Best X-Files Episode Poll
Susan Fox
All us Mulder angst fans vote "One Breath"....that sliding down the
>wall and quietly sobbing...oh, MY!!! Hooked me for good....
I have to agree that One Breath is the absolute best episode ever and my
personal fave, Pusher is a very close second.
Susan
Lisa Scheunert
all over his body. One time user don't send answer.
Kimberly Engle
(the freak-show town one), with "War of the Coprophages"
(cockroaches!) running a close second. I guess I'm a fan
of dark subtle humor!
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Lisa Scheunert
tatoo is the best. Even though I thought it was sad .. when the dog
died. Don't send answer to Lisa this __
isn't her, just one time user.
david raoul derbes
"Ehrlenmayer Flask" is for me the best ever, but there have been many
really good eps: "Beyond the Sea", "Dwayne Barry", "Anasazi", "Revelations",
"Red Museum", "Sleepless", all terrific.
David Derbes [lo...@midway.uchicago.edu]
Kal Gupta
"Ice"
followed by (not in order):
"Nisei"/"731"
"E.B.E"
"Beyond The Sea"
"Erlenmeyer Flask"
"Anasazi"
"Soft Light"
"War of the Coprophages"
"Irresistible"
-KG
Marilyn Berry
Next probably "Anasazi"
Also "humbug" and "Coprophages"
Robert Jakubec
teacher/devil killed the girl who was disecting a pig. Excellent
camera! Creepy as hell. In fact, I was hoping that Bambi in the
episode with roaches would come out to be a devil, as well. That would
have been great.
Robert (Honesty is the truth.)
Diane Carlson
flask and Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose in a tie for second tier.
But I like 'em all with the exception of the teeneage high school
Satanist episode (Syzzygy), which looked like it could have emerged from
B-movie land.
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of X-Files... but I never saw it. Could you describe what happened for
me? Thanks!
Anita (ani...@uclink4.berkeley.edu)
TAMJOY
and the Mulder-Scully friction was delicious.
Krychek .
other cloned aliens.
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Matthew Byrd
2) Humbug (Gillian really ate the bug !)
3) Opening part of "Red Museum" ("He is One")
4) The Sploogy Boils Episode ("Ewwwwww !")
5) The Chaco Chicken Ep (Scully eats again !)
Andrew Koser
.
dwi...@ivory.trentu.ca
However, due to my personal interests (and I'll leave that up
to you), I liked the Vampire one. Just the thought of taking some
ultra-capitalist and luring him into your house, like the spider
with the fly just tilts up the corners of my mouth. Needless,
to say, I didn't like the ending ;-)
D
Bryan O'Donnell
"The Thing" enviroment very well. I loved it... admittedly I have never
seen "One Breath..." Anyone care to lend me a copy?
Mulder
FMUlder
Best X FIles episode poll..
if you are talking about 3.. I have to say it's one of the worst episode
ever.. except for the scene where Mulder returns to his office because Skinner
has re opened The X-Files section..
the whole story didnt stand on its own..
any X-Philes out there who have a least favorit episode.. post! :)
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>if you are talking about 3.. I have to say it's one of the worst episode
>ever.. except for the scene where Mulder returns to his office because Skinner
>has re opened The X-Files section..
>the whole story didnt stand on its own..
I have to agree with that. My personal least favorite episode was the
vampire one. I am always GLUED to the TV during X-Files, even the
repeats, but that episode had me doing a crossword puzzle half way
through. I'm also a vampire fanatic. I'll watch anything and
everything pertaining to vampires and I was psyched for the episode.
Still that one gets a big rasberry from me. -Rachel
K. Roberts
can't figure out why everybody's so down on it. It was gothic and creepy.
I liked it. If you want to talk bad episodes, "Shadows" was pretty awful.
So were "Fearful Symmetry," "Ghost in the Machine," "The Walk," and this
last one "Firewalker."
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Methinks the worst episode would have to be 3. No, Teso dos bichos. No,
it's Space!... but if I really had to pick only one I would say Teso dos
bichos. A real stinker. Hoo hah. Just my $0.02... any thoughts?
