"Irressitible","Die Hand, Die Verletz" and "Fresh Bones" -- X-Philes World-The Old Episodes

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Date Posted: 17:27:45 06/30/03 Mon
Author: Islandgirl
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"Irressitible","Die Hand, Die Verletz" and "Fresh Bones"

"Irressitble" is, IMHO, the scariest episode ever. What's scary about it is that there are no aliens, no mutants, no conspiracies. . .just one very evil man doing very evil things. In other words, while most XF eps can be dismissed as "unrealistic" this one is *extremely* realistic. Both Scully's reaction to Pfaster and Mulder's use of his profiling skills and background in violent crimes -- rather than his interest in aliens and the paranormal -- to solve the crime make it a standout ep. The final scene, where Scully finally admits her fear and allows Mulder to comfort her, is one of my all-time favorites.
"Die Hand, Die Verletz" is scary, although in a more classic "monster" type way. The girl's blend of fact and fallacy in her "memories" of participating in ritual abuse is interesting. The most interesting part, however -- especially in contrast to Mulder's later near-hostility toward religion -- is that he is pretty much displaying a traditional Judeo-Christian worldview throughout this ep. . .quoting scripture and pointing out that by summoning up the devil, the satanists were dealing with powerful forces they couldn't control. IMHO, this is one of the puzzling, unanswered questions of XF. . .while we never knew Mulder's exact religious upbringing (the most often advanced theory was that one of his parents was Jewish, while the other was Protestant Christian) in early eps like this one and the season one ep "Conduit" he does seem to have a basic belief in God; in the later seasons, he seems to hover somewhere between being an agnostic and an outright atheist.
"Fresh Blood" was an okay ep. Watching it back-to-back with "DH,DV" seemed a little bit like witchcraft/voodoo overkill. I did like the "twist" end where the boy Mulder and Scully had been talking to throughout the show turned out to be a ghost. Chester being dead brings up a couple of questions: 1.) How did skeptical Scully explain *that* one? and 2.) Did the producer of "The Sixth Sense" steal his concept from this XF ep? One other minor observation. . .I *really* doubt that twentysomething Marine privates can afford to live in two-story, stand alone homes with landscaped yards, as they were shown doing in this ep.

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