I Want To Rewatch

In which we find out “where Squeeze goes…”  

Eugene Victor Tooms is up for release at his sanitarium. He was never convicted of any crime beyond assaulting Scully, as there wasn’t enough evidence, and all the experts feel he’s ready for release. Meanwhile, Assistant Director Walter Skinner warns Scully that if she and Mulder don’t start playing by the book, the X-Files might be dissolved. Mulder and Scully must find evidence to arrest Tooms before he kills again.  

’Cause he’s gotta get him a liver!   

(Originally recorded: 29 November 2020)

(Originally released: 14 January 2021)

References:  

X-Files Confidential: The Unauthorized X-Philes Companion by Ted Edwards  

X Marks the Spot: On Location with The X-Files by Lousia Gradnitzer & Todd Pittson  

The Truth is Out There: The Official Guide to the X-Files by Brian Lowry   

Music:

"Dark Science" by David Hilowitz

“The Truth Is What We Make of It” by The Agrarians

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"They’re everywhere."  

A group of loggers vanish and the forest service suspects eco-terrorists. The FBI is brought in and Mulder pulls strings to get the case, since a similar group of workers vanished from the same area in 1934. Once there, Mulder and Scully discover strange glowing bugs and a man in a cocoon. Is it a eco-terrorist murder plot or did the loggers unleash something when they cut down an old tree?   

Little tiny UFOs?  

(Originally recorded: 22 November 2020)

(Originally released: 07 January 2021)

References:

X Marks the Spot: On Location with The X-Files by Lousia Gradnitzer & Todd Pittson

The Truth is Out There: The Official Guide to the X-Files by Brian Lowry

Music:

"Dark Science" by David Hilowitz

“The Truth Is What We Make of It” by The Agrarians

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"My, what big teeth you have..."  

After a strange animal attack results in the shooting of a young indigenous man, Mulder and Scully arrive to investigate. The local Sheriff thinks it’s obvious: the white land owner who’s in a legal battle over property with the local tribe shot him over the dispute. Mulder has an X-File that suggests a history of shapeshifters and believes that’s behind this mysterious death.  

Could it be… lycanthropy?!  

(Originally recorded: 21 November 2020)

(Originally released: 31 December 2020)

References:  

X Marks the Spot: On Location with The X-Files by Lousia Gradnitzer & Todd Pittson  

The Truth is Out There: The Official Guide to the X-Files by Brian Lowry  

Music:  

"Dark Science" by David Hilowitz  

“The Truth Is What We Make of It” by The Agrarians  

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"You can fool with your brother, but don't mess with a [miracle] man."    

The FBI wants Mulder and Scully to look into the mysterious deaths of people that follow a faith healer’s attempt to heal them. The healer, a young man, all but confesses to the murders but Mulder suspects there’s something else going on.  

Uh… where are the aliens? We were promised aliens.   

(Originally recorded: 08 November 2020)

(Originally released: 24 December 2020)

References:  

X-Files Confidential: The Unauthorized X-Philes Companion by Ted Edwards  

X Marks the Spot: On Location with The X-Files by Lousia Gradnitzer & Todd Pittson   

The X-Files Declassified by Frank Lovece   

The Truth is Out There: The Official Guide to the X-Files by Brian Lowry   

wanting to believe: a critical guide to The X-Files, Millennium & The Lone Gunmen by Robert Shearman  

References:

X Marks the Spot: On Location with The X-Files by Lousia Gradnitzer & Todd Pittson

Monsters of the Week: The Complete Critical Companion to The X-Files by Zack Handlen & Emily Todd Vanderwerf

The Truth is Out There: The Official Guide to the X-Files by Brian Lowry

Music:

“Dark Science” by David Hilowitz

“The Truth Is What We Make of It” by The Agrarians

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Parfaits or onions? Choose your layers, because this one has plenty.  

After a truck driver has a close encounter, Mulder and Scully try to interview him but find themselves getting locked out of the investigation. And worse, they’re being bugged. Deep Throat gives Mulder a clue but it’s unclear if he’s trying to help or hinder Mulder’s search for the truth.  

*whispers*  

“...or both?”  

(Originally recorded: 07 November 2020)

(Originally released: 17 December 2020)

References:  

X Marks the Spot: On Location with The X-Files by Lousia Gradnitzer & Todd Pittson  

Monsters of the Week: The Complete Critical Companion to The X-Files by Zack Handlen & Emily Todd Vanderwerf   

The Truth is Out There: The Official Guide to the X-Files by Brian Lowry  

Music:

“Dark Science” by David Hilowitz

“The Truth Is What We Make of It” by The Agrarians

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No “cocoons” or old people in swimming pools here!  

