"During a cartoonish, over-the-top sequence where Kitsch flashes back to his dead family on Earth and single-handedly slaughters dozens of savage Warhoon-tribe Martians"

Manic states are characterized by an excess of energy—which, at first feels great ("I'm inspired! I'm getting so much shit done! I'm on fucking fire!"), then starts to curdle when you fucking hate everyone around you for being so _slow_, and then you get to this hot white point where you simply have to do everything…

Manic states are characterized by an excess of energy—which, at first feels great ("I'm inspired! I'm getting so much shit done! I'm on fucking fire!"), then starts to curdle when you fucking hate everyone around you for being so _slow_, and then you get to this hot white point where you simply have to do everything…

That's how I read it, too.

That's how I read it, too.

Well, _I_ think he's dreamy.

Well, _I_ think he's dreamy.

Are you sure there isn't a shot? I could've sworn the camera started on her legs in one of the scenes in Mulder's office, the one where she gets the "milagro."

Are you sure there isn't a shot? I could've sworn the camera started on her legs in one of the scenes in Mulder's office, the one where she gets the "milagro."

Fair enough. I disagree about the clause; I didn't think the monologue was trying to point out Scully's issues with her male coworkers so much as it confirming their suspicions. But I could've misread it, and I didn't note the other times he describes her; it could be more that I was distracted by the leaden prose.

Fair enough. I disagree about the clause; I didn't think the monologue was trying to point out Scully's issues with her male coworkers so much as it confirming their suspicions. But I could've misread it, and I didn't note the other times he describes her; it could be more that I was distracted by the leaden prose.

I know! That astonished me.

I know! That astonished me.

It was watchable, and I really liked Hawkes. But as always, review trumps grade.

It was watchable, and I really liked Hawkes. But as always, review trumps grade.

"Also, as others have pointed out, once Wash died the audience could easily believe that the entire crew was going to die."

"Also, as others have pointed out, once Wash died the audience could easily believe that the entire crew was going to die."

@BreakingRad:disqus I am manic and very, very tired today.

@BreakingRad:disqus I am manic and very, very tired today.

That's my point, though—Penny's death has meaning. It actually does change the tone of the story, to the point where losing her turns out to be arguably the point of the whole mess; it raises some interesting thematic concerns (two dudes fighting it out to prove themselves while the one person who actually tried to…