The Field Where I Died S4E5 - The X-Files Revisited

[@KennethNordin]

It's one of the best episodes to me. It's in between monster of the week and the mythological episodes. Revisit it when you are older and think differently, it may happen that you really like it

[@JBSpookyReview]

I'll revisit it in 10 years and see where I stand.

[@TobyPitcairn]

I watched this episode when it came out, I figured I’d rewatch it recently since I may have been too young to understand it the first time. Nope lol it’s definitely remained on the skip list for a reasons

[@JBSpookyReview]

Haha I don't blame you.

[@ignoreamos]

Absolutely love these reviews! Keep up the good work, JB!

[@JBSpookyReview]

I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[@BluesMcGoo]

I guess I'm the outlier here. I really like this episode. Gets me in the feels. That Mulder soliloquy is epic. Having said that, the actress that plays Melissa Ephesian is painful to watch from an acting standpoint.

[@JBSpookyReview]

Nothing wrong with liking the episode. The show has a little bit of something for everyone.

[@brianparksdesign]

@@BluesMcGoo I feel the same way. Season 4 had a lot of good episodes I thought.

[@secworld3644]

Nah, you're not alone. I've always liked this episode and I can't exactly say why. In retrospect I think it might just be David's great acting (as opposed to the guest actress...). Mulder feels vulnerable the whole episode and David really conveys Mulder's struggle between his rational and believing side, reinforced by his obvious but subdued anger towards the leader of the sect. One of David's best episodes, I'd say. Just my two cents.

[@EL_Duderino68]

I like it too. I like the occasional spiritual episodes like "Closure" or "Beyond the Sea"

[@twigwoodman3567]

This is a deeply emotional episode and a beautiful part of Mulders character ark

[@JBSpookyReview]

I'm glad you enjoy it.

[@muldrake]

Glad you're back! I know how much work it is doing videos like this, researching, making a script, cutting everything, etc., don't worry if you have to take some time!

[@JBSpookyReview]

Honestly the writing is the hardest part for me. Just trying to come up with something entertaining to say, especially for an episode like this can be a headache.

[@stijnvantongerloo9122]

re: Everybody in the bureau calling Mulder 'Spooky', and Fox not blinking at it. I was reminded by what Tyrion Lannister said about dealing with nicknames. Now, granted, Tyrion was discriminated against for physical appearance, while Fox is discriminated against for his beliefs. But, seems to me Fox has the same mental fortitude: "If people want to give you a name, let them. Never forget what you are. The rest of the world will not. Wear it like armor, and it can never be used to hurt you."

[@JBSpookyReview]

I've never heard that, but I like it.

[@dankyjoker]

Wear your flaws like armor, and they can only be used to protect you. Is another way I've heard it phrased. but it all boils down in to the same soupy mix

[@triforcewielder8500]

Thank you JB! This made my night! Hola from Colorado

[@JBSpookyReview]

I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[@schulzbrianr]

(I started typing this before you mentioned it on the video) This episode was obviously a thinly veiled reference to the David Koresh/Waco siege by the FBI and ATF, and Hollywood re-writing history to make the government the heroes. The accusation of stockpiles of illegal machine guns, and allegations of child abuse (that to the best of my knowledge were never confirmed to be true). There's also an episode of Criminal Minds that is VERY similar too (season 4 episode 3 "Minimal Loss").

[@JBSpookyReview]

Yeah the government were definitely not the good guys.

[@ELEKTROSKANSEN]

I gotta say, the idea of X Files trying to "paint the government as the heroes" is kinda hilarious...

[@Charles_Anthony]

Hollywood has to Hollywood. The days of questioning authority are dead.

[@harryparsons2750]

One of the episodes I usually skip lol

[@JBSpookyReview]

I don't fault you.

[@brianparksdesign]

I’m from Chattanooga, TN and I remember the local radio stations making fun of the episode because of how nothing in the episode looked like Chattanooga. There’s no Hamilton county hall of records lol. There are a lot of civil war battlefields though.

