Monday

I always love seeing the Groundhog Day trope as an episode in a TV series

Disclaimer first: this is my first day of watching X Files (intense, though - watching six episodes from season 6). I started with Field Trip and decided to continue this trip while supplies last.

That said, I'm very impressed by the artful production, as well as by the variety of styles. In a way it reminded me of the broad scale of Hitchcock movies, which range from comedy to thriller to horror.

"Monday" brings in déjà-vu experiences, and I had one: Run Lola Run (1998). Sure, the time loop theme has often been done (as Wikipedia documents), and Groundhog Day is a memorable precedent, but the repeated time in a dramatic/tragic light (bank/grocery store robberies, one or more protagonists dying) still made me wonder whether 1998's Lola (which was shown in the US, even getting an Oscar nomination) also had some influence on 1999's "Monday"...

Monday was an enjoyable episode to a certain point. I don't know exactly what parts specifically bothered me so I will focus on what I liked after I say one thing: the girl that was stuck in the day was annoying.

So things I liked about this episode. I liked that each repeat of the day was not exactly the same. This made it so that rather than just showing the same scenes over and over again we actually got to see the actors do multiple takes of the same. I thought it was funny that on the third day Mulder seemed a little more impatient than previously like "ya ya we already did this lets get it done right this time." And frankly who hasn't had a Monday like this? Today being Monday I can say that if I was stuck in a recurring loop where every day was Monday I would probably kill myself. This was an enjoyable episode to watch simply because of David Duchovny. I give it 7/10.

This episode feels like a fever dream, it is a 40 min nightmare of terrible repetition of a bad plot, over and over again is the same story with a slightly different part to it. I came on here to see If anyone else got a headache from watching it but I was shocked to find that most users liked it. It was somewhat unbearable to watch and it will forever be in my nightmares.

This is one of the greats. I love the way it was filmed, excellent for a TV show back in the 90's. The deja-vu sequences were awesome. This is the X-Files take on the concept of the Bill Murray film "Groundhog day", which is a very good movie everyone should watch. Gillian Anderson's acting is as good as always and the guest stars where great too. This is between my top ten episodes ever. It is simply great television. I have had my own deja-vu experiences and they're really creepy and make you feel uneasy and unreal. A very nice paranormal theme played out to perfection.

See you Monday...