The X-Files: Season 1 Graveyard

S1 E3: Squeeze

Here it is, folks! The first true "monster of the week" episode, a stand-out story, a great ep for onboarding. A great, fun, delightful episode still somehow leaves with very little to work with.

Oh, I guess I could talk about things in the vents or the sewers of buildings, or locked-room murders, or stories surrounding humans with genetic mutations, but those are all either barely in my wheelhouse or are only tangentially related to the episode. Plus, I don't want to go whole-hog and do a whole post based on a throw-away line in one episode when the same topic will likely surface later and give me a lot more to work with.

This post, then, shall be the Season 1 Graveyard: a place to recognize the great (or not-so-great) episodes of the first season that just didn't have enough in 'em for a full post.

I may come back here and type up a summary, I dunno. But I have very little to comment on, and this is a genuinely fun ep so you should probably just watch it. Or read the wiki summary, if you must. (But you really should watch it. Mulder says, "is there any way I can get [this bile] off my fingers quickly without betraying my cool exterior?" and it's fantastic. Please watch it.)

This episode shines because of the genuinely creepy villain.
 (Pic from here.)