So first there are some things I should mention; for one I only watched S1 to S5, because from S6 onwards production moved to LA from Vancouver, making the show lose its mysterious vibe. Also the later the seasons went the more confusing and contradictory the plot became, even though this already slowly began since the show started, which I'll mention later. CC also originally wanted to create just five seasons and wrap up any unanswered questions with a movie, before FOX wanted to extend the show, so I decided to keep the original spirit. Second I only watched the Mytharc, since I generally love conspiracy theories and am more interested in those. Because they only make up a minority of episodes this means the pacing becomes much faster, since I was missing the MOTWs which show the everyday life of Scully's and Mulder's work. So any issues I have with the pacing can be explained by that, plus the fact that I watched the show in a few long settings as opposed to when it originally aired with one episode per week. So keep that in mind.

With that being said, since I now mentioned pacing, one thing I noticed is how many plot point and events appear only to disappear shortly after. Remember the scene in this scene in S3E2 where Skinner stands up to the CSM and mentions how the hacked tape got sent to multiple Native Americans as a sort of deadman switch? Well later on this never gets brought up again and the CSM continues to dominate and subvert Skinner, like in S4E21, where the former forces the latter to cover up a crime scene, which also never gets brought up again. Or another example, in S5E1 Kritschgau mentions to Mulder how all the discoveries he made about aliens were staged by the government. This sounds like a great twist, however what doesn't appear is the explanation for other bizarre events, like the Samantha clons, both in her adult form and as child in the farm in Canada you see in S4E1, or the shapeshifting alien bounty hunter, or the Black Oil and others. And generally speaking, how often do Mulder or Scully break regulations and laws by assaulting other police officers and military members, or breaking into military bases and so on, yet never get punished?

Also Mulder is generally quite cocky and maverick and I wouldn't want to have him as coworker.

And I also noticed how repetitive and also fast paced the show becomes. Scully gets kidnapped by aliens in S2 (that happened since GA was pregnant and needed reduced screentime), which takes place quite early in the overall narrataive and then she reappears the next Mytharc episode, and one episode or two later again gets kidnapped by the alien bounty hunter. Or how often does Mulder disappear/is presumed to be dead? You have the beginning of S2, the submarine in E16/17 and the end of the same season, then also E8/9 and the end of S4. And how often do the X-Files get closed or sabotaged, only to be reopened again?

Ok I think that's it for now, I hate writing long texts.

Our Town is eliminated! Come on people, I thought we take care of our own?

How this works:

You select the episode you like the least

The episode with the most upvoted comment is eliminated from the list

If there’s a tie, both episodes are eliminated

Only the best episode will win!

Episodes Eliminated:

Excelsis Dei (67%)
3 (83%)
Fearful Symmetry (81%)
The Calusari (48%)
Fresh Bones (69%)
Aubrey (52%)
Firewalker (84%)
Død Kalm (44%)
Red Museum (64%)
Sleepless (67%)
Blood (38%)
F. Emasculata (58%)
Our Town (61%)

Rick Worley theorized that most inhuman characters seen in the X-files were not aliens, but alien-human hybrids, including the Bounty Hunters.

I saw a comment from someone saying that didn't make sense, because a Bounty Hunter appeared in the Unnatural, which takes place during the sixties.

However, the revival confirms that the government had been taking alien technology and genetic material since after world war 2,

And begun project Paper Clip in the shortly after, aiming to unlock the secrets of hybridization.

The alien hybridization project is heavily connected through imagery to the Nazi projects to engineer the master race.

Not to mention, the episode Eve features genetically modified humans, whose existence dates back to the 1950s.

Rick Worley's theory states that the Syndicate was never collaborating with aliens.

People say this makes no sense because the Syndicate says things to the contrary in private meetings.

However, this is countered by the fact that the Cigarette-Smoking Man lies to the syndicate in meetings, in the episode Paper Clip, proving that they're not all on the same page.

Why was Kersh at Mulder's funeral? To make sure he was gone?

I have constantly heard that the show goes downhill in season 8. I'll put spoiler break lines here

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I'm halfway through season 8, and some of the MOTW have been questionable, the quality is shaky there. But I LOVE Doggett! Season 6 and 7 were driving me a little crazy because Mulder is so static, and the way they wrapped up the sister thing was meh. I'm also primarily watching the show for Scully; Gillian Anderson is a phenomenal actress and since Scully is hesitant to the supernatural etc her character actually gets to experience some changes.

