> "Terms of Endearment." by Caroline O'Connell
> 
Spoilers
>   
> "This could be very emotional for all concerned." -
> Dana Scully
> 
> I know I was getting emotional over the thought of
> an X-File that
> wasn't a comedy and a broken television that
> conspired to keep
> me from watching for several days.  Watching the
> teaser was enough
> to send one of my roommates running from the room
> (which in and of
> itself is not necessarily a bad thing... only
> joking, Karen! ;-D).  Shades of Rosemary's Baby - a
> young woman unwittingly impregnated by a demon who
> takes her baby.  A classic X-File and who gets it?
>  Spender. Could Chris Owens be more annoying?  Oh, I
> hope so.
> 
> Some obsessive compulsive Sellotaping later and
> Mulder is sneaking
> around Virginia leaving Scully to face the wrath of
> Kersh.  Quickly realising that Wayne Weinsider is
> not the perfect husband he claims to be, Mulder
> indulges in a spot of baiting, following Wayne as he
> travels across town under the pretence of work.
> 
> In keeping with this season's plethora of high
> profile guests, Bruce Campbell plays it straight as
> the demon who wants a normal life and family,
>  evoking - dare I say it - sympathy for the devil as
> his endeavours fail with Laura.  TermsOf Endearment
> plays on what must be every prospective parents'
> ultimate nightmare that their child may have some
> defect or abnormality.   Lisa Jane Persky has to be
> the most innocent looking character ever seen in
> this series.  You just have to look at her to see
> there's no way on this earth she
> would have done anything to jeopardise her
> pregnancy. Playing both ends against the middle,
> Wayne keeps his options open with Betsy who just
> happens to be more evil than he is.
> 
> Satisfying to watch, containing moments of pathos
> and humour, Rob Bowman's direction and Bill Roe's
> photography bathe everything in a lush autumnal
> glow.  I don't normally dwell on these things, but,
> Anderson and Duchovny looked like Matinee idols.
>  Anderson looking particularly fabulous.
> 
> A return to form,showing us it doesn't have to be
> dark and rainy to scare us and not every episode
>  has to be a comedy to make us laugh.
> 
> 8/10
> 
> Random Stuff.
> 
> Spender's priority caseload?  Isn't that next to his
> patented Chief Wiggum invisible typewriter?
> 
> The Dana Scully Horror Movie Reference continues.
>  We can now add
> Rosemary's Baby to Carrie and Poltergeist from
> Shapes and  The Exorcist from Miracle Man.
> 
> Yaay!  The return of the cool flashlights.
> 
> I'm not a psychologist..."  Ah hello?!  How many
> years did Mulder spend at Oxford?  Weren't we told
> he graduated top of his class?  Was that in
> psychology or the lesser known Domestic Science
> Degree?
> 
> "Mulder, you're not suggesting..." Ah, the classics
> are always the best!
> 
> Ivan Velez, Bud Haslehoff, Gordy Boitano.  Pleased
> to meet you.  Hope
> you've guessed my name.
> 
> Cal
> Pour your misery down on me." - Garbage