3x04 "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose"

[wendelah1]

HAPPY 50TH BIRTHDAY DANA SCULLY! As chosen by the Scully Fest members, our final episode is "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose," one of my favorites. Though it begins with a murder and ends with a suicide, it doesn't leave the viewer feeling hopeless. The story is a perfect mixture of light and dark, with the bleakness of a serial murder investigation

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[maidenjedi]

Epic.

I realized just now that both my current XF icons are from this episode. Which says a lot about how much I love it.

I have nothing more coherent than that. I always adored this and it grows on me even more.

[tri_sbr]

This was so fun to re-watch! Scully has a lot of good lines combined with facial expressions to go with:

"I can't take you anywhere"

"Oh, so now you're psychic?"

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to give off any negative energy"

(after Bruckman says don't you have crime labs to analyze the piece of lace): "Yes, yes we do" with a pointed look at Mulder

"We can't come up with suspects by having visions" with a tiny smirk

"there are hits and there are misses, and then there are *misses*" and her face as she says it to Bruckman! so great!

There were also good visual touches like when they go into the woods on Bruckman's instinct and both M&S stand with their hands on hips as they wait for him to come up with where the body is. Also, the murderer does his little "dance" with Bruckman in the beginning outside the convenience store and then repeats it with Scully in the hotel where he is the bellman.

And Scully saves the day! A great episode.

[chinapatterns]

After watching both Orison and Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose in succession is it me or does Scully have the same house phone through all 9 Seasons?

Pilot
Duane Barry
Quagmire
Orison
Vienen - maybe
Scary monsters ?

Memory a bit fuzzy when it comes to the later seasons will have to break out the box sets.