X21 SLEEPLESS
X:
"Separating you and Scully was only the beginning.
The truth is still out there, but it’s never been more dangerous."
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Agent Donald walks to the car pool to requisition his vehicle
for the drive to the airport. He gives the paperwork to Agent Ron
Chung who gives him the keys.
As he walks to the car, he stops to talk to Agents
Jackie from Oregon, Frank from Nevada and
Gareth from the Yorkshire field office who have all joined the hunt
for Chelsea.
As Donald get's in the car, a dark man
walks up to the vehicle and gets in the passengers seat.
He's holding a Bible, but Donald thinks it's a gun.
He's wearing an old army shirt with cut-off sleeves, and a patch
that reads:
'Stallion Odds'
The man says: "Just drive."
Donald follows the mans instructions, and soon Donald is lost
somewhere in the hills of West Virginia.
Back at the airport, Donald's new partner gets tired of waiting for
him and, after calling him several times with no answer,
she decides to take a taxi back to the FBI building.
Before she get's there, the phone in Donald's office rings.
His machine picks up.
It's Agent Chelsea:
"Donald, These men in black have taken me to a
high containment facility in New Mexico.
They've performed tests and sampled my DNA.
The oldest one, whose always smoking, keeps letting me contact you.
I think it's his way of taunting you.
He says their plan to shut down Reopening the X-Files is going
better than expected.
He's taking Me by train to another facility to continue their master
plan, which goes way above just shutting us down."
The message again ends abruptly.
Just as Frohike opens his mouth to say something, Donald's new
partner walks into the office and says:
"Hi I'm looking for Agent Donald. My name is Agent Anna from
Indiana."
Langley looks at Frohike and says:
"Don't say it Frohike."
Anna puts her bags down and put's a file on Donald's desk
It Reads:
SLEEPLESS
X-FILE # UNKNOWN
MY FILE # X21-2.04
1st category is
SNOW TRAX:
Mark Snows music that was in this episode,
but was not on the sound track.
like Mark Snow, I also gave them a Latin name.
I am not a Latin expert!
Today's clips are called:
Into the Shadows: 'In umbra'
Meeting with X: 'Placitum per X'
The tape: 'Candela'
X Separation: 'X discidium'
ZERO SUM: Pluses and minuses
PLUSES:
I love when they show the Syndicate having their meetings,
especially in this episode at the end, talking about the Scully problem.
I also like when Cole recites Bible verses before the victims die.
It makes it more ominous, especially if you are a Bible believer
like I am.
Here's a couple of Coles recitations:
"He retains not his anger for ever,
because he delights in mercy."
Micah 7:18 and 19
"The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance."
Psalm 58:10
X-ACHUSETTS
Massachusetts is referenced for the 6th time by Mulder when
he is talking to Krycek in traffic on the Long Island Expressway,
and mentions Boston.
EPISODE INFLUENCE:
http://www.matrixbookstore.biz/ddt.htm
http://www.factnet.org/rancho1.htm
MULDERIZMS:
Mulder: The military already sent troops through radioactive
mushroom clouds. I guess they figured they had to top themselves, right?
MYTHOMETER SCORE (0 to 3)
Measures how close the episode is to being a mythology episode.
3 = FULL MYTHOS
2.9 = (ALMOST) FULL MYTHOLOGY*****
2 = STRONG HYBRID
1 = WEAK HYBRID
0 = MONSTER OF THE WEEK
Sleepless is as close to a mythology episode as you can get.
It has everything but aliens.
The Syndicate, conspiracy, X, Krycek and more.
The only reason that it's not officially listed as a mythology is
because there are no references to the main story arc - the alien
take over.
THE SEQUELIZER:
[The potential the episode had for a sequel]
SLEEPLESS had a HIGH potential for a sequel because of the
mind control theme.
The government could have used this method on other soldiers
or other people for different purposes.
Finally,
MY 1-10 RATING:
I give Sleepless a 9.
Compared to other 'Monster of the Weeks/Mythologies' it's probably a 9
Compared to other shows on TV it's probably a 9.5
So...
Pending any further evidence, this case,
My file # X21-2.04
is filed: UNSOLVED
To hear the audio version of Snow TraX or my Field Reports, go to
THE FIELD REPORT WAREHOUSE:
http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/talkCast.jsp?masterId=74769cmd=tc
=Podcast Mythology=
Ok Donald, I'm uploading My current Field report to you from the
island.
The Lighthouse Keeper is revealing more about his past to me.
He seems bitter towards his old Syndicate comrades for leaving him
here on this island to monitor the experiments on the inhabitants.
He says they've been using pesticides on the food they grow here to
make the inhabitants more receptive to the power of suggestion.
I think I'll stick to the fish.
They're using ultra sonic sound as a trigger.
They're experimenting with mind control for some master plan that
he's starting to tell me about slowly.
