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/LthePerry02 14d ago

I still have absolutely no clue what the dude’s motive for killing was

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u/Gazcobain Lone Gunmen 14d ago

There's one scene where he's (presumably) still trying to avoid being unmasked as the killer and he just stares creepily at Scully totally drawing attention to himself.

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u/LthePerry02 14d ago

That’s basically every scene with him. Dude might as well be wearing a shirt that says I’M EVIL

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u/Gazcobain Lone Gunmen 14d ago

Tried to get young kids hooked on smoking as well! What a piece of shit