Still trying to catch up with recent interviews — here is one with Eleanor Infante, editor of 4 episodes in The X-Files season 11, with the “Hey Danny, it’s Mulder” podcast. Some interesting insights here:

• She talks about working within the strict boundaries of length for commercial cuts in network television, as opposed to much more flexibility in streaming. [I think that can be negative as much as positive, as it inserts tightness in script and editing.]
• Glen Morgan brought her to TXF. They did “Lore” together before (and worked on “The Twilight Zone” since).
• She had never watched the show. As she was editing her episodes, she was watching a top 30 of episodes as per a list by Vulture.
• Interesting difference in working methods between the two brothers: Glen lets editor give him what she wants, he is a collaborator, he takes what others suggest; whereas Darin is very specific about what he wants, she was a help for his vision.
• 11X02: This: for the group approaching the Mulder & Scully house in the teaser, Glen was inspired by Peter Weir’s “Witness”, with the dread of the cops approaching the Amish. He also wanted to use the Ramones song.
• 11X04: The Lost Art of Forehead Sweat: Darin is a perfectionist genius. He is all about language, rhythm. He sat with her and went through all the takes. She was the one who suggested to him that they use the a capella version of the main theme!
• 11X07: Rm9…/Followers: she had fun inserting draft sounds in the editing, Glen liked almost everything, then the sound department replicated it. The voice of the AI would have been Stephen Hawking himself, they were talking with his estate, but he was ill [he died just months later, in March 2018].
• 11X10: My Struggle IV: Build trust with the director-producer to take initiative, and move things around even if it was not scripted. She did that in this episode. Carter asked her to do an audio commentary of the episode.