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Join fresh-faced recruit Amanda and weathered, long-suffering fan Ella as we head back to the 90s to reopen the TV show The X-Files! Every week we discuss one episode in chronological order as we rediscover the thrills, chills, and spills of Mulder and Scully's investigations into the paranormal. Hop aboard our flying saucer! New episodes released every Tuesday.
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This week we are trying to outsmart a genie while we discuss “Je Souhaite”! We’re talking this episode chock-full of Classic Vince Guys, Small Mouth, whether or not the Boo Crew has groupies, the return of Scully’s Silly Science Corner, proto-Badger and Skinny Pete, and poor Gillian still in debt from mime school. We rage against Scully’s evidence …
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This week we are accidentally following our long-lost twins around the country while we discuss “Fight Club”! We’re talking Uncanny Valley Mulder and Scully, how something horrible must have happened to Mark Snow this week to produce this music, glasses that are just made for breaking, whether non-fraternal siblings are even a thing, and how a sewe…
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Welcome back to Mulder Nation! This week we are heading out on our yearly father-son bonding road trip while we discuss “An Ice Capade to Remember”! We’re talking how everything is topsy-turvy this week, Mulder and the Cigarette Smoking Man are on their father-son bonding trip, 2-person curly straws, how we wish Scully would just stop calling Mulde…
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This week we are going full Hollywood while we discuss “Hollywood A.D.”! We’re talking how Skinner can tell his career at the FBI is going to be cut short and deciding to pivot to his Hollywood producer era instead, how much we hate Wayne, how relaxing it is to have a lunchtime walk in a basement crypt, how Scully apparently speaks ancient Greek no…
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This week we are just confirming for everyone that smoking is indeed bad for you while we discuss “Brand X”! We’re talking the FBI inflicting protective custody on people, how ridiculous it is to get mad at the Bigfoot Division for coming up with theories about Bigfoot, theorize that the Cigarette Smoking Man must be at fault for this somehow, and …
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This week we are reuniting with old flames while we discuss “all things”! We’re talking how this episode clearly came about because Gillian Anderson wanted to direct a Moby music video, how scared we were by Daniel’s massive man hands, how this is Gillian’s first directing gig because she’s not tall enough to reach the cameras, we make fun of Scull…
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This week we are abandoning our partner on a stakeout to eat Eggs Benedict in the suburbs while we discuss “Chimera”! We’re talking Mulder being forced into suburbia yet again, how we simply must bring back psychomanteums, poor Scully abandoned on a crappy stakeout, Phil the Philanderer, and how traumatizing it is to see a bird. We propose Skinner …
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This week we are taking a road trip with a man we were pretty sure was our biggest nemesis while we discuss “En Ami”! We’re talking CGB and Scully’s Totally Rad Road Trip Spotify playlist, Mulder’s very necessary flowchart to manage his anxiety when Scully doesn’t answer the phone, CSM becoming very acquainted with Diesel Dana, whether the alien su…
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This week we are making poppets and popcorn and raging against modern medicine while we discuss “Theef”! We’re talking how this regional award is definitely the other woman in this doctor’s marriage, how much we love the cute little dirt men, how much we are sick of California, and how this is a big night for poultices. We propose a haunted award e…
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This week we are entering virtual reality to kick some virtual ass while we discuss “First Person Shooter”. Note the lack of an exclamation mark. We’re ready to be true haters this week. We talk how the term “male gaze” was probably invented to describe this episode, puzzle over the Venn diagram of Euro-goons and cyber trash, advocate for Gillian A…
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This week we are cruising the streets of Los Angeles in search of a werewolf while we discuss “X-Cops”! We’re talking Deputy Pretzel, Scully needing a giant hoodie and sunglasses to hide from the cameras, whether or not Mulder still has the Mrs. Bigfoot sketch in his wallet, how the glass ceiling is really about people assuming you haven’t seen IT,…
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This week we are tying our deep psychological trauma into a neat bow and moving on with our lives while we discuss “Closure”! We’re talking everyone’s need to wrap up the Samantha storyline already, how Harold the psychic has Shawn Spencer energy (derogatory), how Scully really needs a kid leash for Mulder, how much we want to see Scully in Mindhun…