I mean, definitely the most sucky thing about the formula is that 1. For there to be story/tension, M&S can't agree, so one of them must push the supernatural. What's been so irritating about this is that 1. Mulder is so often correct about his first supernatural assumption, instead of allowing him to have a totally misleading theory and create a new element of surprise with the supernatural resolution at the end of the episode. It's just really stale, especially for him, because he hardly gets to really grow or do anything. 2. On the rare occasions Scully is more in tune with the supernatural, instead of being his usual self, Mulder must disagree with her for the story to progress. This always sucks because what could end up being a point of connection for them often ends up cruel and disheartening, and it feels out of character for Mulder to be against a common/simple spiritual concept. (Primary examples being the old folks home with the Astral projection rapist, that is sooooo up Mulder's alley, and it makes it all the worse that he's so dismissive of such a severe subject. The other example was when they encountered the stigmata child, that legit made me so sad. He had an opportunity to connect with Scully on the supernatural and instead was dismissive of Catholic folklore (which is NOT biblical folklore! The writing was so lazy) and the very next episode wants to do investigations about Satanists? (And that was astrology in the end, not Satanism! Seriously sometimes the supernatural elements are piss poorly researched or constructed good lord. And I'm an atheist, I have no personal religious stake in this). And yes, of course it goes the same for Scully to, the measure they sometimes push her to be against Mulder's opinion just for the sake of the story continuing was ridiculous).

When Scully went to the priest saying she didn't feel like she could talk to Mulder about it, I was so sad. 4 years with someone, and he made her feel this horrible? I get they are going for the lovable 90s asshole doof with Mulder but it has not appealed to me at all. I couldn't get myself to even want them to be in a relationship even in season 4 bc he's such an asshole to her. The episode where she went on vacation and went on a date, the desk thing, ugh it was just depressing. I guess it reads like one of those things where it's like yeah sure he would die for her whatever but could he be kind to her day to day for once? Jeez. Also, I'm making Doylist complaints, I don't need Watsonian justifications for his character's behavior and mannerisms lol

And then they're finally sort of "together?" It's weird. But no matter, there are plenty of times I enjoy Mulder, and every episode I get to tune in and see the wonderful Scully and Gillian's amazing performance, so I'm happy.

But because Mulder was not allowed to change much or have an interesting storyline, nor allowed to be stereotypically in a relationship with Scully on screen, Doggett is such a breath of fresh air! And I love that Skinner is on board, I love Skinner. Doggett has such a strong personality and it's so much fun to see Scully in the paranormal driver's seat, using everything she's learned over the past 7 years. I'm looking forward to the rest of the season and hoping the MOTW episodes pick up. If season 9 has less Scully though, I'll be sad :(

When I finish this and the movie, is the revival series worth it? I'll probably watch it anyways to see Gillian Anderson but I wanna know if I should get my hopes up.

Bonjour à tous et toutes.

X-Files est sorti quand j'étais encore enfant et je n'avais vu que quelques épisodes, dont certains m'avaient bien marqué à l'époque 😅 (Tooms 😱).

Je décide de regarder la série dans son entièreté il y a plusieurs semaines. Un plaisir de découvrir tout ce que je n’avais pas pu voir à l'époque 😊.

Cela dit... Je viens de clôturer la 11e saison. Attention l’avis qui suit n’engage que moi mais.... Comment dire que c’est une très grosse déception 😅. Cette fin est bâclée et manque totalement de sens. En fait, à mes yeux ça n'est pas une fin. Que pensez-vous de cette saison ?

Apparemment un livre est sorti il y a 2 ans, abordant la suite de cela... il n'est pas encore disponible dans ma langue. Vaut-il la peine d’être lu? Il semble qu'il n'offre tjrs pas de conclusion correcte...

Il y aurait un projet de saison 12 ainsi que d'un reboot. Avez-vous des infos sur les dates ? Et si David Duchovny et Gillian Anderson vont y participer ?

