‘The X-Files’ Review: The Grossest Episode of Season 11 Reminds Us That ‘Nothing Lasts Forever’

[Editor’s note: Spoilers for “The X-Files” Season 11 Episode 9, “Nothing Lasts Forever,” follow.]Previously, on “The X-Files”…Agents Mulder (David Duchovny) and Scully (Gillian Anderson) solve weird crimes for the FBI, and a big part of their partnership is that Scully believes in God (and is a practicing Catholic).

Meanwhile, Mulder believes in aliens, Scully, and not much else.This Week’s DossierSomebody’s harvesting organs for non-organ-donation purposes, and Mulder and Scully are on the case to figure out why — but there’s really not much mystery to it after we get introduced to the wacky cult created by former film and TV star Barbara Beaumont (Fiona Vroom, whose goofy performance is one of the episode’s biggest positives), who is working with Dr.

Luvenis (Jere Burns) to use the organs of their cult underlings to give themselves eternal beauty and life.

(And hey, it seems to be working, given that Barbara’s in her ’70s and Dr.

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