s11e02 — This

The X-Files — s11e02 — This

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naynay
naynay
11 Jan 2018, 14:10 #
Compared to the previous series, it's quite dynamic and funny. Crazy, but atmospheric. Hunters have always been a pleasant addition to the main line.
minasik
minasik
11 Jan 2018, 17:50 #
There are a lot of references to previous seasons. It was really cool to remember the shooters! And somehow not a word about Scully's son, something with the plot is unclear.
dennie
dennie
13 Jan 2018, 04:01 #
@minasik: The main plot will be / was only in the first and last episodes of the season. The rest are separate series.
vadimfashion
vadimfashion
11 Jan 2018, 18:41 #
Damn, I don't understand the plot at all, how they tied these kids up at all.
Invers
Invers
11 Jan 2018, 19:35 #
Hello, Battlestar Galactica and Caprica. In general, there is an elder tree in the garden, and a man in Kiev.
Invers
Invers
11 Jan 2018, 21:03 #
@Invers: and Chris Carter had a bit of a Dan Brown brain injury, bread crumbs in their cemetery, three steps to the left, the moon in the seventh house.
Myosotisgirl
Myosotisgirl
11 Jan 2018, 22:04 #
Well, in short, there are a lot of jokes from the series "Everyone sees me in their dreams", "This cupcake is too delicious, we need to open a criminal case!!!" And a lot of action, there probably wasn't so much in the whole series combined. Where is there at least something about the son of Scalaria? Why resurrect the shooters, and specifically Langley, it pains me to look at it. References are good, a lot of references are annoying. A beer for the calmly sleeping Dana. Typical antics of our couple. An unfinished business. That's about it. It's so bad that it's even good, I screamed my head off, but that's not what I expected from the resurrected dumb series, not this. We look further, we hope, we believe
vengaboy
vengaboy
14 Jan 2018, 05:53 #
What are you missing? Also tell me what is not true in the comment.
СтасХрамцов
СтасХрамцов
15 Jan 2018, 20:06 #
@Myosotisgirl: No one resurrected the shooters. And the sequel is being filmed just for the sake of nostalgia, so all the typical antics will be mandatory.
evilgenius-by
evilgenius-by
PRO
02 Dec 2020, 04:04 #
It's not a criminal case, but a case of classified materials.
vk614650
vk614650
11 Jan 2018, 23:30 #
Why are the Russians ahhahahh
ellen8
ellen8
12 Jan 2018, 01:57 #
@vk614650: There were Chinese there too. And judging by Skinner's words, in poor, unhappy America, everyone walks around like they're in their kitchen.
saharok9
saharok9
12 Jan 2018, 01:52 #
Copies of consciousness, the life of consciousness after death. It reminded me of pieces from the episodes of "Black Mirror" Straight out of deja vu.
freeromance
freeromance
19 Jan 2018, 02:09 #
I'm just wildly positive))) I just watched season 4 and then the simulation started again, I immediately remembered)))
ellen8
ellen8
12 Jan 2018, 01:56 #
What did I just watch?!
Some kind of fierce hodgepodge of conspiracy nonsense, dumb jokes and low-budget spy movies.
There wasn't even enough plot for a 40-minute episode - previously, the X-Files could tell the story of an entire city or some kind of monster in that time, but now awkward pauses have to be filled with 300 jokes.
I was waiting for Krajicek to come into the frame at the end, look around, make a prosthetic facepalm, say that even with him there was no such bullshit and leave the frame. It couldn't have gotten any worse.
Tsytrakuta
Tsytrakuta
11 Apr 2018, 18:25 #
@ellen8: Precisely!
I also remembered about Krajchik.
It was a great episode about tuguska
RhymistGrim
RhymistGrim
23 Jun 2020, 21:16 #
@ellen8: these files have always been like this, but everyone suffers from the disease "It used to be better"
Shairen
Shairen
23 Mar 2021, 00:26 #
@RhymistGrim: I'll give you a plus. The files always gave out a portion of trash, and in the initial episodes it was so delusional and inexplicable that the brain exploded. Moreover, the series often ended without explaining where the monster, phenomenon, etc. came from. Since I watch the series without a break, everything is fresh in my memory. And most importantly, everyone liked it. And shit monsters, and killer cats, and a circus of freaks, and the devil knows what other weirdos.
