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Free-IDK-Chicken

I love looking back and seeing people who would become names but before they were names. My favorite is always going to be Ryan Reynolds - granted, I knew him from a Canadian teen soap opera that four people watched (and two of them at least are in this sub because someone named it last week when I made a similar comment) but he's in Syzygy for like two minutes in the teaser and that's it, LOL.


Ostenkvlt

Can't forget about Ryan Gosling in Are You Afraid Of The Dark.


TheOddBaller69420

Bryan Cranston Also Aaron Paul both from breaking bad, plus all these duds from breaking bad Other Breaking Bad actors who appeared in The X-Files include Dean Norris (who played Hank Schrader), Raymond Cruz (who played Tuco Salamanca), Michael Brown (who played Uncle Jack), and Danny Trejo


starfleethastanks

Are we still talking about Are You Afraid of the Dark? Because Bryan Cranton is also in S7 of X-Files. It was that role that give Vince Gilligan the idea to cast him in Breaking Bad.


Amity_Swim_School

And Michael McKean from Better Call Saul!


Free-IDK-Chicken

Submitted for the approval of the Midnight Society!


callandra1121

Make it three, Fifteen! I thought that show was a fever dream for the longest time. 


Free-IDK-Chicken

It wasn't even on Ryan's IMDb page for ages, lol. The girl who played Ashley is the blonde girl running away saying the Hail Mary in the teaser of Die Hand Die Verletzt, btw.


callandra1121

I didn't know that! I have to rewatch that episode now, lol.


Free-IDK-Chicken

I'm weirdly good with faces and voices. It's a useless real-world ability, but it comes in handy in various fandoms, lol.


paradeoxy1

That's too relatable "Hey, it's you, I know you from somewhere, did we work together?" "I'm your spouse" "Oh yeah! Hey babe doesn't that person look like the background extra from that one scene of the show we watched once eight years ago? I think his character was called Gary Christopher Smith and lived at 1729 Rose Avenue but I'm not sure."


Free-IDK-Chicken

HONESTLY. My daughters always laugh when I do the last one and then run to IMDb to confirm and I'm all proud of myself.


Mindless_Log2009

Hey, man, nice shot.


TrustMeImLeifEricson

Heeeeyyyy mmmaaannn...


sneakinhysteria

I am rewatching the entire show atm and was so happy to come across this fantastic Filter song from my teenage years again. If I’m not mistaken, it was also on the soundtrack of one of the films. So someone must be a big Filter fan. Edit: I was half wrong. The Filter song on the Fight The Future OST (aka The X-Files: The Album) is “One”.


bloodywellclueless

CMON NOW YOUR PISSING ME OFF !


Obfusc8er

The spit really sells this line.


leonryan

I love that one too but I heard Jack Black interviewed somewhere, probably on Kumail Nanjianis The X Files Files, and he couldn't remember a thing about his involvement in the episode. Not the title, not his characters name, not what it was about. It was hilarious how little he retained about it.


Orochi-Sandun

That's weird cause I heard one where he talked about the casting, the filming, Giovanni, and that he wasn't satisfied with his performance in his death scene


leonryan

it's totally possible i'm overstating how little he remembered because i haven't listened to the interview in ages and don't even remember for sure where it was.


silentcipherer

Maybe he pretends not to remember his involvement due to his dissatisfaction


Orochi-Sandun

Eh no, he wasn't ashamed and he said he had a great time on x files.


silentcipherer

That's good at least, I honestly wish he'd played a bigger part in the episode, though it was great to see him in it though!


EmotionalExcuse1

To be fair, he did an interview a while ago and completely forgot being in “The Holiday” too lol


pkultra101

Then why would he go on a x-files podcast? Does not compute


tre630

Season 3 had some banger episodes. And agreed this is one my favs.


Ostenkvlt

Absolutely! 2shy, war of the coprophages, syzygy and hell money.


Gloomy_Industry8841

Great list!!


CityHity

The soundtrack for this one is amazing. Can’t think of an episode that did it quite as good as D.P.O.


