Detour

"When I was fighting my cancer, I was angry at the injustice of it. And its meaninglessness. Then I realized that, that was the struggle~to give it meaning, to make sense out of it, just like life."

I really really like this episode. I don't adore this episode. But I really really like this episode. It gets a ten for shippiness, a ten for character, and, like, a 4 for plot.

The plot. A red eyed monstor in the forrest? Oh pa-leese. Chris, think of something more original. Been there done that.

Character. First, let’s look at the title. “Detour.” M and S not only took a literal detour, but they took a metaphorical one. I noticed a real connection between M and S during this ep. I am speaking mainly of THE scene. Scully actually opened up to Mulder!! I hit the floor. And what she said. That really hit home for me. Finding meaning. That is the purpose. Do we not love Dana Scully, or what?

I also noticed a lot more joking and the like, friendliness. Scully with the wine, Betty and Wilma, Cockroaches who ate ccincinati, towers of furniture ...

The shippiness. This goes along with what I just said, because with the friendliness comes shippiness. And do I even have to mention the sleeping bags line?

So all in all, a really good ep. I would only improved the plot. Everything else, A+.