Overall it is really quite impressive how strong the plot and execution of the first season so far is - I guess when you’re dealing with some unlikely phenomena as visually manifested by tech from the early 90’s, that’s a necessity!
The elevator problem is seen in Episode 7 in the “ghost in the machine.” When Mulder’s old partner is killed by a falling elevator… would it make more sense if the guy is floating rather than pushed down? Even if the elevator were being *pushed* greater than gravity in downwards acceleration, he would feel lighter rather than heavier as shown in the pic where he sort of cowers squooshed in a pile.
13 could almost have been a rip from Green Mile. Psychic touched-by-mysterious-force deathrow inmate can see things and channel with the dead. Political forces prevent Scully from successfully preventing his execution, even though Scully believes he has some sort of mysterious link. 12 has the interesting twist where we see a bit of Mulder’s past and a glimpse of his romantic life; was the other way around. (Interesting foreshadowing in 11, when Mulder gets a call from Deep Throat, and Scully asks jocularly if he’s going on a date.) When Scully went on a date with divorced guy, Mulder didn’t seem jealous, just focused on the case… unlike Scully, later, with M&P. 13 is also the switch where Scully started believing, and Mulder didn’t. (He used something that Randi would have done - and yet shouldn’t he understand that psychic phenomenon isn’t as clear-cut as being able to see the answers on a multiple choice exam? The crux of the problem is that it’s extremely unlikely to occur under a controlled environment, unless the subject grows acclimated to it and the right time strikes… In a way, it is almost like how some people cannot get any work done if they aren’t in their work environment.) The acting has been rather great. The alleged psychic man’s testimonial ranged from “fake tone” to “real” - to even “realer”, as the flashbacks started.
