Free Alien Porn

For the past several weeks, K and I have become re-hooked on the awkward dynamic of sexual repression between Mulder and Scully. That's right. We took a time machine back to 1993 and started watching the X Files from the beginning. Season one. (Come on, are you really that surprised? You KNOW we are ginormous dorks.)

All 9 glorious seasons have been available on Netflix instant view, and we've been enjoying them at our leisure through the (*cough* evil) Xbox Machine. So far, we've seen Fox and Mulder through the awesome early nineties giant phones, androgenous outfits, bad haircuts, and trench coats.

A week ago, tragedy struck. When we went to turn on the Machine and see what UFO antics Mulder and Scully had in store for us, there was a disclaimer at the bottom of the Netflix screen:

"Available until April 1, 2011."

NOOOOOOOOOOOO. We are only up to SEASON 3!

After a few tears and preparing ourselves for the upset to come, last night came. March 31. We knew it was our last night of Mulder and Scully. We got the ice cream ready and watched a few episodes. Before we knew it, it was 11:30. The episodes are 45 minutes each. Even though it was late, and a school night, we knew we had to watch one more.

But what would happen at midnight?

Would they turn off our episode right in the middle? Before we knew if they caught the satanists who killed a prepubescent Ryan Reynolds? We watched in agony.

Midnight came and went, and Netflix took pity on us and did not cancel our show in the middle. But then we got nervous. The X Files still showed up on our Netflix screen. We thought maybe it was only until we restarted our evil machine. It was 12:15am. Should we just keep watching until they shut it off? I was afraid to turn off the TV. Much like Joey and Chandler when they got free porn and left it on 24/7.

But I had to check it out. So we restarted it and held our breath as we waited to see if they were gone forever. They weren't. So what's the deal, Netflix? Now I'm afraid to turn it back ON for fear of severe disappointment. But at some point today I'm going to have to test out the theory and see if we still have free alien porn. I'm crossing my tentacles.