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X-Files Solve Rate
Although I tend to think of X-Files episodes and cases as open-ended - the Flukeman surviving somehow in the sewer, perhaps to return one day… - perhaps Mulder and Scully solved more cases than I give them credit for. In Tooms Scully tells Skinner that their case solution rate of 75% is above the bureau standard - and according to my calculations their solve rate really was 75% at that point in season 1! Of course it didn’t stay that high, and the more mytharc cases the worse their rate becomes since those episodes often end with an empty warehouse, no alien fetus, and their informant dead on a bridge. Of course it depends on how you’re counting a “solve” - I usually went based on whether they could write a report to Skinner that wasn’t just a giant shrug emoji - but I do wonder how often they actually got any kind of conviction…
Season 1: 71% - off to a great start! Of course they shut down the X-Files anyways…
Season 2: 64% - not as good, but there were a lot more mytharc episodes, including a major unresolved abduction arc.
Season 3: 54% - not great, but there were several two-part mytharc episodes which mostly go unsolved, as well as several MOTW cases like Jose Chung’s ‘From Outer Space’ which are classically unresolved.
Season 4: 58% - I assume Skinner’s reaction at the end of El Mundo Gira applies to all their post case meetings, whether solved or not
Season 5: 45% - even worse! Of course I’m unfairly including the two episodes set pre-X-Files in Mulder and Scully’s solve rate. But uhh, there’s not much argument against shutting down the X-Files in this data (sorry 🙈)
Season 6: 68% - actually if you look at the second half of the season when they get the X-Files back they’re at 80%!
Season 7: 73% - their best season solve rate since season 1 - think they’re working extra hard to prove that getting romantically involved won’t affect their work? Happy agents make successful agents!
Season 8: 62% - Scully and Doggett actually do pretty well with the MOTW cases in the first half of the season, but the mytharc-heavy second half brings down their average.
Season 9: 84% - with Scully’s help Doggett and Reyes do surprisingly well. Although I miss the classic who knows what really happened endings of the early seasons.
Seasons 10 and 11: 67 and 75% - even more starkly continuing the trend of resolved MOTW cases and unsatisfying conclusions to the mytharc episodes.
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Wetwired Cut Scene: Mulder "I trust her with my life..."
This moment comes back into play later on in the episode
#wetwired#season 3#xfiles#thexfiles#xf bts#gillian anderson#mulder#david duchovny#scully#mulder and scully#dana scully#msr#the xfiles#xfedit#xf fanfic#xf rewatch
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heard it was x files rewatch season
#x files#xf rewatch#katie#we had this conversation last summer but i didnt have seasonal depression then lmao
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xf rewatch: pilot
("Man")
This is a photo of my laptop screen. It feels oddly appropriate that Conventional Methods won't allow me to take a fucking screencap of this 30-year-old show to make a stupid tumblr post about it, but those are the times we live in, corporate overreach, erosion of data privacy, technological advances being cynically co-opted by those with selfish interests, etc.
Anyway. It seems insane to me that I have never done a deliberate rewatch of the entirety of XF from start to finish. Ironically one reason I was dragging my feet on this was I'm so sick of the pilot. And yet, I enjoyed the effort to watch it with fresh eyes, imagining I was some regular jabroni just coming across this while flipping channels in 1993. It is interesting to me that it's the procedural-ness that sucks you in, the ordinariness of the world, the deliberate banality of the setting into which extraordinary things are methodically introduced, and you (and Scully) are asked: well? How do you reconcile this? How do you explain it?
Scully starts on this ground level, and Mulder meets her there. She's braced for this legendary basement kook and ready to parry a barrage of propaganda and dig in about how aliens aren't real, but he's got a chemical formula up on a screen and he's like: so what is this? Well, it was found on all the bodies. He lures her in not by telling her a bunch of crazy stories (ok, he does a bit of that too) but by presenting her with facts and asking her to explain them. He shoves her along a few times (if it's not human, what is it?), but it really struck me on this viewing how she's the one trying to get him to tell her what he thinks, whereas he is determined to let her foot her way along the path to get there on her own, without being influenced (or vexed into kneejerk opposition) by his "theories." Scully doesn't get drawn in because she wants to prove Mulder wrong, OR right. It's sort of beautiful that once she's got the scent, it's not about Mulder at all, though he is certainly right there with her, as both a guide and an antagonist. Scully's drawn in by her own investigative instincts and her own determination that, you know, the answers are there. You just have to know where to look.
