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A weak start hampers the return on ‘The X-Files’

After 14 years, FBI agents Dana Scully, played by Gillian Anderson, and Fox Mulder, played by David Duchovny, are back together to bring us the revival season of “The X-Files.” Although all of the nostalgia and excitement was there for the shows return, throughout the episode, I began to wonder if the show was better left in the past.
“The X-Files” follows the story of Mulder, a true believer in alien existence and Scully, a skeptic. The show first aired in 1993 and after nine years, the show came to a close in 2002. Now it’s back, with the first episode premiering on Sunday, Jan. 24 and the second on Monday, Jan. 25 on Fox.
The revival’s first episode, “My Struggle,” serves as an appropriate catch-up. Despite all the Easter eggs for the fans, the episode is too dense in mythology, calling attention to some of the original problems the show faced, and that’s a lot to solve in six episodes. It truly seems impossible. Add in a conspiracy theorist character, Tad O’Malley, played by Joel McHale, and the result is full of bad one-liners and clarification. Quite honestly, McHale is better off sticking with comedy because it was just awkward to watch. I was wishing for a snide comment to ease up the tension, but it just got worse. Not even a guest-star appearance by Annet Mahendru could save some of the cheesy dialogue.
Regardless of the first episode falling flat, hungry fans are probably thrilled to just have the show back. If the first episode is any indication, it was a smart idea to keep the season short with only six episodes because the major fans will forgive what the show lacks but newer fans aren’t so generous. A full-length season might have viewers running away faster than you could say, “Heroes Reborn.”

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    BobFeb 7, 2016 at 3:52 pm

    The new X-Files is based entirely 100% on facts, every single scene and every single bit of dialogue in the script is based on non-fiction now. The new X-Files is being used as a tool for disclosure, to release information to the public that is sensitive and difficult for the common idiot to understand. I don’t mean to sound like a crazy person, but literally 1 day of research can corroborate every single thing that is discussed in the first episode of the X-Files with military personnel, and government workers backing up everything that is discussed. I am extremely appalled by any person who does not recognize the 1st episode of the new X-Files for what it is: Disclosure. Of course the show isn’t very good. More time has been spent producing accurate historical facts, rather than creating intense drama and good acting. That’s because the clear purpose of this new show is to disclose truth to the masses, not to entertain them.

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