[@brianparksdesign]

There is a cult in Chattanooga though. Just look up the Yellow deli.

[@BigSawCat]

Some of my best "one time" stories come from lookout mt and Chattanooga

[@brianparksdesign]

@@BigSawCat I have a lot of those

[@JBSpookyReview]

Haha I wish I could have found that.

[@brent415ful]

I was trying to show X-Files to a friend for the first time and picked this episode thinking it was Field Trip.. man that was rough. I hate this episode.

[@JBSpookyReview]

Haha oof good way to make sure your friend never watches the show again.

[@annaboo27]

Ooooh I’d been waiting for this one!

[@JBSpookyReview]

Hope you enjoyed it.

[@magnumcornetto]

This episode is proof that Morgan and Wong weren't infallible in the 90s.

[@JBSpookyReview]

No, but everyone has a miss now and again.

[@babyBELUGAr]

Whenever I'm going through seasons and read the episode title, I always get it mixed up with the fungus episode, which is 1000x better

[@JBSpookyReview]

That's a much better episode.

[@Charles_Anthony]

Man, this one is just so damn good. I am a sucker for history, have fragmented memories of how I died in a past life and it connects with me. In my opinion, this realm is purgatory and we live multiple lives until we prove ourselves worthy of ascending to a heavenly plain. So, yeah, I think the episode is quite emotional and heavy... I think it works. Oh, and CSM could've died in WW2 in a past life after taking out Mulder. If it happened in 1941 and he was born a few months later, he would've been almost sixty by the time this episode aired. So, it's within the realm of possibility.

[@JBSpookyReview]

You're right there's a possibility it could have happened.

[@Charles_Anthony]

@@JBSpookyReview : Nope, I forget which episode butchered the timeline but I'm pretty sure it's the one where CSM was already 18 or so in 1953 and smoking. Besides, this episode is really good, but I was overly sentimental last night. The whole past lives thing with Mulder and CSM just doesn't work given all the information we've already gotten up to this episode.

[@CBrolley]

The Field Where I Channeled Shatner.

[@JBSpookyReview]

HAHAHAH perfect.

[@katiecook6006]

I personally don't mind the Melissa character being his "soulmate". She states in the field speech that in this life they meet only in passing. His soul is obviously connected to Scully too. Just in a different way. I don't think it "sinks the ship" for lack of a better term.

[@JBSpookyReview]

Hey that's fair.

[@fanofbioshock2nolastname861]

She was channeling her inner Gilbert Gottfied with the Sidney character

[@JBSpookyReview]

Oh god you're right.

[@Grinsbert93]

I just watch all the X-Files for the first time and I’m at the end of season 4 and I already forgot about that episode.

[@JBSpookyReview]

Hahahaha it's pretty forgettable.

[@astrosquirrel5038]

I’ve always found this one tedious and uninteresting. David tried to make the best with the material, but overall it’s just a slog.

[@JBSpookyReview]

I can't argue with you.

[@HopelessHermit]

I think I've seen this once . Couldn't be bothered to watch it again .I like sanguinarium Can't wait till you get to the remake seasons

[@JBSpookyReview]

We have quite the wait until I get to those haha.

[@Cooltowncity]

Sometimes I feel bad that I can't follow along whenever there's a long rambling intro monologue because I just can't keep focused. And boy this episode is a bore. Thanks JB!

[@JBSpookyReview]

I've seen these episodes so much that I tend to zone out at these parts.

[@Yesica1993]

The Mulderlogues NEVER make sense! It took me years to finally figure that out!

[@Onesixthdesign]

Definitely not my favorite. Bored me when I was a kid and still bores me as an adult lol😂

[@JBSpookyReview]

I've seen it a bunch through re-watches (I have a hard time skipping episodes lol)

[@Onesixthdesign]

@@JBSpookyReview lol me too. Going back I totally get what Morgan and Wong were doing, I just don't think it was executed well. Definitely not the best, but not the worst from season 4. I can't wait till you get to one of my favorites, paper hearts. BTW, have you thought bout doing a video about the final destination movie? That was originally going to be an x files episode.

