Watching Duane Barry medium high is a real experience. I often skip this arc (I don't totally know why...I think maybe our main man DB always seemed a lil silly? Like the third person tense thing gets old) BUT I threw it on after a long day of work with a lil zaza and OMG
There's SO MUCH happening here but I'm most obsessed with Mulder, Paranormal Hostage Negotiator. Like whyyy did they bring him on to do this and then tell him not to talk about UFOs??
I'm also dying at how *immediately and completely* unbelievable Mulder is as a paramedic 😂
He makes zero attempt to pretend to be medically helpful and of course just dives into very charged abduction talk.
Like sorry FBI wtf did u expect our man Spooky was going to do...
This is his destiny.
(And of course OBVIOUSLY the FBI is the villain here and Mulder is both right and moral in the end and saved lives etc etc but I'll be damned if I don't feel for Exasperated Lady Agent* who just wants to get home and have a glass of wine and read her book... And now she's gotta listen to this gorgeous idiot talk about spacelings??
And meanwhile Real Paramedic is like "uhh so can we hurry this alien interview along, cuz like ...,"
So obvs this whole scheme goes haywire and Mulder is taken as a hostage like moments after he enters the room😂😭 😬
PS: baby boy Krychek getting yelled at by Exasperated Scully! 🥰
Anyways, good stuff. Check out Duane Barry!