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>
> david raoul derbes wrote:
> >
> > In article <4ifuif$b...@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com>,
> > Susan Fox <XLG...@prodigy.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > All us Mulder angst fans vote "One Breath"....that sliding down the
> > >>wall and quietly sobbing...oh, MY!!! Hooked me for good....
> > >
> > >I have to agree that One Breath is the absolute best episode ever and my
> > >personal fave, Pusher is a very close second.
> > >
> > >Susan
> > David Derbes [lo...@midway.uchicago.edu]What about "Ice?" Nice claustrophobic feeling, tense, and it captured
> "The Thing" enviroment very well. I loved it... admittedly I have never
> seen "One Breath..." Anyone care to lend me a copy?
> Mulder
Someone hasn't seen ONE BREATH?? OH MAN! You've gotta find a copy, bud!
No episode has come close to surpassing this one IMO. I'm glad to see
others loved it as much as I do. I have seen it way too many times and
it's the only one that's made me openly cry. Anyone else?
J.
Sig34romp
Adi Ashkenazi
"anasazi"
followed by:
"the way of blessing" and "paper clip"
also i liked the Dwayne barry trilogy
Adi (Israel)
PAUL ANTHONY NARANJO
In <4jaje2$c...@hole.sdsu.edu> kham...@mail.sdsu.edu (FMUlder) writes:
>if you are talking about 3.. I have to say it's one of the worst
episode
>ever.. except for the scene where Mulder returns to his office because
Skinner
>has re opened The X-Files section..
>
>the whole story didnt stand on its own..
>
Kevin Scully
: can't figure out why everybody's so down on it. It was gothic and creepy.
: I liked it. If you want to talk bad episodes, "Shadows" was pretty awful.
: So were "Fearful Symmetry," "Ghost in the Machine," "The Walk," and this
: last one "Firewalker."
Sorry, but the official, worst X-Files episode of all time is
"Space". It'd be hard to get worse than that one, even if you tried...Big
stinker...:)
Kevin Scully
(Yes, an actual Scully)
spooky 42
I didn't like "3" at all...and second least favorite would have to be
"Shapes" it wasn't that bad...but it is second
JESTER
> In article <Dow7...@blaze.trentu.ca>, dwi...@ivory.trentu.ca wrote:
> Best X FIles episode poll..
> >I don't really, know, there are so many!
> >However, due to my personal interests (and I'll leave that up
> >to you), I liked the Vampire one. Just the thought of taking some
> >ultra-capitalist and luring him into your house, like the spider
> >with the fly just tilts up the corners of my mouth. Needless,
> >to say, I didn't like the ending ;-)
> >D
>
> if you are talking about 3.. I have to say it's one of the worst episode
> ever.. except for the scene where Mulder returns to his office because Skinner
> has re opened The X-Files section..
>
> the whole story didnt stand on its own..
>
> any X-Philes out there who have a least favorit episode.. post! :)
>
> ____________________________
> Dan, a big fan
> (aka FMUlder.. look fer me on irc)
> P.S.: TRUSTNO1
>
>
everyone's always slamming 3...
it wasn't the best episode, but think of it on this level: here is
mulder, alone for the first time in a long time, and he is lured into a
situation. its tlike the sheep without his sheppard - without scully to
guide him from the darkside, he was drawn to it.
and the sexual undertones of scully's disappearence vs. mulder's sexual
drive is facinating.
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Tzvi El-Az
>if you are talking about 3.. I have to say it's one of the worst
episode
>ever.. except for the scene where Mulder returns to his office because
Skinner
>has re opened The X-Files section..
>the whole story didnt stand on its own..
>any X-Philes out there who have a least favorit episode.. post! :)
Hi,
"shapes" & "the list" are my all time worst.
Voakes Terry J
>No episode has come close to surpassing this one IMO. I'm glad to see
>others loved it as much as I do. I have seen it way too many times and
>it's the only one that's made me openly cry. Anyone else?
