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“The Rain King”

I have been typically been a huge fan of the X-Files humor episodes. “Bad Blood,” “Humbug,” Clyde Bruckman’s Final Repose,” “War of The Coprophages,” and “Jose Chung’s From Outer Space” are all classics for different reasons. However, not every humor episode hit as well as those.

“The Rain King” is one of those humor episodes that did not work very well for me. Victoria Jackson guest starred as Shelia, who was the center of the story of someone who can control the weather.

The story develops into a romance between some of the characters in this town and Mulder was stuck in it too. It was a weird story.

The best part of this episode was Scully’s dry reactions to some of the things that happened. There was one moment where Mulder told her over the phone that he was staying to help another man with his dating advice. The camera lingered on Mulder as no response came from Scully and the camera switched to Scully who just sat staring into the sky in shock. That was probably my favorite moment of the show.

This just felt too silly and the humor did not work. This was the second consecutive X-Files episode that was disappointing.