X-Files returning again...
 

yep...that's right folks. We're getting another season. This time Mulder and Scully are back for 10 eps! Filming starts this summer for either a fall or winter run.

https://www.yahoo.com/tv/x-files-com...231521915.html

The X-Files was pretty great but there were a lot of missteps. The longer it went on the worse it got, I know I don't even have to go into the seasons where Mulder and Scully are just guest-stars. The way that what started out as such a simple story became so convoluted is frustrating, but I guess it's understandable given how many seasons the show ended up doing.

I'll give another season a shot, but I'm totally going to skip any episodes that tie-into the overarching plot. Just give me a monster-of-the-week and I'm happy.

There was only one season where they were guest-stars... season 9. Mulder left at end of 7, end Scully was a main through all of 8.

I think it's sort of the Lost thing where they really didn't have a full plan to start with and sort of just kept making it up as they went.

I'm sure it'll structurally be like the 6 episode season 10. First and last episode are about the alien conspiracy plot, the rest are all monster-of-the-week type stuff.

I marathoned X-Files before season 10 came out and it does indeed start getting worse, at least the mythology episodes, they kept making stuff up as they went and not cool stuff. The show had already jumped the shark way before the new agents showed up or Mulder left. It's a shame too since so much could've been done with the concept, hell I was surprised you actually see the flippin aliens in the first episode.

I still love the show with all its faults and while I haven't seen season 10 I want more X-Files. It's really something hard to remake, it came out at the right time. I would still love if they made a new series with Mulder and Scully passing the torch as was speculated when we first heard rumors for season 10.

Smoking man rocks.

You know what's highly underrated? The Lone Gunmen TV show that lasted 1 season. Really good.

Yeah, I really like that show. It had a different vibe to it, but it still had a bit of an edge, and it was well written. I was disappointed when they whacked those guys in the final season of the X-Files.

I'm watching them all now. It does get worse, but I was surprised at how long it took to get good. Most of season 1 is pretty wonky.

I think some episodes are good in Season 10 but mostly it was indeed lackluster and non-intriguing. Which is a pity because I really enjoy their early stuff.

For Season 11 they just need new modern writers (maybe someone from Riverdale or 13 Reasons Why, those are good).

Sure sounds like they're back in Season 11. If the CSM can come back to life after being reduced to a skeleton on-screen, anybody can.

Makes me wonder if in 2030 we'll see another season of Supernatural.

...assuming it's wrapped by then in the first place.

Gillian Anderson Says She’s Done with “The X-Files”, FOX Responds…
http://bloody-disgusting.com/tv/3463...-fox-responds/

I get sky shield pop up when I open that, maybe she didn't enjoy making these 10. Still, I'm looking forward to them. Trailer is up on twitter.

I started watching this on Netflix during college and stopped at some point in the sixth season...

Wasn't Carter's initial plan to just transition to a series of films after season 5?

Gillian's departure now confirmed

http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/the-x-f...s-the-x-files/

Did X-files really need to go on forever? Old shows like this are usually never revived with old cast members. The fans should be glad they came back at all.

Already knew this. It's good she came back at all to wrap up things nicely. :)

Wrap?
With the last cliffhanger I am not really sure how they gonna "wrap" this mess. Or if that is possible at all.

Weird... the latest season was hardly a goodbye, and she wasn't talking about the last one like it was her last.

There is no indication at all this season will be positioned as a "wrap-up" at all. It'll probably even end on another cliffhanger.

She seemed very enthusiastic about the last series, still I didn't think we would get more after this season, still glad to be getting more. I gotta check when it's airing here.

To be fair X Files lore was a mess since what? season 5 maybe?

We've already had the series end with a Cliffhanger twice before without hope for a wrap-up so this will be no different. We can at least enjoy more episodes of this mess of a. Continuity and return to the status quo of no satisfying ending which was really impossible anyhow.

I watched through to the end, I didn't like that Mulder left but stuck with it. I remember watching in disbelief when they killed off the Lone Gunmen.

Wow, this season premiere was really horrible. I guess the last season is like... retconned entirely away? Or something?

So many boring car chases and people talking in circles.

Sounds like X-Files. :tcry:

From my understanding this has something to do with the multi-verse coming into play. Seriously. That's what the trailers indicated... :ohwell: That's why it's so bloody confusing. And now William has psychic powers?

I loved it when Skinner was like "Look! It's morse code!" *lol* And that doctor was like "I've seen some weird *(&%(* man working at this hospital...." :lol:

Actually after watching this episode myself I must say it was not that bad.
Certainly better than mythology episodes from past season. Though weird camera work and editing were in abundance.
Story doesn't make much sense, but what do you want from something that was running for more than a decade.

Finally caught up on the first episode of Season 11. It definitely helps if you watch the last episode of Season 10 immediately before. Some moments of the show felt like a parody of itself but all in all I found it pretty enjoyable, but then again I'm an X-Files slut. This pretty much sums up my philosophy regarding the show, so I'm not overly critical of it.

I do think that if some episodes of the series were erased from continuity the overarching alien/not-alien conspiracy plot would work a little better, but I'd have to do a complete rewatch to figure out which.

Teaser for S11E2, premiering tomorrow

Gillian Anderson confirms she's really, really done with X-Files after this.

https://www.cosmicbooknews.com/gilli...s-done-x-files

I almost wonder if something happened on the set?

Saw latest episode. Apparently Trump colluding with Russia, to a point where Trump is actively employing private Russian security outfits to go and attack people is canon in the X-Files.

I did like that there is tensions between the FBI and the White House... that, I buy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMr3I63BZFA

Long time ago.......

OK, this week's episode was actually really, really good. I loved it. It's the kind of episode I would've loved last season. Or any season.

Hilarious.

This was a very weird episode.
I like it, kind of, but it felt like agents were just there and events had happened beside from them.

Only just started here ..least we got it. Yeah that ending, what a shame.
Glad to see it back though, wish we could have a whole proper season but at least there was something

Last few episodes after the second one, were very good.
Unexpected level of quality after the past season.

I'm gonna miss Scully. :cry: It won't be X-Files without her. #imwithher

Latest episode is rubbish. Chemtrails? That's being legitimized in the X-Files world now, right along with Trump's Russian strike forces? Ugh.

I also thought for sure this would be the first episode to feature a monster. Not so. Another fakeout on that front, like the last episode. We're already over halfway done with the season (which is very likely the last time we'll ever see any more X-Files of any kind), c'mon, folks.

I'm only on ep 4, watching this one lipping WTF but it's supposed to be funny, I remember they used to have the silly eps.

I'm all the way caught up and, unless tonight's new episode has one, there has yet to be a "Monster of the Week" episode this season. Just two FAKE ones.

How many eps do we get in total this time?

10. Last season was 6.

Sounds like there is a 99% chance this will be the last X-Files we'll ever see. Gillian won't do any more, Carter won't do more without her, Carter thinks there can be more movies (there won't be... like 15 years and they only got enough money to do the super cheapo "I Want to Believe").

That last movie was a disappointment, I was so hyped the x-files was getting a movie years after finishing and then I was just sat staring at the screen afterwards thinking 'what?'
Too bad about Anderson, wonder what happened there, she was hyped over the last season. Could have just gotten old for her or she just doesn't have time maybe.

They really should have put everything into a 2012 X-Files movie. Everything in the show was building toward that and we ended up getting f***-all about it. Just a lame, "Oh, I guess it was delayed" thing in the last season of the new X-Files.

Seems like some untold behind the scenes story with this season. Or she didn't like the stories this season/where they took Scully.