Where do you guys get the names of the episodes? I have seen most of the
episodes from all seasons (Probably missed two or three in the first
year) but I have no idea what people are referring to when they use the
episode titles. For example, is One Breath the episode where the little
kid is hit by the train. Or is it the one where the recovering abused
woman could feel and see what a young girl was feeling, who was abducted
from her room by the same man.
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>In <4jcmkv$g...@cloner4.netcom.com> pnar...@ix.netcom.com(PAUL ANTHONY
>NARANJO) writes:
>>
>>Gotta be "Fearful Symmetry.
>>
Symmetry" in a spirit proof cage with the jaguar spirit from "Teso Dos
Bichos" and let 'em fight it out for the honor. If we're lucky, they'll
kill each other.
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Ratboy Will Rise Again.
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Voakes Terry J
>Hmm...
>
>Methinks the worst episode would have to be 3. No, Teso dos bichos. No,
>it's Space!... but if I really had to pick only one I would say Teso dos
>bichos. A real stinker. Hoo hah. Just my $0.02... any thoughts?
From this season, I'd have to say that the worst two episodes were:
1. Killer Cat Episode.
2. Prison Execution Episode ( "The List" ? )
Victory Rahi
emotions evolve in relation to the absence of Scully. By far, the worst
episode I have ever seen was The List. It didn't even need the presence
of Mulder and Scully. They were totally peripheral to the whole show.
You could have completely taken out their roles and I don't think the
show would have changed at all. In short, it sucked.
My vote for best episode: Nisei/731
Just my .02
Rahi
FMUlder
who managed to watch the whole Space episode without taywning???
FMUlder
it's The Blessing Way and Duane Barry only had 2 part!!!!
catherine yronwode
"3" was not good, but it DID have Mulder carrying Scully's cross pendant
around and looking both neurotic and horny. "Fearful Symmetry" was bad
but it did have an ape that could use sign language. "The Walk" was
merely dumb. "Fiorewalker" was not bad. "Ghost in the Machine" was
pretty lame. "Shadows" was okay by me. No... my vote for worst of all is
the infamous "Syzygy," the episode that spoils continuity and defies
logic. But then, i have not seen "Space," so maybe someone can explain
why it is worse than "Syzygy." I mean, it must be REALYREALYREALLY bad
to be worse than "Syzygy," the episode that came t-h-i-s close to making
me turn off the tube and sell my television set.
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>
> >Someone hasn't seen ONE BREATH?? OH MAN! You've gotta find a copy, bud!
> >No episode has come close to surpassing this one IMO. I'm glad to see
> >others loved it as much as I do. I have seen it way too many times and
> >it's the only one that's made me openly cry. Anyone else?
>
> Where do you guys get the names of the episodes? I have seen most of the
> episodes from all seasons (Probably missed two or three in the first
> year) but I have no idea what people are referring to when they use the
> episode titles. For example, is One Breath the episode where the little
> kid is hit by the train. Or is it the one where the recovering abused
> woman could feel and see what a young girl was feeling, who was abducted
> from her room by the same man.
>
The best place to get the names of the episodes is from the Fox/Delphi web site:
http://www.thex-files.com
If you use your favorite web browser to surf this site, you will find an
episode guide that lists the original airdate for every episode, the official title,
a short description, and a downloadable video clip of the original TV trailer. If
you don't have access to a web browser, the Official X-Files guide lists episode
titles and descriptions - but only for the first two seasons, basically. Many other
X-Files web sites do list the episode titles, as well. (You can find some of the
X-files pages from my web page:
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ppietro/pshows.htm)
As for One Breath, it's the episode where Sculley returns from her abduction.
(i.e. the episode immediately following the two Duane Barry episodes and "3")
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>
>spoo...@ix.netcom.com(spooky 42 ) wrote:
>>In <4jcmkv$g...@cloner4.netcom.com> pnar...@ix.netcom.com(PAUL ANTHONY
>>NARANJO) writes:
>>>
>>>Gotta be "Fearful Symmetry.
>>>
>Personally, I think Carter should lock the invisible tiger from "Fearful
>Symmetry" in a spirit proof cage with the jaguar spirit from "Teso Dos
>Bichos" and let 'em fight it out for the honor. If we're lucky, they'll
>kill each other.
