One to-day is worth two to-morrows -- Ben Franklin
Originally airing on October 22, 1993. Another "monster/paranormal" episode, and now we're starting to get back to the episodes, I remember falling in love with.
This one starts out with a woman crying (she looks familiar, I need to remember to IMDb her...) as she's cleaning out an office, we learn that this is Lauren Kyte and the office belonged to Howard Graves, her late boss. He was a Defense Department Contractor at HTG Industrial Technologies, and he had evidently committed suicide a couple of weeks prior. Later, we see Lauren taking money out of an ATM, and is then attacked by two men.
Next scene is Mulder and Scully in an autopsy room checking out the bodies of the men that had attacked Lauren, and two other secret government agents (more like pod people, absolutely no emotion!!! The female looks like a ridged Mindy Kaling) We discover that the 2 men were terrorists and that while they are dead, their throats and larynges were crushed from the inside, they still had "residual electrostatic charge" Mulder suspects an X-File, (more specifically telekinesis, "how Carrie got even at the prom?") but "willfully participated in a campaign of misinformation" with the other agents.
Scully and Mulder find evidence, from the ATM surveillance, that Lauren (man, who is she, she looks familiar) may have been involved with the dead terrorists, and that there might have been one more person involved. They go to question her at her house. (Hey, that's the same house that was the detective lived in, in Squeeze) Lauren denies knowing the terrorists, but after being pressed, admits that she had gotten away and ran. Not wanting to cause trouble, she didn't file a report. She claims that she doesn't recognize the other figure in the photo. As Mulder and Scully leave the car turns into Christine and tries to kill them. (Did I miss something, did King have something to do with this episode? LoL)
In the process of staking Lauren out, Mulder and Scully see her get upset when maintenance tries to paint over Graves' parking space (LMFAO, the name of the person they are replacing him with...Tom Braidwood! For those who don't know, he will be Frohike, and at this time one of the Assistant Directors of the series.) Lauren goes to see the other boss, to put in her two weeks notice (I think I had that ugly flowery dress she's wearing...)
and we have a continuity Oops, the other secretary spills her coffee, Lauren
pulls several tissues out of the box, crosses around to help clean up
the spill and the box of tissues is no longer on the desk. The other
boss comes out to check what the commotion was and Lauren tells him
she's leaving. He then gets creepy and attacks her, THEN something
attacks him.
After investigating some more, Mulder is able to identify the man in the photo as Graves, as a consequence, Scully is convinced that he has faked his death. Lauren however is given a vision, which reveals that Howard was actually murdered. Turns out, the other boss knew of terrorist activity with the company and had Howard killed because he was going to go public with the information. (That's where the other uptight agents come into play)
Another (yeah the terrorists had been sent to take her out) attempt on Lauren's life, gives us Mulder rushing in to save the damsel in distress, where he witnesses the attacker suspended midair, being choked. Scully FINALLY arrives (she's always just a little late...) Lauren tells the agents what they need to search HTG Industrial Technologies, unfortunately they don't find anything, until Mulder, Lauren, and the other boss (I probably should have written down his name) are alone in his office, with the help of Howard they find a floppy disc that has the information they were looking for. Again, Scully shows up seconds late and misses the tiny tornado and flying letter opener.
The final scene is Lauren working in an office in the mid-west. Vibrations cause a coffee cup to shake after Lauren is reprimanded for taking 25 minutes to get a report done. The other woman covers the coffee and comments that every time a truck drives by that occurs, but we are left to wonder if perhaps Lauren's guardian angel is still with her.
That's it for Shadows.
Oh well, IMDb, says that Lauren is Lisa Waltz, and with the exception of single roles in multiple shows I have watched throughout the years, there's nothing that stands out as "She's this person.." Maybe it is just that she has had so many bit parts in those shows, but she looks so familiar. Also according to IMDb the bad guy, boss's name was Robert Dorlund. (played by Barry Primus) I love IMDb!!!
Until tomorrow. xoxo
Wednesday, April 30, 2014
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Episode 1.5 "Jersey Devil"
Originally Aired October 8, 1993. So far the monster episodes aren't wowing me like I remember. (They are partly to blame for my love of Supernatural's earlier seasons!) Something I did notice is that the shows I watch currently use multiple actors from throughout the series. This episode alone had 2 actors that had both had parts on Supernatural and Once Upon a Time.
This episode is pretty much what the title implies, it's about the Jersey Devil, only not the version of the one I remember growing up with. (Part human, part Devil. This one was more Caveman/Big Foot) It starts out with a family out in the woods of New Jersey running over something, it ends up being a male. Mulder talks Scully into a trip to Atlantic City, where we learn that the local PD aren't wanting to help because they know there is something out there, but fear tourism will drop if it becomes known.
Honestly that's about it for the episode, Mulder sleeps out in the streets like a homeless person, and gets locked up because he didn't leave when the local sheriff told him to, and Scully goes on a date. She then goes to bail Mulder out/pick him up from jail, they go investigate and find a "hot" cave woman. The local PD shoot and kill her. Mulder suspects that there was offspring. The last scene is a father and son walking in the woods, father telling the boy about the Jersey Devil legend, as the camera closes in on a small wild child.
