02 Redux and 5x03 Redux II

Feb 17, 2014 22:00

Why "Redux" and "Redux II"? It's quite simple. As the resolution to the season four cancer arc, these episodes are essential additions to a Scully-centric episode rewatch.

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tri_sbr February 18 2014, 14:29:40 UTC

Oh where to begin? random musings in no particular order ( ... )

wendelah1 February 18 2014, 18:10:41 UTC

I have to ignore the messed up, contradictory 1013 myth-arc and just focus on my Scully love to get through these.

I do think the scenes between Mulder and Scully are some of the most compelling of the series. Both DD and GA knock them out of the park.

I love the part near the beginning where Mulder says "Scully would have known" that the alien body was not real - such complete trust in her abilities.

Yes. He does trust her abilities, which makes it all the more dismaying when he dismisses her judgment so out of hand as in "Unruhe." What was the line? "You would say that." I just wanted to smack him.

And then later, Mulder doesn't hesitate in the slightest when he says the thing he wants most is the cure for Scully's cancer. Even on the rewatch, I thought "Samantha" and was semi-surprised at his automatic response.Well, yeah. He trades his sister (who isn't his sister but he doesn't know that) to the bounty hunter to get Scully back and that was all the way back in season two, right? But as some writer pointed out (Syntax again ( ... )

tri_sbr February 18 2014, 19:05:33 UTC

Yes, the inconsistency of Mulder's appreciation for Scully's abilities (and to some extent vice versa) is frustrating. I have a hard time seeing this as entirely a character trait and not at least partly due to inconsistency in the way his character is written. Or maybe that is my wishful thinking - wanting to see them both as their best selves.

wendelah1 February 18 2014, 21:55:33 UTC

Well, I think Fox Mulder is unpredictable. For better or worse, I think that is one of his defining characteristics.

I forgot to mention that I also can't help thinking of "Isometry" as I'm watching these episodes.

vjs2259 February 19 2014, 03:13:12 UTC

I'm afraid I don't care for these episodes much. I don't believe in miracles, or micro-chip cures.

It was an interesting counterpoint to Wetwired; Scully blaming Mulder for the death of her sister etc. while she was paranoid and Bill blaming him here.

I liked Scully's doctor. Very straightforward, explained what he knew, admitted what he didn't, and left it up to her.

Also Mulder and Bill in the hospital. Mulder was not challenging or annoying but he didn't stand down either.

I did love the lab stuff. Scully remembered her eye protection this time. Also she spooled DNA. So old school! So much fun! Although she should have used a glass rod. That looked like a bacterial loop. Southern blot! PCR would have been quicker but this was a while ago. It was like a trip back to my first job, only the lab was much cleaner.

wendelah1 February 19 2014, 08:19:00 UTC

I'm afraid I don't care for these episodes much. I don't believe in miracles, or micro-chip cures.

I don't believe in micro-chip cures either. I also don't believe in aliens or vampires. We're pretty much stuck with all three with this show. I wish having introduced this plot line that they had handled it better. Anything to do with the mytharc is at best a near miss with this show.

It was an interesting counterpoint to Wetwired; Scully blaming Mulder for the death of her sister etc. while she was paranoid and Bill blaming him here.

Bill is angry at Mulder because he thinks that working with Mulder has cost him one sister and is about to coast him another. He thinks that working with Mulder ruined his sister's life. I can't really disagree with him. Mrs. Scully probably feels the same way but still feels like she has to be nice to Mulder. It's the niceness compulsion. Bill's a man and when men are pissed off, they don't act nice.

I liked Scully's doctor, too.

I did love the lab stuff. Scully remembered her eye protection this ( ... )

So many issues, so little time wendelah1 February 19 2014, 17:48:39 UTC

Having dealt with with cancer on both a personal and a professional basis, I find all of the cancer arc episodes frustrating, beginning with "Memento Mori" and continuing through "Redux" and "Redux II ( ... )