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The X-Files is an American science fiction drama television series created by Chris Carter. The original television series aired from September 10th 1993 to May 19th 2002 on Fox. During its original run, the program spanned nine seasons, with 202 episodes. A short tenth season consisting of six episodes ran from January to February 2016. Following the ratings success of this revival, The X-Files returned for an eleventh season of ten episodes, which ran from January to March 2018. In addition to the television series, two feature films have been released: The 1998 film The X-Files and the stand-alone film The X-Files: I Want to Believe, released in 2008, six years after the original television run ended.

The series revolves around Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson), who investigate the eponymous "X-Files": marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder is a skilled criminal profiler, an ardent supernaturalist, and a conspiracy theorist who believes in the existence of the paranormal, whereas Scully is a medical doctor and skeptic who has been assigned to scientifically analyze Mulder's case files. Early in the series, both agents apparently become pawns in a much larger conflict and so come to trust only each other and a few select people. The agents discover what appears to be a governmental agenda to hide positive proof of the existence of extraterrestrial life. Mulder and Scully's shared adventures initially lead them to develop a close platonic bond, which by series' end develops into a complex romantic relationship. Roughly one third of the series' episodes follow a complicated mythopoeia-driven story arc about a planned alien invasion, whereas the other two-thirds may be described as "monster of the week" episodes that focus on a singular villain, mutant, or monster.

The X-Files was inspired by earlier television series featuring elements of suspense, horror, and speculative science fiction, including The Twilight Zone, Night Gallery, Tales from the Darkside, Twin Peaks, and especially Kolchak: The Night Stalker. When creating the main characters, Carter sought to reverse gender stereotypes by making Mulder a believer and Scully a skeptic. The first seven seasons featured Duchovny and Anderson relatively equally. In the eighth and ninth seasons, Anderson took precedence while Duchovny appeared intermittently. New main characters were introduced: FBI Special Agents John Doggett (Robert Patrick) and Monica Reyes (Annabeth Gish), among others. Mulder and Scully's immediate superior, Assistant Director Walter Skinner (Mitch Pileggi), began to appear regularly. The first five seasons of The X-Files were filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, before production eventually moved to Los Angeles, apparently to accommodate Duchovny's schedule. However, the series later returned to Vancouver with the filming of The X-Files: I Want to Believe as well as the tenth and eleventh seasons.

The X-Files was a hit for the Fox network and received largely positive reviews, although its long-term story arc was criticized near the conclusion. Initially considered a cult series, it turned into a pop culture touchstone that tapped into public mistrust of governments and large institutions and embraced conspiracy theories and spirituality. Both the series itself and lead actors Duchovny and Anderson received multiple awards and nominations, and by its conclusion the show was the longest-running science fiction series in U.S. television history. The series also spawned a franchise that includes Millennium and The Lone Gunmen spin-offs, two theatrical films, and accompanying merchandise.

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[-] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago

Always see deleted by creator but never posted by creator thonk

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[-] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago

oh my fucking christ I keep typing "old" into my search bar, wanting it to autofill "old.reddit.com" which it DOES for "ol" but once I type that "d" it switches and if I hit enter on reflex, which I do, it keeps googling "old" and I want it to stop doing that ahhhhhh

[-] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago

Coworker was telling me some advisery group they're on needed to group populations for wharever reason, and they grouped latin Americans, people from MENA countries, and people from India. I was like lol they did the worldwide latina belt meme by accident.

[-] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago

It's always a minefield talking to the guy at work who likes some of the same mass media as me (Witcher, he's a big Star Wars guy, a really big WH40K guy (which I have a passing interest in but it's fun to talk about), and is the only guy I've ever spoken to irl who knew what Conan: Exiles and Kingdom Come: Deliverance are) but has clearly had his brain poisoned by the manosphere. Maybe that's not so surprising, given that particular list of media properties, but we'll be having a conversation about some obscure bit of Star Wars lore we both think is cool and then he'll say some shit like "the woke are ruining everything," or "Henry Cavil will save WH40K from the wokes who destroyed The Witcher," or "Why does all media have to make men out to be evil these days?" (I think the answer was probably the woke).

He's a nice guy and I generally like talking him but I'm always wondering when this genial conversation is going to be derailed by vile nonsense.

But I live in a pretty conservative area so this sort of thing is to be expected. I assume everyone I meet here is a deranged christofascist until they give me cause to think otherwise. Perfect example of this, there's an older man, upper sixties, at work who always stops to make polite small talk with me if we cross paths. Happened to overhear a conversation between him and another coworker who said she was homeschooling her child. And he said "That's good. I don't trust the state run schools. Teaching kids about evolution, and gender..."

Which she emphatically agreed with, as did several other coworkers who were nearby, all of various ages.

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[-] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago

"Where do you work out?"

"The library"

* reveals one extremely muscular arm *

[-] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago

it is september 9 and stalin saved the world from fascism

[-] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago

Bruh. My package was just to be delivered by USPS but was picked up by a private third party service at the last minute. Hasn’t been seen for a week lol

I love to see examples of the government services failing because of capital. If only it meant something to the average propagandized burger brain

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[-] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago

Sometimes I wonder if my lady is a computer genius in disguise and makes "502 bad gateway" happen so I go outside.

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[-] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

cw: ableist slurs

drew pavlou has been posting at an extreme level not usually seen today lol

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[-] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

Found a side quest cig at work today, God bless

[-] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

no-copyright Got threw pretty much all the emblems in SA1 other than the chao races. Those are just a matter of giving my chao lots of chao fruits then it's metal sonic and finally going through all the missions then I'll 100% this game on steam party-blob

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[-] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Wishing a brutal death to all cops this evening!

2020 never happened, cops have a right to defend themselves, nothing ever happens, etc

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It's that time of the year again, I got a throat infection and everything sucks now. And I have an eye exam today, can't wait to show up completely tapped of energy to get told that my eyes suck and get my lenses ordered.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

down with cis

[-] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

Xi has something to say to you xi-square-up

[-] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

The legend of the rent was way hardcore.

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[-] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

I’m watching Hulu for the first time in years and I cannot believe the advertisements. It goes like

Processed food Boner pills Processed food again Prescription drugs

I’m being fed so much slop

[-] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Stomach is waging a war against me right now, movement is agony pain

Death to tummy aches torment

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[-] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

I didn't know they made a tv show about Twitter

[-] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

no-copyright I should be granted a fishing license based solely on doing all of Big the Cat's C-A levels in one sit down in SA1. I don't know if women want me but fish do fear me fishe

[-] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago
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[-] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

Kittenposting

Swept the patio and Curly and Felix decided the dustpan I set down on the grill was a fantastic nap spot before I could use it

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[-] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

I can't do this shit

[-] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

damn I guess great britan sucked off more than they could swallow when they war dec'd my ass

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[-] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

lmao, Kamala was whining about how much of a sacred space Camp David was. nobody heard of that shit before

[-] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago

General mega should I become a CNA?

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[-] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago

My run is still winding me. I can't tell if it's the cold, my allergies, or covid taking it's toll on me.

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