>
I think that the worst ep. is Syzygy. The jokes were bad, the story sucked,
and we knew what was killing those boys straight from the start of the ep.
Mike Caldwell
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>
>if you are talking about 3.. I have to say it's one of the worst episode
>ever.. except for the scene where Mulder returns to his office because Skinner
>has re opened The X-Files section..
Ah, but we got to see Mulder kissing a woman, and doing it with passion
and style. Three sunflower seeds just for that. And the lighting,
music, and camerawork were faboo. I have never understood why people
were so down on that episode. I liked it a lot.
I'd be happy to lose "The Host" or "Teso Dos Bichos", however.
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B Jackson
> All us Mulder angst fans vote "One Breath"....that sliding down the
>wall and quietly sobbing...oh, MY!!! Hooked me for good....
>I have to agree that One Breath is the absolute best episode ever and my
>personal fave, Pusher is a very close second.
>Susan
I think the best Mulder angst episode's got to be Conduit with the
voice over of his hypnotic regression therapy while we see him crying in a
church for his sister (though I prefer One Breath because it's got more
government conspiracy in it).
My favorite though has to be CBLR followed by Tooms.
Bryony
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Alan Corn
me out the most. It had a superb story line like most of the X-Files,
and it had some outstanding acting. It also had very nice shots of all
the emotional reactions Mulder and Scully were having. If Chris Carter
had never created Irresistible, then Pusher would have been a sure first.
It had most of the thing above and excellent sexual tension. It gave a
couple of the viewers a taste of what they wanted.
Lea...@aol.com
Nita Dee
all time! I usually watch it once a week to restore my
faith in mankind!
Sure beat the hell out of last night's yawnfest
"Hell Money"!
Nita Dee
Bert Holler
best episode. I like it best because it is so very, very dark and
grim. When it comes to The X-Files, the grimmer the better, IMO. The
funeral is quite simply the best teaser ever seen on this show.
Or, to be fair, how about this:
Best "mythology" episode (as CC likes to call them):
Paper Clip
Best non-mythology episode: Irresistable
Ok, ok, One Breath was good too, and I *really* liked
the spooky lighting and overall creepiness of 3, but these are
also rans. There are a lot of good episodes. Its hard to say which
one is "best", but Irresistable is the one that appeals to *me* the
most. The morphing scene was, IMO, the most gripping moment in the
entire series so far.
-Craig Holler
L Teychenne
> >my best episodes are:
> >"anasazi"
> >followed by:
> >"the way of blessing" and "paper clip"
> >
> >also i liked the Dwayne barry trilogy
> >
> >Adi (Israel)
sorry but I have to correct that!!
it's The Blessing Way and Duane Barry only had 2 part!!!!
It is sort of a trilogy, if you count 'One Breath'.They all sort of go
together, don't they? I wouldn't know, I've only seen 'Accension' and
'One Breath'. Although 'Duane Barry' <R> is on this Wednesday night.
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turned me from a casual watcher to a fanatic.
Peter R. Payne
> For me it would have to be :
>
> "Ice"
Good ep, watched it a few days ago. Good, solid episode. BUT! I have a
beef with episodes that have their plots stolen from movies. For that
reason I reserve judgement on Ice and Fallen Angel.
> "Beyond The Sea"
Banzai!
"Pain...payne...Stop stop stop STOP STOP STOP pain!"
"Well I came to tell you, that if he dies, then four days from now no
one will be there to stop me from being the one that pulls the switch to
gas you out of this life for good YOU SON OF A BITCH!"
Damn I love the 90s.
> "Erlenmeyer Flask"
Overrated. Not that good.
> "Anasazi"
Yes.
> "Soft Light"
> "War of the Coprophages"
> "Irresistible"
Haven't seen them. Guess I have something to look forward to!
