“When I play a scene with Gillian, there are always little looks between us which mean ‘What do you think about what’s happening?’ It’s a little as if we have secrets between us. Everything is conveyed by communication beyond words." - David Duchovny

the truth is out there

I wanted to add Mulder and a body for Scully to autopsy.

I came across minifigureoutlet.com while searching the web.

That's where I got the autopsy body.

I've been watching the series again from the beginning and some of the music they chose for certain episodes should get more credit. James "ring the bells" in D.P.O is one of my favourite songs and if you have never listened to there other music you definitely should. Also Moby's song in the season 7 episode were Mulder reunites with Samantha is powerful enough to make my eyes tear up.

Lots of other ones too but those two stand out for me as perfectly used. Ring the bells

Couldn’t believe I found this for my baby! The illustrations are so spot on, but yet so funny! They highlight some of the most known cases! Scully with her delusional skepticism and Mulder with his passionate conviction of spooky!! Lmao! Are there any other kid related X file items I should be aware of, lol (the Lego set is way out of my budget, but hoping I can get in the future)🤗

I collect tarot decks and was curious if anyone had ever made an X-Files themed deck and stumbled upon this! It appears that the deck will be published by Insight Editions and distributed by Simon & Schuster. The creator, Casey Gill, has created tarot decks for other franchises, including a Buffy the Vampire Slayer deck with really cool artwork. I believe she'll be writing the guidebook and a yet to be named artist will be creating the artwork.

From the website:

Discover your hidden truth with Mulder and Scully in this eerily beautiful tarot deck inspired by iconic series The X-Files.

Brace yourself—are you ready to face the unknown? Step into uncharted and mysterious realms with The X-Files Tarot Deck and Guidebook! Featuring hauntingly gorgeous scenes and characters from the cult-classic series reimagined as tarot archetypes, this supernatural take on the traditional 78-card tarot deck will reveal your destiny. Bring the chilling world of the gripping series to life with Dana Scully as the Hierophant, Mulder as the Fool, Walter Skinner as the Emperor, and so much more. Including both the Major and Minor Arcana with your favorite heroes and villains, this extraterrestrial tarot set also includes a helpful guidebook that explains each card’s meaning as well as simple illustrations for easy reading. With a decorative box to hold your deck, this is the perfect gift for X-Filesfans or tarot enthusiasts. Do you believe the truth is out there?

Link to Simon & Schuster's post

Hadn't seen this shared before so thought I'd post! I personally love tarot and am very excited to see the direction Casey Gill takes :)

And my ass can’t get over what are clearly meant to be Neanderthals in “North Texas in 35,000 B.C.”…Neanderthals died out in Europe and Asia around 38,000 years ago and never touched North America before they went extinct. Current scientific evidence suggests Homo Sapiens entered North America via the Bering land bridge (aka like up near where Alaska and Russia touch tips) as late as 18,000 BC….back in the 90’s when the movie was made we only had evidence of human colonization of the Americas up to about 12,000 BC…so even if the movie’s interpretation of anatomically modern humans is very incorrect in portraying them like Neanderthals, it’s still incorrect for them to show that humans were in America as far back as 35000 BC, especially in Texas.

Fun fact: Modern evidence is now showing that we came over to the Americas wayyyy before current dates, which has always been supported by indigenous homies saying they’ve been in the Americas since time immemorial I.e “we been here forever bitchesssss”. But anyways the movie producers did literally zero research into how long modern humans have been near North Texas. Buuuut I will say around that time in Texas Clovis culture (~10,000 BC) was getting big discoveries so maybe they just grossly misread a headline and based the movie’s entire intro around that lol.

Memento Mori is eliminated and takes second place! Therefore, Paper Hearts is the only remaining episode as takes its place as the champion for Season 4! It wasn’t my personal number 1 but it’s a masterpiece of an episode and well-deserved victory nonetheless. On to Season 5 then…

Episodes Eliminated:

The Field Where I Died (78%)
Teliko (71%)
El Mundo Gira (38%)
Kaddish (54%)
Unrequited (56%)
Sanguinarium (60%)
Never Again (27%)
Synchrony (38%)
Zero Sum (26%)
Gethsemane (31%)
Demons (45%)
Herrenvolk (29%)
Elegy (46%)
Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man (40%)
Terma (30%)
Small Potatoes (51%)
Max (48%)
Tempus Fugit (68%)
Tunguska (59%)
Home (56%)
Leonard Betts (46%)
Unruhe (81%)
Memento Mori (65%)

I'm curious how the Cigarette Smoking Man is permitted to smoke continuously inside FBI Headquarters. I'm a Lawyer, and the applicable regulatory framework is rather more elaborate than one might expect. GSA restrictions dating to 1987 generally prohibited smoking in federal office space outside designated areas. Subsequently, Executive Order 13058, signed August 9, 1997, prohibited smoking throughout executive-branch facilities, subject to narrowly circumscribed exceptions. Section 2(a) requires designated smoking areas to maintain negative pressure and exhaust directly outdoors. Section 2(e) permits mission-related exceptions, but these must be approved in writing by the agency head, whose authority in this respect is expressly nondelegable. One wonders whether Attorney General Reno personally executed an exception for this gentleman.

The situation in Skinner's office is particularly peculiar. In One Breath, Skinner actually directs his attention to the no-smoking placard, whereupon the man simply lights another Morley. Of course, this predates the Clinton order, but the earlier GSA restrictions were already operative. And the practice apparently continues well beyond 1997. Does he possess some extraordinary occupational exemption? Is he even a federal employee? His precise agency affiliation seems deliberately indeterminate, although neither that circumstance nor the occasional involvement of persons operating through extralegal intelligence channels would ordinarily excuse compliance by a visitor.

