This is an interesting episode mainly because it’s based upon an image found by the Viking 1 Orbiter in 1978. Some believe that it’s a structure that was discovered on Mars that resembled a human face, similar to the Sphinx in Egypt, while most established space scientists believe that it’s a simple trick of light […]
This is the episode that started it all. It begins with a woman, dressed in a nightgown, running through a dense forest at night. She falls – as women tend to do in these situations – and a light appears over a nearby hill. A figure that appears to be male steps out of it, […]
This is the second episode in the First season, and revolves around Cornel Robert Boudahas (Andrew Johnston) who appears to be suffering the effects of piloting craft that may be based upon extraterrestrial technology. At some point, he vanishes, which results his wife calling in the FBI. Story-wise, it’s not the best of the series, […]
“Squeeze” is the third episode of the First season of the X-Files, and introduced arguably one of the most iconic characters in the series’ history, Eugene Tooms (Doug Hutchinson). Tooms is a genetic mutant, and has the ability to contort his body, enabling him to fit into spaces and openings an ordinary human couldn’t. Another […]
“Conduit” is the fourth episode of the First season, and where we learn more about why Mulder believes so strongly that “The Truth Is Out There.” It revolves around a woman, Darlene Morris (Carrie Snodgrass) who is camping with her daughter, Ruby (Taunya Dee) and son Kevin (Joel Palmer), when they are visited by a […]
For a series based upon the unusual, the paranormal, and the supernatural, the earlier “X-Files” episodes seem unusually afraid of depicting monsters, if the fifth episode of the First season, “The Jersey Devil” is any indicator. It begins in 1947, with a family driving down a dark country road. They get a blowout , and […]
“Shadows” is the sixth episode of the First season of “The X-Flies,” and it’s a keeper. It revolves around a woman, Lauren Kyte (Lisa Waltz) who’s boss has just died, supposedly by suicide. He was like a father to her, so she’s pretty distraught. Mulder and Scully originally come on to this case as advisors […]
You ever start something that seemed like a good idea at the time, till you realized how daunting a task it actually is? That’s what I am feeling about my ‘X-File A Day’ column at the moment. It’s a show worth revisiting, till you realize that it ran nine seasons. Then again, my mom didn’t […]
I should mention that the episode order is going to be a little off for a bit because the idea came to me when I was already into re-watching the series, which I started doing because my memories of it are pretty favorable. “Ice” is the eighth episode of the First season. It revolves a of group […]
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