X-Files Rerun "The Jersey Devil"

Aired 10/8/93

When I'm watching this episode, I feel the same way too, buddy.

I have been reviewing Season One episodes because I want to have everything archived over here and also because I feel my early reviews are very poorly written. However there still isn't much to say about this episode that I didn't say three years ago, so I'm just going to copy and paste my original review from Live Journal.

Just the same as last week, this episode seems to be more about the agents themselves than the actual case file. When they're prevented from investigating what Mulder thinks is the Jersey Devil, he decides to stick around town and investigate on his own. Scully goes back to D.C. for her god son's birthday party and meets some dude. It contrasts between the two, showing Mulder's life is the X-Files and how obsessive he is, while to Scully it is just a job. Scully goes on a date but Mulder ends up spending a night in the pokey. Her date Ralph even says to her, "having kids changes everything", but he forgot to mention that includes your tv show too. I think it was good character development here showing the differences between Mulder and Scully, yet at the same time I think this episode spawned the shippers. At the end Scully decides that for now she'd rather stick with Mulder and the X-Files, giving up having a social life.

This is only the third or fourth time I've watched this episode and I never noticed it before, but when Mulder is in the casino making a phone call, he's actually standing in front of a green screen. Another notable thing is that Mulder gave his hotel key to a bum. I think that could be why he was audited in "Requiem"; the dude must've racked up a huge room service bill that went unpaid for the next 7 years.

Okay, so there is something new I noticed! I called her date Ralph but his name is Rod. As if Scully would date a "Ralph" anyways, she deserves more credit than that.