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this is somewhere in the skies with ryan

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spread

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i've always wondered how this was gonna

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i believe that we could live together

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and i fled

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i believed i could protect our son

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and i failed

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i don't know if any god is listening

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but i am standing right here

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i promise you a global contagion mr

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skinner i'm about to deliver on that

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why does everybody want my son

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let smolder he needs your

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what if this is our last good chance

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my name is mulder

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welcome to a very special bonus episode

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of somewhere in the skies i'm your host

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ryan sprague when i was 13 years old i

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was left home alone for the very first

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time wanting to not miss a dinner

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reservation my parents entrusted me to

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wait patiently for my friend's parents

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to come pick me up for a weekly friday

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night ritual of roller skating at the

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skating place in syracuse new york well

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i waited and waited and waited and they

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never showed up either they didn't want

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me to go or they simply forgot me either

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way i felt dejected and more alone than

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ever i slumped down on the couch and

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flipped the tv on i began channel

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surfing when the image of a decapitated

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head floated and bobbed on top of the

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surface of a lake

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i remember screaming in terror as i'd

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never seen something like that before i

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was scared but intrigued i knew whatever

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this was my parents surely wouldn't have

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let me watch it if they were home but i

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did the episode was titled quagmire and

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these two fbi agents were sent out to

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investigate a possible lake monster that

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was eating people and that's when i

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found my new friday night ritual mulder

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and scully replaced my roller skates and

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from there i was hooked

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on the x-files

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the x-files has played a very big role

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in my life both as a writer of

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television in movies and as a ufo

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researcher it was a melding of passions

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that came in the form of some of the

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greatest television of the 90s

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when the show wrapped up in 2002 i felt

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content with that part of my life coming

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to an end and having a bow tied tightly

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around this x-files universe but just

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like real life things never end so

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neatly we received another x-files movie

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a season 10 mini series and a full

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season 11 which is rumored to be the

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last so how did this season 11 stack up

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what did x-files fans who dedicated half

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their lives to this franchise just like

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i did what did they think

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was it worth revisiting old wounds and

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creating new ones

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is this truly the end

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is the truth still out there i posed

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these very questions and more to

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listeners both of the summer in the

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skies podcast and the xcast podcast

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and i was blown away by the passionate

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responses i received so right here right

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now let's hear just exactly how season

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11 was received and where the fans think

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we're heading in the always uncertain

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future of the x-files

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my name is carl and i'm from england in

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the uk overall i thought season 11 was

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very good indeed and what was so great

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that 1013 could really offer an exciting

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wide range of stories

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and i can't imagine someone who likes

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the series not finding something from

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season 11 that speaks to their interests

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i liked a lot of stuff this season i go

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back and forth really on my favorite

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episode i really enjoyed episode two

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which was glenn morgan's this

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i really liked ghoulie

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followers and nothing lasts forever

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at the moment though i'm going to go for

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darren morgan's the lost art of forehead

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sweat

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which i thought was just like a dazzling

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inventive touching frequently hilarious

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look at like nostalgia the post-truth

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age and a lot more besides

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and i really do think it's an episode

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that i can see featuring on a lot of

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fans list of favorites in years to come

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i think my least favorite episode of the

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season was the season opener really

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chris carter's my struggle free

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and you know don't get me wrong it has

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aspects i like got some scenes i really

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enjoyed and i don't consider it a

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write-off like a lot of other people do

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nonetheless i don't think there's any

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getting away from you know the fact it

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was a cluttered overwritten premiere

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that didn't present the series in its

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best light

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but then again as any fan knows in

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different season openers are nothing new

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for the x-files really so uh but any in

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maestro got three that's my least

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actually like this one quite a bit

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episode was exciting

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episode's strongest suit

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i thought the episode was well directed

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well shot and i thought the action

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sequences of which there were a few i

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thought they all did the trick

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character uh her head exploded and there

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were a few things in there that caught

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julian anderson didn't get a huge amount

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to do in my struggle four

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and i think this really is regrettable

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especially if this does turn out to be

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the series finale if the series

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continues and this was the last time we

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fitting for such a great character

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exchange on the pier to be pretty

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unconvincing this being the scene where

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talks about not being a father anymore

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thought my struggle 4 was a mixed bag

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but there was more in it that i liked

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i have no idea whatsoever if we're

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getting more x-files i mean we have to

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i think so if the series does return

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personally i'm not sure if i would want

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that to be the case i wouldn't

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but i would reserve judgment in that

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instance you know i would keep watching

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and see how they they handled it

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ghoulie and my struggle for so

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i don't know i can see some spin-off

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potential there but whether

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and there's enough interest to make that

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viable i can't say and whether it be any

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good if it did transpire who knows

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if season 11 is the end

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though i mean i'm happy i think the

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show's going out on a strong season

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which i don't think it did first time

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i think the revival has been a mixed bag

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but as i said season 11 was much

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stronger than 10 and i think a lot of

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good stuff came out of this revival so i

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don't regret the fact that the series

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came back uh at all

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uh the x-files was the first tv series i

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it'll always have a special place in my

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heart

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you know as well as being um a cultural

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phenomenon and everything else i think

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one of the greatest shows of all time

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and i doubt i'll ever

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think differently about that to be

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honest

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hello my name is sabrina and i'm from

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guelph ontario canada

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the season as a whole had some great

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episodes my favorite part would be that

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mulder and scully are finally together

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after so many years they also kicked ass

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and had some great fight scenes

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there are some really amazing lines like

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when mulder says i was just out

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squatching and when he called scully his

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homie i also thought scully gave such an

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amazing speech to william in ghoulie

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aside from alder and scully my favorite

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characters in the series are the lone

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gunmen so i was excited when they

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brought back langley even for a moment

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i found william to be a very unlikable

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character until the end of the last

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episode it was hard to believe that foxy

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and skulls would create such a

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self-absorbed kid

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overall it was a good season but i only

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had a couple favorite episodes

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my favorite episode was familiar which

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was all about witchcraft it was super

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creepy and dark and reminded me of a

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classic early x-files episode it was

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very suspenseful don't follow creepy

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dolls and things into the woods you'll

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die a close second would be the lost art

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of forehead sweat it was a funny one

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i didn't find kitten the ai episode or

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nothing lasts forever anything special

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however it was fun to see dana and fox

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eating sushi and finding out scully has

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a personal massager

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in the final episode my struggle 4 we

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learned that scully is pregnant

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i mean it gives me a really warm and

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fuzzy feeling but how can it even be

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ah i don't get it anyways

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i like how david's daughter had a cameo

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in the episode that was neat i think the

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acting was excellent in the episode when

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mulder meets william and says i've been

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looking for you forever and hugs him and

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when scully is speaking to william who

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is disguised as mulder and he says he

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knows that you love him that was also

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i was also very satisfied when the real

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malta shot cigarettes monkey man finally

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a lot of fans were pissed off about how

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the season wrapped up but i think it was

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be more x-files but i have a sinking

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suspicion that's not going to happen

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jillian already said she is done so i

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think that's it it's been neat following

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a show from start to finish i would

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watch x-files on sunday nights back in

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the 7th grade and i was very excited to

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talk about what happened the next day at

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school

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now the fan base is far more connected

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it's fun to be a part of the x-files

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basement facebook group and read all

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through the theories and opinions and

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see jillian's instagram posts

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i think even though the show is over it

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will live on with the fans and we will

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continue to rewatch the episodes and buy

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neat art and repeat mulder and scully

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quotes the best part is being a part of

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a community that loves the x-files

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[Applause]

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hi my name is andrew from indianapolis

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indiana season 11 of the x-files had

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some great moments

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it was certainly an improvement over

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season 10 a pretty dramatic improvement

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but it is a little bit of a mixed bag

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for me on the whole

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the return of the series the 10th the

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11th seasons have been disappointing for

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me

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the most frustrating aspect for sure is

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chris carter

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who openly acknowledges and

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has for many years that he's making up

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the story as he goes along and it's

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really starting to show

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now continuity in the show has you know

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always been a bit sketchy but when you

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compare the original series seasons one

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through nine the two movies when you

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compare that to these revival seasons

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the continuity is just really off and

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it's frustrating because what chris

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carter calls creativity

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his choice is to retcon so much of the

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established mythology and and create

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seemingly new motives for characters out

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of nowhere and turn certain characters

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who are good into evil

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and play with established you know canon

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what he calls creativity is just

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sloppiness to me and it almost feels

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like he's mocking um

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i feel that his writing has suffered

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since the original run while he

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certainly needed as a as a showrunner he

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should have allowed some some fresh

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talent when it comes to writing the myth

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arc that we have in seasons 10 and 11.