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This week we are investigating Bad Santas and definitely NOT projecting about our missing sister while we discuss “Sein und Zeit”! We’re talking our need for Skinner to tag along on the Boo Crew’s cases, whether or not the incompetent lawyer is the parents’ third, the exciting (if you’re Chris Carter) appearance of Harsh Realm, and wonder what stag…
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This week we are trying to prove to snakes that we are righteous while we discuss “Signs and Wonders”! We’re talking Boring Church vs. Fun Church, Wayne from Letterkenny making an appearance, the disgusting lack of Screaming Guy in the credits, how much we love beloved character actress Beth Grant, how Reverend Enoch really gets the most out of eve…
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This week we are heckling boring street magicians while we discuss “The Amazing Maleeni”! We’re talking how Billy LaBonge could only exist in 2004, how Mulder and Scully are embroiled in their sick, twisted games and pulling the rest of us into it, how Scully demands in her rider that Mulder be the eye candy at the autopsy, their triumphant return …
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This week we are welcoming back our least favorite death fetishist serial killer while we discuss “Orison”! We’re talking the dawn of the 21st century, boo Donnie for a while, how it’s dangerous to wake up Scully after she’s tucked in for bedtime, how silly it is that Donnie turns into a literal demon, tactical Scully, Mulder automatically turning …
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This week we are trying to outthink the machinations of fate while we discuss “The Goldberg Variation”! We’re talking our need for a poker x-ray view, Mulder making entrances like Gene Parmesan for the delight of Scully, celebrate a rare Scully is right episode, get excited about Rube Goldberg machines, and note that Scully likes baseball now… That…
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This week we are trying to outrun this messy drug metaphor while we discuss “Rush”! We’re talking Diesel Dana, very aesthetic interrogation rooms, how episodes like this almost (almost) make us miss Howie, the criminally-underused Ann Dowd, and Mulder being hilariously and dramatically offended by being called old. We decide that we’re Chuck fans n…
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This week we are counting down to Y2K while we discuss “Millennium”! We’re talking how poor Millennium didn’t make it to the millennium, wonder whether Scully forgot about her ouroboros tattoo, point out that Skinner really does love to sit on these time-sensitive cases until it will be the most dramatic, welcome Frank Black to the pod, and finally…
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This week we are trying to control our hunger pangs for human brains while we discuss “Hungry”! We’re talking how Amanda loves a Donnie Darko type, how the fast food manager is giving us Gus Fring vibes (Vince, you wiley dog!), how Mulder might be extra sensitive about this case post-brain surgery, and how this therapist is down BAD. Girl, get a ho…
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This week we are traversing the hills and valleys of Mulder’s psyche while we discuss “The Sixth Extinction II: Amor Fati”! We’re talking painfully obvious Jesus metaphors, how exciting it is that Mulder has finally become the X-File, Scully sucking out Skinner’s nanobots, the exciting return of Deep Throat, how Kimberly really needs an anti-Boo Cr…
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This week we are showing off our extraterrestrial telekinetic powers while we discuss “The Sixth Extinction”! We’re talking Mulder becoming an All-Brain (whatever that is), hate on trilobites for a while, Scully in her Lara Croft/Indiana Jones era, 0 days since Mulder and Skinner’s last physical confrontation, and how much we hate the Frankenstein …
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This week we are bidding adieu to Season 6 in style. We exhaustively rank the episodes and talk about our thoughts on the season as a whole, read some listener emails and questions, and play a guessing game. Topics of conversation: Toby Lindala and his LA-Skin Suit, complaints about the huge waste of Bruce Campbell, how sad it is that the writers r…
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This week we are discovering alien spacecraft off of the West African coast while we discuss “Biogenesis”! We’re talking the excitement of new locations in Skinner’s office but the sadness of them being used for betrayal, our beloved Pointing Group, whether Mulder is getting alien visions or they’re still being digested by mushrooms, the return of …
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This week we are either investigating a regular X-File or being digested by cave mushrooms (dealer’s choice) while we discuss “Field Trip”! We’re talking how much Jim Beaver loves bog sludge, Scully scraping mountains with her truck, how romantic it is to decay together, how hurtful it is that Mulder got betrayed by goo, and get excited about Mulde…
