We are at the mercy of screen-writers and directors.
Viewers are presented with Mulder having a memory or dream then calling Scully about having blood on him he could not explain. This episode was no more than two plots running simultaneously. In other words it is one plot story bloated into confusion. Or, an episode with David Lynch Syndrome.
Where does this go wrong?
One plot is an LSD type flashback with his sister making a cameo. The second was as if Our Uncle Buck grabbed our nose. Mulder had blood on him, and with every possible turn, he is looking like a psychotic murder if not a victim. The Viewer triages putting the second plot to keep Mulder out of prison over the LSD flashback. Well,.. the episode implies resolving the first plot will answer the second.
Oops, 18-year SPOILER ALERT: they both are independent of the other.
While we are looking for our nose, Mulder has a couple more flashbacks.
Some 45-minutes later, Scully waves her hand saying test absolve Mulder. Sure, people are dead, Mulder has blood on him, he was likely there, but pssh! don't worry. During the misdirection, we learn the memories have serious implication with some vague relationship to the dead. Again, Mulder had blood on him, people were dead, Mulder is off the hook but.. wait, huh?
In short, viewers are given a short plot, expanded beyond reason (a la David Lynch) and are misdirected by a second plot to nowhere. Moreover, the next episode on the DVR does not pick up explaining why Mulder was there and bloody. That's another spoiler.
Viewers are presented with Mulder having a memory or dream then calling Scully about having blood on him he could not explain. This episode was no more than two plots running simultaneously. In other words it is one plot story bloated into confusion. Or, an episode with David Lynch Syndrome.
Where does this go wrong?
One plot is an LSD type flashback with his sister making a cameo. The second was as if Our Uncle Buck grabbed our nose. Mulder had blood on him, and with every possible turn, he is looking like a psychotic murder if not a victim. The Viewer triages putting the second plot to keep Mulder out of prison over the LSD flashback. Well,.. the episode implies resolving the first plot will answer the second.
Oops, 18-year SPOILER ALERT: they both are independent of the other.
While we are looking for our nose, Mulder has a couple more flashbacks.
Some 45-minutes later, Scully waves her hand saying test absolve Mulder. Sure, people are dead, Mulder has blood on him, he was likely there, but pssh! don't worry. During the misdirection, we learn the memories have serious implication with some vague relationship to the dead. Again, Mulder had blood on him, people were dead, Mulder is off the hook but.. wait, huh?
In short, viewers are given a short plot, expanded beyond reason (a la David Lynch) and are misdirected by a second plot to nowhere. Moreover, the next episode on the DVR does not pick up explaining why Mulder was there and bloody. That's another spoiler.