And then when they're making headway and their motel gets burned down with all the evidence inside it, Mulder doesn't have to rant paranoiacally that someone's working against them; Scully's right there fighting it with him and seeing what he's seeing. And by the time Blevins is scornfully hairsplitting her findings to make Mulder look bad, their alliance is cemented, because they've done it together, she's been in his shoes and in his head with him, on the trail, and the trail led somewhere pretty weird, and she doesn't know all the way what to make of that yet but, one thing is certain: they've got him all wrong, this Spooky Mulder.
I would like to watch a TV show of that. And so, I shall. (Again)
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someone on twitter said 'mulder and scully might be straight but they flirt like lesbians' and I've been thinking about that for 2 days now
#xf#mulder and scully#msr#might fuck around and rewatch my dumb little 90s comfort show idk#them and percabeth ... lesbian vibes. cant explain it
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#x files#x files meme#txf#ghost in the machine#the x files#xf#twas i#recently rewatched this ep and found mulder's manspreading amusing#dudes taking up 2/3 of the bench!!#og meme from parks and rec btw#s1
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Btw, I had no idea that Tim Minear worked on the X-Files, which has one of the most classic slow burn romances of all time (my first ship, MSR). I saw his name in the credits and was shocked. If Buddie is anything like MSR, we're in for a ride, though MSR really heated up in s6 and s7 (weirdly, despite DD not being there for half the season).
#buddie#tim minear#xf#that show stands up btw the episode i saw was as excellent as I remember#i almost want to do a rewatch#but lord knows i don't have that much time on my hands
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got prescribed adhd meds and they’re currently waiting for me to pick up from the pharmacy……….. :) can’t wait to finally be able to watch shows i like again
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I've been rewatching the X-files for the 30th anniversary.
And I don't know if it's because of the state of modern TV, or just what I've been watching lately, but....
The amount of respect both the narrative and Mulder has for Scully, even when they disagree, even when the story says she's wrong, even with the fan complaints that she's always the wrong one (not entirely true from what I've seen- Mulder is often shown to be heading in the wrong direction like in Eve- plus the idea clouding over my head of what in the world Mulder would have gotten himself into if it wasn't for her...)
It feels important
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XF Rewatch Series - Fic Recs
When you want to remember how it all was (or series-spanning fics that didn’t fit into my season by season lists):
Episode by Episode Rewatch Series:
TXF: Scenes in Between by @scullywolf - missing scenes for every episode through season 9!
201 Days of X Files by @30xf - through season 4
The FBI’s Most Unwanted by @leiascully - through season 3
All Eyes Lead to the Truth by @admiralty-xfd @fridaysat9 @monikafilefan @gaycrouton - third person perspectives on each episode, WIP currently through season 2
219 by @freckleslikestars - smutty fic for every episode, currently though Jersey Devil, NSFW
First Time, Every Time by @phillippadgettwrites - first time fic for every episode, currently through Conduit, NSFW
Check-In Vignettes:
Birthdays by @syntax6 - birthday fics each season through season 7
if the fates allow by @all-these-ghosts - Christmas with Mulder and Scully, 1993-2016
Movie Night by @i-gaze-at-scully - movie nights throughout the series
Fraternize by @admiralty-xfd @gaycrouton - a series of motel room trysts, NSFW
Inspection by @ingridgradient - for seven years, Mulder and Scully give each other tick checks in motel rooms, NSFW
#45 Hegal Place by @admiralty-xfd DanaScullyMakesMeFeelAutopsyTurvy - There’s never a dull moment when your neighbor is Special Agent Fox Mulder
This Woman's Work by @admiralty-xfd - the series through the eyes of Margaret Scully
Seventeen by @scapegrace74-blog - Explores how Mulder's sexual relationships shaped (and mis-shaped) him as a man. Each chapter represents a different partner. Mulder/Other, ultimately MSR, NSFW
X Files Rewatch Series by skuls - unconnected stories throughout the series, some canon-compliant, some not
if I am hopeful by @all-these-ghosts - Scully ficlet for every season
ever since, ever since, ever since by breakfastsandwich - scully realizes nine times over that mulder may in fact love her
Times Fox Mulder Cried by @frangipanidownunder - every season through the revival
these tornadoes are for you (or times she loved him back) by audries - vignettes throughout the series
5 A.M. by @kateyes224 - Five times Scully found herself awake at 5 a.m., and the one time she wasn’t alone
Kisses by @peacenik0 - two times Scully told Mulder “don’t do that again”, and one time she didn’t
Choose Your Poison by Solia - Five times Scully had too much to drink (and one time she had just the right amount of liquid courage!)
To Satisfy Your Expectant Tongue by @givesmevoice - The power and love of being seen and someone knowing how you take your tea.
