The Bloom Files

Mike Bloom and Angela Bloom are the Scully and Mulder of podcasting•postshowrecaps.com

Mike and Angela Bloom open “The Bloom Files,” a podcast all about “The X-Files.” The iconic science fiction series is one of Angela’s favorite television experiences ever; Mike, meanwhile, has never seen an episode. That changes now as the Blooms travel throughout “The X-Files,” cherry picking best-of-the-best episodes across the series’ historic run.

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Episodes

The Bloom Files | The X-Files Season 5 Episodes 11 & 12: “Kill Switch” & “Bad Blood”

This week on The Bloom Files, Mike and Angela Bloom get into too goofy episodes of "The X-Files" that somehow both prominently feature an RV. First, in "Kill Switch," Mulder and Scully try to take on a ridiculous A.I. with a sick sense of humor. Then, in "Bad Blood," we get a recounting of a fateful trip to a small Texas Town, with vampires and an occasionally buck-toothed Luke Wilson to boot.

Jun 27, 2021•58 min

The Bloom Files | The X-Files Season 5 Episodes 6 & 7: “Christmas Carol” & “Emily”

Though 'tis the season to be jolly, this week on The Bloom Files, Mike and Angela Bloom are getting solemn this holiday season. They talk about "Christmas Carol" and "Emily," the dramatic two-part arc that sees Scully discover how important, and surprising, family can be.

Jun 20, 2021•59 min

The Bloom Files | The X-Files Season 5 Episodes 3 & 5: “Unusual Suspects” & “The Post-Modern Prometheus”

This week on The Bloom Files, Mike and Angela Bloom don Cher wigs and FCC buttons as they discuss two quirky episodes from the beginning of The X-Files season 5.

Jun 13, 2021•1 hr 17 min

The Bloom Files | The X-Files Season 4 Episode 24 & Season 5 Episodes 1 & 2: “Gethesmane,” “Redux” & “Redux II”

This week on The Bloom Files, Mike and Angela Bloom talk about heated conversations and icy alien bodies as they discuss the season 4 finale "Gethsemane," as well as the two-part season 5 premiere "Redux" and "Redux II." It's a trio of episodes that changes what (and whether) to believe as we near the halfway point of the series.

Jun 06, 2021•1 hr 4 min

The Bloom Files | The X-Files Season 4 Episodes 21 & 23: “Zero Sum” & “Demons”

This week on The Bloom Files, Mike and Angela Bloom get into two separate, yet eerily similar episodes of The X-Files season 4. In "Zero Sum," Skinner finds himself in too deep on the deal he made with the Cigarette Smoking Man. And in "Demons," Mulder wakes up with a grainy memory, somebody's blood on his shirt, and a lot of questions.

May 30, 2021•1 hr

The Bloom Files | The X-Files Season 4 Episodes 17 & 18: “Tempus Fugit” & “Max”

This week on The Bloom Files, Mike and Angela Bloom nosedive into the two-parter "Tempus Fugit" and "Max." They get into the surprise re-entrance (and exit) of the titular season 1 character, and why Dana Scully has the worst birthday ever.

May 23, 2021•50 min

The Bloom Files | The X-Files Season 4 Episode 14: “Memento Mori”

This week on The Bloom Files, Mike and Angela Bloom get into "Memento Mori," a game changer for The X-Files. Scully receives a piece of devastating news, which sends Mulder on a hunt to connect the dots between everything they've learned up to that point

May 16, 2021•40 min

The Bloom Files | The X-Files Season 4 Episodes 7 & 10: “Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man” & “Paper Hearts”

This week on The Bloom Files, Mike and Angela Bloom recap two very different, yet dark episodes of The X-Files season 4. First, they get into the supposed history of everyone's favorite cancerous antagonist. Next, Mulder revisits a perverted blast from the past to try and get some answers about his missing sister.

May 09, 2021•1 hr 12 min

The Bloom Files | The X-Files Season 4 Episodes 2 & 5: “Home” & “The Field Where I Died”

This week on The Bloom Files, Mike and Angela Bloom are positively buzzing as they recap spooky and spiritual episodes in "Home" and the "The Field Where I Died."

May 02, 2021•1 hr 1 min

The Bloom Files | The X-Files Season 3 Episode 24 & Season 4 Episode 1: “Talitha Cumi” & “Herrenvolk

The Bloom Files | The X-Files Season 3 Episode 24 & Season 4 Episode 1: “Talitha Cumi” & “Herrenvolk” The truth is out there. In here? Who knows. But we’re opening up “The Bloom Files” to find out. Mike (@AMikeBloomType) and Angela Bloom (@angpalaggi) are positively buzzing as they recap The X-Files season 3 finale, “Taliltha […]

Apr 25, 2021•1 hr 4 min

The Bloom Files | The X-Files Season 3 Episodes 15 & 16: “Piper Maru” & “Apocrypha”

Mike and Angela Bloom take a deep dive into The X Files episodes "Piper Maru" and "Apocrypha." They get into the brand new alien menace, Scully's search for closure, questionable interior design choices, and a whole lot of Michael Buble.

Apr 18, 2021•1 hr

The Bloom Files | The X-Files Season 3 Episodes 12 & 20: “War of the Coprophages” & “Jose Chung’s From Outer Space”

Mike and Angela Bloom finish off the run of X-Files writer Darin Morgan with two incredibly different Monster of the Week episodes.

Apr 11, 2021•1 hr 17 min

The Bloom Files | The X-Files Season 3 Episodes 9 & 10: “Nisei” & “731”

Mike and Angela Bloom get onboard the train to cover the episodes "Nisei" and "731" as things go off the rails on The X-Files

Apr 04, 2021•1 hr 3 min

The Bloom Files | The X-Files Season 3 Episode 4: “Clyde Bruckman’s Final Repose”

Mike and Angela Bloom dig into the dark yet delicious banana cream pie that is "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose"

Mar 28, 2021•1 hr 4 min

The Bloom Files | The X-Files Season 2 Episode 25 & Season 3 Episodes 1 & 2: “Anasazi,” “The Blessing Way” & “Paper Clip”

Mike and Angela Bloom end season 2 and begin season 3 of "The X-Files" with several bangs, twists, and surprises.

Mar 21, 2021•1 hr 35 min

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