...the less I finally understood.
I was fine with the story arc- an alien race experiments on people in cahoots with those Majesyk 12 ''elite'' types to take over the world, then a rebel alien race arrived and killed the rival aliens?
But the rebels weren't friendly to either side? I'm guessing they didn't want to invade earth, but didn't want any other alien species to either?
I guess so.
shareIt got too convoluted and silly around season 4-5. The myth-arc episodes are a real drag to get through 25 years later.
shareI never finished the last series - just doing a re-watch of all of the x files at the moment as I left the last few episodes of the last series from a few years ago too long and wanted to re-watch it all from the start.
The problem I have is a lot of the arc seemed to be written on the fly - I suppose you can't plan everything and some things need to change e.g. when Gillian Anderson became pregnant, David leaving etc. But I did get the feeling as the show went on that not much was planned. I remember the last few series tried to go one step further and have it so that everything we'd seen was lies, the aliens weren't real and just the government, something they have done before, and I think changed on both times.
I think the problem is that the show couldn't wrap it all up, and wanted to leave some mystery, but I think the more they keep dragging it out now the more convoluted it becomes
Yeah, they seemed unsure from s10 onwards whether to play it for laughs?
And God forbid the telekinetic son gets his own show...
I found even before the shows original end it got a bit complex. It's been a while since I've watched but I remember the super soilder addition causing confusion.
I've found a info graphic that tries to explain everything from the original run
https://www.outerplaces.com/xfiles-timeline/
The problem I have is a lot of the arc seemed to be written on the fly - I suppose you can't plan everything and some things need to change e.g. when Gillian Anderson became pregnant, David leaving etc. But I did get the feeling as the show went on that not much was planned. I remember the last few series tried to go one step further and have it so that everything we'd seen was lies, the aliens weren't real and just the government, something they have done before, and I think changed on both times.
There was no story arc. It was all b.s.
What happened was that Chris Carter started out wanting to do this episodic series featuring strange incidents. So it was just going to be Strange-Phenomenon-Of-The-Week. Then he got caught with his pants down when the show became a smash hit and fans started frothing at the mouth about there being a larger conspiracy. So, he basically made up this supposed story arc as he went along. I haven't watched the show since it last ran but I remember a specific season when I knew that there was nothing there, that Carter was just winging everything, and that was true long before the finale or movies.