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uh we did get some good standalone

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investigations and we did get some good

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mulder scully interactions

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so for that i'm grateful

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i would say my favorite episode of

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season 11 is this

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a bit uncharacteristic for mulder and

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scully it's very action oriented

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almost doesn't feel in some respects

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like a traditional x-files episode but

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it was very nostalgic of some of the

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great myth arc elements back in the 90s

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and it really did feel like you know

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we're back in the running and i remember

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feeling so excited by what that episode

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brought us

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my least favorite would have to be the

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premiere my struggle three

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it's certainly an improvement over the

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my struggles of season 10

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but it's chock full of exposition and

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really does nothing to advance the

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narrative one episode that i would like

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to mention is kitten because i think

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that that is unfairly panned i think it

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was a mistake to label it as skinner's

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backstory because fan expectations were

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high and we really did not learn

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anything new about skinner i see it as a

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solid monster of the week case that

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delves into his past the traumatic

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effects of the vietnam war and even some

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myth arc you know paranoia elements that

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the show has always done it recalled

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some earlier episodes such as wet wired

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season two's blood

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um and i really feel like this episode

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gets some negative reaction that kind of

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surprises me because i really enjoyed it

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my struggle for

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the season 11 finale possibly series

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finale could have been worse and that's

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really that's a small amount of praise

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and that's

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about all i can say for it my

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expectations were very low

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starting a whole new myth arcs uh you

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know chris carter seemingly to retcon so

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much of um

386
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the original mythology of the show is a

387
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mistake you have a very limited nature

388
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with revivals you don't know how long

389
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you're gonna go

390
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uh and very little about how

391
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they introduced william i think happened

392
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in the way a lot of fans thought it

393
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would and and of course you're not gonna

394
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please everybody and that you know

395
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certainly it's it's a personal issue

396
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there but there's a lot in my struggle

397
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for that just doesn't quite land you

398
00:16:03,749 --> 00:16:02,079
know for me it's it's very rushed there

399
00:16:05,829 --> 00:16:03,759
are a lot of frustrating aspects to

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chris carter's writing that comes to a

401
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head here

402
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is it the end that mulder and scully

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deserve absolutely not

404
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but the fact is they should have been

405
00:16:17,509 --> 00:16:15,120
granted their ending some time ago

406
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uh i'm perfectly content imagining i

407
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want to believe is the end for mulder

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and scully because i think that film is

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truer to the characters

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and truer to their journey and where

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they are in life than anything that

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we've had since then

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so for me i hope this is the end for the

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show uh

415
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this ending will have to do

416
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while it's pretty implausible to have

417
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scully become pregnant and there's a lot

418
00:16:46,069 --> 00:16:43,680
of fan reaction to that it does provide

419
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some degree of closure for her if this

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is the last we will see of jillian

421
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anderson uh and i wasn't surprised by it

422
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because i saw some aspects of season 11

423
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building toward that big finale reveal

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but i think we should let the show rest

425
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we have over 200 episodes the majority

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of which are strong episodes that we can

427
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re-watch you know for all of eternity

428
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and i feel like the show has really gone

429
00:17:15,110 --> 00:17:11,839
past its prime and anymore would further

430
00:17:17,909 --> 00:17:15,120
tarnish the great legacy of the show

431
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it is my favorite show and i am grateful

432
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for so many of the episodes that we have

433
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gotten it's one that i love to just plug

434
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in my blu-rays

435
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and watch revisit some old episodes and

436
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i'll be able to do that season 10 season

437
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11 does not change that for me at all

438
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and some of those episodes may be ones

439
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that i return to as well mostly the the

440
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standalone monster of the week episodes

441
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and i think modern series tv owes so

442
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much to the

443
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x-files and

444
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you know we're all better for having

445
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existed and i think the best thing that

446
00:17:55,830 --> 00:17:53,520
we can do at this point is to

447
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enjoy the show for what we have

448
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and there's always going to be new

449
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comics and games and things coming up

450
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and and that is great i think for it

451
00:18:07,510 --> 00:18:05,360
being on television

452
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i think we should let it rest where it

453
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is and we should enjoy what we have and

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not risk

455
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any further tarnishment of the show's

456
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legacy

457
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[Applause]

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my name is bethany and i'm from scully's

459
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home state of maryland i felt the season

460
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11 was a solid season from start to

461
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finish in my opinion this season was

462
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made for the fans it had all the classic

463
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types of x-files mythology dark comedy

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experimental classic procedural creepy

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and body horror

466
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mulder and scully seemed like themselves

467
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this season and i felt that their

468
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characterization and chemistry was on

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point

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my favorite episode was plus one because

471
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it was strange kooky and romantic i

472
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loved mulder and scully's chemistry here

473
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because it felt old school but also in

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keeping with who they are now

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i'm a shipper so the final scene is

476
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maybe one of my favorites from the whole

477
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series

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my least favorite episode was my

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struggle three

480
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the voice overs were awkward as were the

481
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car chases and the dialogue

482
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the reveal about william being cigarette

483
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smoking man's son was difficult to some

484
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stomach

485
00:19:20,950 --> 00:19:18,400
after 17 years of believing that william

486
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was mulder and scully's child many fans

487
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had become emotionally invested in this

488
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idea and it felt like just another way

489
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to shock us and pull the rug out from

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under us

491
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i believe that what csm did was medical

492
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rape and it could have been handled more

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delicately

494
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i had hoped that this plot point would

495
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be revealed to be one of csm's lies i

496
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actually quite liked the finale i

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thought it was exciting tense and full

498
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of action

499
00:19:49,990 --> 00:19:47,679
i love to see mulder kicking ass and

500
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taking names while expertly tracking

501
00:19:53,350 --> 00:19:50,960
william

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it was like a tense action filler

503
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reminiscent of the jason bourne or taken

504
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movies

505
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i wasn't too thrilled about scully's

506
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pregnancy reveal

507
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it felt like a story that had already

508
00:20:06,390 --> 00:20:04,480
been seen on this show with william

509
00:20:08,789 --> 00:20:06,400
it made me wonder if we are meant to

510
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become emotionally invested in this new

511
00:20:13,669 --> 00:20:11,280
miracle child only to have the rug

512
00:20:15,590 --> 00:20:13,679
pulled out from under us in season 12

513
00:20:18,549 --> 00:20:15,600
when it is revealed that miracle baby

514
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number two is actually mr wise child

515
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that being said i think it can be viewed

516
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as a new start for mulder and scully so

517
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that they can finally have the family

518
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that they always wanted

519
00:20:32,149 --> 00:20:29,760
did scully get back her fertility that

520
00:20:33,510 --> 00:20:32,159
was stolen from her so many years ago i

521
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had hoped that scully would get back

522
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some of her agency by being the one to

523
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kill csm after she learned of williams

524
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origins

525
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but seeing mulder finally blow him away

526
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was more than earned and i really

527
00:20:48,630 --> 00:20:46,720
enjoyed seeing it

528
00:20:50,230 --> 00:20:48,640
at least our final scene is of mulder

529
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and skully holding each other and

530
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looking towards the future

531
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if you view all of the my struggles as

532
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one unit or miniseries they all connect

