THE EX-FILES ABACUS

current as of: season two, episode five: “duane barry”

Significant Eye Contact

Scully is a Medical Doctor

eX-Files SCARE-O-METER

Producer LaToya Ferguson, a self-described “scaredy-cat” ranks each episode for her fellow scaredy-cats on a scale of 1/5 so you can prepare, hide under the covers, etc.

S2E1 “Little Green Men”
1.5/5 What’s The Difference Between A Lap Dance & A Table Dances
spooky alien stuff

S2E2 “The Host”
5 (but really higher than 5)/5 I Hate This I Hate This I Am Quitting The Podcasts
endless body horror

S2E3 “Blood”
2.75/5 Experimental Pesticides Responsible for Violent Behavior
suspense, psychosis, gun violence

S2E4 “Sleepless”
1.5/5 Different Dyssomnias & Parasomnias

S2E5 “Duane Barry”
1.5/5 Psychopaths Who Took a Bullet in the Head
warning: strobe light use*

S2E6 “Ascension”
1/5 Turning One Man’s Religion Into A Crusades


*”Duane Barry” episode time stamps for strobe light use:
18:40-19:02, 22:09-22:14, 22:41-23:00, 30:01-30:08

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S1E1 “Pilot” • 2.5/5 Grey Metallic Implants
S1E2 “Deep Throat” • 1/5 Budahases
S1E3 “Squeeze” • 4/5 Ripped Out Livers**
S1E4 “Conduit” • 1/5 Middle Of The Night Sunburns
S1E5 “The Jersey Devil” •1.5/5 Gnawed Off Appendages
S1E6 “Shadows” • 1/5 Abnormal Post-Mortem Muscle Reflexes***
S1E7 “Ghost In The Machine” • 1/5 Non-Murderous Scruffy Minds
S1E8 “Ice” • 3.5/5 Droppin’ My Cargo For No Ones
S1E9 “Space” • 1/5 Sculpted Human Faces
S1E10 “Fallen Angel” • 1/5 “Meteors”
S1E11 “Eve” • 3/5 Tender Hearts In A Blender
S1E12 “Fire” • 2/5 Three-Pipe Problems
S1E13 “Beyond the Sea” • 1/5 Thousands of Souls Entering My Body
S1E14 “Genderbender” • 2.5/5 Ultimate Sex Magnets
S1E15 “Lazarus” • 1/5 Love Affairs I Almost Envy
S1E16 “Young At Heart” • 1/5 Funerals for Fox’s Friends
S1E17 “E.B.E.” • 2.75/5 Governments Within A Governmen
S1E18 “Miracle Man” • 1/5 Hallelujah, Praise Gods
S1E19 “Shapes” • 1.5/5 Awoos
S1E20 “Darkness Falls” • 2.95/5 We Have “Ice” At Homes
S1E21 “Tooms” • 3.475/5 Separate Standards for Agent Scully and Agent Mulder
S1E22 “Born Again” • 1/5 I Swear We’ve Seen This Episode Multiple Times Already This Season…
Only Now There Is Origami
S1E23 “Roland” • This episode was skipped so we could do a deeper dive episode on the treatment of
autistic /neurodivergent characters in 90s media next season +
S1E24 “The Erlenmeyer Flask” • 1/5 Trust… Trust… No One

**Rating taken from episode guest and fellow scaredy-cat, Hrishi Hirway
***Kristin cautions that her rating would be at LEAST a 2 if you are scared of poltergeists!!!