#Xfiles season 8 openin series#
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Wasn't the role reversal of 'skeptic and believer' one of the main selling points of the show? Wow, this eighth season left me with a ton of conflicting feelings. Doggett has his moments but Reyes seems a bit bland, if friendly. Were it not for some events from season 9 I've read about, the final scene would've provided a pretty fitting sendoff for Mulder and Scully as the torch gets passed to two new characters. I can understand her mother but to Mulder? Hmm. Of course, I'm not an expert so what do I know what heterosexual women angst about? Seems odd that she, in flashbacks set sometime during Season 4, I'm guessing, would confide in this to Mulder. Some of Scully's angst about having children (she's pregnant this season) could perhaps come off as misogynistic but I doubt Chris Carter hates women. At least the consistent positive qualities remained such: the terrific performances, the awesome production values, Mark Snow's amazing score, cinematography from an extremely talented DP and Mulder's wisecracks are quite amusing. Chris Carter really wants to have his cake and eat it too. Then again, these mythology episodes don't allow the heroes to have any major victories, no matter what the changes to the status quo are, because otherwise we don't get any MOTW episodes. At a price, but it wouldn't have been a very dignified send-off if it stuck. The aliens just handed him back to the FBI on a silver platter once they were done with him. Things took a turn for the better once Mulder returned though I was disappointed that the search never really succeeded. Sure enough, my preferred MOTW episode was the one where new character John Doggett (how considerate of Chris Carter that the first thing that happens to him when Scully meets him, upon noticing his badge, is splash a cup of water in his face then, when Mulder returns, have the first thing Fox does to John is shove him back in his seat) and Scully were almost complete no-shows, instead having the protagonist be a one-off character played by Miles Dyson from Terminator 2. Mulder's absence from half the season stung, the dark, humourless tone for the first half really showed just how much levity his and Scully's banter brought to the show, even back in the equally dark fourth season and a majority of the MOTW episodes were unsatisfying and forgettable. They’ll bring their different perspectives to this first watch/rewatch of Mulder and Scully’s adventures as the podcast goes hopping through the show’s first nine seasons.Credit where credit's due, the eighth season of The X-Files is nowhere near the dumpster fire I was expecting.

#Xfiles season 8 openin series#

Every week, the two cover a single or group of episodes of the influential sci-fi series starring David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson, which Angela has seen many times, but Mike has never.

#Xfiles season 8 openin crack#

Married couple Mike and Angela Bloom travel to the FBI basement to crack open The X-Files. Next week “The Bloom Files” will be covering Season 9, Episodes 6 & 15, “Trust No 1” & “Jump the Shark.” Write in your feedback for those episodes to or. This week, Mike ( and Angela Bloom ( begin the final season of The X-Files‘ original run with its opening two-parter in “Nothing Important Happened Today.” While Mulder is gone, many mysteries remain, as some new antagonists are brought in to contend with the newest iteration of the X-Files team. But we’re opening up “The Bloom Files” to find out. The Bloom Files | The X-Files Season 9 Episodes 1 & 2: “Nothing Important Happened Today I & II”