533
00:21:01,270 --> 00:20:59,360
to each other with my struggle four

534
00:21:03,510 --> 00:21:01,280
being the best of the bunch

535
00:21:04,710 --> 00:21:03,520
my struggle one is from moulder's point

536
00:21:07,270 --> 00:21:04,720
of view

537
00:21:09,430 --> 00:21:07,280
my struggle two is from scully's my

538
00:21:13,190 --> 00:21:09,440
struggle three is from cigarette smoking

539
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mans and my shovel four is from williams

540
00:21:18,310 --> 00:21:15,600
each episode is told in a style that

541
00:21:19,909 --> 00:21:18,320
fits that character's point of view i

542
00:21:22,549 --> 00:21:19,919
absolutely think that we are getting

543
00:21:24,470 --> 00:21:22,559
more x-files i just don't know what form

544
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they're going to be in

545
00:21:29,590 --> 00:21:26,159
i still think this property makes money

546
00:21:31,830 --> 00:21:29,600
for fox so it will be brought back

547
00:21:34,549 --> 00:21:31,840
the x-files contains an expansive

548
00:21:36,470 --> 00:21:34,559
universe of all things paranormal so i

549
00:21:37,270 --> 00:21:36,480
can see that there are more stories to

550
00:21:38,149 --> 00:21:37,280
tell

551
00:21:39,750 --> 00:21:38,159
though

552
00:21:42,149 --> 00:21:39,760
moulder and scully have always been the

553
00:21:44,710 --> 00:21:42,159
heart of the show for me so i don't know

554
00:21:47,110 --> 00:21:44,720
if i will be watching the next iteration

555
00:21:49,990 --> 00:21:47,120
that this show takes i have been a fan

556
00:21:51,669 --> 00:21:50,000
of the x-files since 1997.

557
00:21:53,669 --> 00:21:51,679
i went through great pains to try and

558
00:21:55,430 --> 00:21:53,679
convince my parents to let me watch it

559
00:21:57,990 --> 00:21:55,440
every sunday night

560
00:22:00,390 --> 00:21:58,000
my mom hated the dark and creepy stories

561
00:22:01,510 --> 00:22:00,400
but i finally got my dad invested in the

562
00:22:03,750 --> 00:22:01,520
show

563
00:22:06,549 --> 00:22:03,760
it became our weekly father and daughter

564
00:22:08,549 --> 00:22:06,559
time so in that way it has always been

565
00:22:11,270 --> 00:22:08,559
very special to me

566
00:22:14,070 --> 00:22:11,280
i found the fan forums and was able to

567
00:22:15,909 --> 00:22:14,080
connect with other passionate files

568
00:22:17,430 --> 00:22:15,919
the character of skully was very

569
00:22:19,909 --> 00:22:17,440
influential to me

570
00:22:21,990 --> 00:22:19,919
as a young girl and she encouraged me to

571
00:22:22,870 --> 00:22:22,000
never be afraid to challenge the status

572
00:22:25,990 --> 00:22:22,880
quo

573
00:22:28,310 --> 00:22:26,000
or to speak up and be heard the x-files

574
00:22:30,470 --> 00:22:28,320
has always had a way of inspiring me by

575
00:22:32,630 --> 00:22:30,480
continuing to tell unique stories that

576
00:22:34,390 --> 00:22:32,640
are at times thought-provoking and

577
00:22:36,470 --> 00:22:34,400
philosophical

578
00:22:38,870 --> 00:22:36,480
i love how the x-files stimulates my

579
00:22:40,470 --> 00:22:38,880
brain with strands of narrative that i

580
00:22:42,470 --> 00:22:40,480
am meant to connect

581
00:22:44,230 --> 00:22:42,480
i love coming up with theories

582
00:22:46,630 --> 00:22:44,240
and i love mulder and scully and their

583
00:22:48,149 --> 00:22:46,640
relationship continues to be

584
00:22:50,789 --> 00:22:48,159
one of the most interesting on

585
00:22:53,510 --> 00:22:50,799
television i never imagined that 20

586
00:22:55,430 --> 00:22:53,520
years on we would get more episodes

587
00:22:58,400 --> 00:22:55,440
and that they would continue to

588
00:23:01,430 --> 00:22:58,410
entertain and inspire me

589
00:23:03,510 --> 00:23:01,440
[Applause]

590
00:23:07,909 --> 00:23:03,520
this is bruce from the podcast

591
00:23:09,990 --> 00:23:07,919
unfathomable i am a die hard x-files fan

592
00:23:11,669 --> 00:23:10,000
to say i love this show is an

593
00:23:13,830 --> 00:23:11,679
understatement

594
00:23:15,110 --> 00:23:13,840
i rewatch the entire series every year

595
00:23:16,950 --> 00:23:15,120
or so

596
00:23:17,909 --> 00:23:16,960
and will always watch reruns i catch on

597
00:23:19,590 --> 00:23:17,919
tv

598
00:23:21,669 --> 00:23:19,600
at the risk of betraying my age and my

599
00:23:23,750 --> 00:23:21,679
boyish good looks the show started when

600
00:23:25,990 --> 00:23:23,760
i was a sophomore in high school and it

601
00:23:27,750 --> 00:23:26,000
blew my mind

602
00:23:29,830 --> 00:23:27,760
immediately i decided i wouldn't be an

603
00:23:31,990 --> 00:23:29,840
fbi special agent and a behavioral

604
00:23:33,190 --> 00:23:32,000
analyst like mulder

605
00:23:34,789 --> 00:23:33,200
i started sleeping on the couch

606
00:23:37,750 --> 00:23:34,799
exclusively

607
00:23:39,590 --> 00:23:37,760
in college i put a duct tape x my window

608
00:23:41,350 --> 00:23:39,600
and my friend started calling me spooky

609
00:23:44,149 --> 00:23:41,360
bruce after mulder

610
00:23:47,750 --> 00:23:44,159
i wanted to be mulder so bad

611
00:23:50,070 --> 00:23:47,760
and yes i admitted it was a bit sad

612
00:23:52,710 --> 00:23:50,080
to this day i still collect x-files

613
00:23:54,789 --> 00:23:52,720
merchandise like the iwd comic book

614
00:23:56,950 --> 00:23:54,799
series and i'm trying to complete a

615
00:23:59,750 --> 00:23:56,960
collection of an x-files card game that

616
00:24:02,310 --> 00:23:59,760
came out in the late 90s

617
00:24:04,230 --> 00:24:02,320
to ramp up this nerdiness to 11 since

618
00:24:06,310 --> 00:24:04,240
i'm a big fan of tabletop role-playing

619
00:24:07,750 --> 00:24:06,320
games i've even tried to make an x-files

620
00:24:11,990 --> 00:24:07,760
rpg

621
00:24:13,750 --> 00:24:12,000
i swear i do have a somewhat normal life

622
00:24:15,350 --> 00:24:13,760
and i've actually managed to maintain a

623
00:24:17,990 --> 00:24:15,360
relationship with a woman

624
00:24:21,430 --> 00:24:18,000
she's real i swear we went as mulder and

625
00:24:22,310 --> 00:24:21,440
scully to a party this last halloween

626
00:24:23,590 --> 00:24:22,320
so

627
00:24:27,430 --> 00:24:23,600
take that for what you will with

628
00:24:34,310 --> 00:24:30,390
overall taking each individual episode

629
00:24:36,070 --> 00:24:34,320
by itself i really enjoyed season 11.

