Jess and Dini travel back to November 26, 1996! We discuss our top 5 favorite moments from S3 Ep21, Avatar! Skinner’s no choir boy and hooks up with a sex worker, Mulder is stressed AF, and Scully discovers possible evidence of a succubus. A soon-to-be divorced Walter Skinner has a one-night stand with a woman he meets at a local bar. When he wakes up in a hotel room bed next to her dead body, Skinner becomes the number one suspect in her murder. With his reputation and career on the line, Mulde...
Aug 02, 2023•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 47
Jess and Dini travel back to November 14, 1994! Grab a glass of red wine and a slice of your favorite blood filled bread as we discuss our top 5 favorite moments of the S2 E7, 3! Scully is missing, a trio of serial killers are loose in L.A., and Mulder hooks up with a vampire. Mulder resumes his work on the X-Files during a solo trip to California where he goes in pursuit of a bloodthirsty group known as The Unholy Trinity. This episode was written by Chris Ruppenthal, Glen Morgan, and James Won...
Jul 26, 2023•1 hr 37 min•Ep. 46
Jess and Dini travel back to March 28, 1999! Sticking with our Top 5 Format, we discuss the moments that stood out to us the most from Season 6 - Episode 16, Alpha. There is a killer dog on the loose, Mulder has dad jokes aplenty, and Scully confronts a woman with lupus... because she is such an asshole in this episode (why?) We’d like this episode to be tranquilized. Stat! Mulder and Scully head to California to further investigate a dog attack that resulted in the deaths of two merchant marine...
Jul 19, 2023•1 hr 46 min•Ep. 45
Jess and Dini travel back to October 4, 1996! Join us as we discuss our top 5 favorite moments of the season four premiere, Herrenvolk! Mysterious farmland, child clones, copious amounts of bees (‘eh), and an unforgettable murder. As the Alien Bounty Hunter pursues his target, Jeremiah Smith, Mulder accompanies the hybrid clone to Alberta in order to see his sister, Samantha. Meanwhile, back in D.C., Scully and Agent Pendrell uncover the data being tracked by the Smiths’ was being used to tag an...
Jul 12, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 44
Jess and Dini travel back to May 17, 1996! We discuss our top 5 favorite moments of season 3 - episode 24, Talitha Cumi. Season 3 comes to a close with tons of drama, intrigue, revelations, and one very memorable parking lot brawl! As Scully investigates a witness with apparent healing powers named Jeremiah Smith, Mulder searches for answers surrounding his mother’s recent stroke after she meets with CSM. In time, Mulder discovers Jeremiah Smith and the conspiracy behind the upcoming alien colon...
Jul 05, 2023•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 43
Jess and Dini travel back to December 3, 2000! We discuss our top 5 favorite moments of season 8 - episode 5, Invocation. Every kid in the X-Files universe should stay away from any outdoor activity involving playground equipment. It just doesn’t end well. Doggett and Scully go to Oklahoma to investigate the mysterious return of a little boy who went missing in 1990. Although a decade has passed since his disappearance, Billy Underwood hasn’t aged a day. As Scully presents the possible supernatu...
Jun 28, 2023•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 42
Jess and Dini travel back to January 7, 1994! We discuss our top 5 favorite moments of season 1 - episode 13, Beyond The Sea. Drama ahoy! Spirits make their presence known, Mulder gets shot, and Scully threatens to kill someone. Don’t you just love the holidays? As Scully tries to deal with the sudden death of her father, she joins Mulder on a case involving two missing college students. At the heart of the case is a serial killer on death row named Luther Lee Boggs, who claims to have psychic k...
Jun 21, 2023•1 hr 40 min•Ep. 41
Q&A Part II! In this special crossover event with The MSR Files Podcast, we sit down with the hilarious Emma and Jessica and answer listener questions, which were fantastic submissions by the way. Questions range from favorite shipper moment, to favorite episode, all the way to if our friends and family know we have a podcast. You won't want to miss this modern day chat room, talking about a 30 year old TV show. Grab a drink and have a listen. Special shout out to all those who submitted que...
Jun 14, 2023•1 hr 41 min
Jess and Dini travel back to October 29, 1993! We discuss our top 5 favorite moments of Season 1 - Episode 7, Ghost In The Machine. Scruffy minds don’t commit murder, but a pissed-off operating system certainly can. Mulder’s former partner returns, there’s elevator drama, and Scully thinks Mulder needs to go to therapy. After a CEO of a Fortune 500 tech company is murdered, Mulder and Scully assist in the investigation at the request of Mulder’s former partner, Agent Jerry Lamana. As Scully sear...
May 31, 2023•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 40
Jess and Dini travel back to March 10, 2002! We discuss our top 5 favorite moments of season 9 - episode 10, Providence. William is missing, Doggett is in a coma, and Mulder may or may not be alive. All this Scully suffering is madness and you know it! Under the leadership of A.D. Follmer, the FBI gathers a task force to find baby William. Scully, suspicious of the FBI’s true intentions, decides to conduct her own search with the help of Agent Reyes and TLG. This episode was written by Chris Car...
