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EPISODE · May 11, 2026 · 32 MIN

The X-Files Revisited Season 8 Episode 4: Roadrunners

from The X-Files Revisited · host Graham Davidson

Welcome back to the show! Today we’re diving into one of the most unsettling, skin-crawling hours of The X-Files ever aired — Season 8, Episode 4: “Roadrunners.”This is the one where Scully ignores every horror-movie rule, goes on a solo road trip into a desert nightmare town, and ends up face-to-face with a slug that’s apparently auditioning for the role of “Jesus, but slimier.” Meanwhile, Doggett finally gets to level up from “new guy” to “action hero” as he launches a rescue mission Mulder would’ve absolutely handled with… significantly more yelling.It’s creepy. It’s cult-y. It’s claustrophobic. And it’s the episode where the Scully/Doggett partnership truly starts to click — mostly because she gets kidnapped by a parasitic church group and he has to save her. You know… bonding.Let’s jump into “Roadrunners.E-mail: [email protected] www.youtube.com/c/manvfilmTwitter: @GrahamdohBryan www.youtube.com/user/TJMACKEY2Twitter: @BryanLomax

Welcome back to the show! Today we’re diving into one of the most unsettling, skin-crawling hours of The X-Files ever aired — Season 8, Episode 4: “Roadrunners.”This is the one where Scully ignores every horror-movie rule, goes on a solo road trip into a desert nightmare town, and ends up face-to-face with a slug that’s apparently auditioning for the role of “Jesus, but slimier.” Meanwhile, Doggett finally gets to level up from “new guy” to “action hero” as he launches a rescue mission Mulder would’ve absolutely handled with… significantly more yelling.It’s creepy. It’s cult-y. It’s claustrophobic. And it’s the episode where the Scully/Doggett partnership truly starts to click — mostly because she gets kidnapped by a parasitic church group and he has to save her. You know… bonding.Let’s jump into “Roadrunners.E-mail: [email protected] www.youtube.com/c/manvfilmTwitter: @GrahamdohBryan www.youtube.com/user/TJMACKEY2Twitter: @BryanLomax

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Welcome back to the show! Today we’re diving into one of the most unsettling, skin-crawling hours of The X-Files ever aired — Season 8, Episode 4: “Roadrunners.”This is the one where Scully ignores every horror-movie rule, goes on a solo road trip...

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