Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Changed line(s) 23,24 (click to see context) from:
* DemonicPossession: What Mostow claims to suffer from. As evidenced by MaybeMagicMaybeMundane below, it is deliberately left ambiguous whether he had a murderous "alter" personality that he was aware of and personified as a demon, or if he really did have some kind of diabolical tormentor that liked to bodyjack him to go out and kill people, and would eventually infect other targets with its evil once it became aware of them.
** According to Howard Gordon, his original draft was unambiguous that the MonsterOfTheWeek was an actual demon who possessed its victims, but he found it difficult to make the idea sufficiently scary. Chris Carter suggested that Gordon rewrite the episode as if the gargoyle was merely a RedHerring for a mundane serial killer. Gordon ultimately decided to [[TakeAThirdOption combine the two approaches]] in his final script to allow viewers to make up their own minds what happened.
** According to Howard Gordon, his original draft was unambiguous that the MonsterOfTheWeek was an actual demon who possessed its victims, but he found it difficult to make the idea sufficiently scary. Chris Carter suggested that Gordon rewrite the episode as if the gargoyle was merely a RedHerring for a mundane serial killer. Gordon ultimately decided to [[TakeAThirdOption combine the two approaches]] in his final script to allow viewers to make up their own minds what happened.
to:
* DemonicPossession: DemonicPossession:
** What Mostow claims to suffer from. As evidenced by MaybeMagicMaybeMundane below, it is deliberately left ambiguous whether he had a murderous "alter" personality that he was aware of and personified as a demon, or if he really did have some kind of diabolical tormentor that liked to bodyjack him to go out and kill people, and would eventually infect other targets with its evil once it became aware of them.
** According to Howard Gordon, his original draft was unambiguous that the MonsterOfTheWeek was an actual demon who possessed its victims, but he found it difficult to make the idea sufficiently scary. Chris Carter suggested that Gordon rewrite the episode as if the gargoyle was merely a RedHerring for a mundane serial killer. Gordon ultimately decided to [[TakeAThirdOption combine the two approaches]] in his final script to allow viewers to make up their own minds what happened.
** What Mostow claims to suffer from. As evidenced by MaybeMagicMaybeMundane below, it is deliberately left ambiguous whether he had a murderous "alter" personality that he was aware of and personified as a demon, or if he really did have some kind of diabolical tormentor that liked to bodyjack him to go out and kill people, and would eventually infect other targets with its evil once it became aware of them.
** According to Howard Gordon, his original draft was unambiguous that the MonsterOfTheWeek was an actual demon who possessed its victims, but he found it difficult to make the idea sufficiently scary. Chris Carter suggested that Gordon rewrite the episode as if the gargoyle was merely a RedHerring for a mundane serial killer. Gordon ultimately decided to [[TakeAThirdOption combine the two approaches]] in his final script to allow viewers to make up their own minds what happened.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* HollywoodDarkness: Mostov's secret sculpture room is perpetually bathed in blue light.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 24 (click to see context) from:
** According to Howard Gordon, his original draft was unambiguous that the MonsterOfTheWeek was an actual demon who possessed its victims, but he decided that the idea wasn't working. Chris Carter told him to rewrite the episode as if the gargoyle was merely a RedHerring for a mundane serial killer. Gordon ultimately decided to [[TakeAThirdOption combine the two approaches]] in his final script to allow viewers to make up their own minds what happened.
to:
** According to Howard Gordon, his original draft was unambiguous that the MonsterOfTheWeek was an actual demon who possessed its victims, but he decided that found it difficult to make the idea wasn't working. sufficiently scary. Chris Carter told him to suggested that Gordon rewrite the episode as if the gargoyle was merely a RedHerring for a mundane serial killer. Gordon ultimately decided to [[TakeAThirdOption combine the two approaches]] in his final script to allow viewers to make up their own minds what happened.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 24 (click to see context) from:
** According to Howard Gordon, his original draft was unambiguous that the MonsterOfTheWeek was an actual demon who possessed its victims. Chris Carter told him to rewrite the episode as if the gargoyle was merely a RedHerring for a mundane serial killer. Gordon ultimately decided to [[TakeAThirdOption combine the two approaches]] in his final script to allow viewers to make up their own minds what happened.
