B-b-b-b-but Carter reset his Genesis before the fatality counted!!!

This is, without a doubt, one of the worst arguments against criticism ever attempted. You don't have to create good television (or content of any kind, really) to effectively evaluate it. These things are way less connected than you seem to think.

Monica "I'm CSM's nicotine slave and all I got was this lousy cameo" Reyes.

At this point, it might as well have been written as Oregon Trails.

You're totally right to bring the hammer down on the craft of this season.

But by the same token, just because something is "extremely difficult" doesn't mean we should give him a pass for trying, either (participation trophies for everyone!).

Ahhh, X-Files: Season 10…or what will henceforth be referred to (if, indeed, AT ALL) only as:

The only thing hitting too close to home right now is that serving of refried beans you had last night (which most assuredly was not "too fresh").

Exactly, and yet there are still people at the craps table behind him betting that this verrrry next roll will win mama a new pair of shoes because they're too fully-invested by now to turn back (or maybe they're just really, really drunk).

This is what happens when you expend too much effort sippin' the CC Kool-Aid.

What about Allen Iverson's DNA?

I'm sorta secretly hoping you actually meant "ethnically," and not "ethically"…

LoL, same…this is a safe space (unlike the emotional enabling of the old AOL X-Files room…trigger warning!!).

When you start seriously attempting to metaphorically link the actions of Jihadists with the "music" of Billy Ray Cyrus, even in a fictional context, methinks it's high time to step away from your television set and take a nice, long walk outdoors.

Sure, sure — but there's a huge difference between having all the cooking ingredients present, and actually making a delicious completed entree (no?).

Yup, I have both…score is obviously fantastic, too* — but the soundtrack is so much better than even other great soundtracks (whereas there are lots of great scores from the past that I can listen all the way through without a hitch) that I thought it was worth mentioning, too.
* It's so fantastic, and yet it's somehow…

Man, you guys are really doing a lot of the legwork for these episodes. I think the hardcore XF fan has a fantastic imagination, which is the only explanation for how you can glean so much substance from such a distinctly insubstantial episode. :)

Oh, don't get me wrong — I think it's a completely viable topic to address.

There was honestly a pretty easy "fix" for this episode that would: a) make it less "offensive" in its portrayals (I didn't really have this issue personally, but whatever), b) make it more unpredictable, narratively, and c) actually make it, yanno, an X-File.

Been there, done that —called the character Mr. X.