Review of Release

I can't quite bring myself to think of having 'favourites' from season nine (mainly because even in fun eps they still don't know what to do with the three-agents dynamic and usually end up with Scully as a third wheel). But this is OK.

The good:

• It's nice that D's ex-wife still seems to really care about him, but it's a bit random to tell his co-worker (who you've only just met) who he should date. I found this kind-of funny (in face I lmao).

• Closure for D.

• Thought RP's real-life wife was pretty good in this.

• Liked the character of the forensics/trainee agent. Would have enjoyed more of him in a better ep. Would have enjoyed him being in the rest of the ep.

• Cool that D was going to kill, but I'm glad he didn't.

• great acting when D is hoping his ex will make the ID.

The less good:

• On the D & R note: can't we go one ep without pushing their romance (why can't it just be about D's son?). If you have to keep having characters TELLING us, then it doesn't work.

• Didn't buy the Brad Follmer thing: it was out of the blue that he happened to be linked to Luke's disappearance, but I would have bought it if he was the meddling bad-ish guy were promised he would be at the start of season nine. This was something I looked forward to but it never materialised.

• Not enough Scully.

• Didn't believe forensics/trainee agent would have to gone to all that effort to get his lead heard. D might have believed him if he'd brought evidence about other cases, but if f/ta brought it to R she'd have believed him no question (she'd have had feelings about it).

• Follmer mob-money thing out of nowhere as hadn't previously had this impression of the type of 'bad-guy' he is.

An OK ep, but considering it brought closure to one of the characters, should have been one of the best.