[@xeepers]

Now that's what I call a sticky situation

[@JBSpookyReview]

It was pretty sticky.

[@reaverofjillsandwiches]

This episode never did much for me, shocking i know. I noticed the actress who played Melissa is the same one who plays a character I enjoy in millennium, but that's about it. And I didn't get a bad vibe from the dude calling him spooky. Not sure why, it just didn't seem as bitter as some agents in the past.

[@JBSpookyReview]

This episode isn't very good.

[@stevedenis8292]

Ah yeas I remember the Goose wars .We lost many good people. The whole past life Nazi time line was just not lined up right.

[@JBSpookyReview]

I still have PTSD from the great Goose Wars.

[@mathildeglaser8421]

This episode wasn‘t for me either 😅

[@JBSpookyReview]

I've seen it many times through re-watches, but it's not a favourite.

[@DebraClements-q1h]

This has always been one of my least favorite episodes..

[@JBSpookyReview]

I'm glad you like this one.

[@MRGRIMZ89]

GREAT VIDEO AS ALWAY BRO! THANKS.

[@JBSpookyReview]

I'm glad you liked it.

[@usedscar]

I was always kind of mad that Maulder was tied to this other chick in the past not Scully. Also, Scully is into an extreamly forced mommy role over Maulder.

[@JBSpookyReview]

Yeah I never liked that idea either.

[@AnonymousAnonposter]

This episode is the most boring of the show without a doubt. And isn't even because of the topic of past lives, because there are fiction books and movies that have dealt with this subject in a much more interesting and emotionally powerful way. Even the movie Fluke is more brutal and emotional when it comes to past lives.

[@JBSpookyReview]

Yeah they could have done something much better with the idea.

[@Yesica1993]

Ha ha, the episode that drove the Shippers into a frothing rage! Ah, the good ol' days of fandom. I'm not a Shipper, so I must be the only person who sorta likes it. Maybe "like" is too strong a word. I don't know. It's just weird. I keep thinking if I watch it over and over, maybe it will one day make sense. But it never does. That actress was godawful. At least, in that role. I've never seen her in anything else. I do love the Mulderlogues! They sound nice but they make no sense. I wish the term, "word salad", had existed back then, because that's the perfect description. 7:20 Aw, the Mulder Parentheses Hair!

[@JBSpookyReview]

I don't know if I'm a shipper, but after everything they went through I did kind of want them to be together. This episode doesn't send me into a rage like it does them though.

[@Yesica1993]

@@JBSpookyReview They're s special bunch, trust me. Thank God social media didn't exist back then. It would have been even more insane, LOL!

[@coffemuse]

Yeah I found it an uncomfortable episode because of the acting. David D seems so uncomfortable with trying to cry, and I have to agree about the Melissa character's Sydney persona. Her other personas were okay I thought.

[@JBSpookyReview]

David has had some very good emotional moments in the series, but this wasn't one of them.

[@BennysBenz]

You've really been working these past few days.

[@JBSpookyReview]

Trying my best to grow the channel.

[@Xegethra]

So, if the idea that two soulmates always come together in a new life. I guess that when Moulder and Mellissa die again they will be reunited again? I suppose that's a happy ending for them.... But then doesn't that kind of contradict reuniting with loved ones after death? How long do they hang around until they get shoved into a new body? I guess not entirely but still.

[@JBSpookyReview]

Yeah it would be weird if you died and had to hang out another 20 years waiting for a loved one to kick the bucket.

[@Xegethra]

@@JBSpookyReview Hah. The ethereal waiting room.

[@MRGRIMZ89]

YEAH BOY!!!!! AIN'T SEEN THIS IN YEARS, NOT SURE HOW I FEEL ABOOT IT.