Besides seeing familiar faces from new shows, the only thing of note with this episode is that it's the first hint of Mulder's porn addiction. (He's "reading" a Hanky Panky article when Scully first sees him in the episode.) Until tomorrow, ciao. xoxo
This episode is pretty much what the title implies, it's about the Jersey Devil, only not the version of the one I remember growing up with. (Part human, part Devil. This one was more Caveman/Big Foot) It starts out with a family out in the woods of New Jersey running over something, it ends up being a male. Mulder talks Scully into a trip to Atlantic City, where we learn that the local PD aren't wanting to help because they know there is something out there, but fear tourism will drop if it becomes known.
Honestly that's about it for the episode, Mulder sleeps out in the streets like a homeless person, and gets locked up because he didn't leave when the local sheriff told him to, and Scully goes on a date. She then goes to bail Mulder out/pick him up from jail, they go investigate and find a "hot" cave woman. The local PD shoot and kill her. Mulder suspects that there was offspring. The last scene is a father and son walking in the woods, father telling the boy about the Jersey Devil legend, as the camera closes in on a small wild child.
Besides seeing familiar faces from new shows, the only thing of note with this episode is that it's the first hint of Mulder's porn addiction. (He's "reading" a Hanky Panky article when Scully first sees him in the episode.) Until tomorrow, ciao. xoxo
Monday, April 28, 2014
Episode 1.4 "Conduit"
Originally aired October 1, 1993
The episode starts off with a family camping (young boy and older teen-girl asleep, outside under the stars, and mother in camper) by a lake in the woods, there's an earthquake(?) that knocks the mother off of her bunk in the camper, a bright light, followed by the little boy calling out for his mom to come out of the camper because his sister is missing (Little boy alone, while sister is abducted... Samantha-centric episode alert!). We next see Scully talking with Section Chief Blevins (this is his 2nd appearance of 5 in the series) where we find that Mulder has requested to go to Sioux City to investigate Ruby Morris' disappearance. His linking factor was that the mother was also an alien abductee from years before.
Upon investigation, Mulder learns that the little brother, Kevin, hears sounds from the T.V. (Kids and white staticy T.V.s, this episode just got Poltergeist creepy!) that he writes down, to Mulder it appears just to be 1s and 0s. The NSA becomes incredibly interested in the binary drawings, breaking into Scully's motel room at night and talking to a shirtless Mulder (thank you!!!) about the origin of the papers; claiming that they are classified documents. We learn later they are really just snippets of things like DaVinci's Vitruvian Man drawing, DNA, and segments of Brandenburg's Concerto. (hmm, aren't these things that we've sent up to space in case there really is something out there? Maybe she says that in this episode and I missed it, but I don't think it was mentioned. I think there's several references throughout media these days, Doctor Who, and Mars Attack just to name a couple that talk about it though) Mulder and Scully receive a tip that Ruby was going to run off with her boyfriend because she was pregnant, they go to a biker bar to find the boyfriend. (The bartender is Ogre from Revenge of the Nerds), there they learn the boyfriend hasn't showed up for a couple of days.
Summing up the end, the informant was actually the pregnant one, she killed the boyfriend and buried him in the woods, but revealed that Ruby wasn't even there when she was following them. The binary code when placed on the ground showed a picture of Ruby's face. Mulder and Scully go back to the lake to find the Morris' including Ruby. The last scene is Scully listening to Mulder's tapes about Samantha, where we have the 1st occasion of him saying "I want to believe."
That's all for this episode, until tomorrow. xoxo
The episode starts off with a family camping (young boy and older teen-girl asleep, outside under the stars, and mother in camper) by a lake in the woods, there's an earthquake(?) that knocks the mother off of her bunk in the camper, a bright light, followed by the little boy calling out for his mom to come out of the camper because his sister is missing (Little boy alone, while sister is abducted... Samantha-centric episode alert!). We next see Scully talking with Section Chief Blevins (this is his 2nd appearance of 5 in the series) where we find that Mulder has requested to go to Sioux City to investigate Ruby Morris' disappearance. His linking factor was that the mother was also an alien abductee from years before.
Upon investigation, Mulder learns that the little brother, Kevin, hears sounds from the T.V. (Kids and white staticy T.V.s, this episode just got Poltergeist creepy!) that he writes down, to Mulder it appears just to be 1s and 0s. The NSA becomes incredibly interested in the binary drawings, breaking into Scully's motel room at night and talking to a shirtless Mulder (thank you!!!) about the origin of the papers; claiming that they are classified documents. We learn later they are really just snippets of things like DaVinci's Vitruvian Man drawing, DNA, and segments of Brandenburg's Concerto. (hmm, aren't these things that we've sent up to space in case there really is something out there? Maybe she says that in this episode and I missed it, but I don't think it was mentioned. I think there's several references throughout media these days, Doctor Who, and Mars Attack just to name a couple that talk about it though) Mulder and Scully receive a tip that Ruby was going to run off with her boyfriend because she was pregnant, they go to a biker bar to find the boyfriend. (The bartender is Ogre from Revenge of the Nerds), there they learn the boyfriend hasn't showed up for a couple of days.
Summing up the end, the informant was actually the pregnant one, she killed the boyfriend and buried him in the woods, but revealed that Ruby wasn't even there when she was following them. The binary code when placed on the ground showed a picture of Ruby's face. Mulder and Scully go back to the lake to find the Morris' including Ruby. The last scene is Scully listening to Mulder's tapes about Samantha, where we have the 1st occasion of him saying "I want to believe."
