"Beyond the Sea" is my favorite episode from season one. I love the role reversal of Scully being the believer and Mulder the skeptic. Brad Dourif gives a terrific performance as the serial killer Luther Lee Boggs. Gillian Anderson gets a script that shows off her range as an actor. We get interesting back story for Dana Scully, and new insight ( Read more... )

Don't forget that voting for our final rewatch episode is still happening! Currently sitting at two votes each are: Bad Blood, Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose, and Never Again. Is one of those episodes what you want to see on Scully's 50th birthday? Do you really want your mods to have to be tie-breakers? The future is in your hands.

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In the spirit of xf_is_love, wendelah1 and I chose nine Scully-centric episodes for a rewatch -- one for each day. The tenth episode, the one we watch on her birthday, will be chosen by the community, woo!

Here's the schedule:

(Some of these we're doing two-in-one to get the full story arc.)

1. Beyond the Sea -- 14th in your timezone
2. F. Emasculata -- 15th in ( Read more... )