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5x4: Detour
It's our final day. Was it a fun change of pace or an unwelcome diversion?
This is another MOTW episode I enjoy more for the relationship bits than for the X-File. The scene where Scully sings "Joy to the World" to Mulder actually made me tear up, in part because she'll sing it again much later in the series in a much different context. Other than that scene and the one in the car where they talk about building the tower of office furniture, the writing falls a little flat for me. I don't see the slightest resemblance to "Deliverance," which writer Frank Spotnitz claimed was his inspiration.
Writer: Frank Spotnitz
Director: Brett Dowler
Original air date: November 23, 1997
Synopsis: Mulder and Scully are carpooling with fellow FBI agents, Michael Kinsley and Carla Stonecypher, to an FBI team-building seminar in Florida. When they are stopped by a roadblock, Mulder gets out of the car to stretch his legs. Before Scully can ask, "Mulder, where are you going?", he has ditched the seminar and headed into the woods to assist with a missing persons investigation which Mulder is convinced is an X-File.
Most Memorable Quote:
Scully: Mulder, you need to keep warm. Your body's still in shock.
Mulder: I was told once that the best way to regenerate body heat is to crawl naked into a sleeping bag with somebody else who was already naked. (scoots closer to her)
Scully: (grinning) Maybe if it rains sleeping bags, you'll get lucky.
Links:
Transcript
Autumn Tysko
Drew Vogel
Fanfiction:
We get to season five and suddenly there's fanfic.
Communication by Wintersong.
Summary: So, what if Mulder and Scully really did get to build a tower of office furniture someday? What would we see?
Energy and Light by Oracle (on her Gossamer page) Wendy's note: not specifically a post-ep but it's season five, the fic takes place in a forest and it fits the mood. Plus I'm the mod.
Summary: Four girls have vanished, each one on a different night. Each one by the light of a full moon. Is it just a coincidence?
Still Life with Implant by denynothing1 aka Barbara D.
Summary: Adjusting to life in remission.
This Her Fever by Aloysia Virgata. Wendy's note: I'd never read this because the summary made it sound like cancer fic, which I mostly avoid for personal reasons. But it's not about Scully having cancer, it's Scully-in-remission fic and canon-compliant, too.
SUMMARY: It is, she thinks, a fitting coda to her life that Mulder and Father McCue should cross paths in this room, both trying to offer her salvation.
This is another MOTW episode I enjoy more for the relationship bits than for the X-File. The scene where Scully sings "Joy to the World" to Mulder actually made me tear up, in part because she'll sing it again much later in the series in a much different context. Other than that scene and the one in the car where they talk about building the tower of office furniture, the writing falls a little flat for me. I don't see the slightest resemblance to "Deliverance," which writer Frank Spotnitz claimed was his inspiration.
Writer: Frank Spotnitz
Director: Brett Dowler
Original air date: November 23, 1997
Synopsis: Mulder and Scully are carpooling with fellow FBI agents, Michael Kinsley and Carla Stonecypher, to an FBI team-building seminar in Florida. When they are stopped by a roadblock, Mulder gets out of the car to stretch his legs. Before Scully can ask, "Mulder, where are you going?", he has ditched the seminar and headed into the woods to assist with a missing persons investigation which Mulder is convinced is an X-File.
Most Memorable Quote:
Scully: Mulder, you need to keep warm. Your body's still in shock.
Mulder: I was told once that the best way to regenerate body heat is to crawl naked into a sleeping bag with somebody else who was already naked. (scoots closer to her)
Scully: (grinning) Maybe if it rains sleeping bags, you'll get lucky.
Links:
Transcript
Autumn Tysko
Drew Vogel
Fanfiction:
We get to season five and suddenly there's fanfic.
Communication by Wintersong.
Summary: So, what if Mulder and Scully really did get to build a tower of office furniture someday? What would we see?
Energy and Light by Oracle (on her Gossamer page) Wendy's note: not specifically a post-ep but it's season five, the fic takes place in a forest and it fits the mood. Plus I'm the mod.
Summary: Four girls have vanished, each one on a different night. Each one by the light of a full moon. Is it just a coincidence?
Still Life with Implant by denynothing1 aka Barbara D.
Summary: Adjusting to life in remission.
This Her Fever by Aloysia Virgata. Wendy's note: I'd never read this because the summary made it sound like cancer fic, which I mostly avoid for personal reasons. But it's not about Scully having cancer, it's Scully-in-remission fic and canon-compliant, too.
SUMMARY: It is, she thinks, a fitting coda to her life that Mulder and Father McCue should cross paths in this room, both trying to offer her salvation.
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And since my daughter has requested a "space" themed party for her third birthday next month, I'm spending my extracurricular time planning that (toddler birthday parties. space. all my dreams are coming true! I don't know which one of us is more excited!), and not on fanfic. So, if I don't return to comment, I just wanted to say that I began reading "This Her Fever" by Aloysia Virgata and can't put it down. Love the canon-compliance and all the little scenes and character insight we would have loved to see but never got. The Redux II bit is basically the post-ep fic I've been waiting to read for that episode. It's a lovely scene between Mulder and Scully. Overall, their characterizations are nice, the dialogue is especially well done, but there are a few things that strike me as a bit off. First, our serious Scully is a tad more bubbly throughout than I feel is right for her. Not in a bad way, just ever so slightly a different Scully than I imagine. Especially at this time in her life, and then with Ellen, which brings me to point two - I question that her relationship with Ellen could have remained that strong and open, especially at this time in her life. I don't imagine canon Scully being able to be as open with anyone as she is with Ellen at the beach (the third point. Scully recovers from cancer by taking a girls beach trip? There's something so anti-x-files about a girls beach trip, which I believe was pointed out in the story, but it just didn't feel right to me). I did love that this story makes some sense of Bill Scully, and he's very likable. There's even some sweet scenes of brother/sister camaraderie! Finally, I can take or leave the smut, but the surprise of Scully's dream was just the best. Oldest trick in the book, and it was done perfectly here. And Skinner. That's all I need to say, right? Bringing us back to where we find our heros in Detour, this is a lovely story that fills both the temporal and emotional gaps at the beginning of season 5. Excellent read, thank you for the recommendation.
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You Know You've Been Watching Too Much X Files When... I read this and for a moment thought you meant a "Space" themed party, as in the episode "Space" and for the life of me I couldn't figure out what that would even entail. Face on Mars cupcakes?
Hoo boy.
I liked Bill Scully in "This Her Fever," too. I'm always happy when he's not immediately cast as the villain in fics, since he just seemed like a hard-nosed protective big brother the few times we saw him on screen.
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Thanks for the laugh.