[@TaramiBedona]

This is one of those episodes for which I'm glad to be watching on my computer so that it's easy to skip-skip-skip-skip past the acting....

[@JBSpookyReview]

Oof it can get rough.

[@MRGRIMZ89]

2:45 Those mittens are giving me a Gingrich!

[@JBSpookyReview]

I hate you. lmao

[@deann6256]

2:44 😅 Scully. Ooof 😍😮‍💨 I was a teenager when the show began and a faithful viewer back then. I am on a rewatch now but I have so much second hand embarrassment on episodes like this - is that just me? ☺️🙈

[@JBSpookyReview]

Haha no this one is a bit embarassing.

[@Gyj-s1l9479]

Wasn't the greatest episode, but as always a great video thank you!

[@JBSpookyReview]

I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

[@rougeneon1997]

Spooky Mulder knows his bunkers bro! I'd love to duo up with him in Fortnite haha

[@JBSpookyReview]

I'm surprised they haven't been added.

[@MRGRIMZ89]

I HATE THE WHOLE SIDNEY PLOT POINT. IT SOUNDS LIKE JOHN LEGUIZAMO IN SPAWN.

[@JBSpookyReview]

Haha I'll never unhear it now.

[@MRGRIMZ89]

@@JBSpookyReview SAME LOL

[@movieforge01]

I have forgotten this episode on more than one occasion and I own it. I dont know what it is. I don't even get flashback memories of it. Like the first time I've seen it every time. Its not a terrible episode. Maybe I'm just getting old.

[@harryparsons2750]

It is a terrible episode

[@JBSpookyReview]

I don't think it's terrible it's just dull.

[@movieforge01]

@@JBSpookyReview we tend to hold things up that we're sentimental about. Can't do any wrong but when it comes to X Files there're episodes better than others but genuinely none that are bad.

[@JBSpookyReview]

Oh no there are definitely episodes that are bad, I just haven't gotten to them yet.

[@Wednesday.the.Wook.]

One of my least faves hands down. It’s so boring and cringey. Especially that deleted scene… YIKES. Scully’s glow-up did come to complete fruition this season though!

[@JBSpookyReview]

I hate talking about how beautiful I think she is, but doing these videos and staring at her I can't help it haha.

[@Wednesday.the.Wook.]

@@JBSpookyReview Haha, please don’t though, It’s one of my favorite topics! 😂 The Scully - staring problem is SO real.

[@Yesica1993]

@@Wednesday.the.Wook. I'm a woman and straight as can be, and I never stop staring at her.

[@tristanbeaumont8048]

Have to agree though the music in this ep is damn great

[@JBSpookyReview]

I always forget the music, but you're right.

[@victorpratt9920]

Yessssss! Thank you!

[@JBSpookyReview]

I hope you enjoyed it.

[@jojotheswede8444]

This episode is... Weird

[@JBSpookyReview]

I think that's an understatement.

[@mtbd215]

YES!! more reviews!! this was a cheesy one for me. i found the girl that played Melissa to be kind of annoying with all the voices. its strange because movies and tv series that use Cults as a theme can have alot of potential and usually works but this one wasnt the best. i dont hate it. there isnt a single episode of the X-files that i hate. it just was what it was 🧀

[@JBSpookyReview]

Oh there are episodes I hate, we're just not there yet.

[@mtbd215]

@@JBSpookyReview i missed alot of the end seasons i stopped watching when they sort of replaced Mulder & Scully. maybe ill have to watch those seasons someday

[@jordank1986]

This episode blows. Though I have a better appreciation for it. Love the review.

[@JBSpookyReview]

It's not great, but thank you.

[@AtticussAtticuss]

Spooky boring past life.

[@JBSpookyReview]

Past lives tend to be boring haha.

[@MRGRIMZ89]

BTW WHAT HAPPENED TO MELANCHOLIA VIDEO?

[@JBSpookyReview]

KZbin seems to be deleting my comments. It was copyright claimed so I'll have to re-edit it.

