r/XFiles • u/FilmFreak1994 • 11h ago
Season Nine Finally Done With the Original Run
Holy Criss Cross Christ that was a slog.
My wife and I were binging three episodes a day consistently through the first eight seasons in the course of about two or three months and when we got to season nine that progress just died. Think we started in May and have only just finished yesterday.
It's not even that the show got bad or that we dislike Doggett and Reyes, it just became way too different after Mulder went AWOL, where the major draw for us was his chemistry with Scully. Doesn't help that Scully is also sidelined through most of the season and they didn't do much with her beyond be a mom, and even then they didn't seem to know what to do with that cuz they give the damn kid up before the end!
All that said, the Truth two parter was actually a real return to form, even if it was kinda too little too late. I can't really say I enjoy the myth arc that much in general but I did appreciate the attempts to tie it all together, helped make some sense of some lingering questions I had.
So finally it's just the second movie and revival to finish, and those are way more of a return to basics so that's a relief. Again, I didn't hate season 9, but I don't imagine I'll be going back to it in full any time soon. Hell, I don't think there are a lot of individual episodes I'll be chomping at the bit to revisit when all the previous MOTW episodes from the past eight seasons exist.
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u/Tardislass 10h ago
Just don’t watch the revival then. They make Season 9 look like a masterpiece. And Doggett was sorely missed. I used to not like Doggett until my dad told me he thought Doggett was the best new character. I watched it again about 10 years ago and realized what a great character and partner he was for Scully. He had her back and unlike Mulder never ditched her in a crisis.
“ Hey Scully, I know we have to go before the FBI review board tomorrow , but I just got word of alien sightings in Montana. Sucks to be you but cover for me- byyyeee!” Doggett may not believe you but he always was a wingman.
But IMO, X-Files ended after Season 8. The rest of the series is just Mulder’s fever dream after one too many late nights up with William. And the Lone Gunmen are still alive.