Episode 5: The X-Files, 2020 movie preview, Black Widow, The Boys, Ridley Scott, The Witcher and more

Things are getting strange we’re starting to worry, this could be a case for… the Robby The Robot’s Waiting crew! Yes, in the latest podcast we’re seeing if the truth really is out there, with a look back at season one of The X-Files. We’re joined by writer and TV archaeologist Paul Terry, whose work on The X-Files: The Official Archives (Cryptids, Biological Anomalies, and Parapsychic Phenomena) will hit shelves this month. Is first season episode Squeeze still a great episode of TV?

Back in the present day, we share the shows and films we’ve been catching up with (The Boys, Geostorm, Dark, Lovecraft Country, Bill & Ted Face The Music) and preview those which are yet to come (Free Guy, Black Widow, Soul, Raised By Wolves). If you’re on the hunt for recommendations, this is the place to be. 

In the news, Covid-19 succeeds where Gotham’s most despicable criminals have failed and shuts down The Batman; the Game Of Thrones creators tackle The Three Body Problem; Alien could be respawning; a live-action Spider-verse is swinging on to the small screen courtesy of Silk; The Witcher’s timeline controversy; and loads more.

Star Trek Day and the announcement about The Walking Dead’s 11th season being its last took place after we recorded – but fear not, we’ll talk about those and loads more in Episode 6.

Episode highlights:

0:00:47 – What we’ve been watching: The Boys, The New Mutants, Bill & Ted Face The Music, Geostorm, Dark

0:10:07 – 2020 movie preview: what will tempt us to the cinema this year? Black Widow, Free Guy, Soul

0:21:02 – Meet our guest Paul Terry! He’s been watching Lovecraft Country and Raised By Wolves

0:24:33 – Our regular Rewind segment! Looking back at a classic episode of The X-Files – Squeeze

0:37:19 – Paul Terry opens the case files on his upcoming book The X-Files: The Official Archives

0:48:42 – The sci-fi news this week. Batman vs Covid-19; Benioff and Weiss on The Three Body Problem; Ridley Scott maybe heading back to the Alien universe; John Boyega; The Witcher and more

Doing the talking:

Richard Edwards: film and TV journalist and former editor of SFX magazine 

Tanavi Patel: entertainment reporter for SFX and Digital Spy, panel moderator for MCM, FanExpo and more 

Dave Bradley: writer, gamer, book reviewer and another former editor of SFX magazine 

SPECIAL GUEST! Paul Terry: bestselling writer, music composer, producer and archivist. He’s authored and co-authored many guides to top TV shows and pop culture phenomenon.

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