Date Posted:07:27:55 02/12/00 Sat Author: cvl Subject: do i owe you all £1 now?! <g> nim In reply to:
devlin
's message, "Terms of Endearment - Oh dear...." on 15:50:51 02/10/00 Thu
> I take back all I said against any part of 'Triangle'
> and 'How the Ghosts Stole Christmas'. These eps were
> gems compared to the very dull 'Terms of Endearment'.
> I didn't even understand the plot! It had a very
> scarey opening, with that wild and crazy devil
> apparition but those SFX were about the best thing in
> it. If I summarise the plot, can someone make sure I
> grasped the point: Wayne, the every day devil kept on
> (marrying and) impregnating women in the hope he would
> eventually produce a baby which didn't have those tell
> tale devil characteristics. When these mothers and
> babies let him down, he killed them. But, he met his
> match when one of his wives was more of a devil than
> he was and actually wanted a demon spawn. Is that
> right?
>
> I was interested in one thing - we found out just what
> Spender does with the 'on-spec' XF cases which come
> across his desk. He shreds them. This bit of plot
> development was the only scene I enjoyed. OK, Mulder
> was on screen, too and thank goodness for him. I had
> to resort to Mulder ogling to see this weak plot
> through to the end. Did anyone enjoy it more than me?
