From: ciaranainsworth@protonmail.com   
      
   Hi all,   
      
   I recently had a discussion with my dad about this episode, and I found   
   we very much fall on different ends of the spectrum. In his eyes, this   
   is where the series really started to drop off and fall into a pit of   
   absurdity from which it never really recovered. To me, it's one of the   
   most enjoyable episodes out there.   
      
   The tone of this episode is definitely unserious, and like all good   
   monster-of-the-week episodes it has no impact on the overall mythology. But   
   I personally found it a really engaging story that balanced its plot   
   with a good amount of humor and some really nice homage to classic   
   horror films. In particular, I'm a sucker for Mulder and Scully dancing   
   or being generally affectionate without being explicitly romantic (the   
   baseball sequence in The Unnatural is a particularly good example of   
   this).   
      
   I guess it's a personal preference thing, really. My dad was always more   
   interested in the overarching story of the series and felt the writers   
   lost focus as the series went on. While I don't disagree, I think the   
   interaction of the characters was always more important to me than the   
   great mystery. I'd be interested to hear where others fall on this.   
      
   cda   
      
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