The X-Files Newbie Recap: “The End” & The X-Files Movie – “I had you big time.”
(A note, before we begin: there may be changes to these recaps ahead. Please see the end of the post for some details—I’d appreciate your feedback, loyal readers!) A bee interrupted the moment. *The* moment. A More...
The X-Files Newbie Recap: “All Souls,” “The Pine Bluff Variant,” & “Folie à Deux” – “If I’m not back by midnight, feed my fish.”
Scully feels, two episodes with beloved Walter and “you’re my one in five billion”? THIS WEEK IS JUST COPIOUS HURT. All Souls Brace yourself for this one because I have a lot of feelings. I don’t More...
The X-Files Newbie Recap: “Kill Switch,” “Bad Blood,” & “Patient X” – “Anyway, I was drugged.”
How do you solve a problem like following certified masterpiece “Bad Blood”? YOU RESURRECT RATBOY, THAT’S HOW. Peculiar affair with Covarrubias: optional. Kill Switch This is almost certainly More...
Sailor Moon Newbie Recaps: Episodes 167-169 – Second Stars to the right and straight on ’til morning!
As I mentioned last week, thanks to Viz’s awkward release schedule, I’ve got a whole trio of Stars episodes to cover this time around, and h’oh man, did this season waste no time in diving right More...
The X-Files Newbie Recap: “Redux II,” “Unusual Suspects,” and “Detour” – “That’s what happens. People get to lookin’ around, next thing they know, something eats ’em.”
Scully’s cancer goes into remission, the Lone Gunmen’s origin story is pretty blah and our heroes get lost in the woods during a routine teamwork conference. “Detour” saves this week. Redux More...
Revolutionary Girl Utena Newbie Recap: Episode 11, “Gracefully Cruel – The One Who Picks That Flower” – “Those who fight with compassion lose their lives!”
Hello hello, Utena friends. This episode was so traumatic that when I started writing up a recap last week, I couldn’t figure out how to fully process my feelings and ended up sitting on this recap for another More...
The X-Files Newbie Recap: “Small Potatoes,” “Zero Sum,” & “Elegy” – “Did he have a lightsaber?”
NOT THE BEES! There, I said it. Small Potatoes Oh gosh, there’s a shapeshifting rapist in this and it’s really odd and I feel very uncomfortable. One of the victims thinks Luke Skywalker fathered her More...
Sailor Moon Newbie Recaps: Episodes 158 & 159 – Now entering Plot City, population: Us!
The story is back in more-or-less full force, as we (finally!) learn more about Pegward and his mysterious Dream World and forward the odd little relationship developing between Chibiusa and her magical boy. More...
The X-Files Newbie Recap: “Tempus Fugit,” “Max,” and “Synchrony” – “I just thought it was a cool keychain.”
Pendrell is dead. In related news, so is God, love, hope, and my faith in this world. Here, take some tissues before we go on. Tempus Fugit The return and simultaneous disappearance of one Max Fennig. You may remember More...
The X-Files Newbie Recaps: “Kaddish” & “Unrequited”
I write with quivering fingers because my house is Baltic right now. Good job both this week’s episodes are so dark then, hein? Kaddish A rightfully damning depiction of anti-Semitism forms the basis of this More...