It's now midnight and I've snuck out of the house to
investigate the other side of the island where that man
was shot and where they are spraying the pesticide.
O.k., I can see men in protective suits spraying a chemical on the
plants.
I also see a light in the sky coming towards me.
I hear it now! It's shining a light down on me!
*THUMP*
[Unconscious]
[X21-2.04]
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X22 DUANE BARRY
Agent Donald and the dark man that carjacked him drive to
the middle of a West Virginia mountains.
The man tells Donald to get out of the vehicle.
Donald complies.
The man takes the car and drives away,
leaving Donald in the middle of nowhere.
A thousand miles away, In the Nevada desert, Agent Chelsea is being
transported by train to another secret location that the Man in Black
wants her to see.
Chelsea writes an entry in her Field Journal:
"Day 3.
My captors have taken me to a secret facility in Nevada
to perform tests on me, and now are taking me in a train heading
west for another 'appointment'.
"They are letting me record all this in my Field Journal and
occasionally call Agent Donald to send him messages. I've heard them talking about a ship.
I think we're heading to a shipyard on the west coast.
"End of Field Journal - Day 3"
Back at the FBI building, Agent Anna settles into Agent Donald's
desk as she waits for word from Donald.
She begins reopening some old X-files and comes across one called:
Duane Barry
X-FILE # UNKNOWN
MY FILE # X22-2.05
1st category is
SNOW TRAX
Today's clips are called:
Duanes Theme: Duanes Lemma
Stockholm Syndrome: Stockholm Morbus
Life Support: Vita Suscipio
Pulaski: Pulaski
ZERO SUM: Pluses and minuses
PLUSES:
I like when Duane refers to himself in the 3rd person.
It shows a true disconnect.
I also like those episodes where people are isolated -
'phone booth' or 'meat locker' types like in the hostage situation.
EPISODE INFLUENCE:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_abduction
MULDERIZMS:
No good one in this episode.
MYTHOMETER SCORE (0 to 3)
Measures how close the episode is to being a mythology episode.
3 = FULL MYTHOLOGY *****
2 = STRONG HYBRID
1 = WEAK HYBRID
0 = MONSTER OF THE WEEK
Duane Barry is a full mythology
THE SEQUELIZER:
[The potential the episode had for a sequel]
Duane Barry has a sequel - Ascension, which we don't have to wait
as long for as we did with Tooms.
Finally,
MY 1-10 RATING:
I give Duane Barry a 9.
Compared to other Mythologies it's probably a 8.5
Compared to other shows on TV it's probably a 9.5
So...
Pending any further evidence, this case,
My file # X22-2.05
is filed: UNSOLVED
HTTP://WWW.XFILESPODCAST.COM,
and click on Agent Shadows Field Reports.
To hear any or all of My Field Reports on demand,
click the THE FIELD REPORT WAREHOUSE link
http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/talkCast.jsp?masterId=74769&cmd=tc
PODCAST MYTHOLOGY:
"Ok Donald, I'm uploading my Field Report to you with new equipment
from the mainland - It looks like the Salem shoreline.
A man with a rifle knocked me out on the island, and I think they
flew me ashore with a helicopter. I found a note in my pocket from
The Keeper - it says: 'You got too close. I'll contact you with
more information when it's in my best interest.'
"He also left a code. It looks like radio stations.
It says:
'Chelsea KUNR 88.7 to 99.9 5MBS'
I remember The Keeper telling me that The New Syndicate had
captured one of our Agents. Now I know it must be Chelsea.
I looked the numbers up and they're radio stations
in Reno Nevada and Adelaide Australia.
I've contacted the FBI Field office in Adelaide Australia
and notified Agent Adele that something is happening and
I'm heading to Nevada to search for Chelsea."
[X22-2.05]
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X23 ASCENSION
Agent Donald, after walking down a long stretch of road in
the West Virginia mountains, is picked up by a man in a pick up
truck.
The man says "I can take you as far as Rixeyville, VA."
Relieved, Donald checks his cell phone again - still no service.
The truck driver drops Donald off at a diner on Rt 229.
In the desert of Nevada, Agent Chelsea feels the train slowly grind
to a halt. She starts writing in her journal:
Day 4
"We are stopping at a small town in Nevada.
My captors have treated me well - other than the DNA extraction.
I hear them coming down the hall...
End of Field Journal Day 4."
Back at the FBI, Agent Anna continues to read up on old X-Files
in Donald's office and opens one called:
Ascension
X-FILE # UNKNOWN
MY FILE # X23-2.06
1st category is
SNOW TRAX
Today's clips are called:
Evidence - Testimonium
looking to the stars - Vultus ut astrum
Mrs. Scully - Mrs. Scully
Skinners Phone - Macresco Phone
Skinners Thinking - Macresco Reputo
Ascending To The Stars - Ascending Ut Astrum
XANAGRAMS
Agent Emma in the Records Department sent in the following:
An anagram of "Gillian Anderson" is "No Aliens Darling"
EPISODE INFLUENCE:
http://www.ufocasebook.com/alienabductions.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_implants
MULDERIZMS:
Krycek: The US Department of Transportation estimates that over
190,000 fatal car crashes every year are caused
by sleeplessness.
