Side Characters Appreciation

Im sorry I laughed at this

scully and her little dog🥺❤️

I watched a video about how Lost suffered from being a network tv show and I think a lot of the same issues can be applied to the X-Files. The point of the video was that to write a good mystery, you really need to know the conclusion going in because everything about a mystery should be leading to the conclusion. But on a network show where the executives won't let the writers clearly define how long it's going to be, you can't plan a conclusion. Lost kept being extended, which forced the writers to constantly add new twists and elements to the show without really being able to actually answer the questions raised, ultimately leading to an unsatisfying conclusion.

I think this is exactly the same reason I like the X-Files monster of the week episodes but don't really care about the myth arc. The alien invasion plotline had the same problem as Lost in that they constantly had to draw it out as the show kept getting continued and newer, poorly thought out plot points had to be constantly added instead of answering question (for example, the like 7 different answers about what happened to Mulder's sister). The monster of the week episodes, being mostly self-contained, didn't have that problem. The writers knew where the mystery would conclude: at the end of the episode. This ended up making the monster of the week episodes often much more satisfying to watch than a myth arc episode whose questions just wouldn't be answered.

So, Gillian Anderson is slightly taller than me and every time they have a scene where she stands next to David Duchovny without the Scully box, this is all I can think of:

how to say "I love you" in x-files [157/?] ⤷ 3.02 — “Paper Clip”

Love love LOVE when Mulder is experiencing that insane hallucination in Kill Switch and he’s asking for his doctor, “Doctor Scully” then she arrives and beats the absolute shit out of the sexy nurses SHE IS LITERALLY HIS HERO

just got to the s7 "don't smoke" episode of the x files... hope there is a "don't vape" episode in the reboot.

Despite everything I dont think there was a single episode on this series that I find boring or anoying to watch.

I dont understand how people can hate and drop this show on S8-9, yeah the alien plot is weird, Mulder is gone and Scully is not Scully-ing, but I still love every single episode.

Like look at this scene, I love it.