That's all for this episode, until tomorrow. xoxo
Friday, April 25, 2014
Episode 1.3 "Squeeze"
Originally airing on September 24, 1993, Eugene Victor Tooms would be the first of the Monster, (not Alien) of the week episodes of the X-Files. (Kinda a nice change of pace from the Government Conspiracy that we will grow to love...) It's been a really long time since I've watched this particular episode, I remember Tooms kinda grossing me out. So here goes...
2 hours later, finally finished watching it, got busy and distracted. Not my favorite episode.
The episode starts off with a well dressed man walking back to work. Creepy shot of the sewer drain, and yellowish eyes. (Maybe it's just me, but after King's IT, I have a major phobia of those kinds of drains. Nothing good ever comes from them.) The man makes a phone call home saying he's going to be late, but instead he becomes our 1st victim. Suicide or X-File? The doors and windows were locked from the inside, and the only other opening was an air vent that was less than 12 inches wide. But the guy's liver was missing. (Ick! For those who don't know me, one of the Urban Legends that really bothers me is the Kidney Thief. The other is Human's Lick Too, but that's beside the point....The Kidney Thief is where the person is out partying and wakes up the next morning in a bath of ice, with a note saying that the kidneys are gone. Not sure why it bothers me so much, but it does. And at this point, I was waiting for Kidney/Liver Thief)
Next scene we have Scully chatting with an old classmate (Colton) over lunch. (Something that struck me, during their conversation, they are talking about another classmate "J Edgar Jr" and how he "locked down another World Trade Center bombing." 1993!) Scully agrees to go to Baltimore to help with the Colton's case. Of course Mulder has linked this current murder to several that had happened 60+ years before. (Okay, now it is looking like maybe it's a Mutant version of Hannibal Lector that is REALLY old, Fava beans anyone?) Colton let's Mulder know about the missing liver and snidely asks if it sounded like the works of little green men. Mulder's response was classic, telling him, a Reticulian's skin tone is gray. "They're notorious for their extraction of terrestrial human livers, due to iron depletion in the Reticulum galaxy... Do you know how much liver and onions go for on Reticulum?" Mulder also discovers some really elongated fingerprints on the air vent. Scully profiles and then catches Tooms (look Sunflower seeds, and fashion/jackets so large that the fat lady has called and asked for them back.), only he passes his poly test and the idiot Colton releases him.
Tooms follows his next victim home, then contorts and shimmies down the chimney. Oops, continuity error (sometimes it's a problem that I do continuity for the community college's summer films, it makes me see errors everywhere.), the victim has gone to the fireplace to light the fire. The match bucket is next to the fireplace on the floor. Next shot, the man looking at a glass piece on the mantle, the guy then turns around to the coffee table and grabs a match from the bucket, (which is no longer on the floor) and lights the fire. Tooms kills him. Next Colton's team is investigating the murder when Mulder and Scully come on scene to check for clues. Mulder notices the elongated finger print and the missing glass piece. After doing some research and discovering that Tooms' home isn't really where he lives, Mulder and Scully go talk to the original detective from 30 years prior. He shows them pictures of the suspect he had 30 years earlier, Tooms, and he's not aged at all. At that point, Mulder and Scully go investigate Tooms' home from the address the other detective gave them. We find a derelict building that, shock, one of the earlier victims had lived in. Mulder locates a hole in the wall, where upon investigation reveals a bile encrusted nest. (YUCK! and a humorous encounter where Mulder asks if there was a quick way to get the bile off his hand without "betraying his cool exterior"... the taken treasures from the past victims are there as well.) Next a shot of Tooms hanging from the ceiling holding Dana's necklace.
Mulder leaves his stakeout position to some other agents, next we have Scully talking to Colton, and he tells her he's called off the stakeout, to go home. Scully tries calling Mulder but gets no answer, Mulder not having been informed that the stakeout was called off, goes back to find the agents have left. He goes into Tooms' building to find Scully's necklace in the collection of treasures. Scully is home, getting ready for a bath when Tooms breaks in and tries to make her his next victim. Mulder busts in, saves Scully and Tooms is locked up. Mulder and Scully look in at Tooms as he is taking newspaper strips and making a new nest in the hospital. The last scene is a sinister shot of Tooms in the mental hospital staring at the tiny slot that the orderlies put the food tray through. (Which only implies that we aren't through with Eugene Victor Tooms, course we knew that because Season 1, Episode 20 is named Tooms)
I did write down a line that I thought was funny, but now I'm not sure where it was in the episode..."What is this the Anti-Waltons?" I'm not sure why it struck me funny, but it did. That's all I have for this episode. I will resume with episode 4 on Monday. Hope you all have a wonderful weekend. Until then. xoxo
2 hours later, finally finished watching it, got busy and distracted. Not my favorite episode.
