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The X-Files Rewatching marathon SEASON I
The X-Files is one of the most influent tv
series of every time.
I personally consider it 'The Miami Vice of the 90'
for its cultural relevance both in the 90’ and still today. In fact recently,
after fifteen years from season nine finale, we just had a new miniseries of
six episodes following the adventures of agent Mulder and Scully themself in
today’s modern and hyper technological world.
Knowing that I decided to do a complete
full immersion-rewatch of all the episodes and even the two movies before actually
see the new mini serie.
So of course I’m starting from season one.
For those of you who don't know, the episodes are
classified in mithology (which followes the principal plot of the show),
monster-of-the-week and comedic episodes.
The mythology arc starts well but, as it
goes on, it just went too silly and convoluted since around season six. It just
makes no sense few times.
Below all the episodes in favourite
descending order.
The mythological ones are separated from
the others since, especially in this season, are almost on the same quality
level for me, so basically the mythology gets the first place in my gradiment
list!
1: "Pilot" (1) and "Deep Throat" (2) – First
two episodes and we start with the mythology. I appreciate them
at the same level. This is just the beginning but here we can already find and appreciate the ABC of the X-Files: abductees, aliens, UFOs and expecially shady government organization behind the public scenes, that try to controll everything from information to science.
2: "The Erlenmeyer Flask" (24) - It's the perfect
ending for the great start of the season's one Myth arc. You just can't not
feel sorry for Deep Throat.
3: "Fallen Angel" (10) – All the mythological episodes in
season I are on the same level of enjoyement for me but, in this episode, Mulder's character is yet eviscerated in his search for the truth and here he's even going to be arrested by
the military forces trying to stop him and misdirect him.
4: "E.B.E." (17) – Here we find for the first
time the Lone Gunmen group and their interaction with Scully is very funny. I loved those guys. Their friendship with Mulder and Scully is amazing.
5: "Conduit" (4) – This episode introduces Mulder's sister
story arch.
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2: "Ice" (8) - John Carpenter's "The Thing" is always
on my mind while watching this episode. Scary and well made, it helps greatly
to establish Mulder and Scully bond.
3: "Squeeze" (3) – First MOTW episode and one of the most
iconic; Tooms is very, very creepy.
4: "Eve" (11) – In my opinion is the creepiest episode from
season I. The little girls are just so unsettling. So cute but evil!
5: "Beyond the Sea" (13) – First episode in which Scully is
the lead character. I loved it just because it reminds me a lot of the Silence of
the Lambs, with the amazing X-files' paranormal touch.
6: "Roland" (23) – Another well made episode, with great
actors and interesting plot.
7: "Fire" (12) – The psychotic that can burn things just
using his mind is unsettling and this turned to be a standard but enjoyable
MOTW episode.
8: "Ghost in the Machine" (7) – Silly yet enjoyable episode. Scully uses a marker to draw on a monitor...
9: "Gender Bender" (14) – The creepiest amish village made
remarkable this episode. But all the gender transformations could been handed
better.
10: "Darkness Falls" (episode 20) – In this one the monsters
are little bugs, awaken by the human work in the forest, that attack and kill
people in the absence of light. The idea and settings are of the right creepy degree, but the fact why they don't even try to start a fire - when running out of fuel for the electrical generator - always bothered me. Fire = light = not deadly eated till bone by those insects.
11: "Tooms" (21) – I am not a fan of the MOTW sequels and in fact this one was ok but still forgettable.
12: "Young at Heart" (16) – Mulder is facing an old criminal
that he thought was dead. This one is weird but not in a good way, still has some
good moments.
13: "Shadows" (6) – A young woman is haunted and helped by an
invisible ghost. This is another forgettable episode.
14: "Lazarus" (15) – An FBI agent is possesed by the
personality of a criminal. Nothing special.
15: "Miracle Man" (18) - I am not a fan of religious episodes,
thus I really don't liked this one. A young boy is capables to do miracles, he is kind of a second messiah.
16: "Born Again" (22) – Pretty forgettable and tedius
episode, this time is a young girl the focus. She is the reincarnation of a detective who was killed in his own aquarious and now wants revenge.
17: "Shapes" (19) – Unispired werewolf story, predictable and
boring.
18: "The Jersey Devil" (5) – This episode is not scary nor
funny and super predictable. One of the worst from the season on my opinion.
19: "Space" (9) – I always fall asleep while watching this episode. The idea is ok I guess, but poorly executed. And I personally put it on the last position just because of the fact that for me it is so... boring that I actually couldn't ever finish to watch it! Talks about an ex astronaut who was possessed (or just super scared Idk) by sort of a spiritual-alien entity from Mars (sounds almost awesome, but it's not). And scared by that entity tries to sabotage the shuttle's mission program. The main allusion is regarding the face which is visible on Mars surface from satellites.
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