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10 out of 11 people found the following comment useful :- Blue paint is yummy!, 7 August 2007 Author: Sanpaco13 from Sandy, UT, United States
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Kitsunegari is a good sequel episode to Pusher from season 3. I loved the first one and it is on my list of favorites however this followup while good is not on that list. Probably the greatest redeeming quality of this episode is the guy covered in paint. That is such a terrible way to make someone kill themselves! I think the turning point for me is when this episode turns from Modell being the bad guy to his sister being the bad guy who is actually the woman that was supposedly in danger. I like the idea but it didn't quite work for me. I can't quite put my finger on it but I still can't give this episode higher than an 8/10.
4 out of 4 people found the following comment useful :- You can, sometimes, go back, 13 July 2008 Author: Edgewalker from Tuxford, England
Sequels are often strange and difficult things, but Kitsunegari proves that you can go back and although it won't be exactly the same, it'll be close. Diana Scarwid does a good job of a difficult role, the interview scene between her, Duchovny and Anderson is especially taut and gripping, it's difficult to say why, it just is. It's great to see Robert Wisden again and, although he does little more than lean against walls and eat energy bars, he is electrifying and his final scene is downbeat and gentle, as befits a character we were beginning to forgive. Vince Gilligan's script is tight and difficult to second guess, while Daniel Sackheim clearly realises that he's been handed a gem and just lets the story ebb and flow. Kitsunegari is like visiting a warmly remembered location for the second time: it's not quite as much fun, but it's not far off.
7 out of 10 people found the following comment useful :- Fox Hunt, 31 October 2006 Author: Muldernsanta from Washington Terrace, Utah
Kitsunegari is a great follow-up to season three's Pusher, one of the best x-files from season three. Kitsunegari loses some of the charm and originality from the first one, but it is still very good in its own right. Modell has escaped from prison and is supposedly killing again. But this time around, he is not following the same M.O., killing law enforcement officers with abandon. He appears to want to help Mulder, but Mulder, as usual, is the only one who believes him, while Scully and Skinner think Mulder is nuts for trusting Modell. It's hard to believe that Modell has suddenly stopped becoming a murderer just because Mulder "beat" him, and it's hard to believe that his long-lost sister suddenly becomes a murderer when she finds out about him. But if you put that aside, this becomes a very entertaining episode. The visual of the Nathan Bowman covered in Cerulean Blue paint is very striking. The climax is not to be missed as Mulder thinks Scully has shot herself, and he has his gun on Linda Bowman, ready to shoot her, who is telling him that she is really Scully. And at the end of the episode, Mulder offers a poignant line to Scully, which I'm not sure if I understand it myself, after she tells him that he won Linda's game: "How come I feel like I lost?"
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