Welcome to the worst bestsellers, where we read about Dana Scully's experimental phase so you don't have to.

I'm Kate.

And I'm Renata.

And for this episode, we read X-Files Origins Devil's Advocate by

Jonathan Mayberry. Joining us to discuss this prequel novel that literally no one asked for is the

molder to Kate Scully, Nicole. Hello. Hello. Thank you for joining us.

Thank you for having me back.

I do just want to real quick unpack this, because I kind of feel like, if anything,

you're like a too-molder relationship.

That is, it is very true.

Like, I'm very flattered by that, so I read it anyway. But as I was reading it, I was thinking like, we're both, we're, let's be honest, we're like two of the fucking lone gunmen over here. That's fair. That actually probably would have been more accurate. It was mostly, it was a little bit of a throwback to, I was like a trash teenager. So when I watched The X-Files, I preferred Molder when I was a teen.

And now that I'm older, I obviously prefer Scully.

But it was a little bit of a throwback to that because teen Kate had correct opinions and was always Team Scully.

Team Kate knew that she was gay a little bit before you did. I was going to say, yeah.

I feel like I missed out because Jillian Anderson was not my lesbian awakening,

and I'm very upset about that.

You know, I also liked Mulder, too, which I make sense because I'm straight.

Brag.

Not a brag.

Not cool.

Unfortunate.

But there it is.

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