The episode starts off with a well dressed man walking back to work. Creepy shot of the sewer drain, and yellowish eyes. (Maybe it's just me, but after King's IT, I have a major phobia of those kinds of drains. Nothing good ever comes from them.) The man makes a phone call home saying he's going to be late, but instead he becomes our 1st victim. Suicide or X-File? The doors and windows were locked from the inside, and the only other opening was an air vent that was less than 12 inches wide. But the guy's liver was missing. (Ick! For those who don't know me, one of the Urban Legends that really bothers me is the Kidney Thief. The other is Human's Lick Too, but that's beside the point....The Kidney Thief is where the person is out partying and wakes up the next morning in a bath of ice, with a note saying that the kidneys are gone. Not sure why it bothers me so much, but it does. And at this point, I was waiting for Kidney/Liver Thief)
Next scene we have Scully chatting with an old classmate (Colton) over lunch. (Something that struck me, during their conversation, they are talking about another classmate "J Edgar Jr" and how he "locked down another World Trade Center bombing." 1993!) Scully agrees to go to Baltimore to help with the Colton's case. Of course Mulder has linked this current murder to several that had happened 60+ years before. (Okay, now it is looking like maybe it's a Mutant version of Hannibal Lector that is REALLY old, Fava beans anyone?) Colton let's Mulder know about the missing liver and snidely asks if it sounded like the works of little green men. Mulder's response was classic, telling him, a Reticulian's skin tone is gray. "They're notorious for their extraction of terrestrial human livers, due to iron depletion in the Reticulum galaxy... Do you know how much liver and onions go for on Reticulum?" Mulder also discovers some really elongated fingerprints on the air vent. Scully profiles and then catches Tooms (look Sunflower seeds, and fashion/jackets so large that the fat lady has called and asked for them back.), only he passes his poly test and the idiot Colton releases him.
Tooms follows his next victim home, then contorts and shimmies down the chimney. Oops, continuity error (sometimes it's a problem that I do continuity for the community college's summer films, it makes me see errors everywhere.), the victim has gone to the fireplace to light the fire. The match bucket is next to the fireplace on the floor. Next shot, the man looking at a glass piece on the mantle, the guy then turns around to the coffee table and grabs a match from the bucket, (which is no longer on the floor) and lights the fire. Tooms kills him. Next Colton's team is investigating the murder when Mulder and Scully come on scene to check for clues. Mulder notices the elongated finger print and the missing glass piece. After doing some research and discovering that Tooms' home isn't really where he lives, Mulder and Scully go talk to the original detective from 30 years prior. He shows them pictures of the suspect he had 30 years earlier, Tooms, and he's not aged at all. At that point, Mulder and Scully go investigate Tooms' home from the address the other detective gave them. We find a derelict building that, shock, one of the earlier victims had lived in. Mulder locates a hole in the wall, where upon investigation reveals a bile encrusted nest. (YUCK! and a humorous encounter where Mulder asks if there was a quick way to get the bile off his hand without "betraying his cool exterior"... the taken treasures from the past victims are there as well.) Next a shot of Tooms hanging from the ceiling holding Dana's necklace.
Mulder leaves his stakeout position to some other agents, next we have Scully talking to Colton, and he tells her he's called off the stakeout, to go home. Scully tries calling Mulder but gets no answer, Mulder not having been informed that the stakeout was called off, goes back to find the agents have left. He goes into Tooms' building to find Scully's necklace in the collection of treasures. Scully is home, getting ready for a bath when Tooms breaks in and tries to make her his next victim. Mulder busts in, saves Scully and Tooms is locked up. Mulder and Scully look in at Tooms as he is taking newspaper strips and making a new nest in the hospital. The last scene is a sinister shot of Tooms in the mental hospital staring at the tiny slot that the orderlies put the food tray through. (Which only implies that we aren't through with Eugene Victor Tooms, course we knew that because Season 1, Episode 20 is named Tooms)
I did write down a line that I thought was funny, but now I'm not sure where it was in the episode..."What is this the Anti-Waltons?" I'm not sure why it struck me funny, but it did. That's all I have for this episode. I will resume with episode 4 on Monday. Hope you all have a wonderful weekend. Until then. xoxo
Thursday, April 24, 2014
Episode 1.2 "Deep Throat"
Airing September 17, 1993, Deep Throat was our official "Hey there's a government conspiracy going on here" episode (yeah the pilot hinted with CSM and the metal implant, but until this episode that could have just been coincidence). It's also our first episode with theme music. (Ah Snow, thank you for your eerie music, that I'm pretty sure gave me nightmares at the time.)
The episode starts out with a team swarming a house, that we learn belongs to Col. Robert Budahas (that's a fun name to say), and that he has pretty much gone bonkers... Mulder gets a call from Scully, discovers that his phone is being tapped, meets her at a bar, where he then is introduced to a mysterious informant (the illustrious Deep Throat, played by Jerry Hardin, who makes 11 appearances as Mulder's tipster) that warns Mulder to leave the alien talk/X-Files alone. (Random...why do public bathrooms that have multiple stalls like that, have locks for the door?)
Mulder and Scully go to Idaho to investigate the mental breakdown and disappearances of Budahas and learn that he isn't the only test pilot to have been affected. Something strange is happening at the Ellen's Air Force Base (which BTW wasn't on Scully's government map, hmm...) Budahas is returned, but his wife is convinced that it really isn't her husband. Here we also get the Scully is super skeptical and tries explaining Budahas' breakdown as having legit medical reasons and that he possibly was a "wash-out" on some secret project. Which Mulder points out, that while the pilot probably wasn't driving a UFO, it was probably made out of parts of one, that alien technology could have been used, siting that Ellen's Air Base is where parts of a crashed UFO were sent back in the 50's
During the time Mulder is scoping out Ellen's, we have an "oops, continuity error" that happens. Scully is asleep in the car, something flies over, causing the rear window to shatter. Mulder goes to Scully, and they go to investigate, strange flying lights are seen, and then, 2 people are running/being chased away from the base. (Ah, young Seth Green with his long hair! I adore him! He is the first member of the "Harem House") Mulder and Scully take the couple out to eat and discuss what they saw, then in the morning they drop Seth and his girl at home, the window is no longer smashed! (Sorry sidetracked when it comes to Seth...) Mulder is now convinced that it's alien and Scully is positive that there's another explanation. After telling Scully that he's ready to leave, Mulder sneaks back onto the base only to be taken and drugged (possibly experimented on?) The next morning, Air base security, who posed as a reporter earlier, attempts to attack Scully, only she takes his gun and forces him to get Mulder back for her, who can't remember how he got to where he was. Meanwhile Mrs. Budahas changes her story that her husband is better now. (Mulder speculates that the government got to her...)
