The X-Files: The Complete First Season, Disc 3 (Episodes 9-12)
Midway through Season 1, and here's where we stand:
9. Space [standalone episode]: Though it's one of the weirdest, least plausible episodes ever (a Martian ghost is sabotaging the space program?), it's definitely spooky. 1.0 PB Jars
10. Fallen Angel [mythology]: Finally the series returns to the alien abduction arc, only this time it's us (or I should say, the military) trying to abduct an alien. I love Mulder's Bond-esque infiltration of the army perimeter set up to hide a UFO crash site - so much so that I can forgive the episode's B-movie special effects. The episode also introduces fan-favorite Max Fenig, a self-described UFO expert with mysterious metallic implants to prove it. All of the X-Files series tropes are at work here: extraterrestrial life, government coverups, military hubris, and grassroots crusades. 2.5 PB Jars
11. Eve [standalone episode]: A classic X-Files standalone episode, "Eve" centers on two young girls with more in common than meets the eye. The girls - and their psychopathic "aunts" - provide standout performances here. (Love the scene in which the girls slip poison into Mulder's and Scully's Diet Cokes.) The subject of eugenics will return to play a major role in the alien mythology arc later in the series. 2.0 PB Jars
12. Fire [standalone episode]: A British serial killer who can control fire with his mind? It's a decent idea, but this isn't one of my favorites. The most memorable scene is definitely Scully walking in on Mulder and his Oxford ex-girlfriend reigniting an old flame (see what I did there?). I'm not sure if this episode started the debate about Mulder's and Scully's relationship (should it remain platonic or not?), but "Fire" certainly threw some fuel on the...well, you get the idea. By the way, in the Shipper vs. Noromo debate ("pro relationship" vs. "no romance"), I have to admit I always sided with the Shippers. 1.5 PB Jars
Dead Alien Baby Tally
Star Sightings: 3
Seth Green as a UFO freak [Ep. 2]; Felicity Huffman & Xander Berkeley as scientists trapped in the Arctic with extraterrestrial worms [8]
Monsters Of The Week: 6
liver-eating mutant [3]; female bigfoot [5]; self-aware computer [7]; extraterrestrial Arctic parasites [8] ; Martian ghost [9]; psychokinetic pyromaniac [12]
Dead Alien Babies: 0
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