Mulder: Did they estimate how many people are put to sleep listening
to their statistics?
MYTHOMETER SCORE (0 to 3)
Measures how close the episode is to being a mythology episode.
3 = FULL MYTHOLOGY*****
2 = STRONG HYBRID
1 = WEAK HYBRID
0 = MONSTER OF THE WEEK
THE SEQUELIZER:
[The potential the episode had for a sequel]
Ascension had a HIGH potential for a sequel because even though
Duane Barry dies Scully is still missing.
So all subsequent episodes are sequels.
Finally,
MY 1-10 RATING:
I give Ascension a 9.5
Compared to other 'Mythologies' it's probably a 9
Compared to other shows on TV it's probably a 10
So...
Pending any further evidence, this case,
My file # X23-2.06
is filed: UNSOLVED
To hear any or all of My Field Reports on demand,
click the THE FIELD REPORT WAREHOUSE link.
http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/talkCast.jsp?masterId=74769&cmd=tc
[HELICOPTER SOUND]
Ok Donald, I'm uploading My Field report from the road.
I've requisitioned a vehicle and I'm heading to Virginia.
My contact said to go there and wait for more instructions.
I'll send more info when I can.
[X23-2.06]
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X24 '3'
Agent Donald is dropped off at a diner in Rixeyville by the truck
driver. As he leaves the vehicle, Donald notices a name tag on the
mans coat.
It says: Ranger Jed.
As Donald walks toward the diner, 3 people are secretly watching
him approach.
It's Agent Super Spandex, Agent Cough, and Agent Ron jr.
As Donald enters the diner to look for a payphone,
The 3 Agents duck away and hide in a booth behind Agent Summer
leisure and Agent Mothman who are investigating strange phenomena back in West Virginia and stopped here for a bite.
Donald notices 3 payphones near the door and walks over to them,
but when he reaches into his pocket he realizes that he has no change.
He sees a young lady with a T-shirt that says: 'Space Music with TC'.
Donald asks her name - it's Daniella. He asks if she has a quarter.
She answers in a Dutch accent "Of course, here's 3."
Donald thanks her and quickly calls Agent Anna at the FBI.
Anna is sitting at Donald's desk talking to the 3 Lone Gunmen as
she answers the phone. Donald tells her where he is and says
"Get me out of here soon. What time can you be here?"
Anna answers:
"3."
= 3 =
X-FILE #
X256933VW
references the 1st series of 'trinity' killings
Scully's disappearance X-file # is 73317
MY FILE # X24-2.07
1st category is
SNOW TRAX
Ashes and Bones -
Broken Light -
Night Watchmen -
Reopening the X-Files -
ZERO SUM:
X-File # 73317 is pulled out of a file cabinet by Fox Mulder
which is the case of Dana Scully's abduction.
I love it when they show us the actual files.
When Mulder questions 'the son' in jail, the son seems like a combination
of Jack Nicholson in 'The Shining' and Brad Douriff in 'Beyond the Sea'.
Minuses:
Another vampire story.
Back then there where plenty - now there's too many.
RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES:
EPISODE INFLUENCE:
Guenters disease: Porpheria?
The Eastern European legend of baking Blood in bread for protection.
Canyon Ridge fires
MULDERIZMS:
Son:
"Don't you want to live forever?"
Mulder:
"Not if drawstring pants come back in style."
X-Impact: Submitted by Agent James
[What the episodes impact was on the viewers]
Co- writer Glen Morgan was not happy with the results of the finished
episode but still over 9 million households watched it and complaints
were found about 'why was it on vampires?'
MYTHOMETER SCORE (0 to 3)
Measures how close the episode is to being a mythology episode:
3 = FULL MYTHOLOGY
2 = STRONG HYBRID
1 = WEAK HYBRID
0 = MONSTER OF THE WEEK*****
THE SEQUELIZER:
[The potential the episode had for a sequel]
3 had a low potential for a sequel because the unholy trinity all died.
Others could take their place I guess, but it wouldn't be a good sequel.
Finally,
MY 1-10 RATING:
Compared to other 'Monster of the Weeks' I give 3... a 3 - below average
but well named.
Compared to other shows on TV it's probably a 5
just because it's an X-File.
So...
Pending any further evidence, this case,
X-FILE # X256933VW, and
MY FILE # X24-2.07
is filed: CLOSED
=Podcast Mythology=
[HELICOPTER SOUND]
Addendum to Field Report:
I'm in My motel room in Virginia.
