‘“Bad Blood” is by far the funniest non-Darin episode, including some
series-standout memorable bits. I’m a sucker for the Rashomon style
of storytelling, because showing “what a character perceives” will
almost always tell you more about him or her than merely showing “what
is”. “Bad Blood” features Scully feeling hungry for weird things —
in this case the stomach contents of her autopsy case — which I
always find hilarious for some reason. It’s also got Mulder playing
with a Magic Fingers machine, singing the theme to Shaft, and
trying to stop a moving RV by grabbing onto the bumper, all of which
he totally would do. Lastly, it includes the most amusing
pronunciation of the word “knawed” I have, to date, heard. Thanks,
Mitch Pileggi.’
You forgot the part where a drugged Mulder recites the words to the Shaft theme on the floor of the hotel!
Don’t forget his reaction to said detail.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWcfgRtD2Dw
You have your version of the episode, Shaenon has hers.
This was on Jeffrey C. Wells’s list of ‘best non-Darin Morgan-penned X-Files episodes’ at #2: http://skin-horse.com/comic/todays-comic-321/ He wrote:
‘“Bad Blood” is by far the funniest non-Darin episode, including some
series-standout memorable bits. I’m a sucker for the Rashomon style
of storytelling, because showing “what a character perceives” will
almost always tell you more about him or her than merely showing “what
is”. “Bad Blood” features Scully feeling hungry for weird things —
in this case the stomach contents of her autopsy case — which I
always find hilarious for some reason. It’s also got Mulder playing
with a Magic Fingers machine, singing the theme to Shaft, and
trying to stop a moving RV by grabbing onto the bumper, all of which
he totally would do. Lastly, it includes the most amusing
pronunciation of the word “knawed” I have, to date, heard. Thanks,
Mitch Pileggi.’
I think these have to be my favorite Mulders ever.
I love that your dog looks like sweetheart
Even the cat seems to not quite believe this.
This is one of my favorite episodes.
I love the subtle but very real difference between Unimpressed Scully and Really Unimpressed Scully.
I hate to break it to you, but Darin Morgan went uncredited as a script doctor on Bad Blood.
So, all in all what you saw on the screen really happened.
(beat)
Except for the buckteeth.
Does this mean Shaenon has another cat?