So then it’s a paean to persistence!

Oh man, is the shush meme obnoxious.

Is it just me, or is there an undercurrent of “He did it and deserves to be punished” here?

I expect that might have been the situation. It was fairly rural, but there were homes in the area.

One of the strangest moments of my life was bicycling a trail through rural Ohio and coming across a flock (Google tells me “mob” is the correct word) of emus. God knows how they got there. lol

There was an AMAZING Easter Egg in this episode - Mulder receiving a text from former Senate majority leader Harry Reid about the New York Times’ recent article that revealed a secret Pentagon study into UFOs. (Which blew my mind a bit, because it’s the first time I ever recall the U.S. government admitting there’s…

It looks just like an actual classic superhero costume from the comics.
I do not see this as a problem.

There was a moment in Killer Klowns from Outer Space...

You mean he’s no longer with Vash?

The inclusion of chemtrails just felt like X-Files checking a box, to me.

We need Darin Morgan to write Zack’s reviews. ;-D

I feel like as soon as Miller and Einstein show up again, you can expect the show to nosedive.

I interpreted it as the son setting up Skinner to get revenge after his father’s suicide, but who knows?

It felt like the actor and the script played it like the sheriff could teeter over into country bumpkin cliche at any point, but then he never did, and that was great.

Aside from his white beard (which he could easily shave), he looks almost exactly the same!

I can’t be the only one who thinks Gillian Anderson looks even sexier now than she did back during The X-Files’ original run?

Paint It Black has to be on the menu.

Isn’t Darin Morgan a producer for Season 11? I feel like that might be contributing more to the show feeling like itself.

Isn’t Darin Morgan a producer for Season 11? I feel like that might be contributing more to the show feeling like itself.

Sorry, I was speaking more about the general trend of killing an animal for dramatic effect. Yes, there are instances where it makes sense in the narrative.