Monday, October 15, 2007

Paranormal and those greenish-greyish aliens

Since the end of August I have been busy. Busy watching X-Files. Yes that, oh-so 90's t.v show that hooked millions of viewers in north America. Yes, that show. A show filled with conspiracies within conspiracies. Aliens. Paranormal activities. And that sonofabitch Cigarette-smoking man, a.k.a Cancer man. Those two famous fictitious F.B.I agents; Fox Mulder and Dana Scully. One who strongly believes that his sister was abducted by aliens, twenty-so years ago, without any solid proof; just that blinding light. On the other side, Danna Scully, who is medical doctor as well, believes that everything can be explained by science: everything has an explanation. Anyways, you know the rest.
I have bought all but season 6, which I shall buy when I finish this semester. For those of you who do not know, there are nine seasons. So far, I am half way through season four and I am enjoying every minute of it.
Here are my thoughts on the seasons that I have viewed;
Season one:
This was a experimental season to say the least. The writers did give some glimpses of the shows idea, but it was pretty much an amateur-like season. It was, give or take, 80% monster of the week episodes. However, the final episode did push the story along. Nonetheless, this season was similar to every adventurous, suspenseful series; it had a slower beginning with many filler-up episodes. Some episodes worth watching; 'Pilot,' 'Deep Throat,' 'Squeeze,' 'Shadows,' 'Ice,''Fallen Angel,' 'Fire,''E.B.E.,' 'Tooms' and 'The Erlenmeyer Flask.'
Season two:
This season took off where the first season ended. It continued the mysterious "alien" found at the end of season one, but also included monster of the week episodes. However, it did not contain as many as the first season did. The show began to develop the characters such as; Dana Scully, Fox Mulder, assistant-director Skinner and Cancer man. Unfortunately, the writers had not developed them profoundly. But, then again, this was only the second season, in which the writers hinted that there was more than meets the eye. The season did contain some great episodes as Dana Scully's abduction, which was two parts. Those two episodes were quite fascinating. The season finale was stronger and allowed the audience to ponder whether [a certain character, not worth mentioning to those who haven't seen it] is dead. Some episodes worth watching; 'Little green men,' 'Host,' 'Blood,''Duane Barry (part 1),' 'Ascension (part 2),' 'Red Museum,' 'Aubrey,' 'Irresistible,' 'Die hand die verlezt,' 'Colony (part 1),' 'End game (part 2),' 'Dod Kalm,' 'Humbug,' 'The Calusari,' 'F.Emasculata,' 'Our Town' and 'Anasazi (part 1, season finale).
Season three: This is my favorite season so far because it really is the 'beginning' of the X-files. This is the season where a lot of things begin to happen. You also realize the maturity of the writers and the remarkable plots contained in the season. This is the season where one begins to really hate Cancer man as well as ponder more about the conspiracies within the shows government. Episodes worth watching; 'The blessing way (part 2),' 'Paper Clip (part 3),' 'D.P.O,' 'Clyde Bruckman's final repose,' 'The Walk,' 'Oubliette,' 'Nisei (part 1),' '731,' 'Revelations,' 'Grotesque,' 'Piper Maru (part 1),' 'Apocrypha (part 2),' 'Blood Money,' 'Jose Chung's From Outer space,' 'Quagmire,' 'Wetwired,' 'Talitha Cumi (part 1, season finale).'

1 comment:

Rebecca Ugolini said...

"Deep-throat" is such an intensely sexual word/name/rare South-African variant of asparagus I'm going to pretend that I didn't even read that...