Bothered by Lazarus
Michael A. Chary
In general I thought it was a good episode. Two things bothered me
though. Why did Mulder instantly think that Willis had been possessed?
Apparently his evidence was the handedness of the person who
mutilated Dupre's body, but I'm left handed and I sometimes use
my right hand to do things. In the end I was left with the feeling
that Deep Throat had given Mulder a copy of the the script.
Also, is Scully the only woman in the Bureau? I didn't any other female
agents. I didn't mind exactly, it was just odd.
Also, perhaps the watch stopped because Willis was wearing it while they
put a bunch of current through his body while trying to revive him.
The only supernormal "evidence" really was the tatoo which no one
even saw.
I liked Ruskin(sp). I hope to see more of him. I liked the way
he shut that agent up. Thid isn't the military but I never
thought it was good policy to treat fellow agents with open
scorn. (Most officers I have encountered don't appreciate this sort
of behavior in their ranks.) But Ruskin clearly thinks Mulder is
a good guy.
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oxygen. Hall of Fame 1994. 32 FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!
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>In article <2j1o3k$1...@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>,
>Michael A. Chary <ma...@po.CWRU.Edu> wrote:
>>In general I thought it was a good episode. Two things bothered me
>>though. Why did Mulder instantly think that Willis had been possessed?
>>Apparently his evidence was the handedness of the person who
>>mutilated Dupre's body, but I'm left handed and I sometimes use
>>my right hand to do things.
>Not cutting with scissors and or medical shears. That's one of the
>few things which are designed to be used with one hand or other.
>>The only supernormal "evidence" really was the tatoo which no one
>>even saw.
>I thought this was one of the best elements of this show--namely
>it didn't have to be supernatural at all...lemme explain:
>On numerous occasions, Willis, Scully and others mentioned the fact that
>Willis was "obsessed" with DuPre and Lulu and in almost a deprived sort of
>way "envied" them.
>The only one who noticed the "tattoo" was Willis himself. This lends
>weight to the idea that Willis was suffering from schizophrenia brought on
>by intense trauma and years of "thinking like the enemy."
Ahh, but there was one other thing that everyone seems to be
forgetting. Remember when Willis was remembering his trip with Dana? He
started commenting on it and she encouraged him. After a short while, he
started reverting to Dupree, and then suddenly he cried out, "Just do
it!" or something to this effect, and you could CLEARLY see that it was
Dupree's face stating it. Further, Dana got this shocked look on her
face, which led me to believe that she thought she saw the face of
Dupree, although I KNOW she would discount it as stress on her part.
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Michael A. Chary
The fact that medical shears are designed for specific hands (didn't
know that myself.) just makes it worse. No matter what hand
Willis used he had to use his left hand for the shears (like the
one pair of shears in the drawer and there was only one would
be lefty.:))