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X-Files Retrospective Podcast

X-Files Retrospective Podcast

By Blaine Dowler

A look back at every episode of "The X-Files," both movies, the spinoff, and the parodies.
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Millennium (7x04)

X-Files Retrospective PodcastJan 22, 2019

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Goblins (Novel)

Goblins (Novel)

In this novel by Charles Grant, Mulder and Scully are joined by two other agents tracking down a seemingly invisible killer.

Mar 21, 202306:41
Millennium: 522666 (1x05)

Millennium: 522666 (1x05)

Frank Black engages in a battle of wits with a bomber.

Mar 07, 202308:06
Millennium: The Judge (1x04)

Millennium: The Judge (1x04)

Frank is called in to investigate when body parts are sent in the mail to seemingly random people.

Feb 21, 202307:44
Millennium: Dead Letters (1x03)

Millennium: Dead Letters (1x03)

Frank travels to Portland, Oregon to track a serial killer, and works with an officer being considered for employment by the Millennium group.

Feb 07, 202310:19
Whirlwind (Novel)

Whirlwind (Novel)

Mulder and Scully investigate a series of murders, in which the victims appear to have been skinned alive.

Jan 24, 202305:27
Millennium: Gehenna (1x02)

Millennium: Gehenna (1x02)

Frank is called to San Francisco to investigate serial killings that lead him to a cult.

Jan 10, 202309:22
Millennium: Pilot (1x01)

Millennium: Pilot (1x01)

Meet Frank Black, and man we've met before when this series had its final episode as a part of The X-Files in season 7.

Dec 27, 202216:02
Dusk (Short Story)

Dusk (Short Story)

Mulder and Scully investigate missing teenage girls who were obsessed with an unhealthy "romance" in a series of vampire novels.

Nov 29, 202205:40
Loving the Alien (Short Story)

Loving the Alien (Short Story)

Scully needs to investigate alone to find a missing Agent Mulder.

Nov 15, 202204:25
Oversight (Short Story)

Oversight (Short Story)

Skinner needs to convince the accounting department not to shut down the X-Files.

Nov 01, 202206:47
Topps Comics 2 and 3

Topps Comics 2 and 3

Mulder and Scully investigate the deaths of witnesses to a 40 year old UFO crash, and uncover an entirely different government conspiracy.

Oct 18, 202207:44
Not To Be Opened Until X-Mas (Topps Comics Issue #1)

Not To Be Opened Until X-Mas (Topps Comics Issue #1)

Mulder and Scully must chase a document stolen from the Vatican.

Oct 04, 202206:21
Ground Zero: Novel

Ground Zero: Novel

Kevin J. Anderson makes his first contribution to the world of The X-Files.

Sep 20, 202209:13
Back in El Paso My Life Will Be Worthless (Short Story)

Back in El Paso My Life Will Be Worthless (Short Story)

Agent Jackson Cole is forced to work with Mulder and Scully against his will when one of his closed cases opens again.

Sep 06, 202205:45
Catatonia (Short Story)

Catatonia (Short Story)

Mulder and Scully investigate catatonic teenagers, in a case completely unrelated to the pilot episode of the series.

Aug 23, 202205:46
Non Gratum Anus Rodentum (Short Story)

Non Gratum Anus Rodentum (Short Story)

Skinner needs to decide which side he's on, but he gets distracted by seeing a man he served with in Vietnam.

Aug 09, 202206:35
Beast of Little Hill (Short Story)

Beast of Little Hill (Short Story)

Mulder and Scully investigate two completely different "alien" bodies in a tourist trap town.

Jul 26, 202207:27
X-Files Origins: Devil's Advocate

X-Files Origins: Devil's Advocate

This novel by Jonathan Mayberry gives us a look at a teenage Dana Scully, whose classmates keep dying under suspicious circumstances.

Jul 12, 202207:34
X-Files Origins: Agent of Chaos

X-Files Origins: Agent of Chaos

A look at Kami Garcia's novel about 17 year old Fox Mulder.

Jun 28, 202208:09
Stryzga

Stryzga

Lauren A. Forry takes us into the woods of Pennsylvania for this short story from The X-Files: Secret Agendas.

Jun 14, 202206:03
Kanashibari (Short Story)

Kanashibari (Short Story)

Mulder and Scully investigate Japanese mythology while in California.

May 31, 202207:57
Dead Ringer (Short Story)

Dead Ringer (Short Story)

Mulder and Scully encounter a pair of fae.

