Not Listening to Me, Are You?: Scully to Mulder who is a bit spaced out and playing with a baseball. The Nose Knows: After the Peacocks kill Sheriff Taylor, they realize someone else is in the room by smelling her.Never Heard That One Before: Deputy Paster's reaction to Mulder's joke about whether his last name is Fife.Mundanger: The monsters of the week are not paranormal, just monstrous.She even has to examine her sons to see if they injured themselves. Peacock took getting crudely stitched up after the car crash that left her crippled years prior as one would getting breakfast. Plus it seems like the inability to feel pain runs in the family as Mrs. This is Truth in Television, as properly motivated (as in "animalic adrenaline rush") people can do a lot of damage before succumbing themselves. Made of Iron: The ill and deformed Peacocks are surprisingly resistant to gunshots and baseball bat hits.Peacock and the youngest son get away in the end. The Deputy's death as well, as it cuts away a split-second before the axe reaches his head.There is also lots of blood spattered around. The murder of the Sheriff and his wife is not shown in full, but the scared eyes of her are painful to watch.We don't actually see the burying of the baby, but he's heard crying.Also mention of "the Mulder family pass genetic muster". While both are unhappy about changes to their small town environment, Sheriff Taylor adjusts to it. The Family That Slays Together: The Peacocks.One of them is the father of the other two. She's involved in incestuous relationships with her sons. In her eyes they are only protecting their family. She approves of her sons' murderous behaviour. Evil Cripple: A hissing limbless mother of the incestuous Peacock clan.Double-Meaning Title: "Home" is an expression of the episode's themes, and also the name of the town where it is set.Death of a Child: The deformed baby dies in the teaser.Though some of the freakiest moments, namely the inbred child's death and the Sheriff's murder, take place during the dark too. Daylight Horror: Most of the episode takes place during the daytime and afternoon, including the climax.He was allegedly told, "This is awful even for us." Despite that, it's also considered one of the best episodes of the entire series. Reportedly, Tucker Smallwood asked a member of the crew if this kind of material was normal for the show. It was also barred from being reran for years. It was the first to have a Parental Advisory warning and the only one to be a TV-MA where other episodes were rated TV-14. Darker and Edgier: Even in the very serious and grim series, this episode takes the cake as one of the darkest, most violent, and most disturbing in the entire show.Curb-Stomp Battle: The Sheriff does not go quietly when the Peacocks invade his house and fights back with a baseball bat, but unfortunately it may as well have been made of foam for all the good it does him.The way he says no suggests he's been asked this many times and is quite sick of it.
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