Blue Monday (date) Blue Monday (date) Blue Monday is a name given to a day in January (typically the third Monday of the month) claimed to be the most depressing day of the year. The concept was first publicised as part of a 2005 press release from holiday company Sky Travel, which claimed to have calculated the date using an equation. It takes into account weather conditions and thus only applies to the Northern Hemisphere. The idea is considered pseudoscience, with its formula derided by scientists as nonsensical. This date was published in a press release under the name of Cliff Arnall, at
Monday (The X-Files) done, and is peacefully arrested. The bomb blast averted, time continues as normal. This episode, which was written under "extreme pressure" during the show's brief Christmas hiatus, has been stylistically compared to the comedy film "Groundhog Day" (1993). Vince Gilligan and John Shiban, the writers of the episode, however, credit an episode of "The Twilight Zone" entitled "Shadow Play" (1961). Gilligan later noted: "The funny thing about 'Monday' is people seemed to really like it a lot, but people always sorta smiled and said you're sort of ripping off "Groundhog Day" aren't you? [...] And I'd say, we're not ripping