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Join us as we watch and discuss some of the best episodes of The X Files from a scientifically created list (picked by us). We talk about the aliens, cryptids, and 90s to find out if the truth is indeed out there.
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Hello to our lovely listeners! Laura and Shelby wrap up Condensed Truth by offering our final thoughts on our quest to find the essential X Files episodes. We chat about our findings, talk a lot about sports for some reason, and chat about what we're doing with our time now.
A huge THANK YOU to everyone listened to our ramblings or came on the pod to chat, we appreciate all y'all!
New guest Mary joins us on our FINAL recap episode, S11E04 "The Lost Art of Forehead Sweat". We talk about the revival seasons, conspiracies during the Trump presidency, and the show's legacy.
Send in any thoughts or questions you have to be included in our wrap up episode to condensedtruthpod@gmail.com.
Tune in next time when we bring you a wrap up and any final thoughts on the show and the podcast!
Nick (@NickRichWrites) returns to bring us a bad omen: The X Files: I Want to Believe. We talk about the second movie in all its late Bush era X Files glory? We try to piece together this scattered plot, discuss break up MSR, and whether the crew had one left in them.
Some background on the second movie: https://thexfileswebarchive.neocities.org/secondmovie
Tune in next time with our FINAL episode recap with S11E04 "The Lost Art of Forehead Sweat".
We are joined by our close, personal friends who are real and alive, the Lone Gunmen, in S09E15 "Jump the Shark". We chat about this send off for The Lone Gunmen (the show) and the Lone Gunmen (the trio), our personal last meals, and post-9/11 The X Files.
Apologies for the weird sounds in the part when Shelby's cat got on her desk, he doesn't behave.
Tune in next time when we watch I Want to Believe and follow us on Twitter @condensedtruth!
Vincent (@scullygirl96) joined us to examine the numerology of S09E13 "Improbable". We meet the lovely Reyes as she solves a serial killer case using numerology and owning those psychologist bozos at the FBI. We talk Reyes as new Mulder, Burt Reynolds as God, and Scully as perpetually annoyed by 9 years of this.
Check out Vincent's X Files archive! https://thexfileswebarchive.neocities.org/
Tune in next time when we watch S09E15 "Jump the Shark" and follow us on Twitter @condensedtruth!
Join us as we talk about the William plot! We focus on S08E13 "Per Manum" as well as a number of later season episodes involving William Scully-Mulder. We talk Scully's struggles, the puppy dog that is John Doggett, and the unkillable nature of CSM's sons.
Tune in next time when we watch S09E13 "Improbable" and follow us on Twitter @condensedtruth!
We briefly pop in to wrap up season 7 as we near the end of our journey. We talk about the season 7 finale, discuss what we have left, and just chat about the show generally.
Tune in next time when we talk S08E13 "Per Manum" and the William story line generally and follow us on Twitter @condensedtruth!
New guest Sam joins us to mull over our three wishes we got from S07E21 "Je Souhaite". We discussed genies, dead invisible bodies, and Mulder's attempt to stop 9/11 with his "Peace on Earth" wish. Also, are we sure Barbara Eden never killed anybody?
Tune in next time when we wrap up season 7 and follow us on Twitter @condensedtruth!
Super guest Tori (@torlinnea) joined us in Tinseltown where we talked S07E19 "Hollywood AD". We talk David Duchovny's second directed episode, him casting his then wife Téa Leoni as movie Scully, and baby counterculture Mulder. We try to make sense of the plot and talk the memorable bubble bath scene.
Tune in next time when we watch S07E21 "Je Souhaite" and follow us on Twitter @condensedtruth!
We are joined by Abriana (@abriana) to talk about the girlboss episode S07E17 "all things". We get crunchy with Gillian Anderson's writing and directorial debut, talk Moby, and Scully's terrible taste in men. Join our white woman Buddhist journey towards answering important questions like "does time pass in moments?"
Check out Abriana's vintage shop at https://www.instagram.com/ambrosiavintage_/
Tune in next time when we watch S07E19 "Hollywood AD" and follow us on Twitter @condensedtruth!
Nick (@NickRichWrites) returned to discuss the X Files and COPS crossover, S07E12 "X-Cops". We talk about the show COPS and its legacy, copaganda and The X Files place within cop media, and also just how incredibly funny this episode is.
