Hungry

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"Hungry was styled off the classic novel Crime and Punishment, and mimicked its plot line by showing us the crime from the culprits point of view. Unlike Crime and Punishment though, "Hungry" didn't have me contemplating suicide by the first chapter/five minutes. When I read C&P, the callous main character completely turned me off to the book, if a person had come up to me when I was reading it with the intention of sucking my brain out I would have said be my guest. Rob Roberts, on the other hand, was very sweet, and even though he had that...compulsion, he still regretted it. I read somewhere once that Mulder and Scully dealt with humans that had no humanity and monsters that weren't inhuman. This episode shows just that. And even though I know the intention was to make us empathize with the monster and (gasp) hate Mulder and Scully, that didn't happen for me. Mulder and Scully seemed to be mere interlopers in that episode, touching Rob's life, but not making a huge difference in his final decision of self-destruction. As always, X-Files tried something new, and succeeded, but I reiterate, X-Files couldn't continue like this. I'm already in Mulder and Scully withdrawal and its only Wednesday."
-Eileen A.-

"This focus on a mutant's bizarre feasting habits with a Jenny Craig/Richard Simons slant whets one's appetite, but is more appetizer than main course, the main theme seeming too moldy. It should have been thrown out in favor of fresh freak fruit. Variations on old recipes do not fulfill the full craving for bizarre new avenues for digestion. Acting whip cream on top of scary creature strawberries makes for a nice little desert but is no great big juicy steak. Enough gourmet makeup work is served up to make one's ears fall out with salivating pleasure, but is no substitute for a masterpiece Mulder and Scully mousse. The scene where a person at the take out window is taken out should bring a smile to many a Mcdonald's employee's face. Plates of irony are always best served while in an alien mutilated cow tongue in cheek weird show. The self-help problem with any show that has aged as many seasons as the X-Files is in keeping things seeming newly uncorked. Self-plagiarism is not acceptable in a horror noir sci-fi original extravaganza."
-Michael B.-

"Overall, I thought "Hungry" was a well-done episode. I loved the way that Mulder was just tormenting this poor guy through the whole episdode! I could have used a little more Scully in this episode, and a little more Scully/Mulder action in general, but it was a good, entertaining episode, and I'm sure it had some of the same difficulty that "D.P.O." had by following "Paper Clip" - following a great season finale is always difficult, no matter how good the episode."
-Kristin P.-

"I know it's unrealistic, but I just don't enjoy the show as much without Mulder and Scully. It was a good show despite that. It had secondary characters that I cared about for a change. But it still gets a five for lack of Mulder and Scully."
-Anne M.-

"This was the worst episode other than '3' that I can think of."
-Kathy K.-

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