This episode is another of my honorable mentions, it's pretty much "The X-Files" doing "The Thing" which is cool since that's one of my favorate films of all time and it's obvious that Chris Carter is a fan of that film so this is kinda his homage to that film.
I really like the use of the bunker, you really feel the small space and you even feel the old from both inside and out. Even love that red lighting in places, which reminds me of the Argento films, in a way it ads to the fear as it reflects the heat (or cold) tenchion and paranoia building up by the minute.
There is just a palpable feeling of isolation and paranoia thoughout this episode as we are just in constant suspense from the fact that there is some viral strain of unknown origin loose in the bunker which means anyone can get it and be a carrier. And to make matters worse even if your not a carrier you can't really run away because the bunker is located in the middle of the artic, with sub zero tempitures on all sides; so yeah Mulder and Skully are trapped in a deathtrap.
I really love the psychological aspect of this episode as we see each of the characters are just loosing it, mainly Mulder and Skully which is surreal as both are usually people that keep their cool. Mulder we see already is heated up with tencion as he smells already something rotten is going on in Denmark. Skully despite keeping her usual cool icy demineor we see is cracking a little herself. Thoughout the ordeal she is struggling to keep things and herself together which is about as hard as trying to keep chunks of ice drifting away from each other.
I also really like the who dunnit aspect as throughout the episode we are never really sure who is really infected, whether it be one or all. Throughout it I was just constantly guessing, as there is no real way to deduce who it could be which just turns up the degrees of danger to a record high.
In the words of John Carpenter "Man is the warmest place to hide."
Rating: 4 stars
I really like the use of the bunker, you really feel the small space and you even feel the old from both inside and out. Even love that red lighting in places, which reminds me of the Argento films, in a way it ads to the fear as it reflects the heat (or cold) tenchion and paranoia building up by the minute.
There is just a palpable feeling of isolation and paranoia thoughout this episode as we are just in constant suspense from the fact that there is some viral strain of unknown origin loose in the bunker which means anyone can get it and be a carrier. And to make matters worse even if your not a carrier you can't really run away because the bunker is located in the middle of the artic, with sub zero tempitures on all sides; so yeah Mulder and Skully are trapped in a deathtrap.
I really love the psychological aspect of this episode as we see each of the characters are just loosing it, mainly Mulder and Skully which is surreal as both are usually people that keep their cool. Mulder we see already is heated up with tencion as he smells already something rotten is going on in Denmark. Skully despite keeping her usual cool icy demineor we see is cracking a little herself. Thoughout the ordeal she is struggling to keep things and herself together which is about as hard as trying to keep chunks of ice drifting away from each other.
I also really like the who dunnit aspect as throughout the episode we are never really sure who is really infected, whether it be one or all. Throughout it I was just constantly guessing, as there is no real way to deduce who it could be which just turns up the degrees of danger to a record high.
In the words of John Carpenter "Man is the warmest place to hide."
Rating: 4 stars