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This week we are solving political assassinations in Las Vegas while we discuss “Three of a Kind”! We’re talking how The Lone Gunmen are just barely cooler than the roving bands of nerds infesting this hotel, how they’ll just give a voiceover to anyone these days (it used to be special!), how much we are not buying the Susanne/Byers romance, and ho…
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This week we are being seduced by the great game of baseball while we discuss “The Unnatural”! We’re talking the shocking amount of cactus hatred, how much Mulder and Scully love destroying FBI property and how they could just go on dates if they wanted to hang instead, the Pythagorean theorem for jocks, Amanda’s favorite alien guy she’s been waiti…
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This week we are writing long, purple monologues about our neighbors while we discuss “Milagro”! We’re talking our love for John Hawkes, the return of the evidence-disposal furnace, whether or not we can take a man in a hoodie seriously, and most importantly of all, MULDER NEIGHBOR LORE. We’ve been waiting, we’ve been asking, and finally, we get to…
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We’re taking a bit of a break this week to catch up on our recording schedule, so we’re bringing you the Philefest convention gossip HOT* (*2 weeks late) off the presses. We answer a few Twitter questions, talk about the panels we saw, Amanda beaming her thought waves into Pat Skipper, the rowdy crowd for the movie showing, Darin Morgan and his kil…
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This week we are phasing through walls and tracking down our secret sons while we discuss “Trevor”! We’re talking 1930s-ass prisons, Mulder writing in his middle-school diary, Pinker Rawls: the most convict name in the world, Jackie being the MVP, the horror of Lariat disrespect, and how fun it looks to char words into a wall. We complain about how…
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This week we are dodging both jealous partners and shapeshifting dogs while we discuss “Alpha”! We’re talking about how scared we were this was going to turn into a Panflute episode, all of the awkward banter that didn’t land, how Karyn is in all ways that matter just Will Graham, launch a Hannibal-related theory, and just kind of shake our heads a…
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This week we are moving to the suburbs while we discuss “Arcadia”! We’re talking mailbox-painting freaks, how bad Mulder and Scully are at going undercover, where Tim Robinson of I Think You Should Leave would fit in in this episode, Skinner being way way WAY too into this fake married scenario, and make a lot of “[Borat voice] My wife!” jokes. Sor…
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This week we are stuck in the most boring time loop ever while we discuss “Monday”! We’re talking twitchy Chihuahua women, Mulder sleeping in a BED, the timeline breaking if Scully does not get an opportunity to stroke Mulder’s hair, how much we hate Screaming Woman, and some extremely upsetting Kimberly lore that we are going to elect to ignore fo…
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This week we are trying to solve an X-File in the middle of a hurricane while we discuss “Agua Mala”! We’re talking wet-cat Boo Crew, the return of Goo Mulder and how much we missed him, how little anyone in this episode takes hurricanes seriously, nickname one of the characters Deputy Scully which isn’t confusing At All, and potentially discover w…
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This week we are being rounded up by alien rebels in a hangar while we discuss “One Son”! We’re talking the Boo Crew emoting in the shower, Syndicate trolley problems, wonder whether CSM had any part in raising Jeffrey, try our best to do a Junior impression, and cheer on the return of our favorite Winter Soldier, Marita Covarrubias! We play some m…
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This week we are trying to prevent an imminent alien invasion while we discuss “Two Fathers”! We’re talking Hazmat suits with assless chaps, the Boo Crew flirting on the basketball court, whether or not we’re turning around on Spender, Mulder being the kind of man old ladies fawn over, and the Cigarette Smoking Man being MARRIED?! Cassandra, girl, …
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This week we are taking photographs of Death itself as we discuss “Tithonus”! We’re talking a Verified Breaking Bad Moment, how much we miss Boy Detective, Josh Ritter’s surprising guest appearance in this episode, Mulder being a nosy creep, and how much Scully loves getting into intense emotional relationships with old men. We get sad about the Bo…
