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“Darkness Falls”

This was yet another X-Files season one episode that I do not remember at all. It has some of the best horror aspects to it.

Mysterious insects, who would only swarm when it was dark, would attack people, drain them of their liquids, and leave the bodies in cocoons.

So Mulder and Scully wound up stranded in a cabin in the woods with a limited amount of gasoline to keep the generator going so the lights will stay on.

There are a bunch of horror tropes going down in this episode and they were very effective. Including the moment when Mulder and Scully wound up trapped in a jeep being swarmed by the insects. However, they were able to survive because they were found before they could be totally drained of their fluids. They were all cocooned up though.

I did enjoy this episode with the anxiety of the claustrophobic location and the uncertainty of how they were going to find their way out of this situation. We also saw Scully panic more than I think we have ever seen before or since. She even blamed Mulder for a decision that he had made since he had done it without checking with the group. I didn’t expect that either, but it made perfect sense.