Blue Monday (date) the melancholic mind-set of "Blue Monday"". The date is generally reported as falling on the third Monday in January, but also on the second or fourth Monday, or the Monday of the last full week of January. The first such date declared was 24 January in 2005 as part of a Sky Travel press release. The formula uses many factors, including: weather conditions, debt level (the difference between debt accumulated and our ability to pay), time since Christmas, time since failing our new year’s resolutions, low motivational levels and feeling of a need to take action. One equation used by
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