630
00:24:38,549 --> 00:24:36,080
i felt it was superior to the previous

631
00:24:40,310 --> 00:24:38,559
season but i also enjoyed that one

632
00:24:42,470 --> 00:24:40,320
i think season 10

633
00:24:43,669 --> 00:24:42,480
tried to be too hard like the original

634
00:24:45,750 --> 00:24:43,679
series

635
00:24:48,149 --> 00:24:45,760
and as a result the production felt a

636
00:24:49,990 --> 00:24:48,159
bit dated but the new season in terms of

637
00:24:52,789 --> 00:24:50,000
both writing and production felt more

638
00:24:53,750 --> 00:24:52,799
modern and had an almost feature film

639
00:24:56,950 --> 00:24:53,760
quality

640
00:24:59,269 --> 00:24:56,960
in fact it was a bit reminiscent of 24

641
00:25:01,830 --> 00:24:59,279
for better or worse at times

642
00:25:03,350 --> 00:25:01,840
and the individual episodes of season 11

643
00:25:05,830 --> 00:25:03,360
were stronger in terms of story than

644
00:25:08,789 --> 00:25:05,840
season 10 i believe

645
00:25:10,950 --> 00:25:08,799
the updated mythology of either season

646
00:25:11,990 --> 00:25:10,960
doesn't quite make sense given what came

647
00:25:14,230 --> 00:25:12,000
before

648
00:25:16,310 --> 00:25:14,240
however i do appreciate it the new

649
00:25:18,230 --> 00:25:16,320
mythology better represents how

650
00:25:21,590 --> 00:25:18,240
conspiracy culture has shifted since the

651
00:25:25,110 --> 00:25:23,830
there are a lot of episodes to love in

652
00:25:27,110 --> 00:25:25,120
season 11

653
00:25:29,350 --> 00:25:27,120
but picking my favorite is easy it's the

654
00:25:31,110 --> 00:25:29,360
episode kitten that focused on skinner

655
00:25:32,549 --> 00:25:31,120
his experiences in vietnam and the

656
00:25:34,470 --> 00:25:32,559
fallout from it

657
00:25:36,230 --> 00:25:34,480
it's somewhat personal because it's the

658
00:25:37,590 --> 00:25:36,240
first episode set in my home state of

659
00:25:39,350 --> 00:25:37,600
kentucky

660
00:25:41,830 --> 00:25:39,360
and for a bit of trivia

661
00:25:43,909 --> 00:25:41,840
it's set in the hometown of wwe hall of

662
00:25:45,909 --> 00:25:43,919
fame wrestler hillbilly gym

663
00:25:48,789 --> 00:25:45,919
beyond that it's from this under

664
00:25:50,710 --> 00:25:48,799
appreciated category of x-files episodes

665
00:25:52,630 --> 00:25:50,720
it wasn't a mythology episode it wasn't

666
00:25:54,390 --> 00:25:52,640
a monster of the week episode

667
00:25:57,029 --> 00:25:54,400
it's one of those in-between episodes

668
00:25:59,110 --> 00:25:57,039
focusing on a government conspiracy i

669
00:26:01,909 --> 00:25:59,120
love those episodes an example of this

670
00:26:03,430 --> 00:26:01,919
is wet wire from season 3 where mulder

671
00:26:05,430 --> 00:26:03,440
and scully discover a government mind

672
00:26:07,350 --> 00:26:05,440
control experiment using cable signals

673
00:26:09,750 --> 00:26:07,360
to trigger murderous impulses in

674
00:26:11,510 --> 00:26:09,760
otherwise normal people and we also find

675
00:26:13,110 --> 00:26:11,520
out in that episode that mulder is red

676
00:26:15,190 --> 00:26:13,120
green colorblind

677
00:26:16,789 --> 00:26:15,200
so we finally got another skinner

678
00:26:18,950 --> 00:26:16,799
focused episode i think throughout the

679
00:26:20,710 --> 00:26:18,960
series we only got a handful but all of

680
00:26:23,269 --> 00:26:20,720
them were strong and kitten is no

681
00:26:25,590 --> 00:26:23,279
exception it gives us an insight as to

682
00:26:27,110 --> 00:26:25,600
why skinner was so willing to sacrifice

683
00:26:29,350 --> 00:26:27,120
for mulder and scully without changing

684
00:26:31,350 --> 00:26:29,360
his fundamental character or anything we

685
00:26:33,110 --> 00:26:31,360
knew about him before he's as

686
00:26:35,350 --> 00:26:33,120
distrustful of government power as

687
00:26:38,070 --> 00:26:35,360
mulder and scully but he doesn't buck

688
00:26:39,510 --> 00:26:38,080
the system like them he rather uses it

689
00:26:41,190 --> 00:26:39,520
against itself

690
00:26:42,950 --> 00:26:41,200
and they feature the conspiracy theory

691
00:26:44,390 --> 00:26:42,960
that they had never touched on before

692
00:26:46,070 --> 00:26:44,400
chemtrails

693
00:26:48,710 --> 00:26:46,080
the episode doesn't make complete sense

694
00:26:50,470 --> 00:26:48,720
at times but the chemtrail revelation at

695
00:26:53,190 --> 00:26:50,480
the end is a fun one and helps bring the

696
00:26:55,269 --> 00:26:53,200
entire episode together beyond that i

697
00:26:57,590 --> 00:26:55,279
think the episodes lost art of forehead

698
00:26:59,669 --> 00:26:57,600
sweat followers and familiars will be

699
00:27:01,909 --> 00:26:59,679
considered classics

700
00:27:04,230 --> 00:27:01,919
i've never been a particular fan of the

701
00:27:05,909 --> 00:27:04,240
occult centered cases but familiar is

702
00:27:07,350 --> 00:27:05,919
already one of my all-time favorite

703
00:27:11,110 --> 00:27:07,360
episodes

704
00:27:13,190 --> 00:27:11,120
but there were clunkers in this season

705
00:27:15,510 --> 00:27:13,200
plus one with the psychic twins playing

706
00:27:17,029 --> 00:27:15,520
hangman made no sense whatsoever and

707
00:27:19,110 --> 00:27:17,039
fell flat for me

708
00:27:20,230 --> 00:27:19,120
at least in terms of the case the parts

709
00:27:22,710 --> 00:27:20,240
exploring mulder and scully's

710
00:27:24,789 --> 00:27:22,720
relationship were excellent

711
00:27:27,110 --> 00:27:24,799
and nothing lasts forever is one of the

712
00:27:30,149 --> 00:27:27,120
worst episodes of the x-files ever it

713
00:27:32,070 --> 00:27:30,159
was boring dumb and the whole thing felt

714
00:27:35,350 --> 00:27:32,080
like a script for another tv series with

715
00:27:37,990 --> 00:27:35,360
mulder and scully lazily tacked on

716
00:27:40,230 --> 00:27:38,000
however my least favorite episode of the

717
00:27:41,669 --> 00:27:40,240
season was the finale

718
00:27:42,950 --> 00:27:41,679
it felt like a collection of missed

719
00:27:45,110 --> 00:27:42,960
opportunities

720
00:27:47,750 --> 00:27:45,120
the alternative 3 slash breakaway

721
00:27:49,830 --> 00:27:47,760
civilization plot the series once again

722
00:27:51,590 --> 00:27:49,840
seeming the crib from madman conspiracy

723
00:27:52,710 --> 00:27:51,600
theorist bill cooper as it did many

724
00:27:55,350 --> 00:27:52,720
times

725
00:27:57,990 --> 00:27:55,360
was intriguing but it went nowhere we

726
00:28:00,389 --> 00:27:58,000
didn't learn anything more about mr y

727
00:28:02,630 --> 00:28:00,399
who he was or his role in the syndicate

728
00:28:05,590 --> 00:28:02,640
before he was dispatched which by the

729
00:28:07,909 --> 00:28:05,600
way was the negative influence of 24

730
00:28:10,070 --> 00:28:07,919
mulder acted more like jack bauer during

731
00:28:11,269 --> 00:28:10,080
that scene than he did mulder we didn't

732
00:28:13,830 --> 00:28:11,279
learn why the syndicate was so

733
00:28:14,870 --> 00:28:13,840
interested in finding william all of a

734
00:28:16,630 --> 00:28:14,880
sudden

735
00:28:19,110 --> 00:28:16,640
yeah scully knew

736
00:28:21,750 --> 00:28:19,120
uh that he was a key to stopping the

737
00:28:24,230 --> 00:28:21,760
coming pathological apocalypse but did

738
00:28:25,909 --> 00:28:24,240
the syndicate know and how did they know

739
00:28:27,909 --> 00:28:25,919
if he's been hidden away

740
00:28:30,070 --> 00:28:27,919
and what was the point of the experiment

741
00:28:31,990 --> 00:28:30,080
to implant him inside of scully and

742
00:28:34,149 --> 00:28:32,000
there was nothing to tie the various

743
00:28:36,389 --> 00:28:34,159
conspiracy theories and truths we've

744
00:28:38,870 --> 00:28:36,399
learned throughout the series the

745
00:28:41,190 --> 00:28:38,880
episode was not as epic as it needed to

746
00:28:42,870 --> 00:28:41,200
be to complete the series if it is

747
00:28:44,870 --> 00:28:42,880
indeed the end

748
00:28:47,350 --> 00:28:44,880
the fate of the world came down to a

749
00:28:50,149 --> 00:28:47,360
confrontation at a dockside warehouse

750
00:28:53,029 --> 00:28:50,159
that just doesn't feel right

751
00:28:54,549 --> 00:28:53,039
it wasn't the ending the series deserved

752
00:28:55,830 --> 00:28:54,559
that may have actually happened in the

753
00:28:57,510 --> 00:28:55,840
sixth season

754
00:29:00,389 --> 00:28:57,520
and it didn't live up to the savior of

755
00:29:02,070 --> 00:29:00,399
the world title card and scully's

756
00:29:03,350 --> 00:29:02,080
revelation to mulder at the end was just

757
00:29:05,669 --> 00:29:03,360
goofy

758
00:29:08,070 --> 00:29:05,679
i will say though mulder's execution of

759
00:29:09,750 --> 00:29:08,080
the cancer man was badass

760
00:29:12,070 --> 00:29:09,760
much more satisfying than him being

761
00:29:13,830 --> 00:29:12,080
blown up in a pueblo

762
00:29:15,990 --> 00:29:13,840
and the manifestation of william's

763
00:29:17,990 --> 00:29:16,000
powers was a nice nod to legends of the

764
00:29:19,750 --> 00:29:18,000
graves exploding people's heads at area

765
00:29:22,070 --> 00:29:19,760
51

766
00:29:23,029 --> 00:29:22,080
which may be another bill cooper story i

767
00:29:24,789 --> 00:29:23,039
think

768
00:29:26,389 --> 00:29:24,799
so while the individual episodes of

769
00:29:28,149 --> 00:29:26,399
season 11 were strong

770
00:29:30,310 --> 00:29:28,159
the culmination of the finale put a

771
00:29:31,190 --> 00:29:30,320
pauler of the whole thing

772
00:29:55,750 --> 00:29:31,200
i

773
00:29:57,190 --> 00:29:55,760
on that

774
00:29:58,789 --> 00:29:57,200
but hey uh

775
00:30:00,710 --> 00:29:58,799
agree with me or not

776
00:30:02,389 --> 00:30:00,720
i thank you for this opportunity ryan

777
00:30:03,880 --> 00:30:02,399
and look forward to discussing x-files

778
00:30:06,870 --> 00:30:03,890
with you more in the future

779
00:30:09,430 --> 00:30:06,880
[Applause]

