Scully being creeped out by dead bodies with hair and nails removed? In medical school, I'm sure she saw things like that. NOT good. Especially since in the next episode, she easily shrugs off a victim with heart and eyes removed.
If the whole point of the episode was to show that humans are capable of just as much evil and cruelty as any alien or paranormal being, then the morphing was just plain silliness.
On the other hand, Scully fighting through her fear of Donny to manage to fight back was excellent, and Donny was a great villain. The point was appreciated - it's easy to blame things going wrong on supernatural causes, but to accept that human nature includes cruelty and malice is far more difficult.
If the whole point of the episode was to show that humans are capable of just as much evil and cruelty as any alien or paranormal being, then the morphing was just plain silliness.
On the other hand, Scully fighting through her fear of Donny to manage to fight back was excellent, and Donny was a great villain. The point was appreciated - it's easy to blame things going wrong on supernatural causes, but to accept that human nature includes cruelty and malice is far more difficult.