Coming on the heels of Stephen King’s “Chinga”, “Kill Switch” is a pretty standard William Gibson story. However, there’s nothing standard about “Bad Blood”. iTunes RSS
Tuning In Episode 92: The X-Files, Kill Switch/Bad Blood
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Tuning In Episode 91: The X-Files, Schizogeny/Chinga
Season five gives us the worst episode in quite a while, “Schizogeny”, and Stephen King pens “Chinga”, which is mostly lazy but does feature some solid Mulder and Scully dynamic. iTunes RSS
Tuning In Episode 90: The X-Files, Emily/Kitsunegari
“Emily” is a mostly-disappointing resolution to last week’s cliffhanger, and “Kitsunegari” is a mostly-disappointing follow-up to season three’s “Pusher”. iTunes RSS
Tuning In Episode 89: The X-Files, The Post-Modern Prometheus/Christmas Carol
Are you ready for a heady discussion about personal truth and the fallibility of memory? Then get ready for our conversation about “The Post-Modern Prometheus”. Then in “Christmas Carol”, Scully gets involved in an apparent suicide, with very personal consequences. iTunes RSS
Tuning In Episode 88: The X-Files, Unusual Suspects/Detour
We’re still about two months away from The X-Files: Fight the Future, but it’s already having an effect on the show, as “Unusual Suspects” gives us the Lone Gunmen origin story we didn’t know we needed. Then, “Detour” gives us the singing Scully we didn’t know we needed. iTunes RSS
Tuning In Episode 87: The X-Files, Redux/Redux II
The fifth season of The X-Files kicks off with a two-parter continuation, as “Redux” and “Redux II” find Mulder and Scully dealing with their most personal connection the conspiracy yet. iTunes RSS
Tuning In Episode 86: The X-Files, Demons/Gethsemane
Well, we’ve reached the end of another season, and it’s a very personal end, as “Demons” finds Mulder once again questioning his memories, and “Gethsemane” finds Scully dealing with family matters. iTunes RSS
Tuning In Episode 85: The X-Files, Zero Sum/Elegy
Skinner goes off on his own for mysterious reasons, in “Zero Sum”, and we get… SIGH…. another John Shiban episode with “Elegy”. Also! Mitch Pileggi in his underwear. We don’t need to say more. iTunes RSS
Tuning In Episode 84: The X-Files, Synchrony/Small Potatoes
The X-Files finally does a time travel story in “Synchrony”, and Darin Morgan makes a surprise appearance in “Small Potatoes”. Plus! Tuning In is hungry. iTunes RSS
Tuning In Episode 83: The X-Files, Tempus Fugit/Max
The mythology returns once again, and this time, it’s a tight two-parter about alien abductions and the return of old characters, in “Tempus Fugit” and “Max”. iTunes RSS