It doesn't seem like much of a plan. But they didn't have much time to put a plan together, maybe that gamble was the best they could do - try to stop the explosion (or whatever it was) in such a way to hopefully get Allison farther from the blast if it happened?
Mal: Does she understand that? River: She understands. She doesn't comprehend.
'Objects In Space'
Boxed Set, Vol. V: Just a Hint of Denial and a Dash of Retcon
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-t - Sep 10, 2010 5:57:07 pm PDT #14194 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
le nubian - Sep 10, 2010 5:57:13 pm PDT #14195 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
X-Files:
Some of my favorite episodes, not a comprehensive list ("Home" would NOT be on the list) include...
"Tooms" - that put me through changes. I think it is also notable for the kind of tone the series had and would continue through its 8 season: edgy, gross, intense.
"Pusher" - though I bet the ep isn't as good as I remember it being.
And one of my favorite of the series is "Redrum", but that's not a Mulder/Scully episode, so I suppose that might be sacrilege.
-t - Sep 10, 2010 6:01:04 pm PDT #14196 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I know which episode "Demon With a Glass Hand" was only because I read a book all about the Outer Limits and it dwelt in that episode a fair bit. I didn't see it until after I'd read about it, though, and seeing it was a little disappointing.
Ginger - Sep 10, 2010 6:07:43 pm PDT #14197 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
My vote would go to "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose," but I agree "Tooms" represents the best elements of The X-Files. In the final seasons, I said more that once, "I miss liver-eating mutants."
le nubian - Sep 10, 2010 6:08:43 pm PDT #14198 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
ha! did you really?
Ginger - Sep 10, 2010 6:09:16 pm PDT #14199 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Absolutely.
quester - Sep 10, 2010 7:02:24 pm PDT #14200 of 30001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose
Oh, yes. And the Jose Chung episodes!
Frankenbuddha - Sep 10, 2010 7:10:23 pm PDT #14201 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I will say that by no means is Home my favorite episode - that's a four-way tie between Clyde Bruckman, Jose Chung, Small Potatoes and Bad Blood. But Home is definitely an episode that stays with you.
Whether you like it or not. God knows Johnny Mathis will never mean the same thing to me ever again.
§ ita § - Sep 11, 2010 5:04:58 am PDT #14202 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I asked Colin what the resolution of the episode actually meant, and he didn't know. So there you have it.
Jon B. - Sep 11, 2010 5:23:15 am PDT #14203 of 30001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
How could he possibly know she'd fasten her seatbelt?
I can buy that the seat belt made the difference, but Carter obviously didn't know that it would. I think his "plan" was to get to the site a little bit sooner. Unclear when he decided to ram the invisible science shack, but he hoped that might change things.