780
00:30:12,230 --> 00:30:09,440
hi this is carolyn one half of not

781
00:30:14,149 --> 00:30:12,240
another x-files podcast podcast

782
00:30:16,789 --> 00:30:14,159
overall i

783
00:30:19,110 --> 00:30:16,799
was very impressed with season 11. i was

784
00:30:20,710 --> 00:30:19,120
so happy that we got another season

785
00:30:23,190 --> 00:30:20,720
especially one that had

786
00:30:24,549 --> 00:30:23,200
so many fun episodes

787
00:30:26,950 --> 00:30:24,559
especially the monster of the week

788
00:30:31,190 --> 00:30:26,960
episodes

789
00:30:32,630 --> 00:30:31,200
gosh i'm going to tell you too sorry i'm

790
00:30:36,870 --> 00:30:32,640
breaking the rules

791
00:30:39,190 --> 00:30:36,880
uh my favorite scary one was familiar

792
00:30:41,669 --> 00:30:39,200
i just love how

793
00:30:43,510 --> 00:30:41,679
the character of mr chuckle teeth was so

794
00:30:45,110 --> 00:30:43,520
terrifying and

795
00:30:46,470 --> 00:30:45,120
i feel like

796
00:30:47,510 --> 00:30:46,480
he's going to be one of those characters

797
00:30:49,830 --> 00:30:47,520
that we

798
00:30:52,549 --> 00:30:49,840
bring up in conversation a lot like the

799
00:30:55,029 --> 00:30:52,559
fluke man or like the garbage monster

800
00:30:56,870 --> 00:30:55,039
also my 13 year old sister like

801
00:30:58,549 --> 00:30:56,880
really enjoys singing that song to me at

802
00:31:01,669 --> 00:30:58,559
times like in the dark room and i'm just

803
00:31:05,430 --> 00:31:01,679
like don't do that

804
00:31:07,430 --> 00:31:05,440
my favorite funny comedic episode was

805
00:31:09,430 --> 00:31:07,440
the lost art of forehead sweat i thought

806
00:31:11,269 --> 00:31:09,440
that was hilarious and i just love when

807
00:31:14,070 --> 00:31:11,279
the x-files pokes fun in itself because

808
00:31:16,070 --> 00:31:14,080
they do it so well um also like the

809
00:31:18,549 --> 00:31:16,080
morgan brothers are

810
00:31:19,750 --> 00:31:18,559
my spirit animal they are both so

811
00:31:20,710 --> 00:31:19,760
amazing

812
00:31:25,110 --> 00:31:20,720
my

813
00:31:27,669 --> 00:31:25,120
opinions of this finale i was not that

814
00:31:30,870 --> 00:31:27,679
impressed i feel like if

815
00:31:32,549 --> 00:31:30,880
if it's the last episode of the season

816
00:31:34,950 --> 00:31:32,559
or the series in general we could have

817
00:31:36,870 --> 00:31:34,960
gotten so much of a better episode we

818
00:31:39,430 --> 00:31:36,880
could have really done a lot better than

819
00:31:41,990 --> 00:31:39,440
that i was so sad that this is where

820
00:31:43,669 --> 00:31:42,000
they left our characters just sort of

821
00:31:44,870 --> 00:31:43,679
hanging out there when they could have

822
00:31:47,590 --> 00:31:44,880
really

823
00:31:49,029 --> 00:31:47,600
closed the season in a more

824
00:31:51,269 --> 00:31:49,039
final and

825
00:31:55,029 --> 00:31:51,279
satisfying way for

826
00:31:56,950 --> 00:31:55,039
the viewers but you know i also maybe as

827
00:31:59,269 --> 00:31:56,960
part of the

828
00:32:00,870 --> 00:31:59,279
life of a file

829
00:32:03,029 --> 00:32:00,880
my

830
00:32:05,750 --> 00:32:03,039
hope is that maybe

831
00:32:07,750 --> 00:32:05,760
we could possibly get more

832
00:32:09,830 --> 00:32:07,760
x-file stories i wouldn't mind if they

833
00:32:11,590 --> 00:32:09,840
were even monster of the week ones

834
00:32:14,230 --> 00:32:11,600
i'm not sure

835
00:32:15,830 --> 00:32:14,240
what they we would have in the mythology

836
00:32:17,350 --> 00:32:15,840
you know but i'm not i'm okay if it's

837
00:32:19,190 --> 00:32:17,360
not like through

838
00:32:21,750 --> 00:32:19,200
the tv show anymore you know there's a

839
00:32:24,389 --> 00:32:21,760
lot more venues which they can tell

840
00:32:26,070 --> 00:32:24,399
x-files like stories so i'd be okay with

841
00:32:28,470 --> 00:32:26,080
that

842
00:32:30,549 --> 00:32:28,480
and you know this show has been a part

843
00:32:33,190 --> 00:32:30,559
of my life for so long i

844
00:32:34,230 --> 00:32:33,200
i'm sad to see it go but i'm also

845
00:32:37,269 --> 00:32:34,240
feeling

846
00:32:39,029 --> 00:32:37,279
that it is okay to say goodbye to good

847
00:32:39,909 --> 00:32:39,039
things sometimes

848
00:32:42,470 --> 00:32:39,919
i

849
00:32:44,870 --> 00:32:42,480
overall was just really happy we got a

850
00:32:47,830 --> 00:32:44,880
season 11 i know that there's

851
00:32:48,870 --> 00:32:47,840
some things i didn't like about it but

852
00:32:50,630 --> 00:32:48,880
overall

853
00:32:51,830 --> 00:32:50,640
it was a really

854
00:32:54,149 --> 00:32:51,840
fun

855
00:32:55,669 --> 00:32:54,159
and you know kind of exciting way to

856
00:32:57,909 --> 00:32:55,679
give us a little bit more of these

857
00:33:00,470 --> 00:32:57,919
characters who we love and seeing them

858
00:33:01,669 --> 00:33:00,480
in a whole new light so thanks again

859
00:33:04,149 --> 00:33:01,679
ryan

860
00:33:05,450 --> 00:33:04,159
and the truth is out there

861
00:33:08,950 --> 00:33:05,460
bye

862
00:33:15,590 --> 00:33:12,149
hi my name is adam silva i've been uh

863
00:33:17,830 --> 00:33:15,600
i'm from denton texas and i've been a

864
00:33:20,149 --> 00:33:17,840
x-files fan since i was eight years old

865
00:33:24,070 --> 00:33:20,159
and saw the pilot episode

866
00:33:26,149 --> 00:33:24,080
uh from uh when it debuted

867
00:33:28,789 --> 00:33:26,159
my overall thoughts on season 11 is that

868
00:33:30,230 --> 00:33:28,799
it was a good season i

869
00:33:32,789 --> 00:33:30,240
think it was an improvement over season

870
00:33:34,549 --> 00:33:32,799
10 probably the best season since

871
00:33:37,750 --> 00:33:34,559
season eight

872
00:33:38,890 --> 00:33:37,760
it had a good mix of different kinds of

873
00:33:40,310 --> 00:33:38,900
episodes

874
00:33:41,590 --> 00:33:40,320
[Music]

