Talk:Home (The X-Files)

Banned?

seriously doubt this episode was actually banned. We do have the 1st Amendment here, after all. Anyone have some citation on this? Wilybadger 02:11, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Private network. They can choose not to air whatever they want. All the First Amendment says is that the government won't censor speech. -Fuzzy 20:59, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

The FCC doesn't care about the First Amendment; see Howard Stern controversy 194.237.142.11 09:31, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

I clearly remember this episode being aired on a Sunday evening at 9pm central time.

I saw it on the WB around 2004 or 2005. IMDB says it was banned from Fox, which seems more likely. I'll go bold and change this. GamerErman2001 09:17, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

The IMDB page mentions that it was banned from re-airing on Fox. It aired the first time, and they never repeated it; afterwards it could be seen in syndication only. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.142.71.18 (talk) 19:50, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

I remember watching it when it aired. It was when the X-Files was on the Friday evening lineup. They didn't re-run the episode for quite a while, but it certainly made it's original air date when the fourth season was underway. --Houstonista 20:27, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

Amputation

With no other suitable female, they have amputated all the limbs off their own mother and are attempting to father new children with her.

Weren't her limbs lost in the car accident that killed her husband, the father of the three brothers? Willowrose77 13:14, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

Yes, I never got the impression that they amputated the limbs themselves; after all, she was not a kidnap victim and was not being held against her will. Tonycom 02:43, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

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The sheep's secret pass-words from Babe

Shouldn't this article mention Mulder's attempt to use the "Boo Ran Yee" pass-word from the movie Babe, about the sheep-herding pig? Kiefer.Wolfowitz (talk) 01:34, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

GA Review

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Reviewer: Basilisk4u (talk · contribs) 17:36, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

Hello, I will review this article! Cheers! Basilisk4u (talk) 17:36, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

Notes

Lead

• The paragraphs look a little uneven on first glance, combine the last two paragraphs.
• "It premiered on the Fox network on October 11, 1996 in the United States and Canada on October 11, 1996 on the Fox Network, and subsequently aired in the United Kingdom." When did it air in the UK? The last part seems a bit odd.

Plot

• After the first mention of "deformed baby", just refer to it as "the baby" unless you are specifically talking about the baby's deformations.

Production

• "The duo had not watched anything from The X-Files' third season except for the episodes Morgan's brother Darin Morgan wrote, but after a survey on said season, decided to write a shocking story to 'start off with a bang'". What did this survey say? How did it influence the duo's writing? Explain this a little further.
• "The name Andy Taylor, as well as his deputy Barney, were references to the characters of the same name from The Andy Griffith Show. The Peacock house had earlier been used as the house of Harry Cokely in the season 2 episode 'Aubrey'." It seems a little bit like the second sentence is still talking about The Andy Griffith Show. Make sure these are separated a bit.
• "When Kim Manners read the script 'Home'..." Clarify who Kim Manners is. Also, I think it is better as "read the script for 'Home'"
• "Ten Thirteen Productions was asked to alter the audio..." Asked by who?
• "Re-recording Mixer David West was told by Standards and Practices that the kid couldn't make a sound, because of the horrifying adult imagery." This seems like it is missing quotation marks. Also, explain if they did finally alter the audio or not and why, because earlier, the article mentions that the baby was buried alive.
• I think this section would benefit from a photo being added. Maybe a picture of Charlie Chaplin?

Reception

• I can't seem to find any problems :)

References

• References 10-12 need publisher information

On hold

I have placed this article on hold for some concerns to be addressed. Good luck! Basilisk4u (talk) 22:35, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

I believe I've got everything. What did you mean by "References 10-12 need publisher information" exactly? I went in to edit and it looks like they have publisher info to begin with. Other than that, I fixed and/or clarified everything else.--Gen. Quon (talk) 23:27, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

Great! I am happy to pass the article. I went and added the publishers; it seems that the "work", which is the newspaper/magazine in the citation was put into the "publisher" section of the citation. Now the article is certainly good article quality. Great job. Basilisk4u (talk) 00:36, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

OK, gotcha! Thank you for reviewing and passing. :)--Gen. Quon (talk) 04:20, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Informal review

I've copy-edited, but feel free to revert anything you don't like. Also, check I haven't inadvertently used British spelling.

I'd like to thank you for the copy-editing, especially because that was probably the fastest I've ever seen someone respond to such a request! I further altered the article per your comments and I'm just going to reply to the suggestions that I felt required a response, otherwise they were applied immediately. Bruce Campbell (talk) 01:02, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

• "who work on cases linked to the paranormal, called X-Files. Mulder is a believer in the paranormal...": A little uncomfortable here with the repetition of paranormal.
• "a family of deformed genetic mutants": While the X-Files was obviously a sci-fi show, "mutants" has other connotations in that genre, and this perhaps sounds a little too... well, sci-fi! Maybe a better way to phrase this?

"Mutant" is indeed questionably used here... just because they're inbred and ugly doesn't make them "mutants". Changed it to "redneck" since it reinforces the rural feel (they are identified as such in some references). Bruce Campbell (talk) 01:02, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

• "start the season in an ambitious manner": Suggests this was the first episode.
• The lead seems a little light in places, particularly the third paragraph, but that may just be me.

