Michaela and Ed convene in CYBERSPACE to discuss the first episode of The X-Files written by acclaimed sci-fi authors William Gibson and Tom Maddox. They discuss the episode's place within Gibson's body of work, how its vision of A.I. looks now versus in 1998, and the many ways that The Matrix managed to make cyberpunk cool.

This week, we dive into the uncanny as the legendary Stephen King takes the helm of The X-Files. Ed puts on his surgical gloves to dissect "Chinga," tracing King’s unmistakable fingerprints across every chilling scene to see how the Master of Horror fares in the basement office.

But before we face the doll from hell, we navigate the hazards of the real world. Ed prepares for the high-stakes spectacle of the Super Bowl - predicting glory and eyeing the halftime stage - while a simple quest for a raincoat turns into a classic battle against the elements (and a perfectly timed cosmic joke from the weather).

Grab a Sunday roast and join us as we bridge the gap between mundane mid-winter walks and Maine’s most twisted imagination.

There's some prime mid-90s pop cultural ephemera in this episode, but what else? Michaela and Ed try to figure out if there's anything worthwhile in an X-File often cited as one of the worst, and if the very title of the episode itself is a typo.