X-Files Rewatch - S1E12 - Fire

And the ongoing good bad good bad carries on, though in truth this is not that bad at all. Fire (the element) is fun, right?! This was actually much better on this rewatch, at least in parts, than I remember. It’s fun with the relationship between Mulder and the English ex, Scully doing a voiceover of all the prep and solving whilst Mulder just acts a bit of a love struck idiot is quite fun, and the effects themselves for the various action scenes are pretty good! The guest stars acting and their accents? Absolutely unforgivable however. They drag this episode from a solid good 8 to a more mediocre 6. Scully owns this episode. Bonus points for a monster who survives the end - always fun!

6/10