Case 05, File 09: Schizogeny

AKA: There Is Unrest In The Forest, There Is Trouble With The Trees

One of the greatest temptations when it comes to reviewing these episodes is when an episode doesn't work, I get the temptation to talk about rewriting it, and that's not what this blog is about. It's usually not that much of a temptation, since much of the lesser episodes would require a complete teardown and reworking, but sometimes, sometimes, you can see how just a few small shuffling around of elements could make an episode so much better and you just want to rewrite it.

Case 05, File 08: Kitsunegari

AKA: I Blue Myself Before Dinner

The X-Files doesn't really do sequel episodes. Oh it loves to end its episodes on cliffhangers, implying the monster is still out there, lurking just around the corner, but that's not something it wants to follow up on, it's just a nice creepy way to end an episode. There are a couple of exceptions to this, episodes which demanded follow ups. We already hit one (way back in Tooms) but that still left two ahead of us.

Case 05, File 07: Emily

AKA: Has The Murmuring Sounds Of May

The X-Files is not a show that's set up to have the lead characters have children (and yes, I know about William, we'll get there when we get there). The characters work long hours, travel constantly and are in dangerous fields, and that's before we even get into how much danger they are of being abducted by aliens or killed by faceless bounty hunters. So even when I first saw this episode, I was under very little illusion that Emily was gonna stick around.