Summary: Kristin and Jen are back with discussion of "Rm9sbg93zxjz" (ahem, "Followers") and "Familar," X Files episodes 7 & 8! In "Followers," we discuss whether we're teaching our technological children well, and whether or not Kristen Cloke Morgan and Shannon Hamblin's episode might work better as an entry in the Black Mirror series. We also touch on Buffy's silent "Hush" episode, the art of Edward Hooper and Norman Rockwell, and consider how the Pixar movie Wall-E deals with a similar theme of (over)-reliance on technology. "Familar" felt, well, familiar, and gave us occasion to talk about creepfest X Files episodes of days gone by, including "Chimera," "Chinga," "Die Hand De Verlezt," "Szyzgy," and "The Calusari." The themes in Benjamin Van Allen's script -- of modern day witch hunting, police brutality and mass hysteria -- weren't hard to pick up on, but simpler things, like the name of Scully's daughter or the fact that she has actually suggested spontaneous human combustion as a cause of death, were apparently harder to keep straight. We hope you'll join us for our two-for-one discussion of two very solid but inconsistent eps!
