Its just this very specific lighting.
And I was like, Oh my god.
It looks likeThe X-Files.
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And Darin was like, Yeah, thats what were making.
And then he just walked away to do something.
And I think I somehow responded before he hit Send.
Like, I was not cool.
I just responded right away and said, Yes, of course.
What are you talking about?
He knew thats what I was going to say.
He was playing it cool.
Working with Morgan added to the excitement.
If you look at his episodes, says Nanjiani, they are all different tones.
Theres a continuum between grounded and wacky, and I wasnt quite sure where this episode would land.
A lot of directors would be like, All right, do this.
Now do that again.
He was like, Okay, now do it like this.
Now do it like this.
Which I think is a cool way of doing things.
So where did the episode fall in the end?
Its not what you would immediately think would beThe X-Files.
In a way, I think this might be his wackiest episode yet.
Its all so crazy, he says of the filming experience.
I remember Polaroid snapshots of it.
They were both so nice and so kind.
He wants to be called David.
So I kind of called him Duchovny for the rest of the night.
Ive been a fan of it for over 20 years.
I never thought of it as her being actually immortal, he says.
I know the shows referenced it a few times.
And he goes, You dont.
I think it robs a little bit of the beauty of that moment.
Hes this really curmudgeonly, negative guy, and thats one of the only times hes actually sweet.
I dont want to be the bad part of the reboot.
And now that its done, I can just watch it completely, fully as a fan.
So Im just excited to see more of it, and I really, really hope they do more.
I think the six-episode run is a great idea.
The X-Filesairs Mondays at 8 p.m.
