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2×06 – ASCENSION

Written by Paul Brown
Directed by Michael Lange
Original airdate: October 21, 1994
Recap by RhymePhile
Rather than starting this off with the teaser, I thought I’d go back to my taped episodes of The X-Files to bring you the “Previously On” installment. For some reason they chose not to put these tidbits on the DVDs, which I think

2×05 – DUANE BARRY

Written and directed by Chris Carter
Original airdate: October 14, 1994
Recap by RhymePhile
Teaser
We open to a starry sky in Pulaski, Virginia, on June 3, 1985. In a cute little bungalow (which really needs the weeds chopped down from its front sidewalk) the camera pushes through a dark house (like, really dark, because I can barely make

2×04 – SLEEPLESS

Recap by Mack the Spoon
This is another of my strange little favorites. I like the over-the-top paranoia thing, and I think they did it really well in this episode. It may not be the most popular MotW of the season, but I like it even better than “Sleepless”, I think. Anyway.
The episode opens in a