In this episode, Lindsey and Jeff break down two exception X-Files episodes, “Beyond the Sea” and “Humbug”, from season one and season two, respectively. Lon Suder and the Enigma feature prominently, and the Man From Another Place even makes an appearance!
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Beyond the Sea
season 1 ep 13
its christmas!
her dad likes to tease her
is she religious?
she rebels by punishing herself with pine needles lol
mom doesnt know why he wants to leave early?
or does she know something?
ohhh she wants dad to admit hes proud of Dana
motherfuckers will pay anything to look like they have hair
whats dad saying?
we lost your dad :(
hes a ghost!
our first look at the credits
groovy song
seems more like the credits of an unexplained mysteries
inappropriate, Dana
shes shocked to be called Dana by Mulder
Luther Lee Boggs - Brad Dourif
Boggs is a family annihilator
what do we know about FAs
LLB wants to meet Mulder
Dana works to deal with pain
Mulder is sweet with Dana
he wanted to be spread in the sea and not buried at Arlington
french beyond the sea
"he was your father"
what does that mean?!
what four letter words would you put on your fists?
LLB channeling, he really goes for it
have you ever seen someone channel for real?
Ramtha in Yelm
can convicts have earrings?
"i gotta go, i gotta go"
he sings the tune! but not in French? is that just for us or does it mean anything
this music is so creepy
haunting horns, feathery strings
Mulder is mad!
"I thought that youd be pleased that id opened myself up to extreme possibilities"
"I love this job" "You love your father"
spooky circle pan
so wet
dont go near the white cross
your blood spills on the white cross
oh dang Mulder got it in the leg
Danas trippin
was Lucas Henry Boggs's partner?
wow Scully says some angry nonsense
Dana sees Mulder? its always odd when cops are hallucinating yet stay at work
whoa now hes channeling Scully at 14!
"theres plenty o room in that cold dark place for liars, Scully"
is it proof that he hasnt reformed not giving up the boys
location? or is saving your own life enough to justify letting someone dies?
great prison model!
Cops lie! Bearing false witness is a commandment and your good catholic girl Scully crossed that one right off the list
its our ACAB moment of the day
circles, barrels, huge vats
condemned factory
old blue devil brewery
"dont follow Henry to the devil, leave that to me"
wow Scully just rolls into view, shes feelin reckless
lol she sent a goon on ahead
love that rat squeakage
oops Boggs got him
she didnt really need that warning considering it was all the way across the room
"I believe that if you had orchestrated this kidnapping, Lucas Henry would have been aware of the danger you warned me about"
hes got some wild eyebrows
i trim mine, did men not do that in the 90s?
ugh the death penalty sucks...im reminded of The Player and also Dead Man Walking
Mulder is like now you dont believe? weird
"I'm afraid. I'm afraid to believe."
"He was my father."
Mulders soft touch on her arm - what a chap
Humbug
season 2 ep 20
weird reddish face of guy in the woods
hand all funky
kids playing in pool
green eyes
something in the water
weird red gloopy mouth?
goes in water, scares gatorman
kills gatorman
48 attacks!!
same weird weapon
sounds like a hungry monster,
like flukeman
Scully is stunned by the idea of being ugly
the freak funeral is great
suspects!
"they rod and thy staff"
pastor has no arms so uses his feet
bearded lady is gatormans wife
subway ghost from Ghost!
Vincent Schiavelli
"i cant wait for the wake"
Jerry was an escape artist
Hepcat Helm, artist that drew fishman
Hepcat seems spooky
"Who are the rubes?"
"Its a tabernacle of terror." "Its a fun house"
Dead monkey sewn onto the tail of a fish
a genuine fake
"you never where the truth ends and the humbug begins"
is the Fiji Mermaid real?
"Do you recall what Barnum said about suckers?"
lil man works behind the bar - is this the Man From Another Place?
he reads Mulder!
"your unimaginative necktie design"
Larry loved the freak life
he would show off his dead conjoinedbrother Leonard
Mr Nutt, the kindhearted manager
now he carries the luggage
he says the bedbug thing lol
"dont let the Fiji Mermaid bite"
oof this song is terrible
"im in a frenzy, bwaaaaah"
Mermaid wastes the prop guy
its Xenomorphin Time
Mulder sees someone swimmin
he has a fish!
its the Enigma! the conundrum
he runs off
Scullys sleepin
folks are trampolinin
Larrys back
shows bro, peeps Scullys boob
new murder
Mulder TOUCHED THE BLOOD ON THE WINDOW
"theyd have to be a contortionist, or just plain crazy, or both"
escape guy not going very fast
under three minutes?
"Dr Blockhead does not perform tricks!"
he claims to be from Yemen?
theres blood on the nail!
Tieu Bu Shan
"did you know you can train your testacles to draw up into your abdomen?"
"oh Im doing that as we speak?”
the music sort of clangs off the goofs
conundrum eats all manner of stuff
Scully ate a live bug
Mulder wasnt into it
she was doing magic!
"everybodys uncles an amateur magician"
checkin out the freak museum
Chang and Eng
museum docent has a melty half face
this guy has real Garak vibes
hes in five xfiles eps
canadian actor
last role was in 2019 twilight zone, "The Blue Scorpion"
the exotic life of the Dog-faced boy
good mirror stuff with melty guy
charging a cop to investigate is shady
is he locking her in here?!
treasure chest
its empty
door to rear exit opens?
Mulder at trailer, snooping around
find guy under trailer
did Mulder just pretend to make a pass at him?
an orphan discovered in the wild forest of Albania in 1943
Sheriff Hamilton was dog faced boy
why did melty guy lead them to Sheriff?
Sheriff be diggin
doin somethin with a knife
is this a setup? does he know theyre watching? show got me thinkin paranoid thoughts
spooky bushes again
hyperthrosis does not include lycanthropy
theyre just calmly admitting to spying on Sheriff without a warrant
Conundrums in a loincloth chasin a dog
Trailer Manager is totes chill, takes a rent check from Conundrum in advance
oh snap creature
is trying to yank dude
out
little lady face mermaid screams at dude covered in blood
Larry rolls in, says "Hes dead"
Larry loved lil man
weird spike thing with blood
Sheriff settles Larry down
"If people knew the true price of spirituality thered be more atheists"
blockhead is a bit of a goofster
he does some escape artist shenanigans
knocks down Mulder
Sheriff catches Blockhead
someones stalking Lanny
uh oh somethings arrived, Larry is trippin
does he know what it is?
"I dont know why he hates me so. Ive taken care of him all our lives. perhaps that was the problem."
he thinks you cam be born bad
"how mobile could such a thing be?" "too mobile"
"What an act!" too bad hes a murderer, Blockhead
Mulder's somewhere spooky
reminds me of basement in dresden files Mavra's vampire lair
is this the tabernacle of terror?
yep
goblin laughing on string
critter still lurkin
Hall of Mirrors!
gross creature noise
she's just shooting at the creature? i know its killed but thats pretty rude
they go outside - did she injure it? dog is coming too
heres Conundrum
critter attacks!
did Conundrum eat him! Wtf
"Now you know howI feel"
Lanny died!
he was a mega drunk
"Nature abhors normality. Maybe some mysteries were never meant to be solved"
"probably somethin I ate"
That was it?
weird