The third episode of the long awaited 10th season of the X-Files was absolutely wonderful and for us old time, hard core X-Philes, was recognizable as a Darin Morgan penned piece from the get go.
If the photo of Fluke Man (played by Morgan himself) in the opening scene wasn’t a giveaway, the set up and dialogue certainly were.
From the moment the animal control officer dropped his net, saying “I quit,” I suspected the brilliant mind that gave us The War of the Coprophages (season 3) was behind this one. I was sure of it after Mulder gave Scully his ridiculous explanation for the weird circumstances prompting this exchange:
“Now that’s how I like my Mulder.” Scully sighed, happy to see her man letting his crazy show.
“You mean you believe me?” He asked, surprised.
“No. You’re bat crap crazy.”
Bat crap crazy is what she loved about him. It’s what we all loved about him. Especially because he usually turned out to be right.
Loved the guy who played the ‘monster’. He was hilarious and his conversation with Mulder in the cemetery was an instant classic.
“That. Never. Happened.” Mulder deadpanned. “You made that up.”
The whole episode was an inside joke for those of us who practically memorized the first nine seasons.
My favorite moment of the episode however, was Scully acknowledging one of our favorite details about the show; her immortality.
It was in Morgan’s episode Clyde Bruckman’s Final Repose (season 3) that Scully was first told she would never die and one of my favorite eps: Tithonus (season 6), which followed up on that cryptic note by showing us just how Death lost Scully’s paperwork.
Bravo!
So far, I’m loving season 10. I don’t even mind the fractures in our hero’s relationship. I think they’ve been explained in a credible way. Just because Scully loves Mulder doesn’t mean she can stand living with the guy.