When I originally watched this when it came out, I was deeply disturbed(and I was a young adult). Just freaked out with the inbred action. Was telling the wife about it and so we decided to watch it again last week. Some points I noticed that apply to today:
1. If you're a Sheriff or police officer in general, you probably should not lock up your firearms and leave them in a completely different room on a different level of the house. They may have been practicing safe storage, but at that last minute, you know they wish they hadn't.
2. Mulder and Scully were not very good backup officers for the gung ho deputy. They casually walked to the house as the deputy was going for it. They should have called for backup.
3. After seeing what the inbreds did to the Sheriff and his wife, they should have called for backup and went in full force. Asking to capture them peacefully so they could ask them questions is silly.
4. How could Scully be such a poor shot? She only got one of them in close quarters.
5. End result: Mulder and Scully really weren't very good agents.
2. Mulder and Scully were not very good backup officers for the gung ho deputy. They casually walked to the house as the deputy was going for it. They should have called for backup.
3. After seeing what the inbreds did to the Sheriff and his wife, they should have called for backup and went in full force. Asking to capture them peacefully so they could ask them questions is silly.
4. How could Scully be such a poor shot? She only got one of them in close quarters.
5. End result: Mulder and Scully really weren't very good agents.