This franchise should have ended in Season 7, preferably in Season 5 since it was clear by then that Carter was just pulling shit out of his ass.
The Season 11 Retcon is a fucking atrocity, someone take this show out back behind the shed and end it.
Signed,
One of the biggest X-Files fans ever.
my girlfriend and i have been slowly making our way through every episode of X Files. we just made it through season 5, which we enjoyed, and were excited that we had made it to the point where we get to watch the movie. the movie was........ eh. i remembered really liking it when i was a kid, but there are quite a few "jump the shark" moments in it. our motivation to keep watching has dwindled.
The Season 11 Retcon is a fucking atrocity, someone take this show out back behind the shed and end it.
Actually I forgot, there are like 7 really good standalone episodes in Season 6
Pull ripcord after Season 6.
So we are five episodes into season 6. When Mulder went back in time I went along with it, but then a two part episode where Mulder switched bodies with a scumbag ended in silly "oh time is rewinding" deus ex machina ridiculousness and idk man. Idk.
Wait till you see "How the Ghosts Stole Christmas"
That's where we ended the night actually... Was probably my favorite of the season so far (which isn't saying much). All the episodes so far were out of the ordinary for X Files, but the Christmas one was more campy than quirky? Would be the way to put it I guess. I'm a big fan of stuff like Evil Dead, so campy horror is a change of pace I enjoy.
Idk what they were thinking putting all these weird episodes right after the movie, tho. Its not at all what you would expect after the movie. Audiences were probably pretty confused.