Gen X-Files: a Rewatch Podcast

Grab your lightly toasted Mulder-scented candle, watch out for strange British men, and join us as we break down The X-Files Season 1 Episode 12: Fire! This week on our rewatch of The X-Files, Dash & Melz (longtime fans and couple) and Angel (first-time watcher and Dash's mom) meet Phoebe Green, Mulder's old flame, and unfortunately for Scully, it's a whole thing. This episode give...

Grab your nearest Diet Coke, check it for digitalis, and strap into a straitjacket with us as we break down Season 1 Episode 11: Eve! This time on our rewatch of The X-Files, Dash & Melz (longtime fans and couple) and Angel (first-time watcher and Dash's mom) take on a classic bicoastal killer kid clone case! Mulder unfortunately meets two murderous, hyper-intelligent little weirdos who know e...

This week in our rewatch of The X-Files , sneak with us through the tall grass as we uncover the truth behind season 1, episode 10: Fallen Angel! Join Dash & Melz (long-time fans and couple) and Angel (first-time watcher, Dash's mom) as we find out just how much bigger the game is than Mulder realizes. We’re talking orchestrated cover stories, bureaucratic thumbs on the scale, UFO nerd micro-c...

This week on our rewatch of The X-Files, grab your best ancient Roman wine and moonwalk your way though season 1, episode 9: Space with us! Join Dash & Melz (long-time fans and couple) and Angel (first-time watcher, Dash's mom) as we look back fondly on our first 2000 years of podcasting! It's not all fun and games this week, though, as Mulder meets his biggest hero only to find that he's a flawed...

In this week's episode of our rewatch of The X-Files, we're zipping up our best winter coats and heading to Alaska for season 1, episode 8: Ice! Come stay warm with Dash & Melz (long-time fans and couple) and Angel (first-time watcher and Dash's mom) as we discuss Mulder being in a paranoia-off, ponder the dangers of scientific discovery, and watch one man spiral into poop-jar-indu...

This week in our rewatch of The X-Files, we're frantically installing antivirus software as we download season one, episode seven, Ghost in the Machine! Join Dash & Melz (longtime fans and couple) and Angel (first-time watcher, Dash's mom) as we try to find out what the hell's going on in the Eurisko building. We're talking grandparents and AI slop, speculative tech, and Scully committing crim...

This week in our rewatch of The X-Files, Dash & Melz (long-time fans and couple) and Angel (first-time watcher, Dash's mom) are dusting off an old hidden floppy disk and updating our résumés for season one, episode six: Shadows! We're talking workplace tension, a bipolar boss that bears a striking resemblance to Herman Munster, and an early spotting of our boy Tom Braidwood. We also figure out...

On this week’s episode of our rewatch of The X-Files, Melz and Dash (long-time fans and long-time couple) convince Angel (Dash’s mom and first-time watcher) to take a gamble on season one, episode five: The Jersey Devil! We’re talking corrupt tourist traps, mankind’s place in the food chain, and insufferable assholes that gargle gravel. Along the way, we meet the most divorced dad of all time, who...

In the fourth episode of our rewatch of The X-Files, Melz and Dash (long-time fans, couple), and Angel (first-time watcher, Dash's mom) are unscrambling Conduit! We get a deeper look at Mulder's feelings about his missing sister, Scully's willingness to go along with his zaniness, and tabloid sensationalism. Along the way, we watch an 8 year old get perp walked, briefly discuss the dangers of Fing...

In this third episode of our rewatch of The X-Files , Melz and Dash (long-time fans, couple) and Angel (first-time watcher, Dash's mom) are crawling into Squeeze to investigate local weirdo Eugene Victor Tooms for the first Monster of the Week episode! We're helped along the way by a very career-driven Gotham City cop who has a... very special place in his heart for Mulder. And speaking of help, w...

In this second episode of our rewatch of The X-Files, Melz and Dash (long-time fans, a couple) and Angel (first-time watcher, Dash's mom) dig into "Deep Throat" as Mulder and Scully uncover shadowy military cover-ups, mysterious test flights, and a new informant that may know more than he's letting on. Along the way, my mom casually reveals she one gouged someone's eye, we wonder what Scully would...

Melz and Dash (long-time fans) and Angel (first-time watcher) break down The X-Files Season 1, Episode 1: “Pilot” in this X-Files rewatch podcast. We discuss sinister government conspiracies, Mulder and Scully's early chemistry, and the case that started it all. Along the way, we glaze Mark Frost, pontificate on the exact trickiness of dicks, and find out a little pocket dirt goes a long way If yo...

Melz and Dash (long-time fans of The X-Files) and Angel (first-time watcher) introduce themselves, chat about nerdy shit, and reminisce about how they met - at birth in one instance. We also talk about how Dash and Melz got into the X-Files, and what Angel (Dash's mom) knows about the show through cultural osmosis. If you're reading this, you're a friend. Questions, suggestions, hypnoregressions?...