Here's something to ponder. In prior episodes speculating on Mulder's abduction, we see him splayed out on a lab table, being experimented on, and his face drawn out with those weird appliances. So how is it that Scully's nightmares about Mulder look exactly like that? That seems like a bit of a stretch to me, unless the story is hinting at some sort of telepathic communication between the two of them, or alternatively, some form of communication initiated by the aliens. Maybe we'll find out.
I liked the idea of Roy Thinnes being brought back as Jeremiah Smith, but he wasn't around long enough to make a major impact on things. Transforming himself into the image of John Doggett on the videotape should have done more to jog the real Doggett into becoming more of a believer but it looks like he's not ready yet. I wonder if Nike got a sales boost out of this episode; I never heard anything about it, but my instincts tell me probably not.
So with Mulder finally showing up, though in the same condition as the other abductees who disappeared along with him, the stage is set for more revelations involving the mythology arc. I can't help but agree with some of the other reviewers here that maybe the whole idea of aliens and conspiracies was running a little thin by this point in the series. At least a new direction was previewed with the introduction of Agent Monica Reyes (Annabeth Gish) in something of an an awkward entrance, but the link to Agent Doggett's murdered son is enough to whet one's appetite to learn more of his back story.
I liked the idea of Roy Thinnes being brought back as Jeremiah Smith, but he wasn't around long enough to make a major impact on things. Transforming himself into the image of John Doggett on the videotape should have done more to jog the real Doggett into becoming more of a believer but it looks like he's not ready yet. I wonder if Nike got a sales boost out of this episode; I never heard anything about it, but my instincts tell me probably not.
So with Mulder finally showing up, though in the same condition as the other abductees who disappeared along with him, the stage is set for more revelations involving the mythology arc. I can't help but agree with some of the other reviewers here that maybe the whole idea of aliens and conspiracies was running a little thin by this point in the series. At least a new direction was previewed with the introduction of Agent Monica Reyes (Annabeth Gish) in something of an an awkward entrance, but the link to Agent Doggett's murdered son is enough to whet one's appetite to learn more of his back story.