- First and foremost: Dear writers, thank you thank you THANK you for setting this in Tennessee rather than West Virginia. Seriously, thank you. Love, West Virginia
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I know I'm in the minority here, but I like the religion-themed episodes. I generally like them too. They're sort of a break from the rest of the episodes, and they give a new layer to the "faith" theme of the show. Also, I'm not religious, so they make me think about things that I otherwise wouldn't. Plus, a lot of good episodes have at least whisperings of religion: Red Museum, Revelations, Kaddish, Redux II, Millennium...
Why do these snakes always magically disappear as soon as someone comes into the room?
It's like the cockroaches in WOTC; they always disappeared from the crime scene without a trace.
Besides, Scully did see a BIG snake (a.k.a. Rev. Mackey?) slither out the door just as she was about to rip Mulder's shirt off.
I guess because Mackey was evil and he raped her? But still... what??
Her dad "saved" her from the evil inside her as she gave birth to the snakes. The source of the evil was Rev. Mackey. This is my extremely oversimplified explanation.
Superficially, I have to say that I love Scully’s long coat I thought the same thing! I love all her dusters this season, but this one was especially fabulous.
Originally aired: 23rd January 2000 (in the US) Good Lord! Does it freak anyone else out that season 7 aired 9 YEARS AGO?! It seems like these just aired like...18 months ago. Crazy.
Scully: Snake handling. I didn't learn that in catechism class. Mulder: That's funny. I knew a couple of Catholic schoolgirls who were expert at it. I'm guessing he knows one more now. ;)
This is one of the weaker eps of Season 7, though it has its good points.
Good stuff: - Sexy coats! - More sexy coat! Now that I think about it, Mulder in leather means he's not wearing a suit. He looks oddly informal in this ep as a result. Almost like they're not a case together, but rather just out for a drive. - Loved the parallel scenes of the two different churches, showing the two ministers reading from the same Bible passage and interpreting it in completely different ways. The actor playing Enoch O'Connor does a phenomenal job. - The Gracie-giving-birth part was horrifying but extremely well done. I liked the detail afterwards of the snakes' leaving slithery tracks in the blood on the floor.
Bad stuff: The ending. A guy with a snake inside him? Whatever. I seem to recall some behind-the-scenes commentary saying how hard it was to get the CGI snake to line up properly with the guy's mouth in that shot.
A boom mic operator is visible on the left hand side of the screen wearing a white t-shirt, beige shorts, and sneakers.I
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"Frank Spotnitz remembers the rather unorthodox casting process. 'Kim Manners told me, 'When we cast this thing, I don't want the actors to say they're not afraid of snakes, get to the set, and then find out that they are.' So we had a snake wrangler come into the casting office the day the actors were reading and, after they read, he would take a rattlesnake out of its cage and the actors would have to hold the rattlesnake as part of their audition. And the funny thing was that the actors couldn't wait to hold the rattlesnake. They were thrilled at the idea ... but we were still nervous
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"According to stunt coordinator Danny Weselis, there were anywhere between six and fifty snakes on the set at any one time. Fifteen snakes were involved in the truly horrifying sequence when Mulder is attacked by an army of rattlers who crawl inside his clothes. Duchovny was not within blocks of that scene. 'We doubled David,' reveals Weselis with an evil grin. 'We just dumped fifteen snakes down the stunt double's pants and had them crawl out of his pant legs. It was disgusting, but it turned out to be a great shot
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I generally like them too. They're sort of a break from the rest of the episodes, and they give a new layer to the "faith" theme of the show. Also, I'm not religious, so they make me think about things that I otherwise wouldn't. Plus, a lot of good episodes have at least whisperings of religion: Red Museum, Revelations, Kaddish, Redux II, Millennium...
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It's like the cockroaches in WOTC; they always disappeared from the crime scene without a trace.
Besides, Scully did see a BIG snake (a.k.a. Rev. Mackey?) slither out the door just as she was about to rip Mulder's shirt off.
I guess because Mackey was evil and he raped her? But still... what??
Her dad "saved" her from the evil inside her as she gave birth to the snakes. The source of the evil was Rev. Mackey. This is my extremely oversimplified explanation.
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I thought the same thing! I love all her dusters this season, but this one was especially fabulous.
Originally aired: 23rd January 2000 (in the US)
Good Lord! Does it freak anyone else out that season 7 aired 9 YEARS AGO?! It seems like these just aired like...18 months ago. Crazy.
Scully: Snake handling. I didn't learn that in catechism class.
Mulder: That's funny. I knew a couple of Catholic schoolgirls who were expert at it.
I'm guessing he knows one more now. ;)
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::raises hand:: This show makes me feel so old sometimes.
I'm guessing he knows one more now. ;)
Hee!! ::flails::
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Your FBI partner could've learned something about herself if you hadn't stopped me. Some powerful good news, maybe.
I thought this could perhaps mean her becomming pregnant? I might be reading too much into that though!
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Or perhaps that she's immortal? Though that seems to apply to most eps in Season 7.
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Good stuff:
- Sexy coats!
- More sexy coat! Now that I think about it, Mulder in leather means he's not wearing a suit. He looks oddly informal in this ep as a result. Almost like they're not a case together, but rather just out for a drive.
- Loved the parallel scenes of the two different churches, showing the two ministers reading from the same Bible passage and interpreting it in completely different ways. The actor playing Enoch O'Connor does a phenomenal job.
- The Gracie-giving-birth part was horrifying but extremely well done. I liked the detail afterwards of the snakes' leaving slithery tracks in the blood on the floor.
Bad stuff:
The ending. A guy with a snake inside him? Whatever. I seem to recall some behind-the-scenes commentary saying how hard it was to get the CGI snake to line up properly with the guy's mouth in that shot.
A boom mic operator is visible on the left hand side of the screen wearing a white t-shirt, beige shorts, and sneakers.I ( ... )
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"Frank Spotnitz remembers the rather unorthodox casting process. 'Kim Manners told me, 'When we cast this thing, I don't want the actors to say they're not afraid of snakes, get to the set, and then find out that they are.' So we had a snake wrangler come into the casting office the day the actors were reading and, after they read, he would take a rattlesnake out of its cage and the actors would have to hold the rattlesnake as part of their audition. And the funny thing was that the actors couldn't wait to hold the rattlesnake. They were thrilled at the idea ... but we were still nervous ( ... )
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"According to stunt coordinator Danny Weselis, there were anywhere between six and fifty snakes on the set at any one time. Fifteen snakes were involved in the truly horrifying sequence when Mulder is attacked by an army of rattlers who crawl inside his clothes. Duchovny was not within blocks of that scene. 'We doubled David,' reveals Weselis with an evil grin. 'We just dumped fifteen snakes down the stunt double's pants and had them crawl out of his pant legs. It was disgusting, but it turned out to be a great shot ( ... )
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