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Date Posted: 15:45:58 02/03/00 Thu
Author: devlin
Subject: Those Ghosts and their Christmas

Could have been titled: Mulder and Scully suffer mental torture. On the level of a ghost story, it was OK, before the ghosts appeared. I liked all the spooky things in the house: the noises, the strange lights, the repeating rooms, the bodies under the floorboards "That's us". But the whole thing changed to a different level when the ghosts appeared. In short - they weren't very charismatic. I know Ed Asner and Lily Tomlin are good actors so it was something else that put me off. Maybe it's that I couldn't understand their need to hurt! Their own relationship had led to their deaths, so they were determined to make 'mischief' by making the same thing happen to M & S. If you look at the pop psychology, then yes, OK, he-ghost and she-ghost made some fair points (all courtesy of the knowing CC and signposted big-style to the viewers). Mulder *was* a lonely soul with nothing better to do than go off ghost hunting. And, yes, Scully probably was seeking intimacy through co-depedency. But it was too literal. Too in-their-faces. In *our* faces. We know all about M & S and there's nothing we like better than to form opinions about their action and motives ourselves. It was too directed.

I enjoyed the stuff before the ghosts : like Scully's mega long spiel about ghosts and Mulder playing that scary torch game which frightened Scully. This was the first time Scully has screamed in fear (according to my memory). LOL because she acted like all traditional female characters act when in a haunted house.

The shooting each other thing didn't work for me. It became melodramatic and ludicrous. Of course Mulder wouldn't shoot Scully and Scully wouldn't retaliate by shooting him back. If anyone can explain why that was significant - please do. Trust is not an issue with these two anymore and hasn't been for a long time.

I enjoyed the end scene, though, when Scully came round to save Mulder from a lonely Christmas and they had bought each other gifts. It was a nice rounding off.

So, not very high marks, but notable for one thing: Mulder laughing out loud. That I love!!!

Fave line: " I don't my hole to just anyone"

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Whoops. Missed the word 'show' out from my fave line! See above NIM (NT) -- devlin, 15:50:14 02/03/00 Thu
"It didn't really happen...it was all in our heads?" -- C-shantal, 20:33:44 02/03/00 Thu
- I wanted to enjoy it in the way you describe -- devlin, 15:06:14 02/04/00 Fri
  - Sure it was a humor episode, but.... -- Cookie monster, 12:27:27 02/05/00 Sat
    - Cookie, Re: Scully screaming -- detoured, 01:43:19 02/06/00 Sun
      - Got the keys? Got the keys! -- Cookie monster, 00:15:56 02/07/00 Mon
        Keys -- detoured, 15:44:43 02/09/00 Wed
        The Friends reference.... -- Cookie monster, 12:26:34 02/10/00 Thu
        Sounds only vaguely familiar. I'll look for that on the rerun! NimChandler (NT) -- detoured, 00:59:33 02/13/00 Sun
  - Mulder's sadness... -- detoured, 01:38:31 02/06/00 Sun
    - I just thought it was cruel to make Mulder sad right in his face! -- devlin, 14:31:22 02/06/00 Sun
      - Re: I just thought it was cruel to make Mulder sad right in his face! -- nic, 13:56:16 02/08/00 Tue
        In between, they always forget the myth arc -- devlin, 16:44:10 02/08/00 Tue
Thank you! Thank you! THANK YOU! -- Mat, 23:23:08 02/03/00 Thu
- Gosh, we'll have to stop agreeing like this. People will talk! -- devlin, 15:10:33 02/04/00 Fri
sams two cents........ -- sam, 08:04:37 02/04/00 Fri
- You sound like you're not *too* convinced by this one -- devlin, 15:16:29 02/04/00 Fri
...a merry, Merry Little Christmas... -- c_shantal, 18:38:39 02/04/00 Fri
- Fun post Chantal! -- detoured, 01:21:23 02/06/00 Sun
scully's long ghost spiel -- cvl, 11:43:53 02/05/00 Sat
- I think he always listens... -- detoured, 01:50:56 02/06/00 Sun
  - what did i think? liked it! -- cvl, 13:22:59 02/07/00 Mon
    - Oh dear. Negative vibes for TOE, cvl! -- devlin, 16:29:53 02/07/00 Mon
cvl's fave line -- cvl, 11:58:38 02/05/00 Sat
- LOLOL cvl! -- detoured, 01:46:24 02/06/00 Sun
- What do they say? Great minds think alike!!!?? My fave line too, cvl! nim (NT) -- Agent M, 11:16:53 02/06/00 Sun
Re: How the Ghosts Stole Christmas: Chris Carter on Drugs?! -- detoured, 01:08:00 02/06/00 Sun
- Great post, detoured. -- c_shantal, 14:11:56 02/06/00 Sun
  - More on Ghosts -- detoured, 15:41:09 02/09/00 Wed
- Thoughts on Ghosts and Elegy -- Cookie monster, 00:36:46 02/07/00 Mon
  - Iresistible -- detoured, 16:20:29 02/09/00 Wed
- mulder's present -- cvl, 13:35:37 02/07/00 Mon
  - OK, who feels really old right now?! -- detoured, 18:01:29 02/08/00 Tue
    - mary tyler moore? nashville? tracey ullman? who are they? hehenimhehe! -- cvl, 07:12:34 02/12/00 Sat
- Drugs wearing off now..... -- devlin, 15:34:26 02/07/00 Mon
  - CC's just a bit twisted I think!... -- detoured, 03:50:47 02/09/00 Wed
- That gives me hope. -- nic, 13:47:57 02/08/00 Tue
  - Slippin and a slidin -- detoured, 17:25:07 02/08/00 Tue
Coming late, but I just gotta say -- hairytoes, 12:12:33 02/12/00 Sat