I know the decision rubs some people the wrong way, but I like that they moved “Founder’s Mutation” up to second.I love the sound design in this episode.Cutler dousing his hands with antibacteria gel and acting like a generally horrible person is not necessarily what I’d expect from a successful middle-aged white guy writer. I’ve talked about being startled at how gross The X-Files can be, but I’m also pleasantly surprised by how satirical it still is.
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The first was “Arcadia,” because of the trash monster, another was “Home,” because of the horror movie conventions and brutal murder set to upbeat oldies music, “Kaddish” because of a clay creation with consequences the creator genuinely didn’t intend, and of course “Beyond the Sea.” In tone it was obviously closest to “Beyond the Sea.”
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(Does that make sense? I mean who Mulder is to Scully, why she values him and how he enriches her life/is enriched by her.) Glen Morgan and James Wong write Scully wonderfully, and they’re also really good at Scully’s Mulder. Of the two Morgan brothers, I prefer Glen every time (sorry D). Very difficult for me to watch, but fantastic nonetheless.
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But I watched the episode again today, and I’m gonna give it a shot. I wasn’t sure I could write about it at all, or whether it would be a good idea if I did. My Dad died last April, which means that my reading of this episode is going to be very personal. Okay, fair warning: this episode hit me very hard. Written by Glen Morgan, Directed by Glen Morgan