875
00:33:45,190 --> 00:33:41,600
my

876
00:33:47,029 --> 00:33:45,200
least favorite episode would be kitten

877
00:33:49,430 --> 00:33:47,039
i just didn't think

878
00:33:51,430 --> 00:33:49,440
we saw anything new in that

879
00:33:53,430 --> 00:33:51,440
it was kind of a waste of an opportunity

880
00:33:55,590 --> 00:33:53,440
to do a skinner episode we got some

881
00:33:57,190 --> 00:33:55,600
flashbacks to vietnam but

882
00:33:59,190 --> 00:33:57,200
there really wasn't anything we hadn't

883
00:34:00,549 --> 00:33:59,200
already been told and honestly it was

884
00:34:03,350 --> 00:34:00,559
more effective

885
00:34:06,630 --> 00:34:03,360
being conveyed with those

886
00:34:08,069 --> 00:34:06,640
his speech in one breath to mulder uh

887
00:34:10,710 --> 00:34:08,079
then actually

888
00:34:13,270 --> 00:34:10,720
seeing some of that um

889
00:34:15,909 --> 00:34:13,280
in the episode uh but that said haley

890
00:34:18,550 --> 00:34:15,919
joel osment was was good in it and

891
00:34:21,750 --> 00:34:18,560
mitch pilogi did get a chance to shine

892
00:34:22,950 --> 00:34:21,760
with his speech at the end um so it did

893
00:34:24,950 --> 00:34:22,960
have at least

894
00:34:27,349 --> 00:34:24,960
a couple of bright spots in it

895
00:34:29,510 --> 00:34:27,359
um my absolute favorite episode of the

896
00:34:30,790 --> 00:34:29,520
season was microstruggle four i thought

897
00:34:32,470 --> 00:34:30,800
it was

898
00:34:35,669 --> 00:34:32,480
just an amazing

899
00:34:37,270 --> 00:34:35,679
episode and in all ways uh

900
00:34:39,270 --> 00:34:37,280
it was just really

901
00:34:40,629 --> 00:34:39,280
thrilling and stunning in a way that i

902
00:34:42,310 --> 00:34:40,639
don't think

903
00:34:44,149 --> 00:34:42,320
the you know i've enjoyed the other

904
00:34:44,950 --> 00:34:44,159
episodes of the season

905
00:34:47,270 --> 00:34:44,960
but

906
00:34:49,109 --> 00:34:47,280
uh this was just sort of a thrill ride

907
00:34:51,030 --> 00:34:49,119
that we hadn't seen from the show in a

908
00:34:52,470 --> 00:34:51,040
pretty long time

909
00:34:54,470 --> 00:34:52,480
um

910
00:34:57,990 --> 00:34:54,480
the you know it was definitely the best

911
00:34:59,349 --> 00:34:58,000
of the the my struggle arts um

912
00:35:02,390 --> 00:34:59,359
probably

913
00:35:04,550 --> 00:35:02,400
because it was streamlined a bit into a

914
00:35:05,990 --> 00:35:04,560
more personal

915
00:35:06,950 --> 00:35:06,000
family drama

916
00:35:38,069 --> 00:35:06,960
a

917
00:35:41,430 --> 00:35:38,079
but

918
00:35:43,510 --> 00:35:41,440
you know it was what the story demanded

919
00:35:46,310 --> 00:35:43,520
um i didn't like

920
00:35:48,230 --> 00:35:46,320
race's death or her whole arc

921
00:35:51,910 --> 00:35:48,240
i mean it just really was a

922
00:35:53,910 --> 00:35:51,920
unceremonious death same as skinner

923
00:35:55,270 --> 00:35:53,920
and the fact that we don't know if

924
00:35:58,550 --> 00:35:55,280
they're dead or not

925
00:36:00,550 --> 00:35:58,560
we may never know is frustrating

926
00:36:02,550 --> 00:36:00,560
um and of course cigarette smoking man

927
00:36:04,470 --> 00:36:02,560
was was killed again but we also don't

928
00:36:06,390 --> 00:36:04,480
know if he's really dead or

929
00:36:07,829 --> 00:36:06,400
you know uh you know he survived a

930
00:36:10,630 --> 00:36:07,839
missile to the face he can probably

931
00:36:13,270 --> 00:36:10,640
survive being shot and drowned

932
00:36:15,270 --> 00:36:13,280
so um but

933
00:36:16,230 --> 00:36:15,280
i thought uh

934
00:36:18,790 --> 00:36:16,240
you know again i just thought it was

935
00:36:20,630 --> 00:36:18,800
great i thought the uh you know william

936
00:36:22,069 --> 00:36:20,640
was really interesting

937
00:36:23,750 --> 00:36:22,079
uh i carried it's really interesting

938
00:36:25,750 --> 00:36:23,760
what they did with him

939
00:36:27,910 --> 00:36:25,760
and uh

940
00:36:30,150 --> 00:36:27,920
you know the ending really set up

941
00:36:32,230 --> 00:36:30,160
uh you know both was a good ending to

942
00:36:34,710 --> 00:36:32,240
the series

943
00:36:36,710 --> 00:36:34,720
uh with

944
00:36:39,190 --> 00:36:36,720
you know mulder and scully i mean with

945
00:36:40,790 --> 00:36:39,200
with you know there's with the pregnancy

946
00:36:42,069 --> 00:36:40,800
there's a little bit of happiness

947
00:36:43,990 --> 00:36:42,079
amongst the

948
00:36:45,750 --> 00:36:44,000
all the tragedy you know and i think we

949
00:36:46,550 --> 00:36:45,760
can safely leave the characters there i

950
00:36:48,230 --> 00:36:46,560
don't

951
00:36:50,710 --> 00:36:48,240
you know if there's no more we can we

952
00:36:52,550 --> 00:36:50,720
can leave them there and that's okay

953
00:36:54,710 --> 00:36:52,560
and that's really all we could ask for

954
00:36:57,270 --> 00:36:54,720
and with the final shot of william

955
00:36:59,510 --> 00:36:57,280
having survived of coming up from

956
00:37:01,349 --> 00:36:59,520
the water i mean that sets up for a

957
00:37:03,190 --> 00:37:01,359
continuation if there is one

958
00:37:04,870 --> 00:37:03,200
so i think

959
00:37:05,990 --> 00:37:04,880
chris really did a fantastic job making

960
00:37:08,069 --> 00:37:06,000
this both

961
00:37:11,030 --> 00:37:08,079
a great season finale and also an

962
00:37:12,630 --> 00:37:11,040
acceptable series finale

963
00:37:14,310 --> 00:37:12,640
um

964
00:37:16,870 --> 00:37:14,320
i don't know if we're getting any more

965
00:37:18,230 --> 00:37:16,880
x-files or not um

966
00:37:19,910 --> 00:37:18,240
i think that

967
00:37:21,349 --> 00:37:19,920
you know it's very much up in the air

968
00:37:23,430 --> 00:37:21,359
obviously jillian anderson says she

969
00:37:26,870 --> 00:37:23,440
doesn't ever want to do it again

970
00:37:28,950 --> 00:37:26,880
um i believe that's true

971
00:37:32,790 --> 00:37:28,960
so i don't know if we'll see

972
00:37:35,270 --> 00:37:32,800
a continuation of the show as it is now

973
00:37:36,390 --> 00:37:35,280
or if we won't see something until years

974
00:37:39,109 --> 00:37:36,400
later when

975
00:37:41,109 --> 00:37:39,119
you know there's a reboot or whatever is

976
00:37:42,390 --> 00:37:41,119
eventually gonna be done

977
00:37:44,790 --> 00:37:42,400
um

978
00:37:47,190 --> 00:37:44,800
as i said i think

979
00:37:49,190 --> 00:37:47,200
you know i can be at peace with this as

980
00:37:52,310 --> 00:37:49,200
an ending after these

981
00:37:53,270 --> 00:37:52,320
you know these 25 years have been

982
00:37:55,190 --> 00:37:53,280
uh

983
00:37:56,950 --> 00:37:55,200
quite a ride

984
00:37:58,470 --> 00:37:56,960
and you know if there's more that's

985
00:37:59,589 --> 00:37:58,480
great if there's not

986
00:38:01,430 --> 00:37:59,599
then

987
00:38:02,950 --> 00:38:01,440
that's fine too and again that's really

988
00:38:08,069 --> 00:38:02,960
all we can

989
00:38:12,069 --> 00:38:10,230
so i think i'll i'll end it there i want

990
00:38:13,750 --> 00:38:12,079
to thank ryan for giving me this

991
00:38:16,710 --> 00:38:13,760
opportunity to

992
00:38:18,390 --> 00:38:16,720
uh give my opinions on the show and

993
00:38:19,700 --> 00:38:18,400
i look forward to

994
00:38:21,430 --> 00:38:19,710
to hearing it and

995
00:38:22,980 --> 00:38:21,440
[Music]

996
00:38:26,069 --> 00:38:22,990
thanks

997
00:38:28,630 --> 00:38:26,079
[Applause]