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This week we are getting infected with nanobots while we discuss “S.R. 819”! We’re talking Doctor Drama, the thousands of parking garages in the episode, how Skinner is truly part of the gang now that he’s gotten a voiceover, boo at Kimberly disrespect, get excited about a Senate photo booth after passing bills, eternally wonder where Skinner’s wif…
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This week we are watching cows get sucked up into tornadoes while we discuss “The Rain King”! We’re talking our long-long-awaited arrival in Kansas, whether or not controlling the weather is a federal crime, how much we love the Rain King’s vibes, Mulder and Scully gazing at each other, how endearing it is that Mulder has no ability to read social …
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This week we are collecting demon babies like Pokemon while we discuss “Terms of Endearment”! We’re talking Betsy’s absolutely terrifying human eyes (much scarier than her demon eyes), Mulder digging through the X-Files trash like a gremlin, whether Za Za Za is a satanic chant or just a hint that someone’s hungry, celebrate Bruce Campbell but mourn…
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This week we are exploring a haunted mansion while we discuss “How the Ghosts Stole Christmas”! We’re talking how Scully would NOT still be shopping on Christmas Eve, ghost relationship goals, how haunted houses are just a spawn point for Mulder, Mulder and Scully getting Sims-ed, how no woman has ever been as stressed out as Scully is, how hurtful…
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This week we are involved in some wacky hijinks at Area 51 while we discuss “Dreamland II”! We’re talking how real it is that Teena covers all the furniture in plastic, our new favorite watering hole the Little Ale’Inn (a Western-themed alien bar? Hello!), how Discount Discount Spender becomes Premium Spender, we rate the men of the show on their a…
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This week we are getting body-swapped outside of Area 51 while we discuss “Dreamland I”! We’re talking Mulder’s military-arrest punch card, Discount Discount Spender, how we’re a little disappointed that Mulder and Scully didn’t swap bodies, how Area 51 is surprisingly lame and boring, and Morris Fletcher: Feminist Ally. We support Scully in killin…
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This week we are caught in a 1930’s time warp while we discuss “Triangle”! We’re talking one-shot takes, King of De-escalation Mulder, how much we love fast-talking take-charge Scully, propose some Rope (1948) merchandise, get worried about Skinner losing his vacation pay, enjoy Chris Carter’s uninspiring episode commentary, discover that Skinner a…
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This week we are speeding down Nevada highways so our heads don’t explode while we discuss “Drive”! We’re talking Mr. Cranston’s real Walter White-ass behavior, quiet kissers, how much Mulder needs his bedtime call with Scully, how excited Kersh is about chewing the Boo Crew out, wonder where our guy Skinner is, and cast Vince Gilligan in the Fast …
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This week we are hunting for bodybuilder aliens in nuclear reactors while we discuss “The Beginning”! We’re talking the show entering its LA Era, try to come up with a name for Spender and Fowley’s Bargain Bin Boo Crew, Mulder itemizing his trip to Antarctica (because of course he would), how absurd it is that Scully is still this much of a skeptic…
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The time has finally come! This week we are trying to outrun spaceships in Antarctica while we discuss The X-Files: Fight the Future movie! We’re talking cavemen with blistering sexual tension, our special little guy the fire chief and his Texan men, count up fan service (and disservice) points, cheer on Scully yelling at people, boo at Z-list Back…
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This week we are taking a breath and looking back at Season 5 as a whole. We’re talking saying goodbye to Vancouver, the evil interview warehouse, how much we do not want to be perceived by the cast, the surprising Schizogeny contingent, and of course, The X-Files/Breaking Bad crossover we are all clamoring for. We read some listener emails, defini…
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This week we are mourning our beloved X-Files office being burnt down while we discuss “The End”! We’re talking the excessive cymbals on the soundtrack, how Spender and Krycek are two sides of the same dorky coin, how Mulder has been saving up his older brother energy and he’s ready to bully Spender, the Cigarette Smoking Man going full Gone Girl, …
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This week we are accusing our bosses of being soul-sucking bug creatures while we discuss “Folie a Deux”! We’re talking how surprising it is that this is Mulder’s first time being institutionalized, examine our anti-bug AND anti-zombie biases and try to be better people, propose a Sku Crew + Kimberly bottle episode, and spend an inordinate amount o…
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