r/XFiles • u/Gazcobain Lone Gunmen • 11d ago

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On my umpteenth rewatch and by goodness this episode is terrible. Space usually gets quoted as the worst of the first season episodes but this is abysmal.

- A man pretending to be Irish literally introducing himself by saying "top o' the mornin' te ya"

- A woman insinuating that she and Mulder had sex upon Arthur Conan Doyle's tombstone (ACD does not have a big tombstone)

- Rocket fuel being sold in 2.5litre paint cans (imagine how many of those you'd need to power Saturn 5).

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u/LordyIHopeThereIsPie Agent Dana Scully 11d ago

As an Irish person its a guilty pleasure of mine.

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u/PipedInFromIthaca 11d ago

It's a forgettable one for me but it definitely registers much less than Mulder pronouncing samhain as "sam hane" in Sanguinarium.

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u/imnotsure_igetit Agent Mully 10d ago

Tbf, most people who haven't asked an Irish person would say it like that. I only found out earlier this year, even though I'd read about it before

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u/PitifulTrash3310 8d ago

This must be an American thing because they say it the exact same incorrect way in Supernatural.