> "Triangle"  A Review by Caroline O’Connell
> 
> "Now what, Einstein?"  1939!Scully
> 
> I had myself  geared up not to like this episode,
> despite being told by
> friends and tv reviewers that I would love it.  I
> had been assured by
> the same friends and reviewers that I would love
> Chris Carters last
> attempt at "A Very Special X-File" - Post Modern
> Prometheus.  And I
> hated it.... with a passion.
> 
> But leaving the carnage of PMP behind and on to
> Triangle.  If Drive
> paid homage to "Speed", would Triangle be "Speed 2"?
>  Thankfully, no. 
> This was "Raiders of the Lost X-File" with Gillian
> Anderson as Indiana
> Jones.  She not only managed to save her partner (in
> 2 time zones) but,
> as Mulder pointed out, she managed to save the world
> too!  It was a joy
> to watch her out of "Straight Man" mode and
> indulging in a comedic role
> usually reserved for David Duchovny.  Watching her
> running from office
> to office threatening all and sundry with various
> acts of violence was
> one of the funniest scenes ever!  She should be
> allowed do it more
> often.
> 
> Meanwhile, on the Queen Ann, Mulder gets dragged
> down one dark corridor
> after another trying to convince the crew of wildly
> differing English accents to turn the ship around, whilst trying to
> escape from the
> nazis.  I liked the fact that there were no
> subtitles when German was
> being spoken.  I know 2 German phrases.  "Vorsprung
> durch technik" from
> a car ad and "Ich habe keine Unruhe." from Unruhe
> so, like Mulder, I
> had zero idea what was going on.  It added to the
> sense of confusion.  
> 
> The sumptuous recreation of the 1939 settings was
> beautifully realised
> from costumes to the great music.  I hope it was as
> much fun to put
> together as it was to watch.  I know there were
> loads of Wizard of Oz
> in jokes, but I’m not even going to try list them
> all.
> 
> The only complaint I would have with this episode
> what that the scenes
> on the Queen Ann only came to life when Mulder and
> 1939!Scully teamed
> up to save the world.  Up to that point, I was far
> more interested in
> watching Scully and The Lone Gunmen.  The long
> tracking shots were
> interesting, but I can’t help thinking that we
> missed some great close
> ups!
> 
> You may have noticed that I have so far avoided
> mention of that kiss. 
> As a noromo, may I just say... Dream sequence! 
> Didn’t happen!  Doesn’t
> count! (So there!).  As for the "I love you" ? 
> Drugs!  Mulder was high
> as a kite.  He probably wanted to tell Skinner and
> The Lone Gunmen that
> he loved them too, but they were gone.  (See Denial
> is not just a river
> in Egypt!)
> 
> Triangle ranks right up there with some of my
> favourite episodes.  And
> there is nobody more surprised than I am to say
> that!
> 
> 9/10
> 
> Random Stuff.
> 
> "Where did you pick up the accent?"  I might ask you
> the same thing! 
> Most of the navvies graduated from the Daphne Moon
> School of Regional
> English Dialects.  Some of them couldn’t decide if
> they were Geordie,
> or Jamaican.
> 
> Am I a bad person for almost cheering when Spender
> got a slapping?
> 
> "Ve haff vays off makink you tock."  Theres a Monty
> Python sketch
> screaming to get out!
> 
> Scully runs around the FBI trying to get top secret
> Naval
> intelligence... Never a big brother around when you
> need him, huh?
> 
> Kersh and CSM?  See!  See!  I knew he was a baddie!
> 
> "Mulder has done something incredibly rash."  Well
> duh!  Sum up an
> entire series in one line, why dontcha.
> 
> It’s nice to see that not only did we pay homage to
> the Wizard of Oz,
> but Scooby Doo too.  The Lone Gunmen in the Mystery
> Machine was too
> cute.
> 
> Did I say how much I loved the music?  Please Mr
> Snow, please give us
> as sequel to The Truth and The Light.
> 
> CSM as a nazi?  There’s a surprise.
> 
> Dana, honey, can I just say one thing?  Decaff!
> 
> Cal