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2)Teso De Bichos
3)The Blessing Way
I HATED THESE EPISODES
Fearful Symmetry was just terrible, teso de Bichos also lacked an
interesting or origional plot as well as hackneyed dialogue, The
Blessing way was just a rehash of One Breath in my opinion, luckily
they followed that one with paper Clip which gets a 10 out of 10.
kimberle...@starcross.mhv.net
>and style. Three sunflower seeds just for that. And the lighting,
Yeah, but it wasn't *ME*! <G>
>music, and camerawork were faboo. I have never understood why people
>were so down on that episode. I liked it a lot.
I know *EXACTLY* why I hated it--jealousy!
Well, that and the seeming plunge of Mulder's IQ.....having sex with a woman
who drank the blood of many people in the day and age of AIDS. He himself
brought it up, for gods' sake! I mean, implied/assumed condoms or not, it
was monumentally stupid of *the* *CHARACTER* to do it (IMHO, of course), as
well as setting a bad example to the young people who watch the show.
MARK RENNEBERG
ABORTION DOCTORS AND MULDER THINKS HIS SISTER HAS COME HOME. HIS DAD
DIES. MULDER FOLLOWS THE ALIEN ONTO THE SUBMARINE. THAT'S THE BEST
EPISODE BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS NAMED.
Bryan O'Donnell
the two girls who wre being influenced by cosmic powers, because they had
the same birthday or some lame-o excuse such as that. The episode just
didn't have any appeal. It was like a sad excuse to watch the Fox
character swig Screwdrivers, and observe Dana puffing a few. Bad episode
all around. (Wasn't it "Syxynx" or something odd like that?)
Mulder
Lauren Stanbridge
>
>>
>>Is One Breath the episode where the little
>> kid is hit by the train. Or is it the one where the recovering
abused
>> woman could feel and see what a young girl was feeling, who was
abducted
>> from her room by the same man.
>>
>
she was in a come for most of the time.
they had to do that because she was pregnant,
i'm only guessing here, i haven't seen it, only read about it.
it sound good, i should look out for it.
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However, I'm surprised more people haven't included "Colony" and "End
Game" (2 parter about the return of Mulder's sister/clones) in their
lists. I thought they were riveting, emotional episodes; I'd have them
in the top 5 or 10 I think.
TNW
flam...@mulberry.com
>
> The One and Only One Breath still is my favorite ep of
> all time! I usually watch it once a week to restore my
> faith in mankind!
Hey, that's a nice way to put it, "I watch it once a week to
restore my faith in mankind"... yes, that sums it up for me!
What could be more poetic than William Scully's words to
Dana???? Nothing can be better than that!
J.
"Why is it so dark in here?"
"Because the lights aren't on.."
AnneB
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I'd like to nominate "Space" Its the only one I really didn't like.
Patti
Parateam
looked ridiculous boxing the killer kitty, which was also the fakest
looking cat I've ever seen. Easily the most laughable episode of any
sci-fi oriented show since Star Trek:TNG's Sub Rosa, a dreadful Witching
Hour ripoff.
Hell Money. Maybe just because it's fresh in my mind, but I had a hard
time staying awake through this episode. Mulder and Scully had a hard
time staying awake through this episode.
The Blessing Way. An hour of filler between Anasazi and Paper Clip, two
riveting hours of television.
Vic Ellisor
kristen
Mikko Nieminen
>
>Kevin Scully wrote:
>>
>> : I only saw the second half of "3," but what I did see was pretty cool. I
>> : can't figure out why everybody's so down on it. It was gothic and creepy.
>> : I liked it. If you want to talk bad episodes, "Shadows" was pretty awful.
>> : So were "Fearful Symmetry," "Ghost in the Machine," "The Walk," and this
>> : last one "Firewalker."
>>
>> Sorry, but the official, worst X-Files episode of all time is
>> "Space". It'd be hard to get worse than that one, even if you tried...Big
>> stinker...:)
>
>"3" was not good, but it DID have Mulder carrying Scully's cross pendant
>around and looking both neurotic and horny. "Fearful Symmetry" was bad
>but it did have an ape that could use sign language. "The Walk" was
>merely dumb. "Fiorewalker" was not bad. "Ghost in the Machine" was
>pretty lame. "Shadows" was okay by me. No... my vote for worst of all is
>the infamous "Syzygy," the episode that spoils continuity and defies
>logic. But then, i have not seen "Space," so maybe someone can explain
>why it is worse than "Syzygy." I mean, it must be REALYREALYREALLY bad
>to be worse than "Syzygy," the episode that came t-h-i-s close to making
>me turn off the tube and sell my television set.
