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14 out of 14 people found the following comment useful :- Nobody's Going To Die., 15 July 2006 Author: Muldernsanta from Washington Terrace, Utah
Talitha Cumi continues the great tradition of x-files myth/arc episodes. Myth/arc episodes tend to be filled with more drama, suspense and action than the stand-alone episodes, which is more to my liking. Talitha Cumi introduces the character of Jeremiah Smith, a shape-shifting alien who is against colonization. I really like this character. It's nice to see an alien who doesn't want to obliterate the human race, but has some compassion for them. When he is captured by the Cigarette Smoking Man(CSM), Jeremiah is strapped down very similar to Hannibal Lector from 'Silence of the Lambs'. I thought it to be an interesting comparison. The highlight of the episode is when CSM is interrogating Jeremiah Smith in his jail cell. As they are talking with each other, Jeremiah attempts to intimidate CSM by morphing into Bill Mulder and Deep Throat, two men that CSM was involved in murdering. Great scenes. This episode also gives the first indication as to the actual paternity of Fox Mulder when CSM and Mulder's mother are seen arguing at the Mulder's summer home. Finally, X and Mulder get into an all-out brawl in a parking garage(apparently the best place for such fights), to put an exclamation point on this episode. Talitha Cumi is an excellent end to an excellent season.
9 out of 12 people found the following comment useful :- Season Three Review, 28 February 2008 Author: AdnanZ
*This is a review of the entire season, not the season finale.Season Three is where The X Files really got going. Don't get me wrong, seasons one and two are certainly worthwhile, but they did have a tendency for too many average monster of the week episodes. Season 3 kicks the mythology arc into high gear with three multi-part mytharc stories, in addition to the season finale, to be concluded at the beginning of season four. The monster of the week episodes have also become more imaginative and better-written, with some excellent contributions by quality X Files writers like Howard Gordon and Vince Gilligan, and no less than three absolute masterpieces by Darin Morgan. Season 3, as usual for The X Files, doesn't really have a 'season arc' like many (most?) TV series do. The mytharc in this season is brilliantly-done, and the monster of the week episodes are very effective.I thought the best episodes were: "Paper Clip"- all the drama, action, and intrigue you could possibly want from a mytharc episode."Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose"- featuring a stunning guest starring turn by Peter Boyle and a script that covers more of the human range of emotions and psychology in 45 minutes than most feature films manage to, all while maintaining a humorous and clever surface level make this episode possibly one of the entire series' finest."Nisei/731"- Nisei is the weaker of the two, but "731" is another exciting mytharc episode, as well-done as possible."War of the Coprophages"- while not as ambitious as some of Darin Morgan's other scripts, this is a perfect monster of the week episode, with lots of humor, so much you wouldn't notice half of it the first time around. Plus, it's about killer roaches, how rad is that? Jose Chung's "From Outer Space"- Other X-Philes have covered this one for me. In short, however, it is an extraordinarily complex, detailed, and deep script brought to life brilliantly with extraordinary narrative structure. It's a humorous episode you can take seriously, because it works on so many levels."Quagmire"- Ah, finally, an unorthodox choice. This stuff has been done before, but not with quite as much panache. Mulder and Scully's respectful, intellectual romance comes to light here and we say goodbye to poor Queequeg."Talitha Cumi"- Lots and lots and lots of CSM. 'I believe that says it all.This season also holds the dubious honor of including the worst episode of The X Files, bar none, in "Teso dos Bichos", but the vast majority of the rest of the episodes are so good it barely affects the final score of the season.The cast seem to have finally fully settled into their roles, chemistry is at a peak, certainly. The visual style of the series has also fully matured, often indistinguishable from a feature film, although season 5 would introduce the widescreen format that completed the transformation.Season 3 is where the series properly hit its stride. It's simply exhilarating television.Avg. Score based on all episodes: 8.25/10
Men can never be free, because they're weak, corrupt, worthless and restless., 13 August 2009 Author: Sanpaco13 from Sandy, UT, United States
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Talitha Cumi is one of my favorite mythology episodes. I love how fast paced it is and I love some of the dialog between characters. Especially the conversations between CSM and Jeremiah Smith posing as first Deep Throat and then Bill Mulder. It is so confusing the entire time trying to remember which Jeremiah Smith we are talking to now or if this one is a bounty hunter posing as Jeremiah Smith and such. I like it. I also enjoy Mulder's confrontation with X and where they kick the crud out of each other in the parking garage. And then Mulder and CSM's confrontation in the hospital, how Mulder smacks the cigarette out of his mouth just like in One Breath. I think some of David Duchovny's best Mulder moments are when Mulder is at wits end and starts getting kind of crazy, like the little smile he gives the nurse as he points a gun at CSM. I don't really like the follow up episode Herrenvolk as much as this episode. It has some good moments but this is the better of the two. 9 out of 10. Oh and by the way, I'm convinced after this episode that it is pretty safe to assume that Mrs. Mulder and CSM had an affair.