May 24, 2023•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 39
Jess and Dini travel back to March 3, 2002! We discuss our top 5 favorite moments of Season 9 - Episode 9, Provenance, part 1 of 2. Scully nearly loses her damn mind and we are shooketh! When the bureau higher-ups try to withhold information about a case with a possible connection to a past X-File, Doggett, Reyes, and Scully discover the missing suspect is an undercover FBI agent with ties to a UFO cult that believes William will lead the alien invasion on Earth. This episode was written by Chri...
May 17, 2023•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 38
Jess and Dini travel back to November 10, 1995! We discuss our Top 5 favorite moments of season 3 - episode 7, The Walk. Scully brings the heat! Mulder brings… dental x-ray plates? Mulder and Scully go to an Army hospital to investigate a patient with multiple suicide attempts who claims a phantom soldier won’t let him die. When other officers and their families are targeted by this phantom soldier, Mulder suspects astral projection is involved. This episode was written by John Shiban (his debut...
May 10, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 37
Jess and Dini travel back to April 18, 1999! We introduce a new format and segment called “Cindo de los Philes” (Five from the Philes) where we discuss our top 5 favorite moments of season 6 - episode 18, Milagro. We really put our hearts into this one. HA! Get it? Mulder and Scully investigate a series of murders where the hearts of the victims are removed. Eventually, Mulder suspects the killer is his new neighbor, a struggling writer named Philip Padgett, who is obsessed with Scully. This epi...
May 03, 2023•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 36
Jess and Dini travel back to April 29, 2001! We recap Season 8 - Episode 18, Vienen. The rig, the rig, the rig is on fire! We don’t need no water let the motherf*cker burn! Mulder and Doggett reluctantly team up on a Texas oil rig to investigate the mysterious death of a worker named Simon De La Cruz. Doggett suspects sabotage while Mulder believes the case involves the return of the black oil virus. This episode was written by Steven Maeda and directed by Rod Hardy. Do you have any X-Files rela...
Apr 26, 2023•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 35
Jess and Dini travel back to February 3, 1995! We recap Season 2 - Episode 15, Fresh Bones. Strange behaviour, suicide, racism, and torture. Much like Chester Bonapart’s french fries, we wish this episode would disappear. Mulder and Scully investigate the mysterious deaths of two Marines stationed at a refugee camp in North Carolina. While the military has ruled them both as suicides, Mulder suspects voodoo is to blame after he discovers the same ritual symbols were found in both of the scenes. ...
Apr 19, 2023•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 34
Jess and Dini travel back to September 10, 1993! We recap Season 1 - Episode 1, Pilot. “Do you believe in the existence of extraterrestrials?” This is where it all started for us and millions of fans around the world! FBI Agent Dana Scully is assigned to work with fellow agent, Fox “Spooky” Mulder on cases involving unexplained phenomena. On their first case together, the duo head to Oregon to investigate the mysterious deaths of four young people from the same graduating class. While Scully bel...
Apr 12, 2023•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 33
Jess and Dini travel back to April 21, 2002! We recap Season 9 - Episode 15, Jump The Shark. They never gave in, never gave up, and never sold out. Right till their last breath. Guys like that? They live forever. Morris Fletcher tricks Doggett and Reyes into suspecting the hacker, Yves Adele Harlow, has turned into a super soldier. The agents turn to TLG for help and eventually they all uncover a sinister plan involving an engineered virus. This episode was written by Vince Gilligan, John Shiban...
Apr 05, 2023•53 min•Ep. 32
Jess and Dini travel back to March 7, 2018! We recap Season 11 - Episode 8, Familiar. Someone or something is luring small children into the woods of a small New England town with a history of witches and witchcraft. Mulder and Scully go to Connecticut to investigate the mysterious death of a police officer’s son. Local law enforcement and town residents are quick to blame a registered sex offender for the crime, but Mulder suspects someone has cursed the town using dark magic. This episode was ...
Mar 29, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 31
Jess and Dini travel back to January 3, 1999! We recap Season 6 - Episode 7, Terms of Endearment. There’s a very sentimental demon loose in Virginia who just wants to be a dad and listen to Shirley Manson on his way to work. Mulder ditches his desk duty to investigate a woman’s claim that a demon snatched her unborn child from her womb. While Scully suspects foul play from the mother, Mulder zeroes in on the father and believes the man is a demonic being with a long and dark history. This episod...
Mar 22, 2023•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 30
Jess and Dini travel back to December 12, 1999! We recap Season 7 - Episode 6, The Goldberg Variation. It’s never a good idea to play poker with the mob - especially if they think you’re cheating. Unless you’re the luckiest man in the world. Mulder and Scully investigate a Chicago man named Henry Weems after witnesses see him survive a fall from a 29-story building. They each have their theories, but as the case unravels they discover there is more to Weems than they expected. This episode was w...