>
was "Firewalker". "Ghost in the Machine" would have been ok but the main
idea of the ooh-so-scary computer was so childish.. "3" in other hand
was ok the first half, but then turned into complete crap. "Space"
was really horrible too..
And I nominate the following episodes for the "worst episode ever"
-Oscar:
DOD KAHN
THE HOST
ICE
Those all were just simply TERRIBLE! I know lots of you liked "Ice", but
in my opinion it's just a bunch of cliques (uh.. well, sorry for the
spelling) from Aliens, Star Trek II etc..
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>
> And I nominate the following episodes for the "worst episode ever"
> -Oscar:
>
> DOD KAHN
> THE HOST
> ICE
>
> Those all were just simply TERRIBLE! I know lots of you liked "Ice", but
> in my opinion it's just a bunch of cliques (uh.. well, sorry for the
> spelling) from Aliens, Star Trek II etc..
YOU ARE SERIOUSLY SAYING THAT DOD KALM IS TERRIBLE? It is in my opinion one of
the BEST X-Files episodes around, it forces Mulder and Scully (and the
audience) to come to terms with their own mortality and the character
developement. Why the hell don't you like it??? Is it because it deviates from
the easy, thoughtless 'monster of the week' style or what??? It is a very
moody episode and scary in a completely different way to monsters/tooms/ufos/w
hatever. It is scary because we don't like to face up to death. WHY DON'T YOU
LIKE IT?
Kwutchhe
be:
3. Fresh Bones
2. Ghost In The Machine
1. The Walk -- God this was awful.
Kwutchhe
Daniel Lam
>I'd like to nominate "Space" Its the only one I really didn't like.
What about "Soft Light"? That was the truly terrible one.
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Those are both bad, although Soft Light wasn't the worst, it was only
mildly bad. My least favorite is Fearful Symmetry (I spelled
it wrong, sue me.) The invisible elephant one. It was the worst.
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>nin...@usa.pipeline.com(AnneB) wrote:
>
>>On Apr 02, 1996 18:19:06 in article <Re: Worst X-Files Episode>, 'Bryan
>>O'Donnell <mul...@selway.umt.edu>' wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I don't know what the title of the episode was, but it was the one with
>>>the two girls who wre being influenced by cosmic powers, because they had
>
>>>the same birthday or some lame-o excuse such as that. The episode just
>>>didn't have any appeal. It was like a sad excuse to watch the Fox
>>>character swig Screwdrivers, and observe Dana puffing a few. Bad episode
>>>all around. (Wasn't it "Syxynx" or something odd like that?)
>>>Mulder
Come on, that one was great! There were some hilarious Mulderisms in that
episode and it was different to see Mulder and Scully lose their cool for
once.
Anna.>>>
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>>I'd like to nominate "Space" Its the only one I really didn't like.
>>
Parateam
Syzygy so much? I'm really curious, so if some of you non-Syzygists would
enlighten me, I'd be profoundly pleased.
JimAKing
writes:
Those who feel they need to rely on the stability of Mulder and Scully to
get them through the scariness of the "X-Files" and all the
relationshippers and anti-relationshippers were all caught off balance by
"Syzygy". Chris Carter turned their world upside down, and they couldn't
take it or didn't get it. I think "Syzygy" is one of the best episodes.
~ Jim
bonnie-marie
episode)funniest hour to date. It could have stood on it's own as a
feature film. And it has, arguably the best Scully-Mulder exchange
which I won't repeat since I always screw it up and it's been cited
already numerous times see:Best Mulderisms.
bonnie-marie
bonnie-marie
but I rarely know the titles, the local TV guide doesn't print them and
I must miss them if they are flashed on-screen.
