Menu All. Sign In. Hide Spoilers. Muldernscully 4 May I found a couple of similarities between Dod Kalm and the episode preceding it, Fearful Symmetry. They are both decent episodes that have similar setbacks in them. Like Fearful Symmetry, Dod Kalm suffers from a weak performance by the main guest star, a character named Trondheim.
He overacted a lot. Also, the resolution at the end left much to be desired. It is similar to the abrupt ending in Darkness Falls from season one. There are several good points though. I loved the set of the ship; very dark, tight and confining. I thought the makeup was good but a bit inconsistent on the aging agents. Although Trondheim is supposedly aging at the same rate of Scully it never really shows on him.
The actor must have been allergic to the makeup. I thought David Duchovny played an old person well with the subtle shaking of his head. Overall, Dod Kalm has an interesting concept with a good set and makeup but suffers a little with the wrap-up. Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote. I got a kick out of the aging Mulder's remark regarding George Burns above, and it compelled me to check the famous comedian's age at the time this show aired. He was ninety nine and would hit the century mark the following January before succumbing to heart failure a couple months later.
Burns was one of my all time favorite funny men, and I was rooting for him to hit a hundred; I'm glad he made it. By the looks of things, Scully and Mulder might have passed the century mark themselves by the appearance of their make-up jobs.
Even some hundred year olds I've had the fortune to know didn't look that bad. What I didn't understand about the story was why Scully and Mulder were even out there on the Norwegian Sea investigating the disappearance of the U. It seems to me the matter would have been a decidedly military one, one in which the FBI would have been deterred from participating, whether officially or unofficially.