May 17, 202206:29
The Voice of Experience (Short Story)
May 03, 202207:15
What the X-Files Means to Us

What the X-Files Means to Us

Listener feedback, and an announcement.

Apr 19, 202209:17
Series Wrap Up

Series Wrap Up

A look back at the entire series.

Apr 12, 202230:44
Season 11 Wrap Up

Season 11 Wrap Up

A look back at season 11.

Apr 05, 202206:24
My Struggle IV (11x10)

My Struggle IV (11x10)

Mulder and Scully get a lead on the whereabouts of their son, and several important characters will be dead by the time it's all said and done.

Mar 29, 202214:30
Nothing Lasts Forever (11x09)

Nothing Lasts Forever (11x09)

Mulder and Scully meet a former movie and television star who really, really doesn't like to grow old.

Mar 15, 202210:17
Familiar (11x08)

Familiar (11x08)

Mulder and Scully investigate the deaths of several children in Connecticut.

Mar 01, 202211:20
Rm9xbG93ZXJz (11x07) (X-Files Retrospective #239)

Rm9xbG93ZXJz (11x07) (X-Files Retrospective #239)

Always tip your server.

Feb 15, 202208:44
Kitten (11x06)

Kitten (11x06)

Skinner goes AWOL, and it's directly related to his time in Vietnam.

Feb 01, 202210:36
Ghouli (11x05)

Ghouli (11x05)

A teenage boy makes his girlfriends try to kill each other, in a very personal case for Mulder and Scully.

Jan 18, 202209:48
The Lost Art of Forehead Sweat (11x4)

The Lost Art of Forehead Sweat (11x4)

Mulder and Scully reunite with Reggie, their original partner who started the X-Files. You remember Reggie, right?

Jan 04, 202210:30
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Jan 03, 202203:01
Plus One (11x3)

Plus One (11x3)

Mulder and Scully deal with doppelgangers in an episode that is significantly better than Fight Club.

Dec 21, 202109:43
This (11x2)

This (11x2)

Langly reaches out for help, but Langly's dead... isn't he?

Dec 07, 202107:29
My Struggle III (11x1)

My Struggle III (11x1)

We get the resolution to that massive cliffhanger from season ten. Sort of.

Nov 23, 202112:58
Season 10 Wrap Up

Season 10 Wrap Up

An overview of the televised season 10.

Nov 16, 202105:52
My Struggle II (10x6)

My Struggle II (10x6)

Mulder and Scully try to stop the end of the world as we know it, and they do not feel fine.

Nov 09, 202109:52
Babylon (10x5)

Babylon (10x5)

Mulder and Scully meet their FBI doppelgangers and get involved in a terrorism case.

Oct 26, 202116:57
Home Again (10x4)

Home Again (10x4)

Glen Morgan returns as writer, and also as director, when Mulder and Scully go to Philadelphia to investigate murders related to a homeless relocation project.

Oct 12, 202109:56
Mulder and Scully Meet the Were-Monster (10x3)

Mulder and Scully Meet the Were-Monster (10x3)

Mulder and Scully are brought in to investigate a series of murders whose prime suspect is able to transform between human and reptile forms.

Sep 28, 202110:12
Founder's Mutation (10x2)

Founder's Mutation (10x2)

Mulder and Scully investigate a strange suicide in a medical research facility.

Sep 14, 202108:56
My Struggle (10x1)

My Struggle (10x1)

Mulder and Scully return again in the event series, 23 years after the series originally hit the airwaves.

Aug 31, 202109:24
Bones: The X in the File (5x11)

Bones: The X in the File (5x11)

Another procedural show spoofs The X-Files and guest stars some very familiar performers.

Aug 24, 202110:59
The X-Files: I Want to Believe

The X-Files: I Want to Believe

Mulder and Scully return to the silver screen to save the lives of kidnapped villains with the help of a psychic sex offender.

Aug 17, 202129:46
Season 9 Wrap Up

Season 9 Wrap Up

A look back at the entirety of season nine.

Aug 10, 202108:06
The Truth (9x19)

The Truth (9x19)

Mulder returns, and is put on trial for his life in the original series finale.

Aug 03, 202117:11
Sunshine Days (9x18)

Sunshine Days (9x18)

Doggett and Reyes investigate a murder in... the Brady house?

Jul 20, 202111:18
Release (9x17)

Release (9x17)

John Doggett finally gets closure regarding the death of his son.

Jul 06, 202111:49