Space

I interrupt this X-Files rewatch to give you...

Buzz Killington

Yep, this is kind of one of those episodes that you just have to get through. I actually find this one kind of boring, with a lot of pointless nonsense. Like, there didn't seem to be a reason for mission control chick to have a fiance on board the shuttle. You would think they would do this to create more tension and drama and fear, but she played it too straight, and seemed kind of bored even when all of the men on board were faced with certain death. It was kind of a black hole of drama.

Then there was also all of the space mischief caused by this guy:
Space Ghost

Actually, if you are going to have a space ghost, I kind of like that it looks like the Mars Face. Unfortunately, it was a neat idea that they didn't really run with all the way. In fact, the story made the most amount of sense this way:

Former astronaut sabotages the shuttle to improve NASA's TV ratings.

Instead we get:

Former astronaut is possessed by a space ghost that doesn't want men in space, therefore it sabotages the shuttle to keep them out (not knowing that sabotage will improve ratings?).

And then it makes said astronaut kill himself. Then suddenly at the end of the episode, Mulder thinks he must have been possessed... by something that he saw in space... because why else would he kill himself?

I think the space ghost would have been more effective as a dream that haunted our astronaut friend.. but then I guess it wouldn't be an X-File.

Watching this episode resembles how I wake up in the morning.. sleep *alarm* snooze button *sleep* alarm *snooze button*.

So here are some cute lines that kept 'waking me up' throughout the episode:

M: "Not to mention certain fringe elements who accuse our government itself of space sabotage. The failure of the Hubble Telescope** and the Mars Observer are directly connected to a conspiracy to deny us evidence."
S: "Evidence of what?"
M: "Alien civilizations."
S: "Oh, of course."



**Maclean had to remind me that despite unbelievable success later, Hubble did not work at first. Guess I need to brush up on my space history.

M: "You never wanted to be an astronaut, Scully?"
S: "Gee I must have missed that phase"

(after Mulder goes all fanboy on Col. Belt)
S: "Didn't you want to get his autograph?"



(after watching liftoff from inside mission control)
M: "Well that fulfilled one of my boyhood fantasies"
S: "Yeah that was right up there with getting a pony and learning how to braid my own hair"




And basically Scully just giving him a hard time for acting like such a geek in this episode! Which was also very cute:




PS- here's an X-File for you: As if the TV knew which episode of XF we watched last, the next show we watched was the Simpson's episode where Homer goes into space... a surprisingly similar episode! But much funnier.

PPS-
Wow they smile at each other a lot in this season! Cute!