UNCUT - The X-Files S2E18 - Fearful Symmetry

This is probably my least favourite episode so far. I'd rather watch Space - at least it's a bit less dull. Not much less though..

budget to hire elephant $100............... budget for peanuts to make the elephant do tricks $100,000

Not a memorable episode

The real Gorillas were inside us all along.

per often, not much to add that hasn't been said already, just an observation on the score - Snow reused a lot of elements from his music for Jersey Devil, perhaps that's where his brain was going, "the mystic primitiveness of nature" or somesuch

Lance Guest, the Last Starfighter himself saving animals!

Force of Nature sucks eggs!!!

I've never liked this episode, and I usually skip it, so it's been many years since I've seen it but it was still bad. I can't wait for the next one though! Dod Klam doesn't get talked about much, but it has always been one of my favorites from season 2.

There are just episodes you don't care for because the story presented isn't interesting and/or entertaining. MotW episodes are strong when Mulder and Scully are engaged and have some emotional stake in what's happening. None of that is in this episode.

Josh and Alex, you might like this From what I heard having the man in a gorilla suit was paying homage to Janos Prohaska, who was known for wearing animal suits in TV shows back in the day. He was an ape in Star Trek pilot, The Cage, and also the humanoid bird. also he was ihe Horta in "The Devil in the Dark"and the mugato in "A Private Little War". Plus Yarnek in "The Savage Curtain"

The title comes from a William Blake poem, "The Tyger," that's about 1000 times more entertaining than this episode. This is literally the only thing my English major is good for, right here. This is my moment. #livingthedream I will say, though, the X-Files is so good with atmospheric direction and lighting and music that even a total nothingburger like this is creepy and stylish. That's actually pretty amazing.

The animals being invisible for a while when being returned was a nice touch.

Almost spit-take the ending, gentleman. Josh, that was f*cking hilarious. Weird little half-baked idea, but loved Lone Gunman Frohike with the Scully come-on and buff comment. On to the next episode, it is one of my guilty pleasures.

Yeah, a pretty nothing episode, it's never been one to rewatch. But I still hit play pretty quickly when I saw you guys had posted this, haha. It's like the baseline magic of The X-Files. I'll enjoy a blah episode because it's still living in that world, running around with Mulder and Scully. Re-watching this series all these years later kinda feels like a 90's holodeck program you get to step into. :)

While maybe not to today’s standards, animal welfare was definitely considered on set. Kim Manners has talked about the raining frogs scene in “Die Hand Die Verletzt” and how they had to make sure none of them were hurt or got away.

Now that I’ve vented, I can think clearly to point out that the aliens in “Fallen Angel” were invisible, so if they were responsible for this then maybe something about their transporter caused temporary invisibility.

Of all the episodes of X Files, this is definitely one of them. The biggest disappointment for me however, is that it didn't answer the question "can 100 FBI agents defeat 1 silverback gorilla". Next.

I think we're all in agreement on this episode. Though weirdly, even though I was bored, I was still happy to be watching X-files. Not sure what the word for that is?

This episode showing the abduction of animals to possibly save the species reminded me of Star Trek IV. Kirk was doing the same thing.

Totally agree with your assessment of this episode, which is to say, it was a waste. Moving on.

The "like" I gave was for your video... not for the episode. :D I think the first few minutes of the teaser are really great. The rest, however, is not. It's definitely one of the worst for me, and this is not an unpopular opinion of mine. I think the idea behind it, as Josh points out, is really interesting, but the execution is terrible for so many reasons. But yeah, it happens. :)