S2E7--Episode 7: Sleepless

Oh boy, another day, another deceptively dark episode of the X-files... this time guest starring Tony Todd of Candyman fame! A string of murders with unusual circumstances leads to Mulder and new """friend""" Alex Krycek to uncover a Vietnam-era experimental program to eliminate soldiers' ability to sleep, leading to Todd as a kind of psychic Freddy Krueger, or perhaps more accurately, DC villain Dr. Destiny. In the process, we tackle topics such as the My Lai Massacre, Vietnam as cultural artifact, racial politics and religious allegory, and a lot more. CW: discussion of brutal violence in the My Lai section. My Lai section begins: 12:16My Lai section ends: 26:54Cohosts:John Watson (they/them)Bill Eldridge (he/him)Mae was unable to join this week.