Master of Horror Stephen King's first effort at an X-File sees Scully's well deserved vacation going terribly wrong and landing her in a small Maine town where one of the residents is believed to be a witch, and her autistic daughter's doll has frighteningly evil powers.
first of all i nearly died seeing scully in that t-shirt, second of all mulder saying “marry me”… he literally has no life outside of scully it’s so funny i love them
fox mulder is unbelievably lame i adore him so much . twirling the phone chord in his hand whilst talking to scully like a teenage girl with a crush alrightyyyy pal.
things that makes this episode wonderful:
- Mulder drinking 'out of date' orange juice requiring topical knowledge of whenever the fuck this episode aired
- Scully's mesmerising vibes in the bathtub
- A woman nearly getting scalped by a blender
- The hokey pokey scene being genuinely incredible hor
Mulder half-jokingly asking Scully to marry him, Scully closing the door with her foot while in the bathtub, and Mulder's pencils in the ceiling are all highlights. Oh, and the story was pretty good too.
i’ve said it once and i’ll say it again but this show is at its best when it uses its inherent weirdness and strikes the perfect balance between comedy and horror.
personal highlights:
- scully looks SO GOOD this entire episode, i’m going feral
- mulder can’t even make it two days without talking t