tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post3086286419849619541..comments2024-03-18T21:20:17.786-04:00Comments on Doux Reviews: The X-Files: HumbugBillie Douxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-59049429543347588012023-07-01T22:12:22.828-04:002023-07-01T22:12:22.828-04:00Some of the comedy X-Files episodes work. This one...Some of the comedy X-Files episodes work. This one really doesn't. It's just painful and dull. The speech about stereotypes quoted in the review was particularly cringe-inducing. One to skip in a rewatch for sure.skyemaidstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18313986182360233336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-14841293834527515062022-01-08T00:30:48.657-05:002022-01-08T00:30:48.657-05:00Excellent. It's setting a high bar for the com...Excellent. It's setting a high bar for the comedic episodes to come, for some reason I thought the series would have to be past its peak before they started doing these kinds of episodes. Really good, really funny. Mulder admitting that the guy did in fact stereotype him correctly as an FBI agent, lolOnigirlihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10070327483035350298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-28262662947890279842014-03-15T22:52:23.867-04:002014-03-15T22:52:23.867-04:00Great episode, great review! This one was fun in ...Great episode, great review! This one was fun in all kinds of ways and the comment on our society was quite blatant. One of the reasons I love the X-files.drnanamomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03667806039402426676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-46047041608513097832014-02-25T12:58:10.885-05:002014-02-25T12:58:10.885-05:00Chris, love the trip back to Humbug here with you ...Chris, love the trip back to Humbug here with you as the guide. I LOVE THIS EPISODE SO MUCH. I am also a fool for Darin Morgan and his next level work and once I became a writer, I loved him even more for many professional reasons. Sad for us, the viewing audience, his talents and style didn't fit the production schedule of television. <br />All four of his offerings into TXF canon can make me laugh or cry depending on my mood. There's a thread of profound sadness through all of them but they are framed with so much levity and humor about humanity, it makes them the perfect paradox, the likes of which I haven't had the pleasure to experience in any other show before or since.<br /><br />Cheers!Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13953652907115935895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-80835121972620339872014-02-25T08:52:06.356-05:002014-02-25T08:52:06.356-05:00I love this one, too. It is just so freaky, gross...I love this one, too. It is just so freaky, gross, and hilarious. The twin monster is one of their more disturbing “freaks of the week” with some super gross kills, and a sort of delightfully ironic final fate. <br /><br />Plus, Gillian Anderson had some truly fantastic facial expressions and reactions in this one. I particularly loved her pointed nod toward Mulder after the P.T. Barnum quote and her look after realizing she’d been snookered by the guy at the curiosities museum (which was especially funny after accusing Mulder of being the sucker). I’m also quite fond of the two of them trying to explain themselves to the sheriff after digging up his potato. “That doesn’t quite explain the potato.” Tee hee!<br />Jess Lyndehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14165015932507376656noreply@blogger.com