Knock LA's piece about the LASD gangs: https://knock-la.com/tradition-of-violence-lasd-gang-history/
Article about the shows COPS: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/jun/11/cops-american-police-tv-show
Tune in next time when we watch S07E17 "all things" and follow us on Twitter @condensedtruth!
Returning guest Mikaela (@xalexspark) chatted with us about S07E10/11 "Sein Und Zeit" and "Closure". We share our thoughts about this unconventional approach to an X Files episode and the conclusion of the Samantha Mulder story. We talk protective Scully, Mulder muldering, and "Walk-ins"…whatever that means.
Apologies for the bit of audio issues in this episode.
Tune in next time when we watch S07E12 "X-Cops" and follow us on Twitter @condensedtruth!
We bring y'all a busy episode while we wrap up season 6 and talk about Chris Carter's canceled Amazon pilot "The After". We also attempt to explain the season 6 finale and season 7 openers, "Biogenesis" and "The Sixth Extinction". We do some Diana hating, talk brain surgery, and try to list all the nameless characters in "The After".
Tune in next time when we watch S07E10/11 "Sein Und Zeit" and "Closure" and follow us on Twitter @condensedtruth!
Allie (@allie_lingren) was dropped off by aliens to talk S06E21 "Field Trip" with us. We talk about Mulder and Scully's hallucinations from a big mushroom and how the episode explores the Mulder and Scully believer/skeptic dynamic in a fresh way. We talk about Scully and Skinner's friendship, Scully's lackluster theory, and Mulder's beleaguered neighbors.
Tune in next time when we wrap up season 6 and talk about Chris Carter's failed amazon pilot "The After" and follow us on Twitter @condensedtruth!
Rocío returns and we talk baseball and love and other stuff pertaining to S06E19 "The Unnatural". We discuss baseball and the Negro League, cacti, and the ICONIC Mulder and Scully baseball scene.
Tune in next time when we watch S06E21 "Field Trip" and follow us on Twitter @condensedtruth!
Returning guest Brianda chats about fake marriage shenanigans in S06E15 "Arcadia". We talk American suburbia, professionally undercover annoying Mulder mode, and a delightfully irritated Scully. We also spend some time trying to figure out if Scully or Gillian has ever worn jeans.
Tune in next time when we watch S06E19 "The Unnatural" and follow us on Twitter @condensedtruth!
New guest Mikaela (@xalexspark) entered into the time loop with us to experience S06E14 "Monday" over and over again. We talk Mulder's Monday from time loop hell, the story of his water bed, fate and free will, and big spender at the expense of his savings Mulder. We also offer some better solutions to the curious ending of this episode.
Mikaela's The X Files s1-ftf newsletter: https://kaedrabbles.substack.com/p/kaes-the-x-files-journey-part-1-of
Tune in next time when we watch S06E15 "Arcadia" and follow us on Twitter @condensedtruth!
New guest Allie (@allie_lingren) joined us to chat about death in S06E10 "Tithonus". We get a great Scully story with her patented belief/non-belief, Mulder's extreme boredom and lack of enrichment, the parallels of this episode with "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose" and the final answer on whether Scully is immortal.
Tune in next time when we watch S06E14 "Monday" and follow us on Twitter @condensedtruth!
We talked S06E08 "The Rain King" with returning guest Rocío. We talk about the funny/odd vibes of early season 6, loser Mulder, the fan fic type fun of the plot, and all things weird Midwestern weather. We discuss Holman's character 90s vibe compared to how that character works today and laugh a lot, to be honest.
Tune in next week when we talk S06E10 "Tithonus" with a guest and follow us @condensedtruth!
Ho Ho Ho, Merry Christmas in March as Kevin (@droneymitchell) joins us to celebrate Christmas with S06E06 "How the Ghosts Stole Christmas". We have a cheap set and two very special guest stars with Ed Asner and Lily Tomlin. Mulder and Scully are up to their usual co-dependent ways as they spend Christmas Eve in a haunted mansion being psychoanalyzed by ghosts.
Tune in next time when we watch S06E08 "The Rain King" and follow us on Twitter @condensedtruth!
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