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The Mandela effect refers to what are essentially shared mistakes in memory.
This episode applies this fascinating concept to the history ofThe X-Files.
Were introduced to the Mandela effect through the story of Reggie Something, played by Brian Huskey.
Do you even KNOW ME?!?!
Now its Scullys time to meet with Reggie and learn whatherMandela Effect is.
Its a Jell-o knock-off called Goop-o ABC, which Reggie hands her before yelling Just prove that Im real!
Of course, his fingerprints on the box dont match anyones in the system.
When he was moving his mother, he came across a book by Dr. Wuzzle.
He remembered his favorite childhood author being named Dr. Wussle.
Reggie points out that they want you to think all conspiracies are silly.
And Darin Morgan has an answer for just who they is.
Meet Dr. Thaddeus Q.
They, the man who figured out who to manipulate collective memory.
Reggie latches onto the fact that Dr.
They worked in Grenada, where Reggie claims he saw alien land almost four decades ago.
Reggie remembers seeing the alien being taken away by mysterious men in black.
Then he drops the biggest bomb yet: He started The X-Files.
In an amazing montage, we see Reggie cut into old episodes of the show from its original run.
Its an episode about manipulating history that manipulates the history of itself.
As he says, Were living in a post-cover-up, post-conspiracy age.
Is Reggie just a disillusioned employee imagining he still fights for truth and justice?
He willingly puts on a straitjacket, but Mulder asks about their last case before he goes.
It turns out that Reggie, Mulder, and Scully did find the truth.
Mulder throws a tantrum in response.
He doesnt want all the answers.
He wants to keep searching.
It turns out The Lost Martian was on a show calledThe Dusky Realmand Goop-o ABC looks gross.
And thats when Scully hits us with a melancholy line: I want to remember how it all was.
We all do, Sculls.
Reggie!Does this mean his story about working with Mulder and Scully is true?
Why else would his badge be in the X-Files?
I love how Reggie calls them Foxy and Sculls.
The Mulder flashback with an 8-year-old body and David Duchovnys head was brilliant.
Soy Bomb Conspiracy isa real thing.
The Grenada UFO Stamp isalso real.
Reggie is shown a political cartoon from WWII drawn by Dr. Wuzzle.
Maybe they will now.
They is played by TV legend Stuart Margolin, who won two Emmys forThe Rockford Files.
Two great quotes: Im Fox freaking Mulder, you punks!
and Were not alone in the universe, but nobody likes us.
