"i would like to be remembered as somebody who lived well, loved well, was a seeker and his paramount thing is he wants to help people. that's what i want."
the x-files in 3.17: what if the antagonist of this episode was a megalomaniac who was actively killing himself in order to feel a modicum of importance by literally stealing the free will of others to the extent that they end up killing themselves on his orders. what if mulder more or less explicitly said onscreen that he believes scully's life is worth more than his own and then proceeded to put his money where his mouth was by pulling the trigger on a gun to his own head without hesitation but managing to fight off mind control to avoid doing the same thing to her. what if the most dangerous monsters of all are, at their cores, nothing more than little men trying to feel big
the x-files in literally the next episode: what if cat eat people
“The Jimmy and Kim relationship to me is super rewarding, owed in huge part to the fact that they actually allow us to evolve. … Yes, it’s fun doing the explosive crazy scenes, and they’re great storytelling, but when they let us do the really quiet small stuff, and we have to just listen, and things can change on a dime because of the way somebody said something, that is when I feel the most authentic threads of the relationship.” - Rhea Seehorn
“I grew up with good people, even though I grew up in the ‘hood. I would have loved to see Omar if he had a chance to finish school and had a good mom and dad in his life. Maybe if he lived in a different part of Baltimore, he would probably become a very influential person in society, ‘cause he has a beautiful mind and good heart.”
“At the end, when they hold hands and they’re in silhouette in that full shot, it made me think—oddly enough, I hadn’t thought of them in a while—I thought of Mulder and Scully.”
in honor of the shitshow that was supernatural, tag this with the tv show that had the best ending you’ve ever seen, and the tv show that had the worst ending you’ve ever seen