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Podcast: Things Are Getting Strange
Episode: They're Waiting for you Mulder. In the Mushroom Chamber
Description: Content warning for Excelsis Dei and Aubrey - mentions of sexual assault.We weren't looking forward to revisiting Excelsis Dei and were not surprised by the experience of re-watching it. The base subject matter is off-putting; Mulder and Scully seem to have traded personality traits (since when was Mulder adamant about the most absolutely mundane solution?); and the episode seems decidedly confused about whether the mushroom crop reduces Alzheimer's symptoms and gives old people telekinetic powers OR the mushroom crop reduces Alzheimer's symptoms and energises the restless...