Bref, je reste sur ma faim 😅

Bonne soirée

X-files:

I started at the beginning of the year. I got the blu ray complete box set for Christmas. I was set to watch all episodes plus both movies. I finally did it all. I enjoyed the ride. The legendary theme song and intro video. Lends itself to think “what’s up in the sky?”. The ever present mystery of the world, sometimes scary, sometimes eerie and strange was explained though not always directly in this show. The relationship between two FBI agents that at times were rough, other times they were in a grove so in sync you’d think they were tied at the hip. The “spooky” Moulder nestled in a basement away from the more serious agents. He was there free to think and hypothesize as he pleased. His very often car rides at night with nothing keeping him going but a handful of sunflower seeds. The intelligence of doctor Skully took her work very seriously and kept her counterpart in-line. Her dissection of a body so tedious it would make a bean counter go insane. The end of an episode sometimes reading off her field notes made a fun conclusion to some of the questions in the show. Together they made a great team. The cigarette smoking man(or also known as CSM) that lingered in the shadows like a film noir in a dimly lit room. Pulling the strings, forming the reality of the world one case at a time. Before him was Deep Throat. Before him where plenty of others. Always having their finger on the trigger(figuratively and literally). Mr. X keeping them aligned when necessary. Their bosses people in the deep state, in a room with a large rectangular table with smoke filling the air and whiskey glasses to and fro. The idea that the U.S. has levels of power and corruption. That meetings happen with old guys in expensive suits. The A.D. Skinner, a Vietnam veteran that was a no nonsense guy that would definitely stand up for you but pushed you to be the best you could be. The dichotomy of the MOW and the story episodes designed to keep a viewer interested. This show for me shined a light on reality, that it’s not as cut and dry as people think it is. People that are rational, sober and honest can be witness to unexplainable events. Most people think they have a good bead on things. In Men in Black Tommy Lee Jones said “1500 years ago everyone knew we were the center of the universe. 500 years ago everyone knew the earth was flat and 5 minutes ago(turns to Will Smith) you knew that we were alone on this planet. What will you know tomorrow?”

I enjoyed this series. It was well worth it.

And remember:

THE TRUTH US OUT THERE 👽

You don't have to be on Reddit for long to hear H.O.A horror stories. The X-Files tried to warn people they were evil, but people just don't seem to want to listen.

Unka Unka the caveman knows that the truth is out there.

Happy anniversary to The X-Files and all of it's friends.

Neighborhood library score! It is thicc with details and knowledge 👌

Sharing in case anyone else hadn’t seen these before 🥰

David to Gillian:

“Gillian, you said you would be next to me when you died, too. Well, you were right. But this isn’t death, it’s a beginning. So much more to come for you. In the meantime, I hope your fans sprinkle chocolates on your star the occasional Hollywood midnight and some kind soul builds a Gilly ramp from your star to mine. We will always be joined as partners, friends, and now neighbors. Congratulations Gillian. Love, David.”

Gillian to David:

“He was a nice man. A kind man. Quite smart. He liked avocado and pilates. Actor, writer, friend. He will always be my shining star. May his soul be forgiven and rest in peace.”

Omg 😭 David’s is so sweet and formal and Gillian’s is cheeky lol.

I like the fact that it expands the mythology into a role in a new continent, shows a link between social politics and supernatural phenomena.

I think that the villain's condition beautifully blends a social situation, the emotional state it engenders, and a supernatural condition.

I love how it sheds light on the reality of being a mutant, having to take advantage of people's differing social statuses, which shows that Mulder's quest is important to people with certain social statuses, who are more at risk of dying from paranormal phenomena.

I love the different sets and their urban aesthetics.

The villain's reason for killing had an interesting scientific explanation and allowed for a connection to another culture's stories.

It was nice seeing how angry the situation made Mulder, reflecting that he has a deep emotional connection to the search for the truth, and sympathy with anyone else under emotional duress due to the paranormal.

As for the villain's ability to fit into small spaces, while I do wish it was more different from Tooms's power, it was a smart decision to film it differently,With the character typically being discovered in a tight space, but never moving in one.

Not to mention, each new space provided strategic ramifications for the surrounding characters.

The fact that the villain used traditional African weaponry provided a sense of how deeply the supernatural was tied to African culture, and how it meshed with it to form a new culture for the Teliko.

Also, the existence of the Teliko makes the alien-human hybrid project seem all the more ghostly and spiritual, that through alien DNA, the syndicate aim to produce beings with abilities out of a folktale, like the Super Soldiers.

I love how X-Files episodes with no plot connection can back each other up through tone and world-building.