Great episode, unfortunately it fails on the important level, 9 August 2009 Author: joexfod from United States
This episode succeeds on a lot of levels. It posts a lot of new questions, while not really any new concepts except for Jeremiah Smith and what he can do. It does a great job of using CSM and an awesome job of using Jeremiah Smith who was probably the best thing about the episode. Mr. X makes his next to last appearance & Mulder and Scully are great as always. Mulder does a nice job of conveying feeling for his mother especially at the end when its revealed that he wants to take Jeremiah Smith to see his mom because he knows that he could heal her. This was the 4th of 8 times that David Duchovny would write, or be one of the writers, of an episode. Like most of the time, David does a great job with Chris Carter writing this episode. Its rewatchability is even pretty good I think. I wasn't bored at all watching it. This episode would obviously not work as a MOTW episode but it would of done a great job as a middle of the season myth-arc. Thats where my one, and really only problem comes in. It fails as a season finale. Out of the 8 season finales that we are offered over the 9 years, this ranks next to last only in front of the first season finale. It offers no moments that forever changed the face of the X-Files that most of the other finales did. While it had some "woah" moments, it had no shocking revelations that took your breath away. There weren't really any aspects that a season finale (especially an X-Files season finale) usually offered. Talitha Cumi offered nothing compared to what Anasazi, Gethsemane, The End, Biogenesis, Requiem and Existence offered. And on top of that, it hardcore lacked a good cliffhanger. "He's here to kill me" (Jeremiah Smith on seeing the alien bounty hunter). Oh, big surprise. I'm not going to die waiting 3 months to see the chase scene that follows. And while the X-Files has offered some not so shocking cliffhangers (season 1, 2, 5 and 8) they were all still good. It has also offered some of the best cliffhanging final scenes that I've ever seen where you actually thought you might have a brain aneurysm waiting for the answer for the 3 months (seasons 4!, 6 and 7). I wish that I could rate this episode just like any other episode, but I can't. If I could, it would be rated higher. No question. But it's the Season finale. And it should be ranked like one. It's a great episode, it really is, but it fails where it matters most - on the concept of being a season finale. And for that, I give it a 7/10.
0 out of 1 people found the following comment useful :- My least favorite Season finale, 25 October 2008 Author: SleepTight666 from Netherlands
Instead of going out with a bang, Season 3's finale ends up being a disappointment and as my least favorite Season finale of the series.Let's see, where did it go wrong? It reminds me of Season 1's finale. It provided absolutely no information, but instead made the mythology more confusing. Unlike Season 1's finale, this one provided absolutely no closure to the season and only felt like the first part of a two-part episode.However, there were some strong points that keep the episode from being a disaster. The biggest of all is Cancer Man. He's such a great character, that all his scenes in this episode were memorable compared to the rest. We learn that he used to be involved with Mulder's mom. And that he genuinely cares for her. Another great scene was the confrontation between him and Mulder. Mulder got to get some anger out on CSM, and that was just great to see.Some other memorable scenes were Cancer Man's conversations with Jeremiah whilst turning into dead characters like Deep Throat and Bill Mulder. It is also revealed that Cancer Man was dying of Lung Cancer. Who would've thought? And last but not least, X played a good role and his little fight with Mulder was pretty intense.Unfortunately, that is just not enough to save this episode from being one of the weakest episodes of the great third season. THREE stars.
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