I was right, there was a car following me, with Vancouver plates,
but when I checked into the motel room and looked out my bedroom
window, I saw the driver being pulled out of his car and dragged into a
white van.
The men that took him where dressed in black and they also took
the mans briefcase from out of his car.
I ran out to help him but the van was long gone.
I then searched the man's car and found 3 things:
A folder, a key and an FBI badge.
The folder was hidden.
I guess the men in black didn't have enough time to look for
everything.
Inside the folder is a note from My Contact, The Lighthouse Keeper,
referencing classified documents in the now stolen briefcase concerning
a global mind control conspiracy. The driver of the Vancouver car
must have been his messenger waiting for the right time to give me
the folder and briefcase. The briefcase is gone and I don't know how
to contact The Lighthouse Keeper to tell him about his kidnapped
messenger.
The second item, the key, is to locker #935 at the Washington DC
airport.
The note says that there's information on the lockers contents in
the now stolen briefcase.
...and lastly I found Agent Chelsea's FBI badge.
These must be the same people who kidnapped Chelsea.
They left her badge like some kind of sick calling card.
The note ends with the words "Get to the locker."
I better keep moving. I guess I don't sleep any more.
More from the road later.
End of Field Journal.
[X24-2.07]
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X25 ONE BREATH
"OPENING QUOTE"
X:
"This high capacity compact Sig-Sauer 40 caliber weapon
is pointed at your head to stress my insistence that your search
for who put your partner on that respirator desist immediately!"
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In Nevada, the Men in Black bring Agent Chelsea to a covert meeting
in an industrial complex with one of their leaders.
Meanwhile, back at the diner in Virginia,
Agent Donald hangs the phone up and sits in a booth near the end
of the diner, waiting for Agent Anna to pick him up.
He notices people giving him side glances and mumbling things that
sound like 'microphone boy' and 'spooky podcaster'.
He tries to ignore it and orders a Coke.
Agent Summer and Agent Moth man quietly slip out the back door to
return to their assignment concerning the West Virginia phenomena,
while Agent B.C.K. enters the diner to relieve them and continue
to surveil Agent Donald.
A.D. Solo monitors this whole operation from inside a small row boat
on the lake behind the diner, with his binoculars. On the stern of
the boat is the boats name, only faintly readable now from years of
weathering. The name has 2 words - 'One Breath'
One Breath
X-FILE # UNKNOWN
MY FILE # X25-2.08
1st category is
SNOW TRAX
No Smoking
Chasing the Blood Thief
Headstone
Sitting in the Boat
The Signal for X
Letter of Resignation
Non-Terminal Intensity
8:17
ZERO SUM:
(Pluses and Minuses)
Donald calls this episode the 'Sitting in the boat' episode,
so I timed all the scenes were Scully is sitting in the boat and
she is in the boat for 1:30.
She's also on the table in that empty room for a few scenes,
but both scenes combined are only 2-3 minutes.
So there are some slow spots, but not too much, and we do learn
a lot from the scenes.
It's more than made up for by the appearances of Skinner, X,
The Lone Gunmen, and C.S.M.
Something cool I just noticed on the re-watch:
Mulder was supposed to intercepted the people responsible for
Scully's abduction at his apartment at 8:17pm, but he goes to
the hospital instead. And when he gets home from the hospital
it's 8:17am the next day.
RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES:
(EPISODE INFLUENCE)
Branched DNA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA
MULDERIZMS:
"Is this about the tooth that was found in the cafeteria Jello?"
X-IMPACT: BY AGENT JAMES
(Impact that the episode had on the audience)
Audiences complained that the title 'one breath'
had very little to do with the episode.
Scully's father uses the phrase 'One Breath' when she's lying
on the table in the empty room.
He says:
"Then My life felt it had been the length of one breath, one heartbeat."
MYTHOMETER:
Monster, Hybrid or MythArc
*MYTHARC*
THE SEQUELIZER:
[The potential the episode had for a sequel]
One Breath had a Low potential for a sequel because it didn't
really have an open ending, although they could have pursued the
'Nurse Owens' angle. But that's not much to go on.
Finally,
MY 1-10 RATING:
Compared to other Mythologies I give One Breath an 8 - Very good.
Compared to other shows on TV it's probably a 9.5
So...
Pending any further evidence, this case,
My file # X25-2.08
is filed: CLOSED
"Addendum to Field Report:
I've reached the D.C. airport and I have found the locker to which
the key, that the Lighthouse Keeper gave me, belongs.
It's amazing. There's volumes of scientific data in here.
It looks like a Dr. Ridley was working on reverse aging theories
and experiments. It's way beyond me.
I better try and get to Nevada now.
...End of Field Report."
"CLOSING QUOTE"
Scully's Dad :
"...the length of one breath... one heartbeat."
[X25-2.08]
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