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The first episode begins with a massive Retcon that makes a hash of a lot of the previous mythology, aliens not having much interaction with humanity at all, and most of their supposed crimes being the work of humans using stolen alien technology - despite the numerous aliens that had been on the show before.
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When the series was given an unexpected revival in 2016, it didn't take this trope long to hit it again. (Carter eventually confirmed this suspicion.) Fans were irritated by the resolutions to side plots that were long-running, such as the fate of Mulder's sister - turns out she was spirited away by the fairies! This eventually went on into the finale which made promises of resolving the Myth Arc which not only fails to do so but also in the last ten minutes presents a teaser for an alien invasion set to occur in 2012 (which to this day looks like it may never be resolved at all). It had mutated into a dense Kudzu Plot, and fans began to suspect that there was no intricately plotted story - he had just been making it all up as he went along. And any answered questions would usually either just ending up raising more questions, or the answer would soon thereafter be retconned. By the latter end of the decade, though, the Myth Arc story had churned along for years without really answering any of the questions raised. No reference was too obscure for devoted X-Philes, who cheerfully threw themselves into history, folklore, myth, science, or any other branch of human knowledge that seemed like it might shed some light on the story. Forests of Epileptic Trees sprouted around every new tantalizing hint revealed. For the first half of the 1990s, the fans were convinced that Carter had plotted an elaborate and minutely thought-out web of deceit and lies for his FBI agents to unravel. Then there's " Post-Modern Prometheus", which is filmed entirely in black and white and ends with a song-and-dance number featuring a Cher lookalike (after Mulder had effectively broken the fourth wall because he decided the original ending sucked). Bizarro Episode: Most notably the "Rashomon"-Style episodes " Jose Chung's From Outer Space" and " Bad Blood". Some episodes of earlier seasons had to use upconverted video sources due to the film being too damaged (or downright missing), but the consensus for the most part among fans is that, except for the updated opening titles, this is the definitive way to watch this series. Before the release, there was a seemingly built-in case of They Changed It, Now It Sucks! due to seasons 1-4 being presented in 1:85.1, until the director of photography issued a statement clarifying that the seasons were always filmed in widescreen so that it would be "Available". Better yet, these releases, for the most part, use 35mm film transfers whereas the DVDs (and for a long time until January 2016, Netflix) used old tapes. All 10 seasons can be bought on Blu-ray for 20 bucks a piece on average as of June 2016. All seasons, and the movies, are on Hulu.
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Archive Panic: With nine seasons of twenty-odd episodes each and two revival seasons having 6 and 10 episodes respectively, it takes a long time to get through the series if you're starting from the very beginning. At one point, Mulder is strapped to a cross-shaped operating table clad in nothing but a loincloth with some sort of brain-scanning device on his head that looks eerily like a crown of thorns, whilst the Smoking Man is babbling on about the sacrifice Mulder's making for the world and how wonderful it is that he's dying for everyone.
Anvilicious: " The Sixth Extinction II: Amor Fati" really goes nuts with the Mulder-is-Jesus subtext.when Brisco County Jr struggled with falling ratings and didn't get renewed, and The X-Files only improved its audience within S1 and eventually lasted for 11 seasons. feeling that would be the hit, and The X-Files would get the residual audience. Fox even put the show right after The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
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And You Thought It Would Fail: A barely-known creator and male protagonist, along with a completely unknown actress, plus a premise that could alienate people given the Sci Fi Ghetto.Alternative Character Interpretation: Does O'Malley genuinely believe the conspiracy theories he espouses or is he a double agent for the Syndicate, or simply in it for the money? Mulder even ponders on the last one.Actor Shipping: Some fans ship Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny rather intensely.