Krycek Would Not Take the Left Turn at Alberquerque

Season 2 of The X-Files reaches the first two part episode!

Duane Barry is an excellently tense, hostage negotiation episode with a guest star who's trustworthiness wanes as the episode goes on only for the final moments to call any doubts into question. We however find time to talk about Mulder's speedos and poke at just how relevant the whole Phineas Gage thing is to Scully's insistence Duane Barry himself can't be trusted.

Ascension sparks a continued debate over whether the first of the two objects with light beams in the sky over Skyland Mountain is a military UFO, a regular UFO or a helicopter. Since I get to write these bits I would argue one of the former, but I know on social media I am not getting anywhere with this argument and seemingly everyone else thinks its the latter. We do again wind up talking about how rushed Krycek's character feels in this little three episode arc.

Also; Skinner, you can like, just re-open the X-Files?! On a whim?!

Kim's Conspiracy Corner is caught up with no end of inconsistencies and ambiguities across the new reveals of what Duane Barry tells us and the glimpses whether real or imagined of the alien abductions...

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