The File Room

Before they dive into season five of The X-Files, Michaela and Ed fulfill their prerogatives at millennials by talking about The Simpsons on the internet. Specifically, the X-Files/Simpsons crossover episode, The Springfield Files. They also commiserate over both being either sick or just recovering from being sick.
Correction: When Ed is talking about visiting York, he mistakenly says that some of the streets were used for filming the first Harry Potter film, which is incorrect - they are often assumed to have been inspiration for Diagon Alley in the books.

We've come to the end of another season so Michaela and Ed take a little time to look back on the highs and lows of Season 4 of The X-Files.
Thank you all for listening to us in 2025! We hope that you have had a good holiday period and a Happy New Year!

Shocking season finale... but can we buy it? Ed and Michaela try to forget what they know to unpick the storytelling PLUS get your tastebuds ready whilst we discuss Ed's Thanksgiving meal.

Mulder wakes up in a bad situation and has to figure out how he got there, and Michaela and Ed discuss the ways in which different Arnold Schwarzenegger movies emotionally scared them.

Michaela and Ed discuss this episode that is... let's say "clumsy" in its treatment of people with autism.

Michaela and Ed discuss the very nature of horror itself as Walter Skinner finds himself trapped in the web of the Cigarette Smoking Man.

Ed and Michaela discuss Vince Gilligan's homage to Darin Morgan, starring none other than Darin Morgan himself.
Heads up about content: if you've watched the episode you know it touches on sexual assault. We'll be discussing that in this episode.

The X-Files tackles time travel (yay!) but it's not as fun as you'd hope (boo!). Michaela and Ed try to figure out what's missing from an episode that on paper should be really good.