X files character tooms

First of all, try relying on the L train if you really want something to whine about. Anderson clearly knows her character so well, and the episode feels small and intimate as a result. When Scully finally reaches closure from the affair, it goes a long way in showing how much she had grown over seven seasons. Thrusting Scully into the role of the believer and Doggett as the skeptic is a breath of fresh air, but the case itself is by-the-numbers.

Back then, they still held out hope that Mulder would return and rescue their favorite show. Any episode with the Lone Gunmen is fun enough, but seeing Doggett running to save Mulder really makes you glad that this big, crazy FBI family is back together.

This is by-the-numbers X-Files , but done extremely well. But the story, boiled down into two episodes, never really amounts to anything but an idea. Episodes like this are beautiful treasures. Coyote of The X-Files. Obsessed with the X-Files but completely unequipped to be in the field, Harrison gets herself and Doggett held prisoner by a horrible CGI reptile monster.

Mulder even completely comes around on Doggett in this episode, not only saving him, but welcoming him into the fold. There would be glimmers of life in subsequent episodes, sure, but you basically just have to be along for the ride. The whole zombie thing comes off as mostly uninspired, but this episode shines because it features the first actual kiss between Mulder and Scully. The fact that anyone would believe Spender to be Mulder, even with a DNA test, is, frankly, nonsensical.

But the conclusion that Scully has to give William up for adoption in order to keep him from being pursued by men who want to hurt him is appropriately heartbreaking. The new man in charge, Kersh, is kind of an over-the-top asshole, but it works to put some fire in the investigation. While the Samantha search would ultimately have an unsatisfying payoff, the setup is solid.

Exploring sexual themes is rarely something The X-Files tackles — religion, government paranoia, and mysticism are usually its go-tos — but this is one of its better episodes, where the social commentary of sexual repression surprisingly still packs a modern punch. The most important part of the episode, obviously, is that big kiss between Mulder and Scully. A final scene eight seasons in making, how satisfying. However, this is a pretty great mythology episode.

This was the first sign that Gillian Anderson was destined for some truly amazing work on this show. The bonkers musical sequence at the end is the icing on the cake. As such, this episode is a fantastic showcase for Duchovny. This is a fun, twisted episode that doubles as a dark exploration of who Mulder is as character. Blowing up the oil rig and stopping the offshore drilling of the alien substance is done in a spectacular fashion, with both FBI agents leaping to safety in a fiery climax.

This is one of the first indications that the conspiracy is far-reaching, with every part of the government involved. But when it focuses on what the season should be about — the new agents — it can actually be fantastic. This time, he wakes up in Mexico without his memory while his partners try to find out where he is.

It breaks Mulder, as his strong connection to kidnapping cases drives his very being. This episode was originally set to be directed by Quentin Tarantino, but a DGA dispute kept him from being able to. A stranded Scully trying to escape the cult while Doggett hunts for her cements these two as partners you want to keep watching, which contributes to my theory that season eight is a lot better than people want to give it credit for. And to be honest, Jesse L. The series only promises to get better from here, and it definitely does.

Skinner sure does. Gillian Anderson is fantastic as a woman determined to protect her child, find her partner, and also save another pregnant woman who might be killed by shadowy doctors. The bond between Scully and Doggett is finally solidified when he learns the truth about her pregnancy and does everything he can to save her in an intense final-act showdown.

Eugene Tooms is a creepy, horrifying villain, and his nesting — along with his elongating himself through an air vent — still haunts nightmares more than two decades later. Bonus points for being the episode that introduces Special Agent Monica Reyes, because I am probably the only fan of this character that exists.

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Christian: There was one cringeworthy scene where Tooms sucked the fingers of his latex-gloved hand having picked up a dead rat and placed it into a sack as part of his job as an animal control officer. What is your interpretation of that? Doug: Lust. Pure hunger lust. Excruciating anticipation.

Just a taste of something decadent. An appetizer … Until the main course …. Are you a man who suffers for your art?

Where would you draw the line? Doug: Suffer for my art? I … Like … Art. Where would I draw the line? Now, Gillian, on the other hand …. Skip to main content area. Well, Tooms was played by Doug Hutchison, and Christian managed to track him down for a quick chat… —————- Skinny Minute. I think Eugene woke up every 30 years, hunted, had a little fun, ate his quotient of livers, and curled right back up into that nest again to sleep it off … And dream of art … —————- Eugene-ious Christian: Scully suggested in her psychological profile of Tooms that he was of above average intelligence, enjoyed the challenge of a more complicated kill, but sometimes sought to capture the emotional highs of previous murders.

Doug: I was an above average intelligent monster!