3x23 Wetwired

[tree]

Another after school special! This one's about how television rots your brain. Think Blood but with TVs. Okay, I joke because I love it. This is an amazing Scully episode that's all about trust and the breakdown of that trust.



Writer: Mat Beck
Director: Rob Bowman
Originally aired: May 10th, 1996

Synopsis: A ~mysterious~ man gives Mulder a newspaper containing a report on a man who killed four people, all of whom he claims were the same man. When Mulder digs deeper he finds that similar incidents have been happening in the neighbourhood. Our agents watch a lot of video tapes and before long Scully becomes suspicious of Mulder's motives. She descends into outright paranoia and trashes her motel room like a rockstar. The Gunmen and Mama Scully make appearances! Mulder maybe has to ID Scully's body! Scully threatens Mulder at gunpoint! Scully looks pretty in a hospital bed!

Most Memorable Quote
THIS SCENE. Seriously, guise. Guise. Seriously.

SCULLY: It's not the truth, Mom. He's lied to me from the beginning. He's never trusted me.
MULDER: Scully, you are the only one I trust.
SCULLY: You're in on it. You're one of them. You're one of the people who abducted me. You put that thing in my neck. You killed my sister!
MARGARET: That's not true, Dana.
SCULLY: It is.
MARGARET: I want you to listen to me...
SCULLY: Mom, just get out of the way!
MARGARET: You trust me, don't you? You know that I would never hurt you. That I would never let anybody hurt you. That's why you came here, isn't it? You're safe here. Put the gun down, Dana.

Links
Autumn Tysko's review
Tom Carissimi's review
Transcript at Inside the X

Fanfiction
Nope.

Comments

[maidenjedi]

How is there not fanfiction about this one?! Travesty!

Meanwhile, watching now. Amazing episode all around; a superior play on the trust issues between Mulder and Scully. I think I'll have more to say later but for now - love love love.

[tree]

oh, there's fanfiction. it's just not good. in my not humble opinion.

[wendelah1]

in my not humble opinion. ♥

[maidenjedi]

Fair enough!

[wendelah1]

I like Poems by that_khyber. It's a post-ep for Wetwired that's part of his Khyber v. Season 7 universe. I don't know if it works outside of it. But I really like it. (highlight and hit enter to get the story to load)

[maidenjedi]

Thanks for this link and the others below!

One more rec

[wendelah1]

This is kind of an AU post-ep for "Wetwired." It's also an abandoned WIP, which I have an idea for how to finish, and which Naraht gave me permission to write. Someday I will, I hope. But I think it's worth reading even unfinished. She's an excellent writer.

Much madness is divinest sense (7637 words) by Naraht
Chapters: 2/?
Fandom: The X-Files
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Dana Scully, Fox Mulder, Margaret Scully, Walter Skinner
Additional Tags: Mental Illness, Suicide Attempt, Suicidal Thoughts, Season/Series 03, Unfinished and Discontinued
Summary:

"Scully, I'm not crazy..."

Re: One more rec

[estella-c.livejournal.com]

I started to read this, but then I couldn't I just couldn't.

Even More Recs

[wendelah1]

And lilydale's recs: fanfic recs for Wetwired.

I also liked this David Hearne story: Margaret.