The X-Files Season 11: 10 Biggest Reveals From 'The Lost Art Of Forehead Sweat'
7. There Really Was A Reggie
Hold on to your hats. It's not just the Mandela effect. There really was a Reggie.
Bonus points go to Darin Morgan for naming Mulder's "partner" Reggie, especially since he really did have a partner named Reggie. It's another way of playing with the idea of memory, and seeing how many X-Files fans are up on their trivia.
Lets jump back into The X-Files of old. Before he dedicated himself to the FBI's unexplained, unsolvable X-Files, Mulder was partnered with Reggie Purdue. Purdue appeared in the season one episode Young At Heart, where he was killed by an old nemesis of Mulder's. The old friend of 'Spooky' is also referenced in a couple of later episodes, Paper Hearts and Unusual Suspects.
He's not the same Reggie we meet in season 11, of course. Brian Huskey plays the Reggie we meet this week, and does an admirable job.
Still, borrowing an old and nearly forgotten name was a moment of genius. Later in The Lost Art of Forehead Sweat, a clip from Unusual Suspects, where Mulder answers a cell phone call and mentions Reggie by name, is aired. It's the perfect flashback. Not overdubbed, no editing required. Yet it's likely that at least a few fans will believe it was faked. Fake, real, the nature of truth is a very big part of this episode.