X files movie marathon: all time favourite

Last night I voted Small Potatoes as my all time favourite X files episode. Of course I still have about 4.5 seasons to go, so maybe there's another little gem in there somewhere :-)

Before I start ranting about why I like Small Potatoes so much, I'll give you my thoughts on the other 3 episodes I saw last night during my X files movie marathon.


Tempus Fugit and Max are also great episodes. They start off relaxed, dare I say happy, celebrating Scully's birthday and an orally fixated Mulder (mmmm, orally fixated Mulderrrrrrr).
Anyhoooooo, that's not really how the episode started, it starts with the abduction of Max Fennig. You gotta love the irony in that scene; being saved from a cold-blooded murder by an alien-abduction, only to die in a plane crash 9 minutes later...

After the plane crash Mulder goes on a wrist-watch scavenger hunt in the body bags. You gotta have a hobby... Later on while he's fishing for aliens, agent Pendrell, obviously drunk and with a crush on Scully, is shot. At the end of Max Scully says he saved her life. I found that a bit of an odd remark, I mean, he was actually blocking Scully from shooting the bad guy. I'm pretty sure he would've either drawn his own gun or ducked out of the way if he wasn't completely plastered.
Scully gets another nosebleed on the job and gives Skinner one of her trademark "I'm fine"s.
Mulder starts to strip in front of Scully. For some strange reason she actually turns around, didn't she have him half naked in her bed last season?

Scully: "Mulder... you have never remembered my birthday in the four years I've known you."
Mulder: "That's the way I like to celebrate them, every four years. It's like dog years that way."
Scully: "Dog years? Thank you."
Mulder: "You're welcome. Oh, I got something for you."
Scully: "Oh, you've got to be kidding me..."
Mulder: "It's just something that reminded me of you."
Scully: "What? An alien implant?"
Mulder: "Two actually. I made them into earrings."

Mulder: "You have to admit the man had an enduring sense of style."
Scully: "Only Max Fenig and you would appreciate living like this."

Mulder: "Do you know where she is?" [Sharon Graffia]
Scully: "In a mental institution."
Mulder: "I'd go with you but... I'm afraid they'd lock me up."
Scully: "Me too."

Mulder: "More people are trying to get their hands on this thing than a 'Tickle-Me Elmo' doll."


Synchrony is about the effects of time travel. And Mulder showing off how much he can remember about Scully's graduate thesis.

Mulder: "The security officer, who is now in the morgue, has a body temperature a little south of Frosty the Snowman."

Mulder: "'Although common sense may rule out the possibility of time travel, the laws of quantum physics certainly do not.' In case you forgot, that's from your graduate thesis. You were a lot more open minded when you were a youngster."

Mulder: "Never? Never is a very long time, Scully. You said that yourself. 'Although multidimensionality suggests infinite outcomes in an infinite number of universes, each universe can produce only one outcome.'"
Scully: "I was 23 when I wrote that."


Finally, Small Potatoes. I'm a sucker for comedy and an X files shipper, need I say more :-)
Actually, I think David and Gillian should do a romantic comedy together. They've got the chemistry and they're funny as hell when they get the chance.
There are so many funny scenes I can't possibly write them all down. Van Blundht pretending to be Mulder is just hilarious, especially with the Taxi Driver scene. And of course the scene where Van Blundht tries to make a move on Scully. Wonder what would've happened if Mulder had kicked in the door 30 minutes later? Which reminds me, how did he know VB would be with Scully (had he thought about doing the same thing), and why did he kick in the door when he has a key?

Amanda Nelligan: "He dropped by my apartment one day and... one thing sort of led to another."
Mulder: "But the baby's father is an alien."
Amanda Nelligan: "No, no, I didn't say he was an alien. I said he's from another planet. His name is Luke Skywalker. He's what is known as a Jedi knight."
Scully: "Did he have a lightsabre?"
Amanda Nelligan: "No, he didn't bring it. He did sing his song for me though." [Hums the theme to 'Star Wars']
Scully: "How many times have you seen Star Wars, Amanda?"
Amanda Nelligan: "368. I should break 400 by Memorial Day." [Mulder leaves]
Scully: "Okay. Thank you."
Amanda Nelligan: "Oh, wait a minute. Wait. You know these... these four other babies that were... born around here with tails."
Scully: "Uh huh."
Amanda Nelligan: "There couldn't be any chance... Luke's the father, is there?"

Mulder: "How would this happen?"
Scully: "Birds and the bees and the monkey babies, Mulder."

Mrs Neeman: "I haven't been with a man since 1989! I mean not counting you, honey."

Mulder: "Oh, so you're saying there was romance involved?"
Edward Van Blundht: "Why is that so hard to believe? Just cause I was born with a tail no woman would want me? Maybe I got personality. Ever think of that?"

Mulder: "If you're waiting for my usual theory as to what's going on, I don't have it."
Scully: "I do. On behalf of all the women in the world, I seriously doubt this has anything to do with consensual sex."

Mulder: "I have a theory, if you want to hear it?"
Scully: "Van Blundht somehow physically transformed into his captor then walked out the door leaving no one the wiser?"
Mulder: "Scully, should we be picking out china patterns or what?"

Scully: "But what are you saying? That Van Blundht is an alien?"
Mulder: "Not unless they have trailer parks in space."

Mulder: "Hey Scully, if you could be somebody else for a day, who would it be?"
Scully: "Hopefully myself."
Mulder: "That's so boring... I mean wouldn't you even be tempted to try out someone else's existence for a day? Live your life as somebody else?"
Scully: "Looking like someone else, Mulder, and being someone else are completely different things."
Mulder: "Well, maybe it's not. I mean everybody else around you would treat you like you were somebody else. I mean, ultimately, maybe it's other people's reactions to us that makes us who we are."
Scully: "All right then... Eleanor Roosevelt."
Mulder: "Can't be a dead person."
Scully: "Why the hell not?"
Mulder: "Because..."

Scully: "This man's body is quite a scientific experiment and thankfully it's preserved and intact." [Examining the tail, Mulder accidentally snaps it in half. He continues talking to Scully while trying to arrange the tail so Scully won't notice. When Mulder leaves the morgue, the tail drops to the floor and Scully stares at it oddly]

Mulder: [to Amanda Nelligan] "I was just here... Where did I go?"

Skinner: "Which one of you wrote this?"
Mulder: "I did, Sir."
Skinner: "You spelled 'Federal Bureau of Investigation' wrong."
Mulder: "It's a typo."
Skinner: "Twice."

Scully: "I don't imagine you need to be told this, Mulder. But you're not a loser."
Mulder: "Yeah, but I'm no Eddie Van Blundht either. Am I?"

As I'm really lazy, I didn't write all these quotes down while watching the episode. Kudos to Red Wolf's X-Files Episode Guide.