Rewatch Extra: 2x10 Red Museum
"When I grow up, I wanna go to Bovine University!"
I…have been rendered speechless by the comically oversized lapels on Scully’s white jacket. On the plus side, they’re distracting me from her hair, the ends of which have been viciously assaulted by a large barrel curling iron.
The sheriff thinks the kids have been possessed. I might buy that if "he is one" had been burned into the skin or something, but it's marker. Does the devil use Sharpies?
OH NO. They’re VEGETARIANS. From CALIFORNIA.
They share an umbrella. It’s adorable how she just walks along, taking for complete granted that he will provide cover from the drizzle.
Every time someone references Odin, I think "Great Odin's raven!"
"Today is a blessing from our lord and master, who awaits his flock in this time, the dawning of the Age of Aquarius. Eighteen earth years from the beginning of the new kingdom." This aired in December 1994. Do you know what's 18 years after that? December 2012.
Mulder and Scully are adorably talking in the back of class. I love how they always have complete disregard for group meetings and just act as if they're the only two there.
When Scully takes off her coat in Wisconsin, it’s revealed that she’s STILL WEARING the jacket. I'm afraid a stiff breeze might lift her into the air. I can't get over it. Why would anyone design a jacket like that? Don't they know there are children in China who don't have any lapels at all?
Is it just me, or is Scully sometimes a little awkward with kids? She always seems like she's trying too hard. It reminds me of Pam in "Take Your Daughter to Work" day, trying to lure kids to the desk with candy and a paper shredder, while Jim just effortlessly works his magic.
BBQ! First things first, Scully does not even need to wear that bib. Why bother with lapels like that if you're not going to put them to practical use?
Dudes, he wants to sex her, even though she’s wearing a black plastic watch. Look at him! He’s contemplating leaning across the table to lick the sauce off, but mentally deems that “a little unprofessional” and settles for wiping with a napkin. I remember the first time I watched this episode, being all, THAT JUST HAPPENED.
No, really. They’re eyeing each other like they want to grab a bottle of barbecue sauce and get out of there. Mulder: thinking dirty thoughts. Scully: liking it.
Mulder says “I think the Spur Posse just rode into town,” which is an apt description, finding out as we do later that there have been several rapes in the town, all done by high school boys.
Mulder manages to make ripping off a bib look cool. So I can enjoy it, I’m going to pretend that he goes back to pick it up before they leave, because I can’t abide a litterer.
"Why don't you run along with the little wife?"
I enjoy this look Mulder gives Scully after the "hard to tell the villains without a scorecard" line. I also think Scully may be hiding a large rock in the bottom of her hair.
The motel they’re staying in is sort of odd for them. They usually stay in those one level, route 66-style places. This is a multi-level, with a lobby that appears to be attached to the front.
I’m not sure on what grounds they can arrest Odin.
Scully’s pants are so high! I know it’s 1994, but DAMN. Mom Jeans.
This is about the time this episode goes a little nuts.
The mom (who is also Penny Northern, by the by) is completely weird when she’s saying that Gary’s never been sick a day in his life. You expect her to qualify, say something like, “Besides a few colds,” but no. Never, ever sick. Never puked, never blew his nose, never got the pox. All because the doctor was giving him “vitamin shots.” That sounds like a Michael Jackson euphemism.
Mulder, was there not a better way to get to the other side of the wall? You had to wrap your hand up and punch through a mirror?
The kids are drinking fake Bud (“Bodmeister,” I think the labels say), although in Wisconsin, they’d probably be drinking fake Miller. Molmer? Modler?
The creepy guy’s name is Gerd Thomas. I can't stop saying "Gerd" out loud. This is what happens when I'm left alone for the weekend. He’s sort of a weird addition to the storyline. You expect him to have more to do with the conspiracy stuff, but it just turns out he’s an equal opportunity perv who stumbled onto it.
Oh my God, get a room, you two!
SURPRISE! It’s a mytharc! The doctor’s broken vial contained synthetic corticosteroids with unidentified amino acids. “That’s purity control, Mulder.” I’d just like to take a moment to express my love for the way they don’t fall all over themselves making sure the audience knows what that means, trusting that you’ll remember the phrase.
MULDER: Do you know what you're saying, Scully?
SCULLY: The man who died in that plane crash was inoculating those kids with antibodies derived from what may have been an extraterrestrial source.
MULDER: He's been injecting those kids with alien DNA.
SCULLY: No, Mulder, that was never proven conclusively.
MULDER: But it's the same substance we found in the Erlenmeyer flask, isn't it? The same material my Deep Throat contact died for.
SCULLY: Yes.
Oh, Scully. Why do you always have to do that thing where you put forth a wacky theory and then immediately disown it when Mulder repeats it back to you? I kind of dig the secret mytharc of it all, because it shows us just how far-reaching the Conspiracy is. It's also cool that it's linked to growth hormones, because it draws into question something that, as Scully says, has been proven "safe" to the public. Even though she's just been abducted, Scully still thinks the government, at heart, is something to be trusted, something that is basically looking out for the good of the American people.
Mulder sticks his fingers into some liquid at the meat packing plant and smells it. Luckily, he does not lick it, because turns out to be gasoline.
Ha, the assassin guy swings from a meat hook and kicks Mulder, knocking him over. He sadly loses his gun.
