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15 out of 15 people found the following comment useful :- Cute and funny, 28 February 2008 Author: silverlukas from Bulgaria
I do not agree with the common opinion about this episode. It's not sugary and trite, it's just different, and even cute, and what's more - made with style! Who says that the most and only important things that define "The X Files" are their seriousness,darkness, scariness?...One of the greatest things about this show is that it can do anything, it can be frightening or action-like, or Gothic, or religious, it's highly metaphorical, or funny, or ironic, or romantic, or nicely simple, or even cheerfully light. I mean,there is even black&white episode, and I truly respect the fact that they (the crew) are crafty and capable enough to play with genres, and to create an unexpected episode, always full of quality. Most of today's TV-shows keep a strict line in what's expected of them, and all their episodes are very much similar. "The X Files" has the courage to try new things, not to follow regulations of what it "should be", because life and art can be various and in the variety is the beauty. I like everything in "The Rain King", it's full of nice moments and funny stuff in a kind, soft way. I like the clouds which laugh, Mulder's painted lips, Scully's speech about love and friendship, the rainbow with blue birds at the end...it is a must-see episode for shippers, definitely. And for anyone who can appreciate the style in light, but honest episode and who is not ashamed to like cute things.Sorry for my bad English, if I was more fluent with it I would have written this far more convincingly;)
I do not gaze at Scully, 29 June 2009 Author: Sanpaco13 from Sandy, UT, United States
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The Rain King is a decent episode if you can get past the lameness and corniness of this lighthearted humor episode. Interestingly, now that I think about it. Nobody dies in the entire episode. Unless you count the cow. And maybe that couple at the prom that get blown away by the wind but that's not definite. The episode deals with a weatherman in a small town in Kansas whose pent up emotions and feelings for his high school crush have caused freak weather all his life. This includes a tornado at prom, a snow storm on her wedding day, smiling clouds on her divorce day, and storm clouds following her ex-boyfriend who has become known as The Rain King. Anyway, I'll not bore you with too many details but instead I will comment on some of my favorite comic moments. I like Mulder and Scully's welcome to the town. After being flown in on a private plane, they are greeted by the mayor and his daughter who is quite zealously tossing a baton around while some kind of parade music is played on a cassette player out in front of their camper/office. I also enjoy some of the dynamics when the love quadrangle gets set up between Mulder, Scully, and the other two characters. Especially all the indignance shown by both Mulder and Scully as everyone around them assumes that they are together. "I do not gaze at Scully". Anwyay, the episode is entertaining. I give it a 7 out of 10.
8 out of 19 people found the following comment useful :- The Blind Leading The Blind, 26 January 2007 Author: Muldernsanta from Washington Terrace, Utah
The Rain King is a cheesy, poor excuse for an x-file. However, it has enough highlights in it to make it recommendable. This episode was written by newcomer Jeffrey Bell, an average writer. He doesn't appear to know that Mulder and Scully are off of the x-files and that Kersh will have their heads if he catches them investigating the x-files. No explanation is given why they are investigating this case and no indication that they'll catch you-know-what from Kersh. The story of a man controlling the weather out of love is ultra-cheesy, including the cheesiest moment, a cow falling from the sky and crashing onto Mulder's bead. Bell, however, seems to have a good feel for Mulder and Scully's relationship, and they share some good dialogue. The best moment is when Mulder informs Scully that Holman is seeking dating advice from him. Scully asks Mulder when was the last time he went on a date. Mulder then tells Scully, "I will talk to you later" and hangs the phone up on her. Besides the story being cheesy, Mark Snow's soundtrack is the oddest I've ever heard it and doesn't really fit. Like I said, the story is cheesy and weak, but seeing Mulder and Scully being confused for a couple and acting as relationship counselors is worth the price of admission in itself. So enjoy The Rain King for what it is, just don't expect a good x-files in it.
7 out of 30 people found the following comment useful :- True Love changes the world around you... (Barf), 19 October 2006 Author: (andyetris@yahoo.com) from Philadelphia, PA
Although this has to be the nadir of season six, this schmaltzy episode isn't badly written or acted. It's just that most of us looked to the X-Files for taut, gripping horror/thrillers ending without easy answers and moving toward dark but fathomable conspiracies. Season 6 gave us a stream of tongue-in-cheek comedies that undermined the show's continuity and, frankly, made Simpsons' Halloween Specials look like great thriller TV.In this episode Victoria Jackson of SNL fame plays the long-suffering girlfriend of a man who sets himself up as a rainmaker. However her weatherman boss is the one who truly loves her and Mulder winds up having to provide him dating advice in order to get out of town.There's some playful fun with the chemistry between the agents and some amusing but none-too-sophisticated characterization of Midwestern hicks. It's nothing you'd want to see more than once!It's hard to figure out Season 6. X-Files creator Chris Carter seems bored by the whole 'Syndicate conspiracy' story arc and abandons responsibility to the black comedy writers.
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