Feb 22, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 29
Jess and Dini travel back to February 27, 2000! We recap Season 7 - Episode 13, First Person Shooter. Laser blasters, cool outfits, yah yah's getting outed and lots and lots of testosterone. Our heroes head to Cali to investigate a murder inside a video game. How is this possible and who is doing this? The agents venture into the digital world to defeat the "goddess" that is causing so much drama. This episode was written by William Gibson and Tom Maddox and directed by Chris Carter. Do you have...
Feb 15, 2023•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 28
Jess and Dini travel back to December 9, 1994! We recap Season 2 - Episode 10, Red Museum. Creepers hiding in walls, planes falling out of the sky, vegetarian cultists, and sexy BBQ ribs. Mulder and Scully go to Wisconsin to investigate a number of mysterious kidnappings where the teenage victims are being drugged and marked with the words “He Is One” or “She Is One.” The local sheriff suspects the Church of the Red Museum cult is to blame, but our heroes uncover a conspiracy involving purity co...
Feb 08, 2023•59 min•Ep. 27
Jess and Dini travel back to May 3, 1996! We recap Season 3 - Episode 22, Quagmire! A road tripping, toad licking, Moby Dick referencing, monster hunting good time…unless you’re Scully’s dog. Poor Queequeg. :( Mulder, Scully and Queequeg head to Heuvelmans Lake in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Georgia to investigate the disappearance of Dr. Bailey, a US Forestry worker. Mulder suspects a local legend, a prehistoric lake monster known as Big Blue, is to blame for the recent surge of missing persons...
Feb 01, 2023•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 26
Jess and Dini travel back to December 5, 1999! We recap Season 7 - Episode 5, Rush. Mulder is feeling old, Scully is called a “Betty” (back in the day) and things are happening really fast - literally. Tie play included. Ok, boomer! Mulder and Scully travel to Virginia to investigate the brutal murder of a sheriff’s deputy possibly carried out by a teenage boy with superhuman strength. This episode was written by David Amaan and directed by Robert Liberman. Do you have any X-Files related theori...
Jan 25, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 25
Thank you to all our listeners! You made our 2022 so exciting and memorable. We can not wait to get back to it next week. This week, enjoy a few clips from 2022! Do you have any X-Files related theories, stories, key points or podcast feedback? Please email us at TheXFilesChatRoomPodcast@gmail.com We'd love to hear from you. Please tell us how we can improve! You can find us on: Twitter @TXFChatRoomPod Instagram @TXFChatRoomPod
Jan 18, 2023•16 min
Hello X-Philes, Dini and I rank our top 5 episodes from the 24 we pulled in 2022. Have a listen! Please let us know your top favorites! We look forward to an amazing 2023 and hope to bring you more insight into our favorite show. Thank you for a spectacular year 1 and we'll catch you on the flip side! Much love, The X-Files Chat Room Podcast Do you have any X-Files related theories, stories, key points or podcast feedback? Please email us at TheXFilesChatRoomPodcast@gmail.com We'd love to hear f...
Dec 30, 2022•43 min
Jess and Dini travel back to January 24, 1999! We recap Season 6, Episode 10, Tithonus. Life, death, immortality, and MSR goodness. Scully is sent on assignment to NYC with a rookie agent to investigate a crime scene photographer suspected of murder. This episode was written by Vince Gillian and directed by Michael W. Watkins. Do you have any X-Files related theories, stories, key points or podcast feedback? Please email us at TheXFilesChatRoomPodcast@gmail.com We'd love to hear from you. Please...
Dec 07, 2022•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 24
Jess and Dini travel back to January 21, 2001! We recap Season 8- Episode 10, Badlaa. Blood, gore, and stereotypes a plenty. Doggett and Scully investigate the gruesome and mysterious death of an American businessman, which leads Scully to piece things together as Mulder would. This episode was written by John Shiban and directed by Tony Wharmby. Do you have any X-Files related theories, stories, key points or podcast feedback? Please email us at TheXFilesChatRoomPodcast@gmail.com We'd love to h...
Nov 30, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 23
Jess and Dini travel back to September 30, 1994! We recap Season 2 - Episode 3, Blood. Please be advised this episode features a description and discussion of a mass shooting. Mulder suspects the series of murders that have taken place in a small town were caused by subliminal messages and a community exposure to a experimental insecticide known as LSDM. This episode was written by Glen Morgan and James Wong (story by Darin Morgan) and directed by David Nutter. Do you have any X-Files related th...
Nov 16, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 22
Jess and Dini travel back to February 4, 2001! We recap Season 8 - Episode 11, The Gift. There is a "monster", brain disease, puke and much more! Doggett travels to a small town in PA where he is retracing Mulder's trail from the year previous. In his investigation he goes through some major shit to find the truth about why Mulder was hanging around those parts. This episode was written by Frank Spotnitz and directed by Kim Manners. Do you have any X-Files related theories, stories, key points o...
Nov 09, 2022•49 min•Ep. 21
