Scully Nation: An X Files Rewatch Podcast

This week we are reluctantly opening our third eyes while we discuss “Via Negativa”! We’re talking the excess of sleepy FBI agents in this episode, Doggett’s Golf Guys dropping like flies and how it’s starting to get a little suspicious, Skinner starting drama and Doggett weathering it, how Scully is in the hospital from the stress of being a believer, how much we love ho

This week we are moving backwards through time and learning valuable lessons while we discuss “Redrum”! We’re talking whether Doggett and Martin are Top Golf buddies, Gillian Anderson taking naps on that salmon plank between takes, whether lawyers are really allowed to be that sassy in the courtroom, Danny Trejo and the spider’s beautiful friendship, and what REALLY happene

This week we are searching for little ghost boys and ignoring our second child while we discuss “Invocation”! We’re talking how only sad, wearied moms wear sweaters, the teacher penguin huddle, Doggett’s own Silly Science Corner moment, how Scully cares about proper procedure all of a sudden, how Ronnie’s favorite activities are leaving and arriving in his car, and how yo

This week we are avoiding slug-god cults in the desert while we discuss “Roadrunners”! We’re talking how sad it is that there’s unidentified goo around and nobody to lick it, ongoing developments with Doggett and his pull tab case, how Scully is really committed to keeping Mulder’s spirit alive by becoming Mulder, have a heated debate over whether burning to death or gett

This week we are dodging giant bat-creatures while we discuss “Patience”! We’re talking Doggett doing his best to horn in on the Flashlight X situation, spend a lot of time trying to figure out a team name for Scully and Doggett, boo Detective Misogyny, warn people away from the scentless phone warranty no matter how reasonably priced, and laugh at poor Scully who is being fo

This week we are dealing with a classic “My FBI partner’s being impersonated by a shapeshifting alien with ill intent” situation while we discuss “Without”! We’re talking how everyone in this episode had a wicked case of heatstroke, how much Kersh loves to enunciate, our new favorite character Agent Walkie Talkie, how Skinner has earned the right to do the flashlight X,

This week we are trying to find our alien-abducted old partner and throwing water in the face of our new partner while we discuss “Within”! We’re talking Mark Snow really banging on those pots and pans, how Falling Guy has turned into Mulder, Scully in her depression-beard era, how Skinner is doing everything humanly possible to get Scully not to be mad at him anymore, and ho

This week we are pausing and taking a look back on Season 7 as a whole! We unpack some special featies, do episode rankings, read some listener emails, do some predictions for the future, and play some trivia! Topics of discussion: Tea Leoni’s giant rhinestone cross necklace, Gillian fully in director mode, whether or not Mulder will be Alien Skyping into Scully’s OBGYN appoint

This week we are catching a ride on a UFO to keep track of our best guy while we discuss “Requiem”! We’re talking CSM in his deathchair, the return of everyone’s favorite plot thread (the expenses storyline), our charisma-less girl Marita making her lackluster return, how the real X-File is the mystery of Skinner’s doors, how much Scully enjoys Mulder punching people, and

This week we are trying to outsmart a genie while we discuss “Je Souhaite”! We’re talking this episode chock-full of Classic Vince Guys, Small Mouth, whether or not the Boo Crew has groupies, the return of Scully’s Silly Science Corner, proto-Badger and Skinny Pete, and poor Gillian still in debt from mime school. We rage against Scully’s evidence theft-related PTSD, figu