After one of the best episodes of season six, "Arcadia", comes arguably the worst of this season, Alpha. First of all, we are assaulted with lame dog jokes from Mulder. If it were just one lame joke, I'd be okay with it. But he continually makes these bad jokes throughout the episode, which isn't like him. I also really don't care for the characters of Karin Berquist or Dr. Detweiler. Even if the character of Karin is supposed to act wooden like that, it really bugs me. And Dr. Detweiler is just unlikeable too. On top of that, the writers add this crush that she supposedly has on Mulder into the mix and it just makes things weirder. Scully seems to be the only one onto this infatuation of Karin's. I certainly didn't see it. I don't like it that that dog was just killing people at random without having a specific agenda. Also, there is a scene of Karin walking into the hospital, confronting Dr. Detweiler, then leaving. She came to the hospital just to talk to him and then leave? She didn't even know he was there. And finally at the end, Mulder seems to be distraught over Karin's death, when no connection was really established. At least Mulder gets his "I Want To Believe" poster back out this episode. The story had a interesting premise but I think shoddy writing and some irritating acting by the two central guest stars helped to lower my esteem of this episode. Werewolf stories are just not the X-Files strong point. And to honor Mulder's lame canine jokes in this episode, Alpha is a dog of an episode.
Review of Alpha
