I decided it would be fun to go back and watch episodes of X Files 18 years after it started because they were available on Hulu+
Summary: Vampires! (in 1994) Mulder reopens the X Files by removing the plastic coverings on the file cabinets and filing Scully’s abduction case. While working the vampire case, Mulder is wearing Scully’s necklace and behaving a bit reckless. Location: Los Angeles, California Coroner to Mulder as he talks about a vampire dying by exposure to … Read more
Summary: Part 2, Scully is abducted by Duane Berry after they remove and inspect suspicious metal fragments from his body. Scully is subsequently abducted by aliens and/or the government. (a plot line necessitated by Gillian Anderson’s pregnancy) Mulder becomes suspicious of Krycek who disappears. Skinner reopens X Files. Location: Washington, D.C.; Rixeyville, Virginia; Warrenton, Virginia
Summary: Written and directed by series creator Chris Carter, Mulder assists in a hostage situation by an alien abductee. Or maybe he’s a brain damaged Phyneas Gauge analog. Part 1 of 2. Location: Marrion, Virginia; Richmond, Virginia Guest Actors: Steve Railsback (played Charles Manson in Helter Skelter), CCH Pounder (Mrs. Frederic currently in Warehouse 13)
Summary: Mulder gets tipped off to a suspicious death, and asks Skinner to be assigned to it. This leads to our introduction to Alex Krycek who assists him on the case. Participants in a sleep disorder study are being killed off mysteriously. The first appearance of Mr. X, a replacement for Deep Throat. Some indication … Read more
Summary: The technology in a small town is telling people to kill. “Frohike, it’s men like you that give perversion a bad name.” Gotta love the Lone Gunmen. Location: Franklin, Pennsylvania Guest Actor: William Sanderson (one of the replicants from Blade Runner [see below])
Summary: Starts off on a Russian ship with a backed up toilet. What could be more intriguing? When Dmitri goes to unplug it, he gets pulled into the tank. Mulder, performing surveillance, gets pulled off his mundane duty to investigate the corpse now in the New Jersey sewer. Mulder awkwardly charges into Assistant Director Skinner’s … Read more