We end the episode with Scully typing out her report, basically saying that there weren't any conclusive answers, and Mulder, after running laps, being visited by the informant again (When do we start calling him Deep Throat?) who confirms that "Mr Mulder, THEY'VE been here for a Long, Long time"
That's pretty much it for the Deep Throat episode. Something I did notice was the Chris Carter references throughout the episode. While Scully is reading the microfiche, the author's name on the article she's reading is C. Carter. She also investigates a license plate number CC1356, which Chris Carter's birthday is October 13, 1956 so c.c.13/56. And later in her report she lists the case file as DF101364, so another 10/13 reference... If I remember correctly we see the 10/13/56 reference made a few more times throughout the series. (Ah Carter, if you can't do the Hitchcock/Stan Lee/Stephen King thing and be in the actual filming, at least you can make references to yourself, you cheeky monkey!)
That's all til tomorrow. Until then. xoxo
The episode starts out with a team swarming a house, that we learn belongs to Col. Robert Budahas (that's a fun name to say), and that he has pretty much gone bonkers... Mulder gets a call from Scully, discovers that his phone is being tapped, meets her at a bar, where he then is introduced to a mysterious informant (the illustrious Deep Throat, played by Jerry Hardin, who makes 11 appearances as Mulder's tipster) that warns Mulder to leave the alien talk/X-Files alone. (Random...why do public bathrooms that have multiple stalls like that, have locks for the door?)
Mulder and Scully go to Idaho to investigate the mental breakdown and disappearances of Budahas and learn that he isn't the only test pilot to have been affected. Something strange is happening at the Ellen's Air Force Base (which BTW wasn't on Scully's government map, hmm...) Budahas is returned, but his wife is convinced that it really isn't her husband. Here we also get the Scully is super skeptical and tries explaining Budahas' breakdown as having legit medical reasons and that he possibly was a "wash-out" on some secret project. Which Mulder points out, that while the pilot probably wasn't driving a UFO, it was probably made out of parts of one, that alien technology could have been used, siting that Ellen's Air Base is where parts of a crashed UFO were sent back in the 50's
During the time Mulder is scoping out Ellen's, we have an "oops, continuity error" that happens. Scully is asleep in the car, something flies over, causing the rear window to shatter. Mulder goes to Scully, and they go to investigate, strange flying lights are seen, and then, 2 people are running/being chased away from the base. (Ah, young Seth Green with his long hair! I adore him! He is the first member of the "Harem House") Mulder and Scully take the couple out to eat and discuss what they saw, then in the morning they drop Seth and his girl at home, the window is no longer smashed! (Sorry sidetracked when it comes to Seth...) Mulder is now convinced that it's alien and Scully is positive that there's another explanation. After telling Scully that he's ready to leave, Mulder sneaks back onto the base only to be taken and drugged (possibly experimented on?) The next morning, Air base security, who posed as a reporter earlier, attempts to attack Scully, only she takes his gun and forces him to get Mulder back for her, who can't remember how he got to where he was. Meanwhile Mrs. Budahas changes her story that her husband is better now. (Mulder speculates that the government got to her...)
We end the episode with Scully typing out her report, basically saying that there weren't any conclusive answers, and Mulder, after running laps, being visited by the informant again (When do we start calling him Deep Throat?) who confirms that "Mr Mulder, THEY'VE been here for a Long, Long time"
That's pretty much it for the Deep Throat episode. Something I did notice was the Chris Carter references throughout the episode. While Scully is reading the microfiche, the author's name on the article she's reading is C. Carter. She also investigates a license plate number CC1356, which Chris Carter's birthday is October 13, 1956 so c.c.13/56. And later in her report she lists the case file as DF101364, so another 10/13 reference... If I remember correctly we see the 10/13/56 reference made a few more times throughout the series. (Ah Carter, if you can't do the Hitchcock/Stan Lee/Stephen King thing and be in the actual filming, at least you can make references to yourself, you cheeky monkey!)
That's all til tomorrow. Until then. xoxo
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Pilot
Created by Chris Carter, The X-Files ran from 1993 until 2002. There were 9 seasons, 202 episodes, 2 movies (just read that they are talking about a 3rd movie!!!!!), and inspired the spin-off The Lone Gunmen and numerous comic books.
The Pilot episode of the X-Files aired, Friday September 10, 1993. It starred Gillian Anderson (virtually an unknown at the time) and David Duchovny (who had just completed his role on Twin Peaks and was starring in a show called The Red Shoe Diaries, could this have been the precursor for Mulder's porn addiction??) As with most pilots, the infamous theme song was nowhere to be found, but Mark Snow was already hard at work creating it.
