The File Room
An X Files rewatch podcast with Edwin Davies and Michaela Livingstone-Banks. Watch along as we delve into the dark heart of the American psyche via a TV show from the 90s. We’ll look at history, science, and maybe a bit of our own nostalgia. Whether this is your first time watching, or your tenth time watching, grab your flashlight, trust no one and strap in for the ride.
Episodes
Monday Feb 03, 2025
3.4 - Clyde Bruckman’s Final Repose
Monday Feb 03, 2025
Monday Feb 03, 2025
It’s a big episode this week as we tackle one of the consensus picks for best episode of the entire series.
Monday Jan 27, 2025
3.3 - DPO
Monday Jan 27, 2025
Monday Jan 27, 2025
Ed and Michaela discuss one of the coolest and most fun episodes of the X Files so far featuring a young Jack Black and Giovanni Ribisi.
Monday Jan 20, 2025
3.2 - Paper Clip
Monday Jan 20, 2025
Monday Jan 20, 2025
The thrilling finale of The X-Files' first three-parter has everything: bright lights, a mine in British Columbia pretending to be West Virginia, old men in rooms. Michaela and Ed discuss all this as well as the bits of real-life history that make this episode one of the best Mythology episodes the show ever did.
Monday Jan 13, 2025
3.1 - The Blessing Way
Monday Jan 13, 2025
Monday Jan 13, 2025
We're back to dive right into the action for this season 3 opener.
Monday Dec 30, 2024
0.2 Season 2 Recap
Monday Dec 30, 2024
Monday Dec 30, 2024
As they wrap up their first full year of the podcast, Michaela and Ed look back on the year, then go over the spreadsheet and try to assess how good season 2 of The X-Files was.
Thank you to everyone who has listened to the show this year! Happy holidays, and see you in 2025!
Monday Dec 23, 2024
2.25 - Anasazi
Monday Dec 23, 2024
Monday Dec 23, 2024
Spider Divination, aliens (?), all the bad stuff America has done and much more, in this thrilling, explosive season finale chat.
Monday Dec 16, 2024
2.24 - Our Town
Monday Dec 16, 2024
Monday Dec 16, 2024
Michaela and Ed reconvene after a month away from recording to talk about their trip to New York, before delving into an episode that is packed with literary allusions and chicken bits.
Monday Dec 09, 2024
2.23 - Soft Light
Monday Dec 09, 2024
Monday Dec 09, 2024
Michaela and Ed get a break from so-so formulaic episodes this week thanks to one Vince Gilligan, who makes his X-Files writing debut with a strange and inventive science gone wrong story.
Also, apologies for all the US politics talk at the beginning, this episode was recorded the Sunday after the election.

About the File Room
Separated by the Atlantic, but brought together by our interest in the X Files; We're Edwin Davies and Michaela Livingstone-Banks, bringing you interesting insights and a bit of our own take on the show, week by week, episode by episode. Watch along with us and get in touch to let us know your thoughts and theories!