4x20: Small Potatoes

[wendelah1]

Egad. Day six already. True confession: I have watched "Small Potatoes" several times just for the scene in the X-Files office where David Duchovny is playing Eddie Van Blundht, the human shapeshifter. Eddie, who has locked up the real Fox Mulder in a janitorial closet in the basement of the local hospital, is now practicing his moves in preparation for taking over Mulder's life. Duchovny's a good mimic, and demonstrates a genuine gift for physical comedy. It's a funny, funny scene.



Writer: Vince Gilligan
Director: Cliff Bole
Originally aired: April 20, 1997

Synopsis: After five babies in succession are born with tails in the small town of Martinsburg, West Virginia, Mulder and Scully head down to investigate.

Most Memorable Quote:
Mulder: I have a theory. Do you wanna hear it?
Scully: Van Blundht somehow physically transformed into his captor and walked out the door, leaving no one the wiser?
Mulder: (pleased) Scully, should we be picking out china patterns or what?

Links:
Transcript
A Good Fic Spoiled: X-Files, "Small Potatoes" by Plaid Adder. I recommend all of her meta series on The X-Files.
Autumn Tysko
Sarah Stegall
Confusion of Rape and Desire in the X-Files Universe by fialka. Addresses "Small Potatoes," also "Post Modern Prometheus."
Only Connect: Scully in Season Four - Part 1 | Part 2 by emily_shore.

Fanfiction:
Isometry by syntax6. Wendy's note: Touches on the events of "Small Potatoes."
Summary: The story of a man, a woman and their lucky pickle. Season 4 cancer era. Rated NC-17.
Small Fries by Kel. Written for Virtual Season X.
Summary: Mulder and Scully investigate the case of some six-year-old shapeshifters.

Comments

Live Journal Wonkiness

[wendelah1]

Weird. Twice now, trying to comment using the new LJ comment form, I got an error message. Using my old style comment form where you have to add it all the html yourself, no problems. So I'm sticking with mine.

Before I write a long comment only to discover it won't post, here's a gif of my favorite moment from "Small Potatoes," stolen from Tumblr.

Re: Live Journal Wonkiness

[badforthefish.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's been hit and miss for me too with the LJ posting. I had to delete a post and do a copy & paste because LJ wouldn't let me edit it.

ETA: tried to edit this one and it wouldn't let me. I had to use the back button and now when I press "Post comment" it's gonna show two posts one of which I will have to delete.

Clearing your cache helps.

Re: Live Journal Wonkiness

[mosinging1986.livejournal.com]

Best scene ever!

Yeah, LJ's been stupid for me too the past few days.