The episode starts with a dead girl in the woods, then cuts to a room of older men (wow, I had forgotten that the Cigarette Smoking man was actually in this episode), and introduces FBI agent, Dana Scully, (Is it just me or did she look like she was auditioning for the role of Clarice Starling from Silence of the Lambs? Only 2 years late, and what was up with her clothes? Her jacket looks like she had lost about 200 lbs and hadn't bought new clothes yet...) a skeptical, medical examiner being assigned to work with Fox "Spooky" Mulder (who we learn earned the nickname Spooky because of his paranormal beliefs) in order to debunk his pet project, the X-Files. Mulder's snark is first experienced through a closed door. "Sorry nobody down here but the FBI's most unwanted." (Yep, I'm in love!)
Their first case is to travel to Oregon to investigate the aforementioned dead girl and a couple of other previous murders that were of a suspicious nature. Once in Oregon, we get the first hint of supernatural forces when we experience a cheesy green flash, the car loosing power, and the loss of 9 minutes. We also get the first shots of Mulder eating his ever present sunflower seeds. The teams discover that the dead girl had some sort of metal implant up her nose, and had 2 spots on her lower hip. ("mysterious puncture wounds", which Mulder explains has happened multiple times, and that's how he knew it was possibly an alien abduction) They exhume another body who's death was similar, only to find that it wasn't a human body. ALIEN? No, Scully likens it to an orangutang. Hmmm, I smell conspiracy... It is shortly after this discovery that we are introduced to a couple of characters that will eventually show back up in the X-Files universe: Theresa Newman, the town's medical examiner's daughter (Sarah Koskoff comes back 2 more times in the show) and Billy Miles, the sheriff's son, a "veggie" in a coma (Zachary Ansley has a total of 5 appearances as Miles)
Being threatened in the woods by the sherriff, strange dirt, a mosquito/implant scare, another loss of time, and a power outage (I'm always fascinated with motel/hotels in TV shows, Supernatural has the BEST, but in this episode both Scully and Mulder end up with candles after the power goes out, where did they come from? What motel supplies candles?) leads to a nice interaction between Mulder and Scully where we learn the reasons behind Mulder's obsession with aliens; Dr. Heitz Werber (Jim Jensen, squee...showing my uber-geekiness, he's Rev. Archie Skinner on Gilmore Girls. And will make another 2 appearances in the series) has helped Mulder remember that his sister, Samantha was "abducted" when he was a child. (I know that we have several Samantha centric episodes, but did we ever learn what really happened to her?) There is a call from Theresa, who is scared that she's next after Peggy O'Dell, a paraplegic who was with Billy at the hospital, is found dead in the street. (She had walked out of the woods) Now back to the motel, which is on fire, and the loss of all of their research... This leads the team to believe that Billy is somehow behind the deaths, SPOILER, he kinda is. Showing my twisted-ness, one of the best lines in the episode comes when they are back at the hospital, investigating Billy, and Mulder asks the nurse if she noticed Billy was gone the night before. Her response was that it wasn't her ward, "not my aisle of the produce section" soon after, Scully finds more of the mysterious dirt on Billy's feet. Later, back in the woods, Billy has Theresa in his arms, there are bright lights, and then Billy wakes up from his coma, he and Theresa are unharmed. Billy later reveals that they were abducted years before and the implant in his nose gave him the orders to bring the others to the woods. Sadly the files from that revelation had disappeared.
Back in DC, Scully is again in front of the room of men, where she gives her report, and reveals that she had had the implant in her pocket when the motel burned down. Concluding that "Mulder believes we are not alone" The last shot is of CSM carrying the implant into a hidden Pentagon location, showing that there are already 4 other implants in their possession and 1 more empty slot. And if I remember correctly, and will eventually get to, this comes into play later in the series. (it's been a while since I've watched most of the episodes)
That's it for the Pilot. Hopefully you have enjoyed reading this, and will continue on with my though my journey. Until tomorrow.
If you have any suggestions, please leave me a message!!!
The Pilot episode of the X-Files aired, Friday September 10, 1993. It starred Gillian Anderson (virtually an unknown at the time) and David Duchovny (who had just completed his role on Twin Peaks and was starring in a show called The Red Shoe Diaries, could this have been the precursor for Mulder's porn addiction??) As with most pilots, the infamous theme song was nowhere to be found, but Mark Snow was already hard at work creating it.
The episode starts with a dead girl in the woods, then cuts to a room of older men (wow, I had forgotten that the Cigarette Smoking man was actually in this episode), and introduces FBI agent, Dana Scully, (Is it just me or did she look like she was auditioning for the role of Clarice Starling from Silence of the Lambs? Only 2 years late, and what was up with her clothes? Her jacket looks like she had lost about 200 lbs and hadn't bought new clothes yet...) a skeptical, medical examiner being assigned to work with Fox "Spooky" Mulder (who we learn earned the nickname Spooky because of his paranormal beliefs) in order to debunk his pet project, the X-Files. Mulder's snark is first experienced through a closed door. "Sorry nobody down here but the FBI's most unwanted." (Yep, I'm in love!)
