The X-Files

She's still a babe too, which helps.

Didn't realize this was coming back, time to catch up on all the episodes!

Funny, when I was a kid I thought Gillian was ugly. Now that I am a grown man, I think of all the terrible, terrible things I would do to her.

When I saw that they added new leads to the show for the last couple seasons I thought the show would suck because they weren't Scully and Mulder. Now that I'm almost to the end I think the last season is suffering because they won't let Mulder and Scully go. I'll echo the sentiment that season 9 would've been much better if they'd just dumped Mulder and Scully and focused on a better story arc with Dogget and Reyes that tied into the alien colonization mytharc. I don't know why Duchovny left the show, but it's understandable if someone wants to do something different after eight years. And if one wanted to go and the other stay they should've just cut out Mulder entirely, or only referenced him rarely instead of obsessing over his absence every episode. Scully's character is wasted at the end carrying old baggage when they could've done something new.

sukik_sl said:

When I saw that they added new leads to the show for the last couple seasons I thought the show would suck because they weren't Scully and Mulder. Now that I'm almost to the end I think the last season is suffering because they won't let Mulder and Scully go. I'll echo the sentiment that season 9 would've been much better if they'd just dumped Mulder and Scully and focused on a better story arc with Dogget and Reyes that tied into the alien colonization mytharc.

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Yeah, I really think X-Files could've pulled off a switch in leads just like Law & Order, CSI, Criminal Minds, etc. have been doing for ages. The stories were interesting enough and there was still a lot to go off of that I think people would've grown to accept a new cast. The problem, like you said, was Mulder and Sculley became so intrinsically linked to the mythology that there was no way to fully separate from them. Doggett and Reyes were never able to get out from Mulder and Sculley's shadow largely because the whole reason they were in the show in the first place was to search for Mulder. It made them feel like temporary substitutes that weren't worth getting attached to. They'd find Mulder, serve their purpose, and then things would go back to normal.

The feeling of "substitutes not worth getting attached to" was reinforced by mulder/scully having individually disappeared for season+ in the past and come back. Didn't feel like you could trust the hand-off.

Cant even begin to express how stoked I am that this show is returning with the original cast and Chris Carter writing it again. When I first heard about it, I thought it be a new cast. Glad that it's not. Should be awesome.

Last I checked many of the old recurring/occasional cast are on board except Robert Patrick, Steven Williams(Mr. X), Nicholas Lea(Krycek) and the Lone Gunmen.

I haven't watched the lone gunmen but I know Mr. X and Krycek died but so did Deepthroat and Smoking man and they were brought back. Mr. X would be plausible because they just fade out like when Smoking Man was shot but Krycek got a bullet to the head. Still, supersolider mods or some shit.

All I have to contribute is...fuck you, Fiji mermaid...you evil creepy shit stay out of my nightmares

WHY WOULD SOMEONE MAKE THIS Arrrrgggh

I'm just going by the imdb cast list. Both William B. Davis(Smoking Man) and Jerry Hardin(Deep throat) are listed in the cast list for different numbers of episodes. Could be flashbacks tho.

Untitled X-Files Revival (TV Series 2016- ) - Full Cast Crew - IMDb

Spoilers DW!!!!