But just look at this:įans still debate whether this hour is the first time Mulder and Scully slept together. OK, the idea of living post-death because of artificial intelligence is also fascinating. It took 11 seasons and two films, but Mulder and Scully finally become full-on action stars.

Mulder and Scully on the run, prepping to take on a potential 2012 alien invasion, leave viewers with the hope that things would, somehow, work out. Yes, it could be perceived as a little cliche - Mulder is put on trial (and subsequently sentenced to death) for a crime he didn’t commit, which allows for a lot of exposition, flashbacks, and familiar faces to return - but it wraps things up just enough. Of the many potential finales the series had, its original two-part series closer felt the most satisfying. “The Truth” (Season 9, Episodes 19 and 20)

Offscreen, the hour was the only episode of the series to be pulled from reruns/syndication.Ģ1. Case in point, the incestuous Peacock family. The digs get personal and passive-aggressive.Īlthough the drama was known for its monsters and supernatural beings, humans often caused the most trouble. After sharing a missing nine minutes (apparently time is not a universal variant!), light vandalism of a public road and a near breakdown in a graveyard, Mulder’s basement office (home of the “FBI’s most unwanted”) gets a permanent second occupant.Ī rare planetary alignment causes mayhem in a small town - and an investigating Mulder and Scully to bicker like children. The duo are polar opposites, but push one another outside of their comfort zones. Scully, a medical doctor, is partnered with Mulder in the X-Files unit in an attempt to debunk the paranormal work he is investigating.

And the monster of the week is made of trash. Mulder and Scully were never the traditional types, so watching them go undercover as a married couple in a neighborhood obsessed with the rules was arguably the most out of their element viewers ever saw them.

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