The X-Files season 11 episode 2 live stream: Watch online
The X-Files returns again for a creepy call back from an old friend. It all happens in season 11, episode 2, airing this Wednesday on FOX.
How is a television series like The X-Files supposed to move into the future? After all, for a significant number of fans, the classic 1990s episodes feel firmly rooted in another time. In many ways, The X-Files stemmed from a distinct kind of post-Cold War dread and fear.
Before the Internet became the ubiquitous force it is today, before people were able to communicate with the miraculous and sometimes dangerous pieces of technology, things like alien conspiracies were both fun and nearly plausible. Much of the world was hidden in a way it cannot be today.
After all, who knew what was going on in the recesses of some Watergate-esque parking garage, or a post-Soviet nation? Mulder and Scully spent most of their early years battling hidden monsters and shadowy conspiracy-makers that arose from surprising corners.
Now, perhaps, the strangeness is a little too close for comfort. No need for the Lone Gunmen to issue clandestine zines or monitor their phone lines. They’d probably have one of the most popular podcasts of all time, or could even run for local office without raising too many eyebrows. Anything, it seems, is possible nowadays.
Take the issue of alien visitors, near and dear to the heart of many an X-File aficionado. The New York Times recently released a report confirming a Pentagon program set up to monitor UFOs. People who might have, in another time, been considered fringe alarmists now have jobs surprisingly close to the White House.
With this growing sense of menace in the open, perhaps even of something mysterious and unknown coming to fruition, The X-Files must change, too. With “This”, written by series veteran Glen Morgan, it looks like the complications of the modern world could be coming for Mulder and Scully as well.
Here’s the synopsis for “This”, courtesy of TV Guide:
"An old friend reaches out to Mulder and Scully in a seemingly impossible way, revealing a chilling secret"
A very simple synopsis, to be sure, but one that points the way to some big reveals. Below is when and where you can watch:
"Date: Wednesday, Jan. 10Start time: 8 p.m. ETEpisode: “This”TV Channel: FOXLive Stream: Stream 1 | Stream 2"
Who’s this mysterious old friend, and why is it so impossible for them to get in touch with Mulder and Scully? Hopefully, at least a few of these questions will be answered this Wednesday.