Case 07, File 22: Requiem

AKA: Does Motzart's Requiem Have Words? Pretend I Put Them Here

Part of me assumed I'd never get here.

I'm serious, I'd always thought in the back of my head that I'd just never get to the end of Season Seven, that something would come up, I'd get bored or my hilariously low view counts would get to me and I'd stop for long enough that I'd just never go back. I didn't even buy The Lone Gunmen on DVD until a few months ago. But here I am, staring down 2 full, Mulder-less seasons with no reason to stop and everything urging me on. All that's left is to jump in.

Case 07, File 21: Je Souhaite

AKA: If I Made A Wishmaster Joke Here, Would Anyone Get It?

What exactly is it that makes an episode a comedy episode instead of a regular Monster of the Week. One could argue that it has to do with how scary or not it is, but that's not it. Humbug is way scarier than Teso dos Bichos. There is a character to the way the plot moves in a comedy episode, good or bad, that gives them a distinct flavor from the regular Monster of the Week episodes and which can, when properly utilized, make what could be a horrifying episode warm and funny.

Case 07, File 20: Fight Club

AKA: No, Seriously, Don't Talk About Fight Club

In retrospect, it's hard to explain how the comedic episodes got as big as they did, because they're always walking a fine line. Bad horror is merely kind of dull, bad comedy is often actively irritating. That The X-Files managed to not only create so many comedic episodes without getting one that was teeth gratingly annoying (never mind making some of the best, most heartfelt episodes of the series) is nearly a miracle. It also meant that they were overdue to fuck up that average eventually.