998
00:38:31,510 --> 00:38:28,640
yes so my name is sarah i live in paris

999
00:38:33,670 --> 00:38:31,520
in france i have been watching the x5

1000
00:38:35,670 --> 00:38:33,680
for i don't know forever since it

1001
00:38:37,349 --> 00:38:35,680
started

1002
00:38:40,550 --> 00:38:37,359
to show in france

1003
00:38:42,630 --> 00:38:40,560
my thoughts on season 11 um

1004
00:38:43,430 --> 00:38:42,640
actually i think it was a very

1005
00:38:44,470 --> 00:38:43,440
good

1006
00:38:45,750 --> 00:38:44,480
season

1007
00:38:48,870 --> 00:38:45,760
overall

1008
00:38:50,790 --> 00:38:48,880
it breaks back to the original series uh

1009
00:38:53,510 --> 00:38:50,800
tone and atmosphere

1010
00:38:55,829 --> 00:38:53,520
the monster of the week episode were so

1011
00:38:59,430 --> 00:38:55,839
good i don't know there is

1012
00:39:02,310 --> 00:38:59,440
it was that was just what there was in

1013
00:39:06,230 --> 00:39:02,320
the original series like irony

1014
00:39:08,790 --> 00:39:06,240
the characterization the humor of uh

1015
00:39:10,069 --> 00:39:08,800
through the characterization of the

1016
00:39:14,150 --> 00:39:10,079
characters

1017
00:39:15,349 --> 00:39:14,160
the chemistry between murder and scotty

1018
00:39:16,230 --> 00:39:15,359
hasn't moved

1019
00:39:19,510 --> 00:39:16,240
it just

1020
00:39:22,870 --> 00:39:19,520
didn't change or it evolved in a way

1021
00:39:25,109 --> 00:39:22,880
like more major mature but i don't know

1022
00:39:27,589 --> 00:39:25,119
everything about it was pretty good if

1023
00:39:31,270 --> 00:39:27,599
you put the struggles on the side

1024
00:39:34,630 --> 00:39:31,280
obviously my favorite episode i i

1025
00:39:37,910 --> 00:39:34,640
actually have a half chew so first one i

1026
00:39:41,270 --> 00:39:37,920
loved so much at the last

1027
00:39:42,790 --> 00:39:41,280
art of forehead sweat so i am trying to

1028
00:39:45,190 --> 00:39:42,800
pronunciation

1029
00:39:47,829 --> 00:39:45,200
very well but it's art so anyway my

1030
00:39:51,510 --> 00:39:47,839
favorite i ate my favorite episode was

1031
00:39:53,109 --> 00:39:51,520
the last art of foreign i really enjoyed

1032
00:39:56,470 --> 00:39:53,119
the irony

1033
00:39:59,190 --> 00:39:56,480
and the way it made uh fun of the of the

1034
00:40:00,470 --> 00:39:59,200
whole series actually um

1035
00:40:05,589 --> 00:40:00,480
i love

1036
00:40:06,550 --> 00:40:05,599
of humor the way like model's face on

1037
00:40:08,069 --> 00:40:06,560
the

1038
00:40:10,790 --> 00:40:08,079
on his

1039
00:40:13,030 --> 00:40:10,800
own kids body sitting on the couch

1040
00:40:16,309 --> 00:40:13,040
watching a tv show when he was a kid it

1041
00:40:18,630 --> 00:40:16,319
was very funny i laughed so hard i i

1042
00:40:21,190 --> 00:40:18,640
think i i watched the episode like three

1043
00:40:23,349 --> 00:40:21,200
times and i loved every time i loved the

1044
00:40:26,550 --> 00:40:23,359
end obviously with the onion

1045
00:40:28,550 --> 00:40:26,560
um giving him the book of the truth and

1046
00:40:30,870 --> 00:40:28,560
murder crying

1047
00:40:32,950 --> 00:40:30,880
and reggie saying that it was all about

1048
00:40:35,750 --> 00:40:32,960
the journey and i don't know it was so

1049
00:40:38,790 --> 00:40:35,760
funny and it has a war meaning actually

1050
00:40:41,589 --> 00:40:38,800
about you know false information

1051
00:40:44,069 --> 00:40:41,599
the trump like alien um

1052
00:40:46,790 --> 00:40:44,079
i know the way it was directed it was so

1053
00:40:48,630 --> 00:40:46,800
funny i just enjoyed the whole serie the

1054
00:40:51,589 --> 00:40:48,640
whole episode actually it was so funny

1055
00:40:52,950 --> 00:40:51,599
and anyway that was that was my favorite

1056
00:40:54,870 --> 00:40:52,960
episode

1057
00:40:56,710 --> 00:40:54,880
i also enjoyed the uh

1058
00:40:59,670 --> 00:40:56,720
followers one because

1059
00:41:02,550 --> 00:40:59,680
i just loved the way it was directed

1060
00:41:05,670 --> 00:41:02,560
like almost silent very well acted very

1061
00:41:09,109 --> 00:41:05,680
well directed uh everything was it was

1062
00:41:11,270 --> 00:41:09,119
perfect it it i don't know what it say

1063
00:41:13,990 --> 00:41:11,280
said about communication

1064
00:41:15,910 --> 00:41:14,000
i think it was actually and i loved

1065
00:41:18,950 --> 00:41:15,920
black mirror but it was actually better

1066
00:41:21,510 --> 00:41:18,960
than black mirror and saying why what

1067
00:41:23,670 --> 00:41:21,520
what is communication and what

1068
00:41:25,589 --> 00:41:23,680
how we

1069
00:41:26,710 --> 00:41:25,599
uh there is a sentence in the episode

1070
00:41:29,109 --> 00:41:26,720
when uh

1071
00:41:31,190 --> 00:41:29,119
model says that he

1072
00:41:32,710 --> 00:41:31,200
we are not actually good teachers and i

1073
00:41:35,990 --> 00:41:32,720
think it says it all

1074
00:41:38,309 --> 00:41:36,000
like robots and technology is just a

1075
00:41:41,190 --> 00:41:38,319
mirror of who we are

1076
00:41:43,910 --> 00:41:41,200
so yes i really love the

1077
00:41:45,670 --> 00:41:43,920
the meaning of it so yeah my least

1078
00:41:47,430 --> 00:41:45,680
favorite episode was struggle fall

1079
00:41:50,230 --> 00:41:47,440
obviously

1080
