xfiles and rape and depressingness

[sqbr]

So I'm rather annoyed that while Mulder will immediately believe any stories or even hints of aliens, werewolves, ghosts etc, encountering a beat-up woman claiming to have encountered an invisible rapist he assumes she's lying. On the plus side, Scully believed her and was right (and we knew she was right from the beginning, so Mulder looked like a douche the whole time), so I'm more annoyed at the character than the show :)

I could have done without two creepy old-man rapist stories in a row. I did like how in both cases it was Mulder that gets put into peril and Scully who saves him (well, she didn't exactly save him in Excelsis Dei since as far as I can tell the ghosts suddenly vanished for no good reason beyond "we're 40 minutes in so should wrap up the plot", but she made a fair attempt)

Something I respect but don't always enjoy about the show is how it doesn't go for neat pat endings (happy or tragic)

I like how unlike most shows you can't predict how things will end based on narrative causality and "satisfying" endings. A character can kill against their will (possessed by evil twin or serial killer genes etc(*)) and neither turn totally evil (and probably die cathartically) nor have a redemptive death as they try and save someone etc. They just..go on, living their lives with the knowledge of what they've done.

But too many episodes in a row and I need something cheesy and happy and satisfying. So I just watched a bunch of Castle and am now going to watch some "Better off Ted" :) (Though that's kind of dark in it's own cheery way)

(nb I wrote this to stop myself falling asleep, I hope that doesn't show too much!)

(*)Having spent a bit of today discussing what does and doesn't count as hard sf: I think we can all agree Xfiles doesn't

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[hl]

*lolz forever at the idea of the X-Files counting as hard sci-fi*

Excelsis Dei was a hard episode to watch, for me. It's... Mulder!fail x100. Luckily, there's Scully. And... not much to add! Except that I had totally to look up what was the other rape episode, because I really didn't remember Audrey for that.

[sqbr]

I probably wouldn't have either if I hadn't have watched it immediately after Excelsis Dei.

[ex_pippin880]

The only X-Files I can remember are a silly vampire episode, and one where there was a fungus or something that exploded from people's throats and that terrified me.

[sqbr]

Oh god yes I just saw the fungus one a little while ago. Blah. Some of the episodes are creepy as.

[ex_pippin880]

Between X-Files and that alien show, it's a wonder I didn't have more nightmares as a child.

[sqbr]

I was thinking "Did my parents let me watch Xfiles as a kid?" then remembered it didn't start until I was 14. But Dr Who messed me up pretty good :)