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S1E24 - The Erlenmeyer Flask; or, My Mom Has Deep Throat Trauma
· 1 h 50 min · S1 E24 · Explicit
Episode S1E24 - The Erlenmeyer Flask; or, My Mom Has Deep Throat Trauma
Deep Throat would like you to trust him. Scully would like everyone to stop fucking around.
We’ve reached The X-Files season one finale, “The Erlenmeyer Flask”! Join Dash and Melz (longtime fans and a couple) and Angel (first-time watcher and Dash’s mom) for toxic green blood, disappearing evidence, and a government conspiracy that’s about to get very personal.
We get into Mulder’s increasingly questionable relationship with America’s least reassuring stepdad, Scully taking charge when everything goes sideways, and what happens when her own science starts backing up the impossible. How much can these two uncover and still walk away unable to prove a damn thing? Angel, meanwhile, has some very firm feelings about Deep Throat’s fate and would appreciate everyone taking them seriously.
Along the way, a fugitive becomes Steven Sedan, a possibly haunted cardboard man joins the family, and Deep Throat turns up beneath a Walmart pizza. We also discover an energy drink with alarming migratory side effects and consider whether the laboratory monkeys should be interviewed as witnesses.
It’s a big finish for the show and for us. Twenty-four episodes later, we’re celebrating our first full season of podcasting together and wondering how anyone survived having to wait all summer after THAT ending.
There's also a spoiler-filled discussion of Nathan Fielder's The Curse near the beginning. If you haven't seen it, skip to the next chapter to avoid spoilers.
Never seen The X-Files? We recap as we go, so grab a seat and experience the finale with Angel. Already know what’s coming? You know why we needed to talk about it.
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