It's a beautiful sunny day here, which is a welcome break from all the thunder storms we've been having here as of late. And this will segue way into are gray and rainy pick for...
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"Elegy"
Season 4, Episode 22
Mulder and Scully investigate a visionary encounter with a murder victim's ghost. Soon coming to suspect a severely autistic man named Harold Spüller. When the murder becomes a serial incident, and Spüller connection becomes less insidious. Scully sees a victim's ghost, causing a horrifying personal revelation.
Why I love it: It's an often forgotten, but important piece in the forth season story arch. Dealing directly with Dana Scully cancer. It also delves into her relationship with Mulder by exploring her loyalty to his cause, despite her illness. The plot sets up an atmosphere of dread. When Mulder theorizes that these encounters with ghosts, maybe because the seers themselves are terminally ill. I yelled at Mulder, (with an intensity, I usually reserve for slasher movie victims who beeline into the woods,) because of what that means for Scully. She is seriously shaken up, and so am I. Also ending the episode with Scully still telling Mulder about her vision, and him getting so upset, about her hiding it from him. This shows what is so compelling and at the same time, so frustrating about their relationship. She will die for Mulder, but she won't let him care for her. This episode packs a bigger wallop with each viewing, making me wonder why it doesn't get more recognition.
P.S. I also love that this episode goes behind the alleys at the bowlerama, haven't you always wondered what's back there?
Season 4, Episode 22
Mulder and Scully investigate a visionary encounter with a murder victim's ghost. Soon coming to suspect a severely autistic man named Harold Spüller. When the murder becomes a serial incident, and Spüller connection becomes less insidious. Scully sees a victim's ghost, causing a horrifying personal revelation.
Why I love it: It's an often forgotten, but important piece in the forth season story arch. Dealing directly with Dana Scully cancer. It also delves into her relationship with Mulder by exploring her loyalty to his cause, despite her illness. The plot sets up an atmosphere of dread. When Mulder theorizes that these encounters with ghosts, maybe because the seers themselves are terminally ill. I yelled at Mulder, (with an intensity, I usually reserve for slasher movie victims who beeline into the woods,) because of what that means for Scully. She is seriously shaken up, and so am I. Also ending the episode with Scully still telling Mulder about her vision, and him getting so upset, about her hiding it from him. This shows what is so compelling and at the same time, so frustrating about their relationship. She will die for Mulder, but she won't let him care for her. This episode packs a bigger wallop with each viewing, making me wonder why it doesn't get more recognition.
P.S. I also love that this episode goes behind the alleys at the bowlerama, haven't you always wondered what's back there?
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