Timeless
Timeless
12 Jan 2018, 01:58 #
What did I just watch???
Кларисса
Кларисса
12 Jan 2018, 02:12 #
Personally, I asked myself this question after 15 minutes of watching...
I walk in circles around the apartment, with round eyes, and only one thought in my head: "what was that just now?!"
katrindakatrin
katrindakatrin
12 Jan 2018, 16:07 #
It seems that after the unsuccessful last season, the creators are trying to scrape together all the good things from the past, but the nonsense that was good in the 90s won't work anymore. Are the angry Russians back, seriously?
YanBogdanovich
YanBogdanovich
12 Jan 2018, 16:52 #
Such controversial impressions after the episode. It would seem that the best of the last two seasons, but still falls short of "those" X-Files.
СтасХрамцов
СтасХрамцов
15 Jan 2018, 20:07 #
@YanBogdanovich: So far, the best episode for me has been about a monster bitten by a human.
naynay
naynay
18 Jan 2018, 20:12 #
@Staskhramtsov: What about the episode with Mulder's acid trip?
СтасХрамцов
СтасХрамцов
01 Mar 2018, 19:19 #
@naynay: it was too much for me)
alla_way
alla_way
12 Jan 2018, 17:24 #
For the special ones, they didn't say anything about Scully's son because he would find them himself, and they were just working. Let's take a closer look
Werywell
Werywell
12 Jan 2018, 20:41 #
What is this anyway? Why did you smoke all that stuff, write and film it? Where is the series? Why did everything immediately become so disgusting and incoherent? And this is only the second episode, how are you going to finish? Guys, to be honest, IT'S SLOP.
Scarletsony
Scarletsony
12 Jan 2018, 23:44 #
It's not Mader and it's not Scully. These are not Classified Materials. I just refuse to believe that the people who created such a series at the time are now giving IT away. It's like the script is written for such a fucking thing, which is even scary. But it's not as scary as the dialogues, of course. "I'm going to eat this muffin, even if it came out of an alien's ass." What. No, it's not like that. WHAT THE FUCK?? I'm sorry now, it's just that I'm a big fan of the original series and my heart just can't survive this mockery of a corpse (yes, a corpse, any work has a beginning and should have an end, ideally season 7). In general, it hurts too much, goodbye.
devcor
devcor
18 Jan 2018, 00:55 #
@Scarletsony: I remember in the original about the muffin there's something like "I'm going to open an X-file on this muffin to get to the bottom of why it's so freaking good" - they say, "I'm going to open an x-file on this muffin to get to the bottom of why it's so fucking delicious."
And I advise you to watch it either in a normal dubbing or in the original.
JoSummers
JoSummers
18 Jan 2018, 20:11 #
@devcor: After all, Mulder is talking about "opening the x-file" in the original, but Scully is talking about the alien's ass.
And I advise you to look more carefully.
Пылёнок
Пылёнок
13 Jan 2018, 00:52 #
I also want to smoke this kind of picky grass! What was that all about?
veer
veer
13 Jan 2018, 02:59 #
The series is certainly more dynamic and interesting than the first one, but what was it all about, some kind of nonsense)
AVATARA1
AVATARA1
13 Jan 2018, 03:03 #
This is the most ragged narrative and the most fucking montage I've seen in recent years. And everything remained as lousy as in the first episode. It's a fucking shame, guys :(
Simamoto
Simamoto
13 Jan 2018, 15:30 #
Sometimes it seems like it's better to stop watching. Because I can't stand the second disappointment after Twin Peaks.
vengaboy
vengaboy
14 Jan 2018, 05:57 #
@Simamoto: Hey, don't touch Twin Peaks. It was the best thing to do with the sequel.
a_three
a_three
21 Jan 2024, 10:17 #
@vengaboy: It would have been better if they had finished it right away, rather than doing a lot of work here.
СтасХрамцов
СтасХрамцов
15 Jan 2018, 20:08 #
@Simamoto: IMHO, the new season of Twin Peaks has only gotten better without unnecessary parody of melodrama.
LLLepba
LLLepba
13 Jan 2018, 19:49 #
The QR code from the tombstone leads to the website themagicbulletnewsletter.com