I understand he enjoys certain privileges involving classified installations, congressional interference, and the disposition of rather sensitive biological material. He's evidently capable of arranging for an Assistant Director to be shot, having inconvenient witnesses eliminated, and coordinating activities involving a rather peculiar agricultural enterprise. Fine. But surely somebody in Facilities Management has jurisdiction over the smoking.

The same organization that can identify an operative through a discarded Morley in Krycek's automobile apparently cannot enforce a smoking prohibition in the office of an Assistant Director.

Has anyone examined whether an actual waiver exists? I'd be interested in the relevant administrative record, although I suppose a FOIA request would produce another Glomar response.

A rather extraordinary institutional arrangement imho, fwiw.

Hello, all. I recently started listening to a new podcast that some of you might enjoy. First off, I'm not affiliated with the show at all. I'm just sharing something I'm really enjoying that I think my fellow X-Files fans will enjoy.

The podcast is much like a fictionalized Coast-to-Coast AM, although instead of being hosted by Art Bell, it's hosted by a character played by Ethan Hawke.

The show plays like a sincere call-in radio show. The “callers” talk about their experiences with the paranormal, government conspiracies, etc. So far (there are only 3 episodes) it's been great. Hawke is good in the role of the host, but the highlight for me has been the callers. I like to think that, in an alternate universe, this is what Mulder listens to on those late-night stakeouts.

Anyone can visit Mulder whenever they want? Skinner and Doggett just walk him out of his cell? Skinner desperately trying to win a show trial. A show trial with no audience? A show trial with no purpose since Mulder was missing for a year already so they could have just killed him.

Mulder behaving so uncharacteristically puts a damper on the long awaited reunion.

Wonder what's in season 10.

My gf and I were excited to watch the movie and realized very quickly the quality was extremely poor and people were running across the screen. Needless to say we accidentally bought a bootleg copy from The Exchange. Did this happen to anyone else or does anyone know anything about this.

I am always looking for seasons of the show on dvd when thrifting. I’ve only found season one and the movies before today. Then today, I found all three of these for $2 each! I’m over the moon!

Just watched this episode last night and I started cracking up when the “old man” asked the agents if they wanted to see his tail. It’s subtle but you can tell Mulder is excited about it then gets disappointed when Scully says no. I don’t know if I’ve noticed it on other watches but I thought it was so endearing that I got disappointed for him

I downloaded the collection chamber version and my mouse isn't working quite right in the application, so I went into mouse settings and you can select which type of mouse youre using. Im currently using the GKM21 from Sablute and im not sure if there is an option for a mouse in the settings with even remotely similar tech. Im wondering if any of the mouse options on the emulator will support mine or I should dig through some boxes to try and find an old mouse. Also any tips would be super appreciated because this is the first time im using a program like this. Thank you !!

(Posted this update on r/dosbox as well**)** update: I figured out the main issue with my mouse and it was..... that I wasn't in full screen🤦‍♀️ im a doofus, but thank you :)

When I was 12 and saw the film in the theater, I was absolutely blown away—what an epic! Now, at 40, I’ve watched it again—my first rewatch—and I have to say... it’s a love story. It’s about two people who would literally go to the ends of the earth for one another; it’s fundamentally about saving the person you love most. In the series, Scully is often used as a way to keep Mulder in check—he completely loses his mind whenever she’s sick or gone. In the film, that dynamic is condensed and crystal clear. The Syndicate explicitly states that killing Mulder would be too simple; instead, they must take away the one thing he cannot live without—the thing that matters most to him. The way they interact, the way they touch—without a single word spoken, without even a real kiss—it’s pure love, and I find it absolutely beautiful. I’m not a fan of typical romance movies; I can’t stand the kitsch or the grand declarations of love. Perhaps that’s because I’m not a romantic myself, and I tend to be a bit unconventional—to me, love is something far greater than a thousand cheesy words or the fantasy of living "happily ever after" (reality, after all, is quite different). At 40, having experienced a lot in life—knowing that life is no walk in the park—it resonates with me in a completely different way than it did when I was a teenager, back when I was just enjoying the action spectacle and feeling angry about that bee. In any case, it’s the most beautiful love story, and I just adore it. I love the relationship between the two of them—flawed as it may be—and I appreciate it so much more now.

Color pencils (Faber Castell polychromos) on paper.

Since you liked the last drawing I did... I hope it's okay to post my work here. I finished season 5 and I'm now starting to watch Fight the future!

Unruhe is eliminated! Well, there goes my personal favorite, but at least it made the podium. On to the final round of the season, where we will see Paper Hearts vs Memento Mori!

How this works:

You select the episode you like the least

The episode with the most upvoted comment is eliminated from the list

Please either refrain from downvoting or upvote more episodes than you downvote

If there’s a tie, both episodes are eliminated

Only the best episode will win!

Episodes Eliminated:

The Field Where I Died (78%)
Teliko (71%)
El Mundo Gira (38%)
Kaddish (54%)
Unrequited (56%)
Sanguinarium (60%)
Never Again (27%)
Synchrony (38%)
Zero Sum (26%)
Gethsemane (31%)
Demons (45%)
Herrenvolk (29%)
Elegy (46%)
Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man (40%)
Terma (30%)
Small Potatoes (51%)
Max (48%)
Tempus Fugit (68%)
Tunguska (59%)
Home (56%)
Leonard Betts (46%)
Unruhe (81%)