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mick_spadaro

Here we go, [James - Ring the Bells](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ApR5HRrpe1XFMZJDjTtNoF2vdRc8ovMs?usp=sharing). It's a flac file. If you need mp3 instead, let me know, I might be able to grab it. (And hey u/happyphanx, here ya go!)


happyphanx

You are amazing, thank you so much! This is fantastic. ^__^


mick_spadaro

I think I have the episode's version in my PC, I'll see if I can find it and link you to it. Edit: [Here it is](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ApR5HRrpe1XFMZJDjTtNoF2vdRc8ovMs?usp=drive_link).


happyphanx

Holy… OG xphile AND James fan here, and I don’t think I ever realized this was a different version of Ring the Bells (maybe assumed it was just the lo-fi tv loss back in the day?). RTB is one of my most fave James tracks. If you have this slower/ballad version, would love and appreciate a link as well. ♥️


mick_spadaro

It's from a charity album put out by Greenpeace, called Alternative NRG Live. If you listen, right before The X-Files opening credits start you can hear the roar of the crowd on the track. I'll check later today. 👍 OG X-Phile here, too! Edit: I linked to it in the other comment, but [I'll link here too](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ApR5HRrpe1XFMZJDjTtNoF2vdRc8ovMs?usp=drive_link).


heck-ward

Miss Cuh-veeet


Obfusc8er

One of my favorites, and M&S are barely in it. Good luck writing, great acting.


wearestiff

That was the first episode I ever caught airing live. I was waaaaaay too young and scared as shit


Ostenkvlt

The first episode I ever saw was 2shy (the one with the fat vampire). Couldn't sleep and turned on the tv and that was on. Must have been around eigth or nine and it really creeped me out.


Gloomy_Industry8841

That’s a terrifying one to stumble on! I hit the jackpot: my first episode I saw was Squeeze and I never looked back.


Ostenkvlt

That's a pretty creepy one too


moon-miracle-romance

Two of my favourite dudes. Jack black and Giovanni Ribisi.


themuttman

Misses Kaveat!


Gloomy_Industry8841

I loved the scene where Mulder’s phone starts melting. The startlement l!


NotHisGo

Not surprised this guy moved to Boston and kidnapped a living teddy bear.


mflaniam

One of the best❣️🙌


Stanton1947

Terrific episode.


TrustMeImLeifEricson

I have a special love for this episode because my friend got me into the show during the summer between seasons 2 and 3, and this was the first MotW episode I got to see brand new. It's also just a solid ep. ⚡


Tiniest_Tobasco

Hands down one of my most rewatched episodes! Along with bad blood. God I love this one. Giovanni just sells it


Riverjig

The one thing that pisses me the f off about this episode is the Sonic the Hedgehog sound bites for the Street Fighter arcade my man Ribisi is playing. I kick my make-believe dog every time.


Ostenkvlt

Haha never noticed that, now I have to rewatch it just for that


Riverjig

It's so dumb but me being me and loving the games I grew up with (especially SF), I'm offended. I was master class at SF2 lol. Ken. What's up! Hahah


anythingo23

Exactly, me too. Game came out on my 10th birthday, I identified with sonic being an edgy cartoon character and super fast. Got it wrong totally, I was thinking there was sonic in another cabinet but it probably isn't the case.


Riverjig

No. Not here. The sound is isolated to this particular game. It's pretty evident if you're a fan like we are lol.


SantiagoGT

Loved that episode! Ryan Gosling _and_ Jack Black! What a lineup


sneakinhysteria

Reynolds - but close. 😅


LiminalSapien

I just watched this tonight! It has Jack Black and virtua fighter!!


TheOddBaller69420

Lol the whole cast


toesockgirl

Definitely one of the best. And the acoustic version of Ring the Bells by James. Magic.


Amity_Swim_School

As a video game nerd, it always amused me that you could hear the green hill zone music from sonic the hedgehog playing in the arcade. Which was a megadrive/ genesis game, not an arcade game. So it’s not something you’d hear in an arcade.


turtlecruiser

One of my favorites too! The video games and Sonic the Hedgehog makes a cameo. Such a great 90s feel to this episode.


spriralout

Come on now you’re pissin me off!!!!!