Warning: Full spoilers for the episode below.
So we end The X-Files revival the way we started. Diving into the larger conspiracy arc involving a shadowy cabal of men using alien tech against the populous in an oligarchical attempt to thin the world's herd and leave only the elite and chosen standing.
And even though the premiere itself was kind of a let down in its own right, I'm glad the show returned to this plot. The completist in me wanted to see it through. Even if it did only "bookend" this six-part return. And, in a weird way, put a spotlight on the fact that neither Mulder nor Scully did any further digging into this arc after the premiere. Some will insist that the second episode had ties to this mythology, but it really didn't. Not in any meaningful way.
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So we end The X-Files revival the way we started. Diving into the larger conspiracy arc involving a shadowy cabal of men using alien tech against the populous in an oligarchical attempt to thin the world's herd and leave only the elite and chosen standing.
And even though the premiere itself was kind of a let down in its own right, I'm glad the show returned to this plot. The completist in me wanted to see it through. Even if it did only "bookend" this six-part return. And, in a weird way, put a spotlight on the fact that neither Mulder nor Scully did any further digging into this arc after the premiere. Some will insist that the second episode had ties to this mythology, but it really didn't. Not in any meaningful way.
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