1.Tesos dos bichos-I've seen the name enough times
2.The one with the frozen-genius-scientist brother who was influencing
his dimmer institutionalized sib -I don't even remember it well.
I taped it and watched it twice and it just didn't work for me. On
reflection it doesn't even seem like an X-file maybe it was some
dreadful outer limits or something. Does anyone know what I'm talking
about?
At its worst it's still better than most. I just wouldn't want to
introduce someone to the series with either of those eps.
bonnie-marie
bonnie-marie
beth s riggert
In article <4k2prf$9...@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, kwut...@aol.com (Kwutchhe)
wrote:
Sharron
something I have NEVER done during any episode, ever! So then I watched
it the next day taped, and still gave it a big YAWN!
Christopher J Dean
: Kal Gupta <k...@kal.mv.com> wrote:
: > For me it would have to be :
: >
: > "Ice"
: Good ep, watched it a few days ago. Good, solid episode. BUT! I have a
: beef with episodes that have their plots stolen from movies. For that
: reason I reserve judgement on Ice and Fallen Angel.
: > "Beyond The Sea"
: Banzai!
: "Pain...payne...Stop stop stop STOP STOP STOP pain!"
: "Well I came to tell you, that if he dies, then four days from now no
: one will be there to stop me from being the one that pulls the switch to
: gas you out of this life for good YOU SON OF A BITCH!"
: Damn I love the 90s.
: > "Erlenmeyer Flask"
: Overrated. Not that good.
: > "Anasazi"
: Yes.
: > "Soft Light"
: > "War of the Coprophages"
: > "Irresistible"
: Haven't seen them. Guess I have something to look forward to!
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My votes for little green men.
matt.
RFScruggs
would definitely put "Teso dos Bichos" at the top of my list, followed by
"Fearful Symmetry."
Regina Scruggs
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I can also answer this question in one word: Sygzy
Nancy Kay
. Those who feel they need to rely on the stability of Mulder and Scully to
. get them through the scariness of the "X-Files" and all the
. relationshippers and anti-relationshippers were all caught off balance by
. "Syzygy". Chris Carter turned their world upside down, and they couldn't
. take it or didn't get it. I think "Syzygy" is one of the best episodes.
.
. ~ Jim
I completely agree with you. I didn't care too much for the girls but
Mulder and Scully were hilarious in this one.
Nancy
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William Lucas
(Daniel Lam) wrote:
> nin...@usa.pipeline.com(AnneB) wrote:
>
> >I'd like to nominate "Space" Its the only one I really didn't like.
>
> What about "Soft Light"? That was the truly terrible one.
>
>
> --
> Daniel Lam
> dan...@s054.aone.net.au
I would have to say that there is a toss-up for worst episode. Aubrey,
Blood and Born Again are all pretty high up there on the wretchedness
scale. These are quickly followed by Gender Bender. Of course most of
this season would also have to be in the running as well!
Becky Lucas
just della
to share:
>I'm reposting to stay on-topic,I forgot to add my least favorites
>but I rarely know the titles, the local TV guide doesn't print them and
>I must miss them if they are flashed on-screen.
>
>1.Tesos dos bichos-I've seen the name enough times
>2.The one with the frozen-genius-scientist brother who was influencing
>his dimmer institutionalized sib -I don't even remember it well.
>I taped it and watched it twice and it just didn't work for me.
not even the part where the scientist got sucked into
the jet engine? or the scientist whose head got frozen
` and splintered into tiny bits? wow.
>On
>reflection it doesn't even seem like an X-file maybe it was some
>dreadful outer limits or something. Does anyone know what I'm talking
>about?
>At its worst it's still better than most. I just wouldn't want to
>introduce someone to the series with either of those eps.