Wake-Up Calls by lapsed_scholar - Government-issued cell phones are remarkably identical. (Or, Four times Mulder answered Scully's phone at an incriminating hour, and one time she answered his)
Canon Parallel Stories:
Incrementum by @lepus-arcticus - the progression of their relationship if they started sleeping together in the pilot, NSFW. WIP, currently through season 8
Triptych by @iconicscullyoutfits - married to Diana AU
Nuptiae Sub Rosa by @sisterspooky1013 @xfmaweezy - secret marriage AU
I've got you under my skin by cuits - In a universe where soulmate identifying marks exist and affect a part of the population, would Mulder and Scully's relationship evolve any different? Unfinished but complete through Existence so it still ends in a satisfying place.
Enough by @atths--twice - the progression of their relationship if they started sleeping together when the X-Files are shutdown in season 2, NSFW
He is the Master of His Fate, She is the Captain of Her Soul by @scullylikesscience - the progression of their relationship season 7 through IWTB era
Culmination by @admiralty-xfd - Mulder and Scully's journey of the heart, step by (baby) step.
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'One Son' Script, Deleted Scene: Is Mulder "The One That Got Away"? 💔
Oh my!
The innuendo....
#one son#season 6#xfiles#thexfiles#xf bts#gillian anderson#mulder#david duchovny#scully#mulder and scully#dana scully#msr#msr fanfic#xfedit#xf fanfic#xf#the xfiles#xf rewatch
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xf rewatch: ice/space/fallen angel
one thing about me is I know how important it is to stick to a consistent posting schedule. anyway here’s 3 more XF rewatch writeups after weeks of silence
ice
Ice doesn’t deserve to be just lumped in here, but I watched it forever ago and I’ve seen it a million times and no one needs my thoughts on it anyway. Biggest Ice takeaways this time through:
this is M&S’s, and our, first truly grownup episode. M&S have been faffing around in their shoulder pads debating about whether aliens are real and if a jersey devil could be a girl and and certainly getting in scrapes/close calls, but this shit is SERIOUS. like they could die. and they know it. and this ep feels it. they are scared, they are wild-eyed and sweaty in their casual thermals and this is not just investigating a Case or intellectual sparring. there is no remove. no one is wearing a suit or renting a car or buying an office sandwich from the cart. they keep getting in deeper and deeper and it is out of control and scary and real as shit
that exterior shot with the extremely fake Rudolph snowflakes is used, I believe my final count was, 472 times. and was hilarious to me each and every time.
ice is a magnificent ep, no notes. we knew this
space
Space is… not good, which is not news but allow me to attempt to pinpoint why:
pacing so bad. like in the beginning some stuff (conveyed mostly through stock footage) is happening and then suddenly mulder and scully are there and it’s like, a case I guess? this lady walks up to them and shows them this photo that looks like nothing and spends like an hour explaining it to them and is like the fbi has to investigate this! and mulder and scully are like oh, well we’re the fbi so we can do that. then they go to nasa and just stand around
listen I love, LOVE a good nerd infodump but even for me it was all getting deeply tedious and I ceased being able to, or having the will to, follow what was going on. And I just read and enjoyed all 864 pages of Seveneves. Having scully stand next to mulder and he has to keep explaining to her every space thing as it happens just adds this extra layer of shellac over everything. it’s like when you’re on a plane and you kind of half-voluntarily watch a movie in the row ahead of you through the seat backs. primo chris carter “tell don’t show.”
the whole car accident sequence is a facepalm from beginning to end. the car literally FLIPS OVER, michelle is in there yelling and sounding mostly just mildly pissed off, mulder keeps chirping “y’all right?” like she tumbled into a snowbank in a hallmark movie, then bodily drags her out from her flipped-over car that she is trapped under, and THEN scully goes “now, don’t try to move.” thanks doc! then michelle just goes back to NASA, with blood dripping down her face (which continues actively dripping throughout the scene, with no trace of a scar the next day). couldn’t hitting a tree have conveyed the sense of “a malevolent space monster made me lose control of my driving” just as well? presumably the car explodes as soon as they leave. and no one minds.
I realize this is not an easy thing to replicate on a budget, but my god “mission control” is sad-looking. it looks like it was filmed inside the janitor’s closet at a puppet theater. and the only person who works there is that one guy who I am informed was a canadian vj on MuchMusic and who has literally all the dialogue.
(counterpoint: hard for me not to compare to For All Mankind, which does all this a million times better, but deeply unfair to do so since that's not only 25 years later but the theme on which this episode is kind of the saddest crackerjackiest variation is their show's entire job and budget.)