There is a line hidden in the page code.
Dorian
Dorian
14 Jan 2018, 05:29 #
@LLLepba: and from there you can get to a more interesting site. http://themagicbulletnewsletter.com/classified / ))
LLLepba
LLLepba
04 Nov 2018, 23:03 #
@Dorian: thank you very much
id18496153
id18496153
14 Jan 2018, 00:27 #
For the life of me, I don't remember Langley having anyone. At Byers, yes. And Langley didn't even have any hints in the spin-off. Where did this lady come from so quickly?
Сплюшка
Сплюшка
17 Sep 2018, 05:44 #
Just last week I watched the spin-off! Confirm. He didn't have a woman, they even joked that he would die a virgin! 🤷🏻‍♀️
Nkaram
Nkaram
14 Jan 2018, 01:26 #
What kind of nonsense did I look at?
MixXIII
MixXIII
14 Jan 2018, 03:09 #
Well, compared to the first episode, at least you can watch this one. And thank God Mulder is acting like Mulder, not like a log. Although this whole line of distrust of Skinner looks ridiculous - how many times have the characters not trusted him, even though he was always on the wrong side, even though he made decisions for the young? The fifth? The sixth?
kauri
kauri
14 Jan 2018, 05:21 #
You don't understand. It's just that starting from last season, everyone was uploaded to virtual reality. And in this episode, we've been told that to our face. I have no other explanation. 🤷🏼‍♂️
Сплюшка
Сплюшка
17 Sep 2018, 05:46 #
I was waiting right up to the last frame for it to turn out to be a simulation, it all looked so improbable!
DrLobotrog
DrLobotrog
14 Jan 2018, 08:03 #
Once again, there were episodes that were not tied to time and events. But at least it's more dynamic than the first one.
Shaneer
Shaneer
14 Jan 2018, 09:28 #
More and more wonderful... But it's still better than the previous series.
KDO
KDO
PRO
14 Jan 2018, 16:34 #
Even more action!!!
RoXy-SheYn
RoXy-SheYn
PRO
14 Jan 2018, 23:54 #
Mulder hasn't changed his phone number in 16 years.
Skinner doesn't explain anything and hides from everyone.
The American front security company is acting on the orders of the Russian.
The supposedly dead conspiracy theory fan got stuck in the Matrix, thought out all the riddles and surroundings of his fake grave, and even put a stainless steel badge with an actual QR code in a fake cross on his fake tombstone.
Secret Service computers are hacked from an iPhone.
You can enter secret facilities without identification by making eyes.
... R U FKN SERIOUS?!
DrLobotrog
DrLobotrog
15 Jan 2018, 00:56 #
@RoXy-SheYn: I haven't changed my phone number in 16 years either... :)
_Lemon_
_Lemon_
PRO
15 Jan 2018, 03:49 #
@DrLobotrog: 14 years on the same room, the flight is normal.
Shaneer
Shaneer
15 Jan 2018, 12:08 #
10 years) and I don't plan to yet)
Сплюшка
Сплюшка
17 Sep 2018, 05:49 #
11 years. The only number. And no one will say: I've wanted to for a long time.(a) I can call you, but I don't know the new number...
Guarin
Guarin
15 Jan 2018, 10:21 #
@RoXy-SheYn: If only there was a QR code on his tombstone. Has anyone figured out how the agents solved the puzzle of determining the right tombstone?
DrLobotrog
DrLobotrog
15 Jan 2018, 17:37 #
@Guarin: Everything was chewed up there. The shooters' dates of birth were the dates of death of 32, 34 and 35 presidents. 33 Was skipped. So there are three graves from Langley and three to the side. We went in different directions, found a Deep throat.
СтасХрамцов
СтасХрамцов
15 Jan 2018, 20:10 #
@DrLobotrog: It's a very big logical leap from missing number 33 to going to 3 graves sideways, as far as I'm concerned.
DrLobotrog
DrLobotrog
15 Jan 2018, 20:14 #
@СтасХрамцов: If you take into account that everything is pumped out of the finger, then it's fine :)
bertruce
bertruce
25 Mar 2022, 00:55 #
@RoXy-SheYn: 19 years on the same number.
rassvetet
rassvetet
25 Mar 2022, 06:45 #
@bertruce: 17, с 12 лет))
Tasya_one
Tasya_one
15 Jan 2018, 15:09 #
I won't say that I'm a wild fan of the X-Files, I watched it in snatches as a child. the comments on this site are mostly from fans who would like the series to be resumed, but not like that, not like it was then, but now)))

