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Doppelgängers and possibly evil twins spell trouble for Mulder and Scully in the latest season 11 episode of The X-Files, “Plus One.”
This week, it looks like we’re getting back to the old “monster of the week” formula for The X-Files. At least, it’s hard to see how creepy doppelgängers and psychic twins will be tied to baddies like Erika Price or the Cigarette Smoking Man.
It also looks like we’ll encounter at least a few brief moments of gore. In the promo for “Plus One,” a man faces off with his evil twin, brandishing a katana. Stills from the episode show that the man meets a grisly but (hopefully) quick end. Plus, his carpet is totally ruined.
Meanwhile, a young man crashes his truck into a tree, sabotaged by his double. Furthermore, another woman appears to have survived her doppelgänger encounter, though she’s suffering mentally. However, could she be right that there’s a way to telepathically protect yourself? And is it worth being stuck in what looks like a psychiatric ward?
How are Mulder and Scully going to solve this one? With psychic phenomena in the mix, it’s always a tense situation for the pair. It doesn’t help that Scully is apparently having a hard time dealing with a possibly unstable reality. Or could it be that she has her own doppelgänger serving steely looks and potential murder?
Doppelgänger mysteries
Here’s the synopsis for “Plus One”, courtesy of TV Guide:
"A spate of deaths, in which the victims were plagued by their own doppelgangers, lead Mulder and Scully to a pair of twins playing a dangerous game."
Who are these twins? One one hand, it could be that they are overtly malicious. However, given the history of psychic and doppelgänger-type episodes in The X-Files, they might also be misguided doofuses.
There are plenty of those to be found in Mulder and Scully’s wake when all is said and done. We’ll have to wait until “Plus One” airs to tell for sure.
Here is when and where you can watch “Plus One”:
"Date: Wednesday, Jan. 17Start time: 8 p.m. ETEpisode: “Plus One”TV Channel: FOXLive Stream: Stream 1 | Stream 2"
Hopefully, Scully can maintain her sanity. In the best case scenario, we might even hope that she pairs up with her mystery twin for some Scully-squared investigating power. That’s probably far too silly for the tone of “Plus One,” but we can always hope. If nothing else, there’s bound to be some intriguing psychic phenomena on view.