I meant an in-universe explanationBecause Chris Carter is a fucking hack writer.
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The X-Files S10 |OT| The Truth Is Still Out There - Mondays 8/7c
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infinitys_7th
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Hell, why was Cancer Man missiled? If the conspiracy was still functioning and was fully human, and apparently saved him and gave him access to the "button" to activate all this, what was the point of trying to kill him?
Hell, who the hell were the super-soldiers we actually saw infiltrating the already human conspiracy? Why would the conspiracy engineer these things to infiltrate themselves?
God, this makes no sense the more I think about it.
tearsintherain
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man you really have a pretty shitty extermination plan if Sculley can undo it in like 20 minutes. James Bond villains have been more successful.
One good episode, one decent episode, two bad episodes, and two REALLY bad episodes. Yup, its a season of The X-Files
One good episode, one decent episode, two bad episodes, and two REALLY bad episodes. Yup, its a season of The X-Files
I don't think story time was 20 mins. After all, Mulder and Miller reached Spartanburg, SC by driving from Washington D.C., so that'd be like... a day's drive?
CSM's terrorist plot + final episode of the "season."
Indrid Cold
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Why? So many whys. Wtf Carter?
ilikesanta
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X-file more like ZZZ-files, am i right?
That was garbage. If it comes back next year kill Carter off, and just do monster/mystery of the week.
That was garbage. If it comes back next year kill Carter off, and just do monster/mystery of the week.
Zoe
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They always change the text for finales.
Gherid__lacksGPS
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What a fucking joke....
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
streetsahead123
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Good news: All of the episodes of S10 that weren't written by Carter were, at the very least, decent.
Bad news: Carter wrote half the episodes. And judging by post-episode interviews, he seems to think he did an awesome job, despite the fact that the finale was one of the most incoherent hours of TV I've ever sat through, narrowly beating out the other two episodes he wrote this season.
Bad news: Carter wrote half the episodes. And judging by post-episode interviews, he seems to think he did an awesome job, despite the fact that the finale was one of the most incoherent hours of TV I've ever sat through, narrowly beating out the other two episodes he wrote this season.
Upsidedown Fuji
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Why did it end like this? Did it really need to end like this? If there's a conspiracy to be unearthed it's this season finale. Why you do this?
I've got no other network TV show to look forward to let alone a reason to look forward to Mondays anymore. Back to the grind of life without x-files.
I've got no other network TV show to look forward to let alone a reason to look forward to Mondays anymore. Back to the grind of life without x-files.
Joel Was Right
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I didn't like this episode. It felt like it was building up to something throughout, and it turns out that their entire motive all along was to just 'start anew again'. Seriously? That's the shadow government's grand plan? And here I thought there was an alien intelligence at work to create a hybrid species.
And who was piloting that ship at the end? They made it clear that humans had access to the alien replicas. It's probably a former FBI agent piloting it, or something underwhelming.
And who was piloting that ship at the end? They made it clear that humans had access to the alien replicas. It's probably a former FBI agent piloting it, or something underwhelming.
it's Krycheck!
Joel Was Right
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Wait.
Did that episode show/tell us anything that we hadn't seen in last week's promo? They stretched out a 30 second preview into 45 minutes.
Did that episode show/tell us anything that we hadn't seen in last week's promo? They stretched out a 30 second preview into 45 minutes.
The few moments that I thought Mulders attacker was Krycheck were the best part of the episode
In yet another twist, this will turn out to be a way for everyone to actually get implanted with alien DNA when for some reason they couldn't previously, because the alien colonization story will turn out to have been true or something.
Pretty goofy finale. On paper there was some good stuff but the execution wasn't good. Although Duchovny gave his best, most Mulder-like performance. So there's that.
I really hope they hire some directors for next season (we know it's coming) because that was the biggest weakness. James Wong can stay as director, though; Founders Muration was pretty stylish. The mythology episodes desperately need a Bowman or Nutter. Can't believe this is the same Carter who directed Triangle and Duane Barry.
I really hope they hire some directors for next season (we know it's coming) because that was the biggest weakness. James Wong can stay as director, though; Founders Muration was pretty stylish. The mythology episodes desperately need a Bowman or Nutter. Can't believe this is the same Carter who directed Triangle and Duane Barry.
