The X-Files: "Beyond the Sea" and "Humbug"

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! Next time: The Wizard of Oz!   Please join our Discord server and get to know the fam!  https://discord.gg/vtJnpkhd   Lindsey's podcasts   The Kurt Locker Cool Breeze over the Mountains Historical Hotties   Jeff's podcasts   Shattered Worlds RPG Everything is Awesome with Jeff and ? 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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