# X-files Season 11 (open spoilers as airs) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 3, 2018, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-files-season-11-open-spoilers-as-airs/805793 "2018-01-03T13:33:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-files-season-11-open-spoilers-as-airs/805793/61 "2018-02-05T18:03:51Z")
> [@GreysonCarlisle](#): > > And who only recently found out that you never put both of your girlfriends in the same room at the same time. It’s just a prank, bruh. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-files-season-11-open-spoilers-as-airs/805793/62 "2018-02-05T18:50:52Z")
> [@GreysonCarlisle](#): > > And who only recently found out that you never put both of your girlfriends in the same room at the same time. That kind of advanced fornication is for consenting adults only. ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-files-season-11-open-spoilers-as-airs/805793/63 "2018-02-06T03:50:34Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > He’s a teenager, and teenager do stupid, sometimes cruel shit. Add in a superpower and it makes for a middling MOTW episode. I actually thought it was a nice bit of humanization. William isn’t a hero, and he’s not a bad guy, he’s just a misguided adolescent trying to get a handle on things. He’d be a bad guy even if he had no superpowers and the only effect of his prank was to terrify the girls. If he’d been trying to frighten a couple of bullies or something then I’d have sympathy for him even if things went wrong, but these were his girlfriends. They liked and trusted William/Jackson, and he took advantage of that in order to deliberately cause them harm for his own amusement. He’s a repulsive little creep, and I’m even more annoyed now than I was before about the amount of time the new seasons have wasted on the William storyline. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-files-season-11-open-spoilers-as-airs/805793/64 "2018-02-09T01:31:08Z")
I thought the Haley Joel Osmont episode was the second best of the season. As good as the old show, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-files-season-11-open-spoilers-as-airs/805793/65 "2018-02-09T16:18:23Z")
Last night’s was an okay episode. Good to see young Skinner and more of old Skinner, especially the resolution between him and Mulder/Skully. The closet scene was kinda creepy, but there wasn’t much tension in the episode. My biggest fear was for the barking dog, just before the monster hunter fell into the pit. Then we never saw the dog again. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-files-season-11-open-spoilers-as-airs/805793/66 "2018-03-01T03:06:58Z")
Watching the new one now. Wow, this is a great episode. It was worth bringing the show back just to get a few good ones, and this one is great. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-files-season-11-open-spoilers-as-airs/805793/67 "2018-03-01T03:37:30Z")
This will be forever called, “that episode where the technology went berserk”. It was fun, but clearly not an episode they will ever reference again. I mean…that happened? They have driverless taxis in their universe? Charlie Brooker should have been credited as a co-writer for this one. I loved it. ---
**Author:** ![Fair\_Rarity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fair_rarity/32/153_2.png) [@Fair\_Rarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fair_Rarity)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2018, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-files-season-11-open-spoilers-as-airs/805793/68 "2018-03-02T02:15:59Z")
This season has been so uneven for me that I wasn’t in the mood to watch it this morning. I reluctantly put it on first just to get it over with (usually I’m still half asleep when I throw my first show on from the night before). I could not take my eyes off it. It was so good. So simple, but so effective, and it fits the reboot so well in that it literally could not have taken place when the series originally aired. It was creepy, scary, funny, sweet, and realistic enough to really make you question your own reality, while still being haha it’s just a show enough so you can sleep at night. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2018, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-files-season-11-open-spoilers-as-airs/805793/69 "2018-03-06T02:58:58Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Watching the new one now. > > Wow, this is a great episode. It was worth bringing the show back just to get a few good ones, and this one is great. Finally saw it - that was fun! ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2018, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-files-season-11-open-spoilers-as-airs/805793/70 "2018-03-06T03:57:34Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#): > > Finally saw it - that was fun! Like Black Mirror, but we care about the characters because we’ve known them so long. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2018, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-files-season-11-open-spoilers-as-airs/805793/71 "2018-03-06T15:36:52Z")
Great episode–one of the scariest ever, maybe because it felt much more plausible than yet another alien thing, and we didn’t have to sit through another “yes, this monster really exists” “No such thing” argument. Limiting the dialogue was a great choice. I felt that the opening, about the corrupted chatterbot, should have been moved to the end, and Scully or Mulder should’ve said it. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-files-season-11-open-spoilers-as-airs/805793/72 "2018-03-08T02:04:53Z")
Roger Cross is is tonight’s episode. It’s his fifth X-files guest starring appearance, all as different characters. It’s been 20 years since his last appearance. Love it. They had to joke about this on set. He was a lead in an X-files writer’s spin-off, First Wave, too. Fun show. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-files-season-11-open-spoilers-as-airs/805793/73 "2018-03-08T02:17:00Z")
Am I the first one on the internet to notice something tonight? Almost _all_ of the officers were old X-files guest stars reused. The casting department must have gone through the old names and figured out who still lived in Vancouver and was free. Hilarious and a fun way to fill in roles. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-files-season-11-open-spoilers-as-airs/805793/74 "2018-03-08T02:37:59Z")
Great episode. I was disturbed by that one, which is a sign of classic 90’s X-files. ---
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-files-season-11-open-spoilers-as-airs/805793/75 "2018-03-08T03:33:05Z")
Freaking spooky interpretation of Teletubbies, and Teletubbies are freaky to begin with. I couldn’t stop looking at them though. It could be enough to literally cause nightmares. So, good episode. ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-files-season-11-open-spoilers-as-airs/805793/76 "2018-03-08T07:56:22Z")
So I just watched the technology-gone-mad episode yesterday, chanced a look on my phone, and a news story about [Alexa randomly laughing at people](https://www.engadget.com/2018/03/07/amazon-is-fixing-alexa-creepy-laughter/) pops up… :eek: Anyway, so far, I much prefer this season to the previous one. It’s not all gold, but there’s a lot of solid X-Files in there. What I didn’t like about that episode, though, was that things were never really resolved—so whenever somebody fails to tip at that automated restaurant, all their tech will turn on them, it seems. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2018, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-files-season-11-open-spoilers-as-airs/805793/77 "2018-03-09T15:56:23Z")
And was I the only one who thought “Mister Chuckle Teeth” was creepy as hell? Like Burger King “King” creepy. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2018, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-files-season-11-open-spoilers-as-airs/805793/78 "2018-03-09T19:24:01Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > And was I the only one who thought “Mister Chuckle Teeth” was creepy as hell? Like Burger King “King” creepy. You are not the only one. I can’t believe the cop shot the sex offender guy. Literally screamed “Holy Shit!” to myself. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2018, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-files-season-11-open-spoilers-as-airs/805793/79 "2018-03-09T20:58:16Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > And was I the only one who thought “Mister Chuckle Teeth” was creepy as hell? Like Burger King “King” creepy. A great example where one design choice made the episode. It was excellent. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2018, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-files-season-11-open-spoilers-as-airs/805793/80 "2018-03-11T02:23:05Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > And was I the only one who thought “Mister Chuckle Teeth” was creepy as hell? Like Burger King “King” creepy. Yeah, he was pretty damn creepy. The faux-Teletubbies were pretty bad, too. They should have had Egger’s wife played by Bitty Schram (Sharona from Monk), since Eggers’ was played by the fellow who played Randy Disher on Monk (and those characters got married at the end of the series. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-files-season-11-open-spoilers-as-airs/805793.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-files-season-11-open-spoilers-as-airs/805793.md?page=5)