Simply the X

 Season 1 Ep. 1 - "Pilot" A.K.A. Where Mulder isn't Mulder yet and is kinda a Douche and Also Aliens  And thus we begin. (This one feels extra long but come on, it's the pilot. The episode had a lot to do.) TLDR: Kids from the same high school class in small town Oregon (or as Mulder says, "Ore-gone") keep dying from mysterious circumstances. Instead of using local town resources and law enforcement, the FBI allows Agent Fox Mulder and his new partner, Agent Dana Scully, to literally fly across the country to determine the cause of death. Mulder thinks it's aliens, Scully doesn't, they do things without warrants, realize it's a comatose kid named Billy Miles who's responsible for something? And then it's over? Kinda? But it's definitely aliens.   Rating: 7.5 orangutan-corpses/10  Plot:  We open on a genuinely scary shot of a young woman running for her life in the forest, only to stumble on a strange bright light with a creepy, unknow...

I started watching the X-Files when Bill Clinton was president and you could keep your shoes on in airport security. I was but a wee tween back then, but the profound affect this show had on me is clearly evident whenever I dye my hair red. This isn't my first time re-watching the show. In all honestly, I've probably watched it up to 10 times at this point, skipping the crap episodes and focusing on the mythology episodes.  But now that we're in a pandemic/no new shows are on right now, I've decided it's time to actually sit down and watch every episode the whole way through (and yes, that includes that one episode and that other one and those two seasons). And write about it. As if anyone cares about my thoughts.  See you every Sunday and Wednesday! Enjoy!