A note is left for Fox Mulder at a crime scene in the same style as notes left by a previous suspect Mulder had a hand in arresting. Only that man died in prison in 1989. Or did he? Mulder is convinced the suspect is alive and well, despite a death certificate on file. Scully thinks it might be a copycat or someone hired to do his bidding. Or maybe it’s just aliens…  

Or both…? Will we ever get the option of both…?  

(Originally recorded: 25 October 2020)

(Originally released: 10 December 2020)

References:  

Monsters of the Week: The Complete Critical Companion to The X-Files by Zack Handlen & Emily Todd VanDerWerff  

The X-Files Declassified by Frank Lovece  

The Truth is Out There: The Official Guide to the X-Files by Brian Lowry  

wanting to believe: a critical guide to The X-Files, Millennium & The Lone Gunmen by Robert Shearman (if only because he is also a fan of flirty Agent Henderson and thinks she should be a recurring character)  

Music:

“Dark Science” by David Hilowitz

“The Truth Is What We Make of It” by The Agrarians

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Unless you’re Mulder or Scully, we wouldn’t recommend partnering with Scully or Mulder...  

When FBI agent Jack Willis and a bank robber are shot and die at the same time, only one of them is revived. It’s Willis’ body but who’s inside? Mulder thinks the robber came back and took over. Scully thinks that’s absurd until she’s kidnapped by the robber’s ex and Willis isn’t acting like himself…  

Uh-oh.   

Could it be... Howard Graves?!!!  

(Originally recorded: 24 October 2020)

(Originally released: 03 December 2020)

References:

X Marks the Spot: On Location with The X-Files by Lousia Gradnitzer & Todd Pittson

The Truth is Out There: The Official Guide to the X-Files by Brian Lowry

Music:

“Dark Science” by David Hilowitz

“The Truth Is What We Make of It” by The Agrarians

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Things are going to get uncomfortable fast...  

A series of mysterious deaths where it appears the victims may have died due to excessive exposure to hormones, Mulder traces the suspect to a mysterious cult that lives in the woods and eschews modern technology. The suspect is equally mysterious, as both a man and woman have been seen in proximity to the crime scene. Is it aliens? Or just some sex-crazed killer on the loose?  

Or both…?  

(Originally recorded: 18 October 2020)

(Originally released: 26 November 2020)

References:  

X-Files Confidential: The Unauthorized X-Philes Companion by Ted Edwards  

X Marks the Spot: On Location with The X-Files by Lousia Gradnitzer & Todd Pittson  

The Truth is Out There: The Official Guide to the X-Files by Brian Lowry  

Also:  

Disclosure on Netflix  

Going Rampant’s Youtube Review - X-Files: "Gender Bender" Transphobia  

Music:

“Dark Science” by David Hilowitz

“The Truth Is What We Make of It” by The Agrarians

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The white whale...  

After the death of Scully’s father, Mulder has a case where the best hope of finding two kidnapped teens relies on the supposed psychic abilities of a serial killer. For once, Mulder is highly skeptical but when the killer calls Scully by the nickname her dad called her and starts singing the song that played at his funeral, she’s unsure what to believe. And the clock is ticking to rescue the teens before they’re killed.  

And Nic thought shoehorning aliens into “Fire” was going to be rough...   

(Originally recorded: 11 October 2020)

(Originally released: 19 November 2020)

References:

The Truth is Out There: The Official Guide to the X-Files by Brian Lowry  

Monsters of the Week: The Complete Critical Companion to The X-Files by Zack Handlen & Emily Todd Vanderwerf  

X Marks the Spot: On Location with The X-Files by Lousia Gradnitzer & Todd Pittson  

The X-Files Declassified by Frank Lovece  

Music:

“Dark Science” by David Hilowitz

“The Truth Is What We Make of It” by The Agrarians

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https://linktr.ee/iwtrw

Not all flames burn hot...  

When an ex-girlfriend of Mulder’s from Scotland Yard shows up with a strange series of arson cases, Mulder suspects pyrokinesis. He tells Scully she can sit this one out, but Scully keeps researching behind the scenes while Mulder and his ex try to find the arsonist.  

Man, shoehorning aliens into this one is going to be rough...  

(Originally recorded: 04 October 2020)

(Originally released: 12 November 2020)  

References:

X-Files Confidential: The Unauthorized X-Philes Companion by Ted Edwards

The Truth is Out There: The Official Guide to the X-Files by Brian Lowry

And, yes, surprise, surprise, Nic misspoke: Season One has 24 episodes, not 25. Season Two has 25...  

Music:

“Dark Science” by David Hilowitz

“The Truth Is What We Make of It” by The Agrarians

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***SPOILER***  

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