Indeed, the third paragraph was expanded a bit. Bruce Campbell (talk) 01:02, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

• "Mulder and Scully deduce that the baby's defects could be the cause of inbreeding": Something not quite right here; are cause and effect mixed up? Or should it be "caused by inbreeding"?
• "Mulder insists that this would be impossible, since the Peacocks supposedly live in an all-male household": But the last sentence suggests this was their idea? So he is debunking his own theory?
• "Scully and Mulder sneak around the house and decide to lure the Peacocks out by releasing their pigs. Inside, the agents find a woman who turns out to be Mrs. Peacock, a quadruple amputee.": Again, something not quite right. I think the chronology is a bit off. Presumably, they release the pigs and then look around the house? Maybe "Scully and Mulder releasing the Peacock's pigs to lure them our of the house, and while searching the residence, find a quadruple amputee. She is Mrs Peacock, the mother of the boys, and off... [rest of next sentence]"
• "They decided to write an ambitious story to "start off with a bang".": Ambiguous: as above, suggests starting the season (even though it was not the first episode). Does this mean in the sense of the early season, or from a personal point of view?
• Why is Kristen Cloke such an influence on the writers if she is an actress?

I don't even know who Kristen Cloke is beyond her profile here, but she was the co-star of the series, and writers/directors often develop a friendship. Her article states that she appeared in the film Final Destination, which I know was written by Wong and Morgan and started off as a script for the X-Files. So I presume they had some sort of friendly relationship. Bruce Campbell (talk) 01:02, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

• The idea that the producers were a little concerned by the content rather tails off; did their view change, or did they try to tone the episode down?

As compelling as it would be if their was some really interesting thing to end off with, they simply avoided the censors by using some careful editing, which I added to the article. In fact, the article features the Popmatters comment that it was a "miracle" it still got past the editors. Bruce Campbell (talk) 01:02, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

• ""Home" was first submitted to the censors with the teaser featuring audio of the baby being buried alive.": Don't quite get this. They were "teasing" the censors?

"Teaser" here actually refers to the episode's intro, as in the two minute teaser that comes on before the opening credits of a TV show. Changed because it seems that this would be confusing to people unfamiliar with the subject (which defeats the entire point of the article). Bruce Campbell (talk) 01:02, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

• 3rd paragraph of "Filming and post production" is a bit jumbled, and uses a lot of passive voice where it may benefit from using active voice. I would recommend re-writing this a bit.

I just had to trim the entire section a bit. Bruce Campbell (talk) 01:02, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

• "The murder of Sheriff Taylor and his wife has been called the most "chilling moment in the series run", highlighted by the use of a bouncy, classic pop song.": Called by who?
• A little bit too much passive voice in "Themes" as well.
• In the reception section, it states that the episode was rarely repeated due to complaints, but the article does not talk about these complaints. How many? About what? To who?

Unfortunately, the comment cannot be substantiated further. Altered it a bit accordingly. Bruce Campbell (talk) 01:02, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

• "Upon its first broadcast, "Home" lukewarm positive reviews from critics.": This does not make sense.

I missed a verb, the great editor Glimmer fixed it right away. Bruce Campbell (talk) 01:02, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

• Later reception: I think we have a little too much here; it looks like every mention of the episode has been recorded here, but do we need so many reports. I think this could be cut back a bit, and maybe a bit more paraphrasing. Sarastro1 (talk) 21:11, 22 November 2012 (UTC)

Believe it or not but there was a lot more that I could have added since it's basically the most notorious episode of the entire series. I cut down a paragraphs worth of commentary by either shortening it, omitting it altogether, moving it around a bit, etc. Also paraphrased a bit better, fairly simple thing to do. After a day or two more of combing through, I'm gonna submit the article for FAC, and I definitely think its far closer to its goal now. Bruce Campbell (talk) 01:02, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

FAC

The FAC nomination for this article was just withdrawn, so I closed it. Please leave the {{FAC}} template at the top of the page until the bot comes through to update the Article history. Maralia (talk) 23:26, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

TV-MA rating?

How could the episode carry a rating that didn't even exist until almost a year after it aired? The wiki page for the TV ratings says the ratings weren't even announced until Dec 96, not implemented until Jan 97, months after this episode ran. Even then there was no TV-MA at all until August 97 when it replaced TV-M, so how can an Oct 96 aired episode have any rating, let alone a TV-MA rating?68.51.193.141 (talk) 23:46, 22 October 2015 (UTC)

That's a good catch. I'll look into it. My suspicious is that it received a TV-MA upon its rebroadcast.--Gen. Quon (Talk) 00:08, 23 October 2015 (UTC)

Cadillac color

The color of the Cadillac is white, not pink as mentioned in the article. This can be seen in the episode at times 13:20, 17:25, 27:07, 30:15, and 42:25 (as seen on Netflix). It can also be seen in the screen captures here and here. The color white is also mentioned in the transcripts here and here; these may not be acceptable Wikipedia references, but support the assertion that the car color is white. I cannot verify whether the existing reference mentions 'pink', but in the episode the color is clearly white. CuriousEric 04:14, 24 November 2015 (UTC)

I have edited the article to show white, not pink. CuriousEric 04:26, 24 November 2015 (UTC)

source problem

I'm translating this article to Chinese, just found a problem, footnote 43 "Kessenich (2002), p. 219.", what's this stand for? Can't locate any source with this name.--Jarodalien (talk) 13:51, 15 October 2016 (UTC)

It's for Examination: An Unauthorized Look at Seasons 6–9 of the X-Files, which appears not to be in the bibliography for some reason. GRAPPLE ^X 16:44, 15 October 2016 (UTC)

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