Mighty Chin
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Carter has gone Full Lucas. Someone needs to take this out of his hands.
Kadin
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Yeah that and 'Monica' when Scully was talking to her. Whenever I'm talking to someone all by myself, I never address them by name beyond an initial hello. Seemed very weird to me.
Overall I actually liked the episode. I guess I don't need much like a lot of you but I found it to be pretty well done. Not a fan of the cliffhanger ending but kind of expected it. I thought Ciggy played his part quite well and
wtf at him pulling off his nose
If CSM can survive a rocket to the face, surely Krycek can take a bullet between the eyes.
Totally should have been Crycek.
This episode was a hot mess. Like, one of the worst eps I've seen. It went from 0 to 60 in no time at all.
"Hey, did you know that the small pox -and everybody's dead."
Like, they crammed in a lot of stuff and it all happened within minutes on the show.
Overall this season has been disappointing.
Even partway through season 7 on the show really starts to dive. It had been so long, and doing a rewatch of early X-Files, had me thinking, wow, it would be great if the show came back.
Well, it's back, and it's continued on from seasons 8 and 9.
So, cool. I wondered what it would be like to have more X-Files, and now I know.
This episode was a hot mess. Like, one of the worst eps I've seen. It went from 0 to 60 in no time at all.
"Hey, did you know that the small pox -and everybody's dead."
Like, they crammed in a lot of stuff and it all happened within minutes on the show.
Overall this season has been disappointing.
Even partway through season 7 on the show really starts to dive. It had been so long, and doing a rewatch of early X-Files, had me thinking, wow, it would be great if the show came back.
Well, it's back, and it's continued on from seasons 8 and 9.
So, cool. I wondered what it would be like to have more X-Files, and now I know.
tearsintherain
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I wonder how they go back to monster of the week after that.
"So uh yeah the Illuminati just tried to murder 7 billion people (and a billion people probably DID die), thousands of people saw alien space ships, everyone now has alien DNA and both of you vanished for 3 months, but Mulder and Sculley I need you guys to go to Topeka, Kansas to investigate reports of a vampire chicken."
"So uh yeah the Illuminati just tried to murder 7 billion people (and a billion people probably DID die), thousands of people saw alien space ships, everyone now has alien DNA and both of you vanished for 3 months, but Mulder and Sculley I need you guys to go to Topeka, Kansas to investigate reports of a vampire chicken."
Biggest-Geek-Ever
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Did you ever see Millennium season 3? Carter has done it before!
dead souls
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Holy shit that was an awful finale. Chris Carter should be banned from writing anything again for the rest of his life.
As CSM said, he changed the timetable. Colonisation is still very possible at this point.
Intriguing stuff, but overall, not a great episode.
It felt like it was rushing to finish and needed to be longer, but had maybe 5 minutes of actual interesting plot to.
Get Carter away from the writing please. His episodes were not good, and this... welp, it was an episode of tv...
It felt like it was rushing to finish and needed to be longer, but had maybe 5 minutes of actual interesting plot to.
Get Carter away from the writing please. His episodes were not good, and this... welp, it was an episode of tv...
zeioIIDX
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Lmfao...either him or Agent Doggett XD. Or a CSM clone. Or better yet, Mulder's sister. Pft.
I'm not shitting you, this will happen.
Sneak Peak of Scene 1, Episode 1, Season 11
Mulder: "I've seen things Scully. My need to believe and uncover the Truth is greater than ever"
Scully: "I don't know Mulder. How can you say that with no emperical proof"
Mulder: "What about those big fuck off spaceships at the end of the last episode"?
Scully: "Well honestly Mulder they could have been anything. Group hallucination brought on by the fever of that virus that was proved to be a mutation of the common cold is most likely. Wait a sec, I'm getting a call coming through from Skinner about a poultry with sharp teeth thats been linked to four deaths. We gotta go"
wanderingprostheyltite
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I honestly felt bored to tears in the first 10 mins and stopped watching, I think reading people's impressions here has shown to be more worthwhile, and entertaining.
Finale was dumb, but I still had fun watching it. I'm glad the show came back, I hope they do another round (I think it's a given, though who knows how soon), but someone needs to get in there and mitigate Chris Carter. He's the George Lucas of The X-Files for real. The 3 episodes he isn't a credited writer on were the better 3 by FAR.
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