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All of X-Files, summed up.
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Well, I'd summarise the X-Files as (no spoilers):
More stuff happens in the later seasons, but I'll leave it out for spoilers.
TLDR; Mulder is not anti-government / FBI, he's anti-secrecy and anti-conspiracy. He's an occult nut who just wants to engage in his hobbies on the government dime.
The biggest point is that all the supernatural stuff is either outright debunked or left slightly ambiguous which really supports the whole "I want to believe" vibe throughout the entire run.
That is, until the final episodes where they invent, and explicitly demonstrate, some idiotic bubble universe for abused children, which might be the dumbest way the show could have possibly ended.
Mulder also hand picks his cases, in most episodes
He rarely gets told what to do
And his direct supervisor seems like the world‘s biggest hard ass, but is really just the world‘s biggest pushover.
You forgot the part where Mulder losses his gun. It's a plot point in like half the episodes.
Detective Fox Mulder of the Revachol Citizens Militia
Disco Files.
I want to believe.
When Harry Met Scully
Goddamn it now I want to rewatch all of the X Files
Does anyone have a X-Files Kai recommendation lol?
I ain't got the time for 218 episodes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_X-Files_episodes
Yeah I've done that and I highly recommend it, purely for the time travelling experience - I mean in the first season there were hardly any computers around and certainly no mobile phones, absolute mad lads! It also made me realise how well-researched the stories were, like there's an episode about an evil AI and they use jargon we use on a daily basis today. Great stuff all around.
Ackchyually, there is an episode about a town in my state that they very clearly call out by name. They claim the population is 100x what it really is and has literally none of the buildings or scenery. It's like they shot the whole thing in Vancouver or something.
Shit, me too. I’m glad I have it on my server…
i stopped watching when scully got pregnant and it was implied it was an alien baby. that was too far. they should have made it bigfoot's baby
So you missed out on the series finale where it's a 45-minute flashback to Bigfoot barebacking Scully?
Edit: I apologize for the weird boner I just gave someone.
Was it Bigfoot MD, Doctor of Love?
https://www.magersandquinn.com/product/BIGFOOT-MD/25029254
I imagined it as Andre the Giant in a furry Sasquatch outfit with Lee Majors watching from the closet.
we were busy sweding our own version tyvm
Be kind, swede files
Tell me more
Well funny that you should ask...
It’s been awhile since over watched the series, but I’m pretty sure Mulder and the X-files are allowed to exist because it provides a conspiracy theory sink that gives the establishment an excuse to wave away and discredit inquiry.
Nepotism definitely I thought. Wasn't it established eventually that he was really the cigarette smoking man's son? Or am I remembering a plot line that turned out to be another false lead?
I thought that's who was protecting Him. Hindering his work certainly, and telling his co-conspirators that he was controlling him, but also manipulating them to keep him safe.
Use spoiler tags my boy. Most people who come through here will have seen it, but still.
i thought the cigarette man was providing cigarettes to fuel the growth of the alien embryo inside scully
That would be more applicable to the last point that someone in the cabal is protecting him. It doesn't really speak to why the position exists in the first place.
If smoking man's goal was to protect Mulder, creating a department that directly puts Mulder in danger would be a bad way to go about it. There are dozens of other divisions in the FBI that would keep him busy and safe.
spoiler
Although, iirc, he wanted the conspiracy to be uncovered.I think it was mentioned that the department existed so the government could say they were investigating stuff while sweeping it under the rug.
Yes, and assuming Mulder was too enthusiastic to do his job properly.
It was a cover for the very real cover ups that were happening where they convinced people aliens were real rather than admit to classified information leakage.
Google Paul Bennewitz for more info.
i've been around the internet too long to randomly google shit people tell me exist. that's how i ended up learning about the german art of preserving fruit in rum. how about you google rumtopf instead
I did and now I have a new project. Thank you.
i just got my rum jars out too i am so excited. i remembered in february instead of october this year
Are you saying he is responsible for his sister’s kidnapping?