![]() ![]() ‘The Host’, while being a horror episode, always felt one slight step away from parody, so oddly enough the Flukeman is almost scarier on the comic book page, and ‘Hosts’ arguably is a darker episode than its predecessor. That’s the nature of the sequel template – take what worked before and expand on it. The very nature of the Flukeman was its biological imperative to reproduce its fluke larvae inside human hosts, using them as incubators to bear more man-made flukes, just like their parasitic counterparts would – therefore it makes complete sense that Harris here would give us more than one fluke, if indeed the Flukeman has been down in the sewers (this time of Martha’s Vineyard) for over ten years potentially reproducing. ‘Hosts’, the first ‘monster of the week’ episode by Joe Harris in the Season 10 revival comics, delivers that sequel and does it well. ![]() Apart from a blink & you’ll miss it appearance on a National Enquirer tabloid headline in one of Darin Morgan’s Season 3 comedy episodes, the Flukeman’s on screen return never happened, despite how the end of ‘The Host’ showed he’d survived being sliced in two by Mulder in the New Jersey sewers. EST.Tony Black reviews issues #6-7 of The X-Files: Season 10 comic run, ‘Hosts’…Īrt by Elena Casagrande & Silvia Califanoįor many years, people wondered what became of the Flukeman, arguably one of The X-Files‘ most iconic ‘monsters of the week’, who appeared in ‘The Host’ early on in Season 2 (which we covered on the podcast just last week). " The X-Files" miniseries continues Monday, Feb. Scully battling the illness would become an important storyline through Season 5 on the show. Despite being a creepy mutant, Betts made Scully aware that she had cancer after he kept trying to chase her down at the episode. Betts eats cancer out of victims and can grow back body parts if they are cut off. Leonard Betts was such a monster, that Season 4, episode 12 was named after him. After he killed someone, he would then hide in the victim's stomach to make it appear as though the person was still alive. ![]() The Beggar man used his hands to move around on a cart. Scully and her new partner John Doggett (Robert Patrick) face an Indian mystic, who was a murderer that went around pretending to be poor. The Beggar man debuted in Season 8, episode 10, "Badlaa," meaning Mulder wasn't around to have to deal with him. She terrorized a high school in New Hampshire by killing students and walking around with disturbing green eyes. Paddock had some sort of demonic background, though it was never confirmed that she was actually a demon. Phyllis Paddock was the substitute teacher from hell in Season 2, episode 14, "Die Hand Die Verletzt".literally. The final moments the mothmen are shown in the episode will give you chills, as a pair of red eyes are shown under the bed in Scully's hotel room. This monster has red eyes and can blend into trees, appearing to be bark. You can catch Roberts in Season 7, episode 3, "Hungry."īased on the urban legend, the mothmen found in Season 5, episode 4 "Detour" can also keep you up at night. He is a mutant that feeds on brains to satisfy his hunger and to survive. ![]() Roberts is basically a more frightening version of Jaws from the James Bond movies. ![]()
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