Review of Per Manum

The X-Files: Per Manum (2001)
Season 8, Episode 13
8/10
I guess it was too much to hope for.
24 November 2009
Warning: Spoilers
Of all the boring Scully's baby episodes, this is probably the most tolerable. The first bit of trivia I have for this episode is that lady at the beginning having the alien baby may be familiar to some of you Anne of Green Gables fans... That in mind, go watch it again. The basic story of the episode is a bunch of abducted women who have been said to be barren and then get pregnant and now the government is stealing their alien babies and killing the women. Some lady approaches Scully about this and now Scully is all paranoid about her baby again like usual. Poor lady, she keeps getting told her baby is ET and then the doctors tell her its fine but then the doctors are evil and at some point you're just like move to Alaska or something for 9 months sheesh! Some of the important stuff about the episode is the flashbacks with Mulder where we learn that he is indeed the father but not through the sideways polka but through donations and artificial insemination. I think its funny how every episode that has that Zeus Pregnancy clinic in it ends up with someone find the room with all the fetus jars and then some doctor being all "you're not supposed to be here!" You'd think they'd get a lock or something. Some more fun about this episode is Adam Baldwin stealing the baby with the government agents. Adam Baldwin is awesome. Also I can't help but feel bad for poor Doggett in this episode. I hate being kept in the dark like that with my own circle of friends, I can't imagine how frustrating it would be when you're FBI partner was doing that crap to you. And all because, "I was afraid they'd use it to get to Mulder." Um, how does that keep you from telling Doggett? You're saying you didn't trust him not to go tell the enemy basically. I give the episode a 8 out of 10 for some entertaining sequences but not for the best story in the world.
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