Their first case is to travel to Oregon to investigate the aforementioned dead girl and a couple of other previous murders that were of a suspicious nature. Once in Oregon, we get the first hint of supernatural forces when we experience a cheesy green flash, the car loosing power, and the loss of 9 minutes. We also get the first shots of Mulder eating his ever present sunflower seeds. The teams discover that the dead girl had some sort of metal implant up her nose, and had 2 spots on her lower hip. ("mysterious puncture wounds", which Mulder explains has happened multiple times, and that's how he knew it was possibly an alien abduction) They exhume another body who's death was similar, only to find that it wasn't a human body. ALIEN? No, Scully likens it to an orangutang. Hmmm, I smell conspiracy... It is shortly after this discovery that we are introduced to a couple of characters that will eventually show back up in the X-Files universe: Theresa Newman, the town's medical examiner's daughter (Sarah Koskoff comes back 2 more times in the show) and Billy Miles, the sheriff's son, a "veggie" in a coma (Zachary Ansley has a total of 5 appearances as Miles)
Being threatened in the woods by the sherriff, strange dirt, a mosquito/implant scare, another loss of time, and a power outage (I'm always fascinated with motel/hotels in TV shows, Supernatural has the BEST, but in this episode both Scully and Mulder end up with candles after the power goes out, where did they come from? What motel supplies candles?) leads to a nice interaction between Mulder and Scully where we learn the reasons behind Mulder's obsession with aliens; Dr. Heitz Werber (Jim Jensen, squee...showing my uber-geekiness, he's Rev. Archie Skinner on Gilmore Girls. And will make another 2 appearances in the series) has helped Mulder remember that his sister, Samantha was "abducted" when he was a child. (I know that we have several Samantha centric episodes, but did we ever learn what really happened to her?) There is a call from Theresa, who is scared that she's next after Peggy O'Dell, a paraplegic who was with Billy at the hospital, is found dead in the street. (She had walked out of the woods) Now back to the motel, which is on fire, and the loss of all of their research... This leads the team to believe that Billy is somehow behind the deaths, SPOILER, he kinda is. Showing my twisted-ness, one of the best lines in the episode comes when they are back at the hospital, investigating Billy, and Mulder asks the nurse if she noticed Billy was gone the night before. Her response was that it wasn't her ward, "not my aisle of the produce section" soon after, Scully finds more of the mysterious dirt on Billy's feet. Later, back in the woods, Billy has Theresa in his arms, there are bright lights, and then Billy wakes up from his coma, he and Theresa are unharmed. Billy later reveals that they were abducted years before and the implant in his nose gave him the orders to bring the others to the woods. Sadly the files from that revelation had disappeared.
Back in DC, Scully is again in front of the room of men, where she gives her report, and reveals that she had had the implant in her pocket when the motel burned down. Concluding that "Mulder believes we are not alone" The last shot is of CSM carrying the implant into a hidden Pentagon location, showing that there are already 4 other implants in their possession and 1 more empty slot. And if I remember correctly, and will eventually get to, this comes into play later in the series. (it's been a while since I've watched most of the episodes)
That's it for the Pilot. Hopefully you have enjoyed reading this, and will continue on with my though my journey. Until tomorrow.
If you have any suggestions, please leave me a message!!!
Pre-Pilot
I'm going to say again, that I'm doing this blog for a couple of reasons. One is because a friend of mine is also doing a daily X-Files blog, but they haven't made a post in a couple of months. The other is because Em is insistent that I do it.
So here goes...
Like my friend Scott's wife, A.R., I grew up with the strong Sci-Fi female roles. Ripley from Alien(s) is one of the most bad-ass characters ever! (for those of you who don't know me, Aliens is my all-time favorite movie, and my ideal man is a mixture of Han Solo, Corporal Hicks and Westley, the Dread Pirate Roberts) Add in my love for the Star Star Trek Wars; Uhura and Leia Organa complete the trifecta of my role models growing up. (Obviously, I'm talking fictitious only, as I have plenty of real female inspirations on my list.)
Where am I going with this you ask? X-Files had one major leg up on other shows that season, their lead female was named Dana. She was the first female named Dana on a show that I'd ever seen, and that made my heart happy. Until then the only other FAMOUS Dana's that I knew of were Dana Elcar (MacGuyver's Pete Thornton) and Dana Carvey, (unless you count the Church Lady, both were definitely men. And female, Dana Delany was still sort of a bit player) So, Dana Scully became one of the firsts in my "harem house" females. (maybe some day I'll explain that...some day.) When you think about it, I was already obsessed with Space and Aliens, and other scifi/fantasy-esque topics, so a show that asked the question, "Are we alone in the universe?" was obviously going to appeal to me. Add in the Hot David Duchovny and the girl named Dana, the X-Files quickly became one of my favorite shows.
That's about the gist of my reasons for loving the show, and the motive for the blog. Without further ado, the next post will be my thoughts and feelings of the Pilot episode. Until then...xoxo
So here goes...
Like my friend Scott's wife, A.R., I grew up with the strong Sci-Fi female roles. Ripley from Alien(s) is one of the most bad-ass characters ever! (for those of you who don't know me, Aliens is my all-time favorite movie, and my ideal man is a mixture of Han Solo, Corporal Hicks and Westley, the Dread Pirate Roberts) Add in my love for the Star Star Trek Wars; Uhura and Leia Organa complete the trifecta of my role models growing up. (Obviously, I'm talking fictitious only, as I have plenty of real female inspirations on my list.)