[@MRGRIMZ89]

@@JBSpookyReview WORD Fight the power bro! lol

[@stevennicol5754]

We being spoiled, another episode

[@JBSpookyReview]

No spoiled would be if I could do daily videos haha.

[@neftalithekushite4063]

Yeah, this episode kinda sucked. I would literally rather watch "teso dos bichos".

[@JBSpookyReview]

Oof that's saying something.

[@AnonymousAnonposter]

Ouch. I thought the same thing.

[@Elora445]

Do I believe in reincarnation? Yes. Do I believe that some souls meet over and over again? Yes. Do I believe in so called soulmates? No. Just that some souls meet over and over again in different roles. Apparently, some souls gravitate to each other for some reason or the other. Probably to learn one lesson or the other. Still, the episode didn't quite work for me. The acting was bad, the inspiration was all too obvious. It could have been good, but alas, the writers were apparently also bad.

[@JBSpookyReview]

There's good ideas here and I appreciate what they tried to achieve, but it just doesn't work.

[@Elora445]

@@JBSpookyReview Yeah, so many ideas that could so easily have been good, but yet... There's a well known folktale in Sweden (Mäster Skräddare) and it's about a man giving a piece of fabric to a tailor so they can create a coat for him. It goes on and on, where the thing they are creating gets smaller and smaller and in the end, the man ends up with nothing. Common thing for comedy theater groups to put up. Anyway, this episode felt like that. You just waited and waited for everything to pay off in the end, but instead, you ended up with nothing. The episode had no effect on the characters in the end. It's just there. Felt pointless.

[@vihangahiggoda5101]

Well I guess it's just a matter of time before you start making a video about the Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man episode

[@JBSpookyReview]

I think that's 2 episodes away.

[@vihangahiggoda5101]

@JBSpookyReview yes I can't wait for it

[@JBSpookyReview]

It'll be up monday.

[@juggalo9783]

Whoop whoop

[@JBSpookyReview]

Exactly.

[@DNS-FRANK09]

I don't think anybody likes a spitter

[@JBSpookyReview]

lmao

[@WyomingGuy876]

But JB..... is Scully a spitter?

[@harryparsons2750]

Ask the hawk tua girl lol

[@JBSpookyReview]

I almost made a "hawk tuah" reference, but I figured the time has passed and it's already dated lol.

[@harryparsons2750]

@@JBSpookyReview lol

[@BreadApologist]

Pretty boring episode, I hardly remember any of it. The bit bout random chick being mulders soul mate sounds really dumb. Definitely what I would call a “it exists” episode. One that is just there but not worth noting. Wow, checking the next few episodes coming up for this series….don’t like next one, doctor killing patients, just no. After that not many interest me till paper hearts. Which I found infuriating. The events of that episode 100% in no uncertain terms should have ended mulders career in the fbi.

[@JBSpookyReview]

Paper hearts is a really good one. Tom Noonan plays such a creep.

[@BreadApologist]

@@JBSpookyReview Ya, its just mulder was such a twat in it and he....lets a what is the internet term for them "minecraft youtuber" or is it "pdf file" eh same thing. escape custody while taking him out on a wild goose chase without auhorization, and he gets mulders badge and gun....just omg no.

[@sebastiansochanski]

👌

[@JBSpookyReview]

Thank you!

[@girlsnotblue3804]

.man when davids at the table recollecting his past life it is PAINNNNFUL that is bad acting dude just bad acting i ALWAYS skip this

[@JBSpookyReview]

Yeah it's not good.

[@viriathas9910]

I also never liked this episode. I felt like it was a lot of filler and way too derivative of a story. The concept was good though, there was something there, but the execution was poor, and as you pointed out, the acting was not so great.

[@JBSpookyReview]

I agree with everything you said.

[@RaraPremium]

Yeah it's an eh episode

[@JBSpookyReview]

Haha yeah it is.