Scully, convinced she had the killer locked up, is only half-surprised to find that Mulder has an alternate theory: astral projection. He thinks the embittered Sgt.
But Rappo, played with incandescent intensity by Ian Tracey, has the perfect alibi: he has neither arms nor legs left, after having lost them in the Gulf War. Little grey Reticulans are more plausible than matter converting itself to energy and back again on this scale without vaporizing the planet.
So for this one I completely detached my belief and put it away in a padded box, and sat back to enjoy an exceptionally well done episode. The ability to say some of his lines this season with a straight face just proves what a good actor Duchovny is.
Rappo is imprisoned in a body that is nothing more now than a vessel that holds his hate. Stans Don Thompson is imprisoned in self-inflicted burn scars that stiffen his every movement and force him to hide his hideous disfigurement behind walls for the rest of his life. They also serve as a permanent monument in his own flesh to the family that died in a house fire.
And the General Thomas Kopache is trapped in his uniform, in an unyielding role that leaves him unable to comfort either the maimed men under him or his own wife after their son is killed. Perhaps he didn't drastically change, only the target did. Though entirely unexplored is the how. Scully's position's non-committed, she think's Rappo's having seizures and yet doesn't mind that Mulder's chewing out a quadriplegic. I do however think there's a lot to like here. Mulder: Sometimes the only sane response to an insane world is insanity.
Same line in "Alien 3. SleepTight 28 August Although a flawed episode that takes a little while to get going. Once it does, it really becomes a pretty damn good and pretty damn underrated episode. The casting was excellent, and the make-up for the dude without legs and arms was as realistic as possible. Another thing that this episode has going for it were the death scenes.
I loved the death scene of the woman in the pool, and of the little boy. Both looked well done. The overall mood of the episode was great and the sets gave it a nice little atmosphere. It made the episode unpleasant to watch, and it succeeds at that extend. I do think that it is a skip-able episode, it really doesn't add anything to the storyline or to Mulder and Scully. But it's still a pretty good stand-alone episode that was pretty well written and well executed.
THREE stars. Sanpaco13 12 October Another less that impressive episode. This episode is about a quadruple amputee ex-soldier who has learned how to project his consciousness or something other so that he can walk around invisible and ruin the lives of the men he hold responsible for his being in the state he is. The men he is tormenting claim that he won't let them die. I find this kind of far fetched even based in the reality of the episode.
I mean I'm OK with him being able to run around as a projection of himself or whatever, but how exactly does that keep the general's gun from firing later in the episode? The bright points of the episode are two of the guest stars. Roach and Rappo. I thought their performances were great. Discussing his plan with Roach, Rappo insists that he is doing all this for some greater good.
The enemy must be defeated. Rappo just wants to force somebody to murder him. He wants suicide by proxy. However, murdering several fellow officers and their families is a pretty effective way to undermine any potential audience sympathy.
If Rappo really wanted to die, why not have Roach do it? Killing an infant is a very effective way of shocking an audience — it is a stock horror trick that The X-Files has used before. It is something that needs to be done carefully, because it can easily seem like a cynical story beat, a quick and cheap bit of emotional leverage. The Walk does this significantly better than The Calusari did, but it still feels a little awkward. Director Rob Bowman does a great job with the scene, but he admitted his discomfort to X-Files Confidential :.
There was a scene in the script that was very similar. Bowman has some valid points, but he does shoot the scene in such a way that it never feels too trashy or pulpy or cheap. In contrast, Shiban himself was relatively unapologetic about the sequence, as he explained to Trust No One :. At this point in the show, it is very easy to take Rob Bowman for granted.
There are several fantastic and memorable sequences here, from the attack in the pool through to the final confrontation in the steam room, with the shape illuminated through the steam leaking burst pipes.
More than that, the way that Bowman shoots the hospital so that blinding light is always pouring in is a very smart directorial decision. It gives the impression that Mulder and Scully are shining a light on a legacy of the Gulf War that is often forgotten. They remind the audience of how easy it is to take something like the ability to walk for granted. The Walk is not one of the stronger episodes of the third season. It feels just a little bit too familiar and formulaic, despite its professionalism and efficiency.
That said, if the worst thing about this approach is that we get a much-improved and much-less-sexist-or-racist version of Excelsis Dei , it may not be the worst thing in the world. You might be interested in our other reviews of the third season of The X-Files :.
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