New episode! We cover season 3, episode 4 of The X-Files, “Clyde Bruckman’s Final Repose”. Please heed the trigger warnings in this time of heightened anxiety! They’re listed at the end of this description/post/tweet chain.
We discuss this critically-acclaimed episode of the 90’s phenomenon, and cover how it gave us childhood flashbacks, how shocking it feels that it was filmed 25 years ago, how we individually experience deja vu, get into how time is or is not linear, and ponder coincidence vs destiny. Katy gets the Wilson brothers mixed up, Carrie doesn’t like aliens but has watched the most X-Files of all of us, Maddy tells a gross squirrel story and Mack remembers Steve Martin in places he never was. We also discuss the amazing ‘David Duchovney’ music video set to Bree Sharp’s brilliant song, commend Scully for utilizing the door peephole, argue about what a Nazi stormtrooper is, and remind you we are a dog family. And in a weirdly prescient moment, especially concerning this was an episode about psychics, Maddy gives a timely warning to WASH YOUR HANDS, even though we recorded in September 2019! Take an hour away from everything and listen to us only crosstalk a little bit.
TW: Suicide, depression, gore, possible rape, death and mortality
CORRECTIONS:
-Steve Martin was never in The X-Files and we honestly don’t know where Mack got this idea.
-Bree Sharp did NOT make the music video we spoke about but her label did give permission. They had sent over a demo tape to the show and two assistants working on X-Files at the time cut it together after filming all the bits. It was never officially released so the people involved did not have to sign off on it. Here’s the wiki for more info.
-Johnny Carson retired from The Tonight Show in 1992 which was only three years before this episode so it was definitely a timely reference and Katy was wrong.
-The story about image rights Katy was thinking about was Edgar Wright telling a story in the audio commentary of Baby Driver, asking John Krasinski about putting in a clip from It’s Complicated. “To use the clip from It’s Complicated, Wright emailed John Krasinski—who’s a friend—to ask for permission, and Krasinski replied,”This is how I get into an Edgar Wright movie?”
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