now they're shooting TV shows in a different way, the creators are partially trying to adjust, but they're leaving some of that series. it turns out to be funny in some places, nonsense in others. All the episodes are different in style.

but in general I like it)

and if you're a fan, then don't watch this series anymore and leave your memories of that alone)) There are too many comments from FANS here
СтасХрамцов
СтасХрамцов
15 Jan 2018, 20:05 #
The shootouts and fights were filmed horribly. At the end of the first one, you could have an epileptic seizure. How did Mulder know that this was Deep Throat's grave, if he himself said that he did not know his real name "until now"? Where did the security of the project go during the "sam-on-sam"?
I thought the interference was designed to hide the fact that the actor had aged. After all, in an artificial reality, why program aging? And then they took and showed the head without effects... The Russian operative reminded Moriarty of his habits.
As it is, the plot is interesting, much better than the first episode. I was pleased that the actual business of the week was related to the main plot. It doesn't feel like you're watching two different series.
Сплюшка
Сплюшка
17 Sep 2018, 05:51 #
He said that many years ago he watched from afar WHERE deep throat was buried. Well, if you know where the grave is, you came and read the name. What's wrong?
rodriguezzz
rodriguezzz
15 Jan 2018, 23:13 #
Stop raping a corpse :(((
Marla_
Marla_
16 Jan 2018, 00:15 #
what kind of low-grade shit did I just watch????
horror. There are no censored words.
satvacore
satvacore
17 Jan 2018, 20:32 #
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DrLobotrog
DrLobotrog
17 Jan 2018, 21:39 #
@satvacore: This is an idea that everyone has not been communizing with each other. You saw her too late :) At least look at the Lawn Mower or something... :)
Иерарх
Иерарх
PRO
26 Aug 2025, 04:01 #
@DrLobotrog: and if you start reading more books, Heinlein there, Philip K. Dick, then you can really fuck it =3
utau
utau
09 Dec 2023, 14:15 #
@satvacore: ahaahah, SPs laughed
Ajvar
Ajvar
17 Jan 2018, 22:46 #
What a fierce slag
ЧижикПыжик
ЧижикПыжик
18 Jan 2018, 06:38 #
I still don't understand why they decided to make a sequel. After all, the nonsense that has nothing to do with the first 9 seasons does not overlap in the manner of the actors, events, acting, filming, etc.
kolyalcf1989
kolyalcf1989
18 Jan 2018, 19:24 #
And don't tell me, I don't want the files anymore, but some kind of Black Mirror...
trialesic24rus
trialesic24rus
19 Jan 2018, 15:53 #
All right, let's get started here... I didn't like it, from the first episode, then what are you watching next?!
And if you're watching, then keep your mouth shut!!! And then the fucking kids were crying...
go fuck yourself then and watch something else!
And don't stop the fans from watching!
nochedeotono
nochedeotono
PRO
20 Jan 2018, 16:16 #
Who's stopping you from watching? don't read the comments and look at the rag in silence;)
Velldanas
Velldanas
22 Jan 2018, 13:43 #
This is such nonsense....
N1keTLT
N1keTLT
24 Jan 2018, 05:56 #
In this episode, David seems to be playing Hank Moody in fragments.
Злобарь
Злобарь
07 Feb 2018, 04:59 #
@N1keTLT: it seemed that way to me too, when he said he was throwing up, I was like, damn, it's not Mulder, it's Hank Moody)))
katiuska2h
katiuska2h
24 Feb 2018, 17:09 #
@N1keTLT: yes, he played it all last season)))
harmoniz
harmoniz
06 Apr 2018, 15:02 #
Has Mulder always been such a clown?
YuliaDiadko
YuliaDiadko
01 Jun 2018, 15:32 #
Well, OK, this episode is kind of better... But! WHAT'S GOING ON? AND WHY? These are the two questions I ask myself after watching the episode.
And I think Duchovny and Anderson are playing better this season, not as fucked up as they were last year.
Сплюшка
Сплюшка
17 Sep 2018, 05:58 #
It wasn't like I was watching the X-Files, but Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Even in my wildest fantasies, it never occurred to me that Muldair and Scully could produce such an action! Chases, shootouts, stunts! This is something new! It's like Bonnie and Clyde, hand in hand, alone against the whole world!
hohh
hohh
07 Jan 2019, 18:37 #
Yeah, so far it's kind of fun, I want more
Kalambus56
Kalambus56
PRO
28 Mar 2019, 19:16 #
Finally they hired Russian-speaking Russians :D
Иерарх
Иерарх
PRO
26 Aug 2025, 04:04 #
@Kalambus56: Well, no need, in the Files, just the same, there have never been any special problems with this =3
reservoir_man
reservoir_man
31 Mar 2019, 18:10 #
Recent seasons have become more and more like a reunion, the purpose of which is just to see old friends.
hlas_of_my_nick
hlas_of_my_nick
03 Jun 2019, 19:34 #
Oh, Langley, Langley... At least they don't raise the dead, as is usually the case with a Smoker.\
jj_cas
jj_cas
05 Jul 2019, 22:19 #
- I thought I'd make it through now...Come on!!
How easy it was to turn off this simulator, and how brilliant it was to just leave it instead of calling for backup in this tower.🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️
jj_cas
jj_cas
05 Jul 2019, 22:21 #
And a smoker is a fucking bull-inseminator. To smoke so much and be able to conceive a child, even if he is half an alien and the first time, well, it's tough!!!
_ArxAngel_
_ArxAngel_
06 Jul 2019, 04:39 #
Sook has known Skinner for so many years, they've been through so much together, and they still don't trust each other and look at each other strangely.
And yes, the first seasons are better 😊
rassvetet
rassvetet
20 Aug 2019, 03:10 #
"I'm going to start a case on this muffin and find out why it tastes so good."
"Even if it came out of an alien's ass, I'm still going to eat it."

