X-Files 5.10 "Chinga"

I want popcorn NOW!!!

Veruca Salt got a demon-doll, now she's demanding--and DEADLY!! I had
a lot of fun with this episode (except for all the gouging, YEE!). King
takes us back to the basics: Dolls are scary, Kids are creepy, Poking
is icky. This little girl won't send you to the cornfield, she'll sent ya
TO THE BONEYARD!!! Ok, I'll stop yelling. Didn't you just love that
Scully rented a Mustang to tool around the coast? Just to get away from
herself. Or was it Mulder she was tring to escape. Does he completely fall
apart without her, or what??? When he took a vacation in the cockroach
episode, he couldn't stop harassing her with phone calls. So the table's are
turned and SHE's on vacation and...he keeps harassing her with phonecalls.
Watching porn movies, bouncing a ball in his apartment, sharpening and
throowing pencils...he really IS a loser, girls, let's face it. No,
Diana, you can't change him!! Oh heck, fine, ignore me, but don't come
crawling to me when he breaks your heart over some icy blond informant tramp,
OK? ANYWAY, I loved Mulder's proposal. Things about Scully that inspire
"joke" professions of love from Mulder: 1. Her Loyalty (Tooms, 1st season)
2. her knowledge of World War II airplanes (Piper Maru, 3rd Season) and
now 3. knowledge of witchcraft. Hmmm. Sounds a lot like Snoopy. Except
for the witchcraft part. He loves her mind and soul. When she's not there
for him to look at, he watches dirty movies. Didn't all his hyper-activity
really speak to his sexual frustration? Meanwhile, Scully's
channelling all her pent-up, er, feelings, towards work, as usual. Great to see
her try to relax (and wear jeans!), but she can't deny her compulsive
need to be helpful, useful, good, important. She claims she's on
vacation, but does she push on to the next town? Of course not. She takes a
long hot bubble-bath, listens to some classical music, reads some
meditations about "women who do to much" {anyone who could make out that first
word, please let me know...} and, having been refreshed and empowered sheds
the garments of dorky tourist to become SCULLY: BAD-ASS AVENGER IN BLACK.
(So glad to see she left that acursed gray sweater in D.C). So cute how
Mulder tries to Scully" her with a rational explanation, one that she still
laughs off.

So cute how she's open to "extreme possibility" but doesn't want Mulder to know.
She gets the information she needs, and pretends it's nothing:
"Kill the evil doll, got it...Huh? Oh,
it's nothing, just, you know, uh, Gotta Go, Mulder, later." Note to
self: do not taunt the doll. Any Doll. And Scully ain't afraid of it. She
nukes it. End of story. Scully Rules. Mulder was so cute trying to pretend
his life is even remotly meaningful or interesting without her in it.
Scully was equally cute trying to make Mulder think she can have a vacation
like normal people do where bad things don't happen. And trying to make him
jealous by implying she "met some guy." Puh-leese!! They so LOVE
EACH OTHER, come on!!! I loved that look she regarded him with when
she realized how pathetic his time away from her had been. There are times
when she is moved by his passion, dizzied by his intellect, inspired
by his interity. And sometimes, she's just genuinely alarmed by his
lameness. What would happen if those evil Evil twins got a hold of that dolly?
Just a thought. Have fun this week, that's what it's all about... ;)

Christine