The X-Files Retrospective: Space
Season 1, Episode 9—Space While on a space mission, astronaut Lt. Col. Belt (Ed Lauter) encounters an intergalactic entity that latches onto him and follows him back to Earth. Years later, Mulder and Scully are contacted by a NASA communications…
The X-Files Retrospective: Ice
Season 1, Episode 8—Ice “Before anyone passes judgment—may I remind you, we are in the Arctic.” —Mulder before removing his clothes in front of his colleagues. Mulder and Scully find themselves stranded in the middle of the Arctic with a…
The X-Files Retrospective: Ghost in the Machine
Season 1, Episode 7—Ghost in the Machine Mulder is asked by a former colleague to assist in the investigation of the murder of a technology company CEO who was inexplicably electrocuted by the building’s self-learning AI security system. The creator…
The X-Files Retrospective: Shadows
Season 1, Episode 6—Shadows “I would never lie. I willfully participated in a campaign of misinformation.” To their surprise, Mulder and Scully are requested by Chief Blevins to quietly investigate the unexplained deaths of two terrorists who are the victims…
The X-Files Retrospective: Jersey Devil
Season 1, Episode 5—The Jersey Devil This review contains spoilers. “I heard the same story when I was a kid, too. Funny thing is, I believed it.” A corpse with gnawed-off body parts discovered outside Atlantic City is thought to…
The X-Files Retrospective: Conduit
Season 1, Episode 4—Conduit Mulder is attracted to a tabloid story about a teenage girl’s abduction by aliens and petitions the FBI to make it a legitimate X-Files case—a move that angers his superiors and gives Scully pause. Believing the…
The X-Files Retrospective: Squeeze
Season 1, Episode 3—Squeeze “Is there any way to get it off my fingers quickly without betraying my cool exterior?” —Mulder, after coming into contact with bile. A string of murders in Baltimore, Maryland, implies a certain X-Files motif after…
The X-Files Retrospective: Deep Throat
Season 1, Episode 2—Deep Throat “Let’s just say this case has a distinct smell to it. A certain… paranormal bouquet.” After presenting a new case to Scully (the disappearance of a disturbed military test pilot in Idaho), Mulder is confronted…
The X-Files Retrospective: Pilot
With the 33rd anniversary of The X-Files, I’ve decided to rewatch the show in its entirety—for about the 10th time!—and write a perspective/review of each episode. I expect this project will take me well into 2027 since there are 202…