The Calusari is absolutely the nastiest episode to date but loses points because real life Calusari dance a lot more than the store-bought exorcists in this episode. Outside of Samantha, has The X-Files managed to cast a child actor who does not have the (oft-quoted) "cold, dead eyes of a killer"? Not so far. Then again, the child actor here is the same one from Conduit.
The genesis of the episode is somewhat bewildering too... and why are the walls coated with honey?!
F. Emasculata has a load of gross-out moments and some worrying implications in how Mulder handles his eternal quest for the truth. Meanwhile Scully's inability to conduct basic first aid seems to be tampering with her handling of biohazardous material and if she wasn't a main character, there's no way she was getting out of this episode alive.
Skinner admitting there is a conspiracy feels like it should be a bigger thing, but its kind of incidental...