Mulder And Scully At The (NASA) Library: Approved. Love how they just leave the file they spent hours searching for when they run out.
what even was the motivation of the space/mars guy. to get back to space? to kill everyone? to kill everyone but only after getting back to space first? to bring down more space/mars guys to cause dramatically bad car accidents where everyone is fine? yes I know the REAL motivation is "give mulder and scully a semi-plausible paranormal reason to go to nasa and stand around"
the “everyone cheers in mission control because a scary/tense space thing was accomplished and everyone is ok” moment happened I think 3 separate times?? chris come on
this episode is still like 5x as coherent and watchable as any of CC’s revival episodes (other than Plus One).
one good thing is the space face morphing or whatever was super cool/creepy and holds up quite decently as an effect. also scully saw it!! well that’s cool! she doesn’t really seem to have any particular thoughts about that or anything though. you might think Mulder would bring that up more in the future. (morgan & wong: “well scully can’t SEE the paranormal thing so let’s have her juuuust miss it! twice!” chris carter: *file not found*)
I get that CC wanted to make a tense NASA episode, I like that genre of thing, and I appreciate that they took a stab at it but in the end, the execution was not the greatest. nor was the concept. ah well.
fallen angel
fallen angel was a friggin breath of fresh air after space, and I remembered NOTHING about it beyond a bit of Max and “the enigmatic Dr. Scully.”
the gordon/gansa ripping off of scifi classics continues apace as the whole evacuating for a “toxic spill” that is really a UFO is of course straight out of Close Encounters.
although I (correctly) complained about this in Space, I actually liked how we got sort of sideways-pulled into this one, with the scenario setup first and then we see Mulder (only Mulder) skulking around while we are flashing back to Deep Throat giving him the lowdown. immediately understandable that this is kind of an off-book adventure for him (leather jacket for forest hiking, perfect). And super satisfying when Scully gets her hero’s entrance to bail him out (and yell at him).
it was fun getting an idea of mulder as UFO Celebrity. always mobbed by fans while in air force jail. rough. (also funny to see his sheepishness at getting called out for writing an article in Omni about UFO sightings under a fake name)
Loved Scully getting pulled into some clutch doctoring. Just some great dimension for her as well/a reminder that she has her own areas of expertise and this FBI sidekick situation is not all she can do. (she is also still heartbreakingly in her "the government cannot do that! you are entitled to the truth!" phase.) I also loved when she marches glassy-eyed into Mulder’s motel room after a long rough night and wordlessly opens the fridge.
I liked the bit where mulder is talking about Max being an abductee and scully is all, mulder he's unreliable and he might be psychotic blah blah and mulder goes, scully you don’t get it, HE doesn’t think he’s an abductee, I think it. Also brings back a bit of what I liked so much in the pilot and earliest eps: scully being like mulder your crazy alien voodoo isn't gonna work on me!!! a martian didn't eat those livers!!! and mulder being like, scully, all I am asking is that you look at a scar and give me your medical opinion. he's not trying to talk her into anything and that's how he GETS YA
Interesting to see how they're still throwing out whatever alien concepts at this point. they are benevolent and send reassuring messages through the tv to loved ones? sure. they are evil spirits that possess astronauts' faces before killing them? got it. they're invisible/use cloaking devices to pass through lasers? duly noted.
I’m not sure the ending worked great but that’s ok. Gotta end it somehow. I found myself glad to know that we will be seeing Max again.
On a scale between Ice where Mulder and Scully are believably layered humans, frightened but determined, shakily wielding their authority one minute and losing their shit in realistically overlapping off-camera arguments in the next, and Space where they are sidelined Mary Sues in a half-baked NASA fanfic that could have used another beta, Fallen Angel is somewhere in the middle. Good ep, not great. But that yearning feeling that XF was so good at is present here. Something big is happening and it's JUST beyond where we can see. gotta see it. gotta keep searching. it's out there (the truth)
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i can't bring myself to finish s11 quite yet so tonight i'm gonna rewatch fire and make a photoset i think
#making photosets relaxes me#making gifsets enrages me#two wolves exist inside me#rewatching early season xf also relaxes me#twas a simpler time#chrissy.txt
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supernatural s1e19 provenance
hey i know you, it's bree! who was also Five in dark matter
jodelle ferland as bree in twilight eclipse / five in dark matter
#supernatural#dark matter#twilight eclipse#jodelle ferland#hey i know you#so far s1 of supernatural has been really funny in that all these people who look familiar but really aren't#just so many cookie cutter beautiful people that remind me of someone else#i blame partially the styling especially in first half of the season#i kinda bailed on my xf rewatch and not sure i'll have the commitment to keep track of people i recognize since spn has so many eps#spnhiky#spnwatch
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