Where am I going with this you ask? X-Files had one major leg up on other shows that season, their lead female was named Dana. She was the first female named Dana on a show that I'd ever seen, and that made my heart happy. Until then the only other FAMOUS Dana's that I knew of were Dana Elcar (MacGuyver's Pete Thornton) and Dana Carvey, (unless you count the Church Lady, both were definitely men. And female, Dana Delany was still sort of a bit player) So, Dana Scully became one of the firsts in my "harem house" females. (maybe some day I'll explain that...some day.) When you think about it, I was already obsessed with Space and Aliens, and other scifi/fantasy-esque topics, so a show that asked the question, "Are we alone in the universe?" was obviously going to appeal to me. Add in the Hot David Duchovny and the girl named Dana, the X-Files quickly became one of my favorite shows.
That's about the gist of my reasons for loving the show, and the motive for the blog. Without further ado, the next post will be my thoughts and feelings of the Pilot episode. Until then...xoxo
Monday, April 21, 2014
Coming Soon... Still Under Construction.
Starting this week, this blog will become my "daily" (minus weekends, because "Ain't Nobody Got Time For That" on the weekends) X-Files Blog. I am still certain that I will get flaky and either forget days or just be too lazy to write, but the intention is to watch and review the X-Files series here. I also want to amend that if there are To Be Continued episodes, I will most likely be bunching those together.
That's all that I have at the moment. Hopefully there will be posts tomorrow. Until then...ciao. xoxo
That's all that I have at the moment. Hopefully there will be posts tomorrow. Until then...ciao. xoxo
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Tumblr to Trust Noone.
Wanna first start off by saying Happy April Fool's Day, and state that this isn't a AFD prank...
It's been a while since I've been on here. The reason is because I have moved the blog onto Tumblr. I know that it's not that convenient for the non-Tumblr crowd, but since I never really had a real following to begin with it didn't really seem to matter. If you would like to follow the Ramblings from the Short White Girl blog it can now be found on scully212.tumblr.com (You can still go to the web address if you don't have a Tumblr account, you just can't follow posts, so you have to save the site and check back often, well at least on Mondays and Thursdays...)
So why else am I posting here today? As you remember from last year, I've been debating on doing a daily blog. With Tumblr, I have managed to keep a consistent Movie Monday and Thursday 13 going...So does that mean that I'm ready for a REAL daily blog? Technically I'm still debating, but I'm leaning more toward yes. The topic (if Emily has anything to say in the matter) will be X-Files. There were 9 seasons (roughly 200 episodes) and 2 movies, I will most likely try to include the season of the Lone Gunman since it was only 13 episodes and a direct spin-off. While there's roughly 274 days left in the year, technically there's plenty of time to undergo this project (with some time to spare for lazy/busy-ness), I think that it's possible I'll end up doubling up on some days and covering multiple episodes (It will solely depend on my mood for the time, I am female after all, LoL). That way if time does get away from me, I'll still have the project completed by the end of the year.
Should things go as planned, I think that I will start in 2 weeks, because this week is already hectic, and next week is bound to be extremely busy, since it will be show week for Sketches 2014, WOW I can't believe that this show is already almost over. (Shameless Plug...If you are in the Somerset area next weekend, come see the show, it's Thursday, Friday and Saturday evening. Call SCC's theater box office for tickets... I'm stage managing, as usual, but its still a good show ;) ). And depending on how disciplined I am with this, maybe I will start a new blog at the first of next year and have a whopping 365 posts instead of starting one 4 months into the year.
That being said, welcome to Ramblings from the Short X-Files Girl... My crazy thoughts, reviews/recaps, fangirling over the marvelous David Duchovny, squeeling over a lead named Dana....You get the point.
Until next time, ciao. xoxo
It's been a while since I've been on here. The reason is because I have moved the blog onto Tumblr. I know that it's not that convenient for the non-Tumblr crowd, but since I never really had a real following to begin with it didn't really seem to matter. If you would like to follow the Ramblings from the Short White Girl blog it can now be found on scully212.tumblr.com (You can still go to the web address if you don't have a Tumblr account, you just can't follow posts, so you have to save the site and check back often, well at least on Mondays and Thursdays...)
So why else am I posting here today? As you remember from last year, I've been debating on doing a daily blog. With Tumblr, I have managed to keep a consistent Movie Monday and Thursday 13 going...So does that mean that I'm ready for a REAL daily blog? Technically I'm still debating, but I'm leaning more toward yes. The topic (if Emily has anything to say in the matter) will be X-Files. There were 9 seasons (roughly 200 episodes) and 2 movies, I will most likely try to include the season of the Lone Gunman since it was only 13 episodes and a direct spin-off. While there's roughly 274 days left in the year, technically there's plenty of time to undergo this project (with some time to spare for lazy/busy-ness), I think that it's possible I'll end up doubling up on some days and covering multiple episodes (It will solely depend on my mood for the time, I am female after all, LoL). That way if time does get away from me, I'll still have the project completed by the end of the year.
Should things go as planned, I think that I will start in 2 weeks, because this week is already hectic, and next week is bound to be extremely busy, since it will be show week for Sketches 2014, WOW I can't believe that this show is already almost over. (Shameless Plug...If you are in the Somerset area next weekend, come see the show, it's Thursday, Friday and Saturday evening. Call SCC's theater box office for tickets... I'm stage managing, as usual, but its still a good show ;) ). And depending on how disciplined I am with this, maybe I will start a new blog at the first of next year and have a whopping 365 posts instead of starting one 4 months into the year.
That being said, welcome to Ramblings from the Short X-Files Girl... My crazy thoughts, reviews/recaps, fangirling over the marvelous David Duchovny, squeeling over a lead named Dana....You get the point.
Until next time, ciao. xoxo
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