Just finished episode 2. Now that's more like it!
To me this felt much more like an episode from the original series, and the banter between Mulder and Scully was great in this one. Overall a pretty enjoyable episode in my opinion, and a big improvement from last week. Cool soundtrack as well.
Spoiler!
During the credits I was elated to see Glen Morgan's name pop up as the writer. He was responsible for some of the series' best episodes in the past, and thankfully he delivers some solid work again with this one.
I enjoyed the plot as well. Sure, the idea of uploading someone's consciousness into a computer simulation is a familiar one, but I thought Morgan gave this concept a fresh spin, and I liked those little moments where he tied it into past episodes. The overall tone and story kinda reminded me a bit of the season 5 episode "Killswitch".
Some good lines in this one:
Skinner: "The bureau is not in good standing with the White House these days."
Mulder: "Did Frohike look 57 to you, Scully?"
Scully: "Frohike looked 57 the day he was born."
Scully: "Why do you operate so well with your hands cuffed behind your back?"
Mulder: "As if you didn’t know."
Mulder: "I'm gonna open an X-File on this muffin so I can get to the bottom of why it's so freakin' good."
Mulder: "Scully, you looked so adorbs just now, all curled up in a ball in the booth of a skanky bar with your fingers wrapped around the grip of an assassin's Glock."
Langley: "It's like I designed heaven. I eat hot dogs and donuts all day long. No one here ever dies of cancer or Alzheimer's, and the Ramones are here, and they don't fight. And every night they get on stage and they play "California Sun," and I circle the mosh pit like they do on the west coast. There's consensual sex without blame or judgment. Oh, and the New England Patriots are here and they never, ever win. Ever."