Just like the prior episode titled 'Oubliette', this one has a title that very few people recognize. It looks like it could be a Japanese surname, and once the action gets under way, that idea becomes more credible with the number of Japanese diplomats and medical personnel involved in the story. But the term 'nisei' actually refers to a person of Japanese descent who was born in the U.S. or Canada. So chalk up one more bit of trivia to the writers here and for making me look up the meaning of the word.
The most interesting aspect of the episode for me was how it had Mulder and Scully working on the same case, but taking them each in entirely different directions. Mulder is back on his extraterrestrial kick after sending away for an alien autopsy video, and it was at this point that the writers had Scully throw in a jab at the Fox Network for their questionable programs on the same subject. I thought that was a hoot. But for this viewer, the fascination was in the mystery of how an audience of unfamiliar women could be so inextricably linked to Scully's abduction experience. As the story gradually unfolds, circumstances force Scully to confront the unbelievable aspects of her own abduction, and prompts Mulder's inevitable question to her as posed in my summary line above.
Watching this show for the first time again after so many years, I had forgotten it was a TBC episode, and with no time to catch the next chapter immediately following, I'm chomping at the bit to get back to the story. I'll be back in a few...
The most interesting aspect of the episode for me was how it had Mulder and Scully working on the same case, but taking them each in entirely different directions. Mulder is back on his extraterrestrial kick after sending away for an alien autopsy video, and it was at this point that the writers had Scully throw in a jab at the Fox Network for their questionable programs on the same subject. I thought that was a hoot. But for this viewer, the fascination was in the mystery of how an audience of unfamiliar women could be so inextricably linked to Scully's abduction experience. As the story gradually unfolds, circumstances force Scully to confront the unbelievable aspects of her own abduction, and prompts Mulder's inevitable question to her as posed in my summary line above.
Watching this show for the first time again after so many years, I had forgotten it was a TBC episode, and with no time to catch the next chapter immediately following, I'm chomping at the bit to get back to the story. I'll be back in a few...