Boy, how great was 'The X-Files' Recap: 'Home Again'

Boy, how great was “Mulder and Scully Meet the Were-Monster” last week, huh? Another round for Darin Morgan, everyone! Coming off a high like that, almost any episode is going to feel like a letdown. And, sure enough, tonight’s outing, “Home Again” — written by Morgan’s brother, and founding X-Files scribe, Glen — descends into the valley lying beneath the peak that was “Were-Monster.” An admirable attempt to fuse a meat-and-potatoes “monster of the week” investigation with an important piece of Mulder and Scully mythology, “Home Again” did the latter pretty well and the former… not so well. Where last week felt like a direct continuation of The X-Files when it was at the height of its creative powers (say Season 5 or 6), this episode feels more like the show’s later, inconsistent years, when our sheer affection for the characters carried us through choppy narrative waters. (It’s worth noting that the title deliberately echoes one of the standout episodes of the show’s original run, “Home,” but isn’t a sequel in any way.)