Spoilers

“Shapes”

This episode kicked off with a problem, but it was my problem. I immediately was distracted because the actor who played Butch from SOAP was one of the characters. Then, Deputy Hawk from Twin Peaks showed up as the sheriff in the episode. These familiar faces are not the fault of the show, but are something I have trouble getting past.

Mulder and Scully head to investigate a murder of a Native American. There is a whole Lycanthrope story happening among the Native Americans. A man that can turn into a wolf.

Unfortunately, the episode is damaged by the 1980s style special effects for the wolf. Some of the shots of the creature were truly bad.

The rest of the episode was solid, with a good story and some interesting ideas. The use of the Native American cast was excellent and they all did some quality work. Michael Horse, who was Deputy Hawk in Twin Peaks, does a really great job playing opposite Mulder and Scully.

A lot of the episode did feel like the basic werewolf type story and was pretty predictable.

The creature was called a Manitou and we got a couple of different people in this episode infected with it.