Charmed, I’m sure
The X-Fileshas been playing fast and loose with its taglines this season.
Familiarity can be blinding.
He’s killed because he loves Mr. Chuckleteethright now, in an obsessive, clutch-your-stuffed-puppet-and-sing-him-a-song kind of way.
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Mulder and Scully are off to the woods, as always.
Any tale about small-town New England scandal worth its salt is going to involve an affair.
So of course Melvin didn’t do it.
I didn’t buy it then either).
Leave the letter of the law to Scully.
After Rick follows his suspect and throws him to the ground, Melvin yells, “It was statutory!
I never hurt anybody!”
But whereBroadchurchgave the situation enough detail and nuance to make it a tragedy, Melvin’s story remains ambiguous.
Here, at least,The X-Filesallows Mulder to make the anti-establishment commentary that suits him.
“It’s small-town justice,” Mulder says.
“They have their scapegoat, their predator.”
Small towns and cops protect their own.
Scully sighs: “What do you mean a TV character?”
Her affectionate naysaying is dialed up a notch tonight, like she just jumped out of the early seasons.
“He’s grown though.”
What is the logic of these familiars, exactly?
Is each familiar a new spirit or the same spirit wearing a new face?
As long as there’s something we love out there, it can be turned against us.
(“I can end this!”
she screams; as if on cue, a hellhound jumps her husband and devours him.)
Only the spell book is left unburnt, ready for the next jilted woman.
“Familiar” is a scattered episode.
Not these days."
A death in one town can start a national movement.
