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11 out of 12 people found the following comment useful :- The first rule of Fight Club is - you do not talk about Fight Club., 14 July 2007 Author: Muldernsanta from Washington Terrace, Utah
I'm going to talk about Fight Club anyway, the much maligned episode, that many people categorize as the worst X-Files episode. I wouldn't go that far. I feel that people take episodes like these too seriously. These tongue-in-cheek episodes need to be taken with a grain of salt. Don't expect too much from them, and you won't be disappointed. Granted, this is not a great episode, but it's still half-way decent.One thing that jumps out right away is how do Mulder and Scully find out about Bert Zupanic? They're searching for Betty Templeton and they arrive at Zupanic's door with a newspaper photo of him and Betty Templeton or Lulu Pfeiffer. No explanation is given on how they connected him to the two women or how they came across the photograph. Later, Scully meets Mulder at an auditorium, and she dumps all this information that she has supposedly uncovered on Lulu Pfeiffer and Betty Templeton and how they have been following each other around the country for the past 17 years, leaving devastation in their wake. I'm sorry but there is no way that Scully would find out the specific of information in so short amount of time.The funniest part of the episode is when Scully goes to the local jail and finds Mr. Damfuse, the father of Betty and Lulu. He screams at Scully, which are some of the best lines of the episode. Another thing of note is that whenever Damfuse talks, a weird sound plays. It's very odd.Another thing that caught my eye is that the manager, Mr. Saperstein takes Zupanic's money that is owed him, but then acts is as if he never received it. He then happily takes money from Lulu and Betty later on at the fight. The last thing about the episode that troubled me is at the end when Mulder and Scully are giving an exposition to explain the events of the episode. They are giving this exposition to Mr. Saperstein in their office, for who knows what reason. I imagine it's just a plot device in order to be able to explain things.Fight Club is kind of a confusing episode with a very odd story. But I think that Kathy Griffin and Randall Cobb did a fine job in their guest roles as the doppelgangers and the man they both loved. Sure, Fight Club has numerous problems, but its still fun to watch. And if do like this widely hated episode, remember the second rule of Fight Club: You do not talk about Fight Club.
9 out of 13 people found the following comment useful :- What's so special about you!!!, 19 July 2007 Author: Sanpaco13 from Sandy, UT, United States
I actually quite enjoyed this episode. I mean it starts out with a couple Jehova's Witnesses beating the crud out of each other. Then Mulder and Scully's stunt doubles. Those scenes are pretty novel just to watch especially the first time. Another reason I like this is because ever since I saw Big Business I have been intrigued with the idea that there could be someone else out there that looks EXACTLY like me! That would be so wild! HA! Anyway I know I'm probably way too easily amused but hey whatchagonnado? Finally the clincher for why I like this episode: "The sound of your voice is like a jackhammer on my eardrums!" I look at this episode as Chris Carter and crew just messing around and having fun for a bit. The story isn't all that amazing or profound but it is fun to watch the actors having fun. I give it a 7/10.
3 out of 9 people found the following comment useful :- Did you know?, 3 January 2007 Author: Winter Trabex from Japan
Rob Van Dam is listed in the credits here. He is an actual wrestler who, as of January 2007, works for the WWE. As this appeared in 2000, he was not with the WWE, and was with the old ECW, which appeared on TNN. The episode itself is a bit goofy and experimental, which generally characterizes any Chris Carter-written non-mythos episode, as this one is. Kathy Griffin, a comedic actress, is one of the main characters in this episode, but she does not do much comedic work. Her presence in the episode only seems to suggest danger. The script is written in such a way that Ms. Griffin's character(s) may actually be one and the same person who keep meeting each other. The presence of Mulder and Scully look alikes at the beginning of the episode seem to suggest that this may be a case of parallel universes intersecting or overlapping. Scully's theory about the origin of the girls, which relies on knowledge of artificial insemination, doesn't hold up in light of the look-alikes, and the presence of a doppleganger or double for the male guest star lead in this episode.Parallel universe? Or sperm that just won't die? You decide.
6 out of 22 people found the following comment useful :- Kathy is so good, 14 June 2006 Author: John Nachlinger from New Jersey
Going back and seeing Kathy in her early work is so fabulous! I absolutely love this episode. Even though the show as a whole was free falling by this point, Kathy made it great. It is hard not to laugh at her though. After seeing how good she was in this episode, it is hard to understand why she is not in more television series or in movies. The funny thing is that I can see the real Kathy even when she is playing another character. Anyway, this episode was very original and fun. By this point in the series, the X Files had become almost a comedy, which was very unfortunate. I highly recommend this episode to all Kathy Griffin fans, but hard core X File fans should stay away.
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