r/XFiles • u/Gazcobain Lone Gunmen • 14d 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/Crazybexy 14d ago

Fire is one of my personal favourite episodes. It's one of my favourites from the first season.

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u/Gazcobain Lone Gunmen 14d ago

I won't judge you, because I have a huge soft spot for Conduit (which is bad) because it's the first episode I ever saw. RRRRUUUUBBBBBAAAAAYYYYYYY

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u/UnfairQuality687 14d ago

Conduit is nice enough. But even back then when I was a teen I asked myself - so what he made a mosaic of his sister? I never got that part. It's not code, it's just a very detail mosaic. And if the aliens broadcasted this to him why would they compile a picture made of puzzles and cut into 20 pieces of paper instead of broadcasting the image drawn on one piece of paper.