to:
** According to Howard Gordon, his original draft was unambiguous that the MonsterOfTheWeek was an actual demon who possessed its victims.victims, but he decided that the idea wasn't working. Chris Carter told him to rewrite the episode as if the gargoyle was merely a RedHerring for a mundane serial killer. Gordon ultimately decided to [[TakeAThirdOption combine the two approaches]] in his final script to allow viewers to make up their own minds what happened.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
** According to Howard Gordon, his original draft was unambiguous that the MonsterOfTheWeek was an actual demon who possessed its victims. Chris Carter told him to rewrite the episode as if the gargoyle was merely a RedHerring for a mundane serial killer. Gordon ultimately decided to [[TakeAThirdOption combine the two approaches]] in his final script to allow viewers to make up their own minds what happened.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
[[WMG:[[center:[-'''RECAP:'''\\
[[Recap/TheXFiles Index]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E01TheBlessingWay 1]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E02PaperClip 2]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E03DPO 3]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E04ClydeBruckmansFinalRepose 4]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E05TheList 5]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E06TwoShy 6]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E07TheWalk 7]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E08Oubliette 8]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E09Nisei 9]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E10SevenThreeOne 10]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E11Revelations 11]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E12WarOfTheCoprophages 12]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E13Syzygy 13]] | '''14''' | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E15PiperMaru 15]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E16Apocrypha 16]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E17Pusher 17]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E18TesoDosBichos 18]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E19HellMoney 19]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E20JoseChungsFromOuterSpace 20]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E21Avatar 21]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E22Quagmire 22]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E23Wetwired 23]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E24TalithaCumi 24]]]]-]]]
'''Season 3, Episode 14:'''
!Grotesque
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thexfilesgrotesque.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"For over 1200 years, this [[TitleDrop grotesque]] image has found its expression in stone, clay, wood, oil and charcoal."'']]
->Written by Howard Gordon\\
Directed by Kim Manners
->''"Yeah, Patterson had this thing about wanting to track a killer, to know an artist, you have to look at his art. It really meant, if you want to catch a monster, you have to become one yourself."''
-->-- '''Fox Mulder'''
[[Recap/TheXFiles Index]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E01TheBlessingWay 1]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E02PaperClip 2]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E03DPO 3]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E04ClydeBruckmansFinalRepose 4]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E05TheList 5]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E06TwoShy 6]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E07TheWalk 7]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E08Oubliette 8]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E09Nisei 9]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E10SevenThreeOne 10]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E11Revelations 11]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E12WarOfTheCoprophages 12]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E13Syzygy 13]] | '''14''' | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E15PiperMaru 15]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E16Apocrypha 16]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E17Pusher 17]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E18TesoDosBichos 18]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E19HellMoney 19]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E20JoseChungsFromOuterSpace 20]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E21Avatar 21]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E22Quagmire 22]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E23Wetwired 23]] | [[Recap/TheXFilesS03E24TalithaCumi 24]]]]-]]]
'''Season 3, Episode 14:'''
!Grotesque
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thexfilesgrotesque.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"For over 1200 years, this [[TitleDrop grotesque]] image has found its expression in stone, clay, wood, oil and charcoal."'']]
->Written by Howard Gordon\\
Directed by Kim Manners
->''"Yeah, Patterson had this thing about wanting to track a killer, to know an artist, you have to look at his art. It really meant, if you want to catch a monster, you have to become one yourself."''
-->-- '''Fox Mulder'''
Changed line(s) 2,4 (click to see context) from:
!!Tropes
to:
!!Tropes:
Changed line(s) 36,37 (click to see context) from:
----
to:
->''"We are left alone staring into the abyss. Into the laughing face of madness."''
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 14 (click to see context) from:
* FightingFromWithin: Patterson knew what he was deep down and had Mulder assigned to the case in order to stop him.
to:
* FightingFromWithin: FightingFromTheInside: Patterson knew what he was deep down and had Mulder assigned to the case in order to stop him.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* FallenHero: Agent Patterson, sadly.
* FightingFromWithin: Patterson knew what he was deep down and had Mulder assigned to the case in order to stop him.
* FightingFromWithin: Patterson knew what he was deep down and had Mulder assigned to the case in order to stop him.
Added DiffLines:
* TragicVillain: Patterson spent three years trying to track down and stop a serial killer, and in the process became one himself due to trying to slip inside the mind of the killer, or possession from a gargoyle-like demon.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 1,2 (click to see context) from:
A serial killer (Levani Outchaneichvili) claims that he committed his crimes under a demonic influence. More murders are committed while he is in custody, and [[TeethClenchedTeamwork with the help of]] Mulder's old Violent Crimes mentor Bill Patterson (Creator/KurtwoodSmith) Mulder and Scully investigate. Has the gargoyle spirit found a new instrument, or is it the work of a more mundane copycat?
to:
A serial killer (Levani Outchaneichvili) claims that he committed his crimes under a demonic influence. More murders are committed while he is in custody, and [[TeethClenchedTeamwork with the help of]] Mulder's old Violent Crimes Investigative Support Unit mentor Bill Patterson (Creator/KurtwoodSmith) (Creator/KurtwoodSmith), Mulder and Scully investigate. Has the gargoyle spirit found a new instrument, or is it the work of a more mundane copycat?
