Things Are Getting Strange
An X-Files rewatch podcast. Updates weekly. Currently exploring Season 9.
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Things Are Getting Strange
They're Waiting for you Mulder. In the Mushroom Chamber
Content warning for Excelsis Dei and Aubrey - mentions of sexual assault.
We weren't looking forward to revisiting Excelsis Dei and were not surprised by the experience of re-watching it. The base subject matter is off-putting; Mulder and Scully seem to have traded personality traits (since when was Mulder adamant about the most absolutely mundane solution?); and the episode seems decidedly confused about whether the mushroom crop reduces Alzheimer's symptoms and gives old people telekinetic powers OR the mushroom crop reduces Alzheimer's symptoms and energises the restless dead haunting the halls of Excelsis Dei.
Aubrey is a better mystery with only a little of the 90s magical computer program to keep the plot going. Tremendous guest appearances though in a tale of genetic memory and serial killers.