Spoilers

“Schizogeny”

… or the killer tree episode.

I first thought this was the episode with the kid who could summon lightning and was always in the arcade, but it switched up quickly. I do not remember this episode at all. Perhaps that is because this is terrible.

Did I mention killer trees?

Poor Aunt Linda.

I think there was an intention to speak against abuse in children, but the ridiculousness of the rest of the episode just did not fit with the topic. The tone of this episode was all over the place and the abuse did not work for the story.

And evidence that Mulder should not be involved in car chases.

The X-Files gave us, perhaps, the first crazy Karen. Decapitated, even.

If I missed this the first time around, it seemed that I was lucky. This was one of the worst X-Files episodes in a long time.