Why do people think this is the end? Of course there will be more. It's just the season 10 cliffhanger. Looks like I'm in the minority but I loved having the X-Files back and enjoyed this season quite a bit. It was a nice sampling of the usual fare bookended by the usual mythology episodes.
I think this revival delivered on what it set out to do and that is give us a new season of
the X-Files, in full, but with fewer episodes. A nice mix of MotW and mythology stories, a comedic story, a tragic story, and capped by a cliff-hanger finale that leaves you anxious for more.
In my opinion, they gave us a solid mini-season of
the X-Files. I mean, we got an all-new Darin Morgan
X-Files episode, for fuck's sake! The rest is just icing on the cake.
I'm unsure how people could not love this episode. This was exactly what I was waiting for and I still can't believe they did it. It re-introduced new time viewers, re-established the X-Files and dramatically changed the game board for where the series goes from here. I see next season hitting the ground running, at this point I can also see a film. Watching this episode reminded me of watching 'Fight The Future' in theaters for the first time, not completely but - just watching it - you know nothing will be the same. All around epic.
It ends on a cliffhanger and people are in uproar. So what? This is what happens, I hate series being wrapped up. Leave us hanging and give us an answer in 12-18 months. People are so impatient nowadays that they need answers for everything.
A lot of people latched onto the term "mini-series" when this revival was first announced and this could've left some disappointed that the show wasn't more serialized and may have produced an expectation of closure for the finale that wasn't fulfilled. What we got was more of a mini-season of an ongoing series and not a more traditional mini-series wrap-up like
Farscape: Peacekeeper Wars.
In that respect, I can see how a portion of the audience would find the cliffhanger ending from last night un-satisfying. Substituting "This is the End" for the usual opening credits "The Truth is Out There" probably didn't help in this regard.
I, however, thought it was great fun.
Scully, on a bridge, looking up at a UFO.
A classic image from seasons past.
Far from a perfect episode, "My Struggle II" still has much to recommend it.
+Miller & Einstein were both welcome additions last episode and they continue their development into interesting characters here. Though Miller's lurking in a shadowy X-Files office had me thinking the worst, I'm glad he was just working his Millenial magic to locate Mulder and not up to anything nefarious (yet).
+It was nice to see Reyes*, however briefly, and I'm glad she wasn't a willing aide to CSM, but it didn't quite track exactly
how she was being coerced or manipulated into serving him. Maybe I'll catch it on my second time through.
+CSM's survival still stretches credulity but it's worth buying into just for that creepy nose removal scene.
Yikes.
+Mulder's fight scene.
He must work out at the same 50s-&-over gym as Liam Neeson's character from the
Taken movies.
I'm so ready for the next batch of episodes.
*This scene should have had a mention of Doggett though, just a throwaway line of dialogue would've sufficed.