>bonnie-marie
>bonnie-marie
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>
> THE BEST X-FILES EPISODE IS THE ONE WHERE THE ALIEN GUT IS KILLING THE
> ABORTION DOCTORS AND MULDER THINKS HIS SISTER HAS COME HOME. HIS DAD
> DIES. MULDER FOLLOWS THE ALIEN ONTO THE SUBMARINE. THAT'S THE BEST
Mulder
doug r bailey
The Bad ones:
Fearful Symmetry
Ghost in the Machine
Teso Dos Bichos
The List
The Truly Awful
Dod Kolm
Syzygy
ADBB,
doug r bailey
Daniel Lam
What were you taped to when you watched it? I hope it didn't hurt too
much.
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Sam Deth
First of all, Becky, if you honestly think most of this season sucks,
then maybe X-Files isn't really the show for you (I"m not trying to make
fun of you, just and observation).
As For worst episode...Shapes...I thought it bordered on
unintentionally silly.
Sam Deth
sw
>abla...@ix.netcom.com(Angela K. Blanton) wrote:
>>I hardly ever read this news group, but I have to weigh in my 2 cents,
>>of course.
>>That "killer kitty" one recently was really awful - I think it was
>>"Teso Dos Something."
>I thought it was Ok but not the worse by far. I can name at least
>three worse ones.
Which would be...?
daniel barrett
lots of susoense, it was in the glory dyas beofre x files got
overexposed (though it;s not too bad yet) and, fomr an admittedly
sexist, hrribly crude point of view, it featured scully in her
skivvies(heehee). it was incredibly well written and brought the
conflict of mulder's extreme and scully's down to earth views of the
world to the forefront of the show. I loved it.
xxmulderxx
Samantha Mulder
> > >I'd like to nominate "Space" Its the only one I really didn't like.
> >
> > What about "Soft Light"? That was the truly terrible one.
>
> I would have to say that there is a toss-up for worst episode. Aubrey,
> Blood and Born Again are all pretty high up there on the wretchedness
> scale. These are quickly followed by Gender Bender. Of course most of
> this season would also have to be in the running as well!
>
> Becky Lucas
Here's my 2 cents: DPO- I missed the first 15 min, which may have been
part of why I just did not like this one...
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of course.
That "killer kitty" one recently was really awful - I think it was
"Teso Dos Something."
Angela
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IMO, I think the best overall episodes (or at least the most solid) are
the ones with a great antagonist. Think about it. Toomes, Pusher, the
Duane Barry (in which both Barry and Krychek become antagonists).
By the way, I think Pusher is the best episode this season, the one with
the cats the worst.
All-time, without a doubt, Ice takes the taco...
and i think the one with the "teen witches" has gotten a bad rap. just
like humbug, it's got that whacked out sense to it.
can't wait for the grand season finale, though. Any guesses?
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>
> MARK RENNEBERG wrote:
> >
> > THE BEST X-FILES EPISODE IS THE ONE WHERE THE ALIEN GUT IS KILLING THE
> > ABORTION DOCTORS AND MULDER THINKS HIS SISTER HAS COME HOME. HIS DAD
> > DIES. MULDER FOLLOWS THE ALIEN ONTO THE SUBMARINE. THAT'S THE BEST
> > EPISODE BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS NAMED.
I think the episode is called colony, but I'm not sure and Mulder's dad
died in Anasazi.
Dasha
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>> nin...@usa.pipeline.com(AnneB) wrote:
>> >I'd like to nominate "Space" Its the only one I really didn't like.
>> What about "Soft Light"? That was the truly terrible one.
>I would have to say that there is a toss-up for worst episode. Aubrey,
>Blood and Born Again are all pretty high up there on the wretchedness
>scale. These are quickly followed by Gender Bender. Of course most of
>this season would also have to be in the running as well!
To which I respond:
Here's to the amazing diversity of X-Philes! I liked ALL the episodes
mentioned above, but especially "Soft Light". Though my
understanding of Real Science is about as low as one can get (i.e., it
is virtually indistinguishable from magic), I was really touched by
this episode - I mean, that poor fella! He looked so pitiful.
I can't think of ANY episode that stands out for me as truly stinky -
altho I do recall that the voodoo one didn't really grab me, and the
one about the guy on Death Row who sort of came back and got revenge
wasn't all that engaging.
Just my two cents!
JoAnn (ann...@communique.net)