In her episode wrap-up voice over, Scully says the case is “open and unsolved."
I…have been rendered speechless by the comically oversized lapels on Scully’s white jacket. On the plus side, they’re distracting me from her hair, the ends of which have been viciously assaulted by a large barrel curling iron.
The sheriff thinks the kids have been possessed. I might buy that if "he is one" had been burned into the skin or something, but it's marker. Does the devil use Sharpies?
OH NO. They’re VEGETARIANS. From CALIFORNIA.
They share an umbrella. It’s adorable how she just walks along, taking for complete granted that he will provide cover from the drizzle.
Every time someone references Odin, I think "Great Odin's raven!"
"Today is a blessing from our lord and master, who awaits his flock in this time, the dawning of the Age of Aquarius. Eighteen earth years from the beginning of the new kingdom." This aired in December 1994. Do you know what's 18 years after that? December 2012.
Mulder and Scully are adorably talking in the back of class. I love how they always have complete disregard for group meetings and just act as if they're the only two there.
When Scully takes off her coat in Wisconsin, it’s revealed that she’s STILL WEARING the jacket. I'm afraid a stiff breeze might lift her into the air. I can't get over it. Why would anyone design a jacket like that? Don't they know there are children in China who don't have any lapels at all?
Is it just me, or is Scully sometimes a little awkward with kids? She always seems like she's trying too hard. It reminds me of Pam in "Take Your Daughter to Work" day, trying to lure kids to the desk with candy and a paper shredder, while Jim just effortlessly works his magic.
BBQ! First things first, Scully does not even need to wear that bib. Why bother with lapels like that if you're not going to put them to practical use?
Dudes, he wants to sex her, even though she’s wearing a black plastic watch. Look at him! He’s contemplating leaning across the table to lick the sauce off, but mentally deems that “a little unprofessional” and settles for wiping with a napkin. I remember the first time I watched this episode, being all, THAT JUST HAPPENED.
No, really. They’re eyeing each other like they want to grab a bottle of barbecue sauce and get out of there. Mulder: thinking dirty thoughts. Scully: liking it.
Mulder says “I think the Spur Posse just rode into town,” which is an apt description, finding out as we do later that there have been several rapes in the town, all done by high school boys.
Mulder manages to make ripping off a bib look cool. So I can enjoy it, I’m going to pretend that he goes back to pick it up before they leave, because I can’t abide a litterer.
"Why don't you run along with the little wife?"
I enjoy this look Mulder gives Scully after the "hard to tell the villains without a scorecard" line. I also think Scully may be hiding a large rock in the bottom of her hair.
The motel they’re staying in is sort of odd for them. They usually stay in those one level, route 66-style places. This is a multi-level, with a lobby that appears to be attached to the front.
I’m not sure on what grounds they can arrest Odin.
Scully’s pants are so high! I know it’s 1994, but DAMN. Mom Jeans.
This is about the time this episode goes a little nuts.
The mom (who is also Penny Northern, by the by) is completely weird when she’s saying that Gary’s never been sick a day in his life. You expect her to qualify, say something like, “Besides a few colds,” but no. Never, ever sick. Never puked, never blew his nose, never got the pox. All because the doctor was giving him “vitamin shots.” That sounds like a Michael Jackson euphemism.
Mulder, was there not a better way to get to the other side of the wall? You had to wrap your hand up and punch through a mirror?
The kids are drinking fake Bud (“Bodmeister,” I think the labels say), although in Wisconsin, they’d probably be drinking fake Miller. Molmer? Modler?
The creepy guy’s name is Gerd Thomas. I can't stop saying "Gerd" out loud. This is what happens when I'm left alone for the weekend. He’s sort of a weird addition to the storyline. You expect him to have more to do with the conspiracy stuff, but it just turns out he’s an equal opportunity perv who stumbled onto it.
Oh my God, get a room, you two!
SURPRISE! It’s a mytharc! The doctor’s broken vial contained synthetic corticosteroids with unidentified amino acids. “That’s purity control, Mulder.” I’d just like to take a moment to express my love for the way they don’t fall all over themselves making sure the audience knows what that means, trusting that you’ll remember the phrase.
MULDER: Do you know what you're saying, Scully?
SCULLY: The man who died in that plane crash was inoculating those kids with antibodies derived from what may have been an extraterrestrial source.
MULDER: He's been injecting those kids with alien DNA.
SCULLY: No, Mulder, that was never proven conclusively.
MULDER: But it's the same substance we found in the Erlenmeyer flask, isn't it? The same material my Deep Throat contact died for.
SCULLY: Yes.
Oh, Scully. Why do you always have to do that thing where you put forth a wacky theory and then immediately disown it when Mulder repeats it back to you? I kind of dig the secret mytharc of it all, because it shows us just how far-reaching the Conspiracy is. It's also cool that it's linked to growth hormones, because it draws into question something that, as Scully says, has been proven "safe" to the public. Even though she's just been abducted, Scully still thinks the government, at heart, is something to be trusted, something that is basically looking out for the good of the American people.
Mulder sticks his fingers into some liquid at the meat packing plant and smells it. Luckily, he does not lick it, because turns out to be gasoline.
Ha, the assassin guy swings from a meat hook and kicks Mulder, knocking him over. He sadly loses his gun.
In her episode wrap-up voice over, Scully says the case is “open and unsolved."