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Date Posted: 20:33:44 02/03/00 Thu
Author: C-shantal
Subject: "It didn't really happen...it was all in our heads?"
In reply to: devlin 's message, "Those Ghosts and their Christmas" on 15:45:58 02/03/00 Thu

Hi, Devlin,

Nice post. You've made me stop and think, since I rate this episode right up there with my all time favorites. Of course, I respect your opinion, I was just surprised. Other than the ghastly implications, I think it was supposed to be very "tongue in cheek". One of those strange mixes of humor and macabre. It is just a weird stand-alone episode, since it really doesn't go anywhere with the characters. Just one I like to sit back and suspend belief and enjoy. :-)

I thought the whole point of Mulder and Scully's behavior was that they were being "haunted" by these ghosts. They were being influenced, "played" with by these very evil demons in fancy dress, who had to recreate their own suicide pact every Christmas Eve.

Your confusion over the end "shooting" scene is understandable. I think they had both been convinced the other had shot them to the point of feeling betrayed. The hallucinations were quite real to them. And they were still in the control of the ghosts, seeing the blood, feeling the pain, until Mulder figured it out. I think the ghosts respected them for that and let them go, perhaps seeing in M&S a bit of themselves of long ago. I think they liked Mulder and Scully.

I was just in hysterics when the ghosts were over exaggerating M/S character flaws, because I thought maybe it was CC's dig at us, the fans, and our ever ceaseless tendency to over analyze every little thing about Mulder and Scully that he finds so bizarre. Some of the things Lyda and Maurice say sounds like CC had lifted the phrases right off a message board somewhere! Ha!

Oh and I so agree about Mulder in that closing scene. Have we ever seen that particular smile before? It's just adorable. And didn't these two seem so comfortable together? :-)

Later,
Chantal
Mulder: Tell me you're not afraid.
Scully: Okay, I'm afraid. But it's an "irrational" fear.

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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