IS this a dialogue between Mulder and Scully? Seriously?! WTF?
id137715504
id137715504
04 Jan 2021, 02:16 #
It hurt so much for Skinner when Scully told him that she and Mulder didn't trust him.
Anlesss
Anlesss
20 Aug 2023, 21:42 #
"Who needs Google when there's you, Scully?"

It's true, and it's the best phrase of the series.

The series is better than the first one, but it's still a lot like that...

The scriptwriters were clearly trying to make an action-funny classic, but the action is controversial, the editing is bad, and the funny is questionable.

These seasons are reminiscent of champagne, which was once delicious, but stood open, and has long since worn off, leaving only a faint aroma.

It's very sad
mirrorprism
mirrorprism
18 Sep 2023, 10:56 #
The only thing that pleased me in this series is the Ramones
utau
utau
09 Dec 2023, 14:19 #
Episode 2 looks much more cheerful. It's obvious that they're trying to do something, but it still looks kind of cheap. There are a lot of questions about some points.
XYZon
XYZon
18 Dec 2023, 22:38 #
11 out of 10 on Bulshitovich's Senility scale.

Until recently, I hoped that they were testing some kind of curve themselves, but no. Why didn't I stop watching the X-files on season 9, because everything was already clear?! :(

If this was an attempt at self-irony, then we've seen better in the same "cheerful" X-files, when it was somehow both thinner and more interesting. And this... this is 11 out of 10 on the Bulshitovich Senility scale.
Jammm
Jammm
15 Feb 2024, 05:45 #
What's going on anyway? Why add another virtual life storyline in the last season? Where is the conspiracy and the search for a son? How did Scully and Mulder escape from the military with machine guns in handcuffs by simply running out of the house into the woods? I don't remember them doing such tricks in their youth, they're like ninjas here. We got into a super-secure room.. Mulder was tied up, but Scully wasn't caught? There should also be cameras everywhere and security guards. Scully has never been a hacker, they're a damn doctor, and she was able to, like, shut down a very secret server with some kind of improvised means? Okay, back in the first seasons, when there were attempts to create virtual reality, there was something clumsy, but this is straight technology. Who will believe that there are no copies, backups? In short, the action series is dynamic, logically worse than the most illogical series of the initial seasons.…
u1753687
u1753687
10 Oct 2025, 22:18 #
"I don't recall them performing such tricks in their youth."
Do you want to refresh your memory? Tunguska, the fugitive Mulder in the hut of compassionate Siberians, asking to be taken to the highway and met with a cleaver for amputation of the arm. A couple of mounting clips— and Mulder is safe in the USA.
Иерарх
Иерарх
PRO
26 Aug 2025, 04:09 #
The boys on the bus are Gillian Anderson's sons =3

But on one of the tombstones in the cemetery there is the name "Piper B Maru" - and this is the name of Gillian Anderson's daughter, and the date of death indicates the day of her (daughter's) birth... Doubtful, but okay, as they say x)
mirari_me
mirari_me
29 Aug 2025, 16:00 #
God, what nonsense
u1753687
u1753687
10 Oct 2025, 22:15 #
It's hard to be a fool. Everywhere you look, there's incomprehensible nonsense.
u1753687
u1753687
10 Oct 2025, 22:13 #
Do you, who are sick of such "X-Files", understand that plots like this are much more consistent with classified cases than your favorite werewolves and human worms? Carter gives the right picture behind the scenes. It may be pretentious, but I see a passion for the topic. And I like these episodes. If the whole season is like this, then I will be very, very sad that he was not accepted. The running around here is great. The agents seemed to look younger. It's like I'm watching the second season, where they took refuge for the first time near the Mexican border... Cool episode!
ingati
ingati
05 Mar 21:46 #
It looks like some kind of bad part of the Matrix, in the sense of sequels. There is a theory that the Wachowskis stole the idea of the first Matrix movie from Chris Carter. So he came off here.
Kaori_Ksenia
Kaori_Ksenia
22 Mar 18:00 #
It's amazing how much better and more adequate this season is than the previous
one, but where did the whole line of the end of the previous season go?
fb437908
fb437908
02 May 14:02 #
It's like it's not the show itself, but a bad parody of it.
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