00:41:53,190 --> 00:41:50,240
it was well directed and everything very

1081
00:41:55,670 --> 00:41:53,200
well acted by mob by

1082
00:41:58,150 --> 00:41:55,680
very well acted by david duchovny and

1083
00:42:02,870 --> 00:41:58,160
julian anderson but the plot and the

1084
00:42:06,710 --> 00:42:02,880
writing and dialogue was so bad like

1085
00:42:08,309 --> 00:42:06,720
to me it made no sense at all no sense

1086
00:42:10,550 --> 00:42:08,319
it was just

1087
00:42:11,750 --> 00:42:10,560
i think the first time i just laughed at

1088
00:42:14,309 --> 00:42:11,760
it because

1089
00:42:16,390 --> 00:42:14,319
i better laugh at it than cry on it it

1090
00:42:19,349 --> 00:42:16,400
was so just i don't know it made no

1091
00:42:22,470 --> 00:42:19,359
sense i used to play modern scully at

1092
00:42:24,470 --> 00:42:22,480
school at recess with a guy a boy

1093
00:42:27,190 --> 00:42:24,480
actually named david i was eight years

1094
00:42:28,230 --> 00:42:27,200
old i just remembered the episode of

1095
00:42:31,109 --> 00:42:28,240
tombs

1096
00:42:33,190 --> 00:42:31,119
and not being able since then to walk up

1097
00:42:34,710 --> 00:42:33,200
escalators since he just

1098
00:42:35,589 --> 00:42:34,720
was crushed

1099
00:42:37,589 --> 00:42:35,599
you know

1100
00:42:40,550 --> 00:42:37,599
underneath it so

1101
00:42:43,109 --> 00:42:40,560
i had a lot of traumas so that's how it

1102
00:42:44,630 --> 00:42:43,119
played a big role in my life

1103
00:42:46,470 --> 00:42:44,640
but

1104
00:42:50,309 --> 00:42:46,480
uh it played

1105
00:42:52,790 --> 00:42:50,319
in a way it nourished some of my

1106
00:42:54,790 --> 00:42:52,800
questions and

1107
00:42:57,990 --> 00:42:54,800
some of my reflections about

1108
00:43:00,790 --> 00:42:58,000
relationships and life and gender

1109
00:43:03,030 --> 00:43:00,800
and i love that actually

1110
00:43:04,790 --> 00:43:03,040
i think chris carter did a thing very

1111
00:43:07,030 --> 00:43:04,800
good in a way that

1112
00:43:09,349 --> 00:43:07,040
he didn't put modern scully in a

1113
00:43:12,150 --> 00:43:09,359
normative relationship

1114
00:43:14,710 --> 00:43:12,160
i think it's a good thing he did

1115
00:43:16,470 --> 00:43:14,720
not that people would not watch it

1116
00:43:18,630 --> 00:43:16,480
not watch the show if model and scary

1117
00:43:20,230 --> 00:43:18,640
had a normative tv show but i think it

1118
00:43:21,750 --> 00:43:20,240
made more sense with their

1119
00:43:23,349 --> 00:43:21,760
characterization

1120
00:43:26,069 --> 00:43:23,359
i think it made more sense because we

1121
00:43:26,950 --> 00:43:26,079
were in the 90s and we were starting to

1122
00:43:29,270 --> 00:43:26,960
ask

1123
00:43:32,069 --> 00:43:29,280
questions and wonder about gender

1124
00:43:33,030 --> 00:43:32,079
and about gender stereotypes and about i

1125
00:43:35,670 --> 00:43:33,040
don't know

1126
00:43:37,670 --> 00:43:35,680
norms relationship norms are there a

1127
00:43:38,630 --> 00:43:37,680
couple are they not a couple i don't

1128
00:43:42,309 --> 00:43:38,640
care

1129
00:43:44,550 --> 00:43:42,319
they

1130
00:43:49,589 --> 00:43:44,560
love each other

1131
00:43:51,750 --> 00:43:49,599
i am very big shipper of their

1132
00:43:53,750 --> 00:43:51,760
relationship but not in the

1133
00:43:56,390 --> 00:43:53,760
widely uh

1134
00:43:59,349 --> 00:43:56,400
known uh in the not need widely none of

1135
00:44:02,870 --> 00:43:59,359
that term if you see what i'm saying

1136
00:44:04,069 --> 00:44:02,880
um because their relationships their

1137
00:44:05,750 --> 00:44:04,079
relationship

1138
00:44:08,390 --> 00:44:05,760
doesn't need to have to end up in a

1139
00:44:10,230 --> 00:44:08,400
marriage or having a heat a kid even

1140
00:44:11,030 --> 00:44:10,240
though they have one but anyways

1141
00:44:13,430 --> 00:44:11,040
but

1142
00:44:15,670 --> 00:44:13,440
i don't know their relationship is way

1143
00:44:17,670 --> 00:44:15,680
beyond anything that is

1144
00:44:19,589 --> 00:44:17,680
normal achieve i guess i have to say

1145
00:44:23,510 --> 00:44:19,599
that's the right word for me

1146
00:44:26,150 --> 00:44:23,520
uh they are way beyond any any levels

1147
00:44:26,790 --> 00:44:26,160
any anything that we want to put couples

1148
00:44:29,030 --> 00:44:26,800
in

1149
00:44:31,030 --> 00:44:29,040
and it's what i like about it

1150
00:44:33,349 --> 00:44:31,040
uh i can actually re

1151
00:44:34,710 --> 00:44:33,359
identify myself with it

1152
00:44:36,950 --> 00:44:34,720
so yes

1153
00:44:39,750 --> 00:44:36,960
and i really love the character models

1154
00:44:41,670 --> 00:44:39,760
obviously i love scully but i really

1155
00:44:43,990 --> 00:44:41,680
identified with maltose with his

1156
00:44:46,150 --> 00:44:44,000
melakani his search for the truth his

1157
00:44:48,309 --> 00:44:46,160
need for justice i don't know and there

1158
00:44:50,150 --> 00:44:48,319
is really resonating in me

1159
00:44:52,309 --> 00:44:50,160
and it's nice to have finally a

1160
00:44:53,349 --> 00:44:52,319
character like male male character

1161
00:44:54,470 --> 00:44:53,359
playing

1162
00:44:56,710 --> 00:44:54,480
um

1163
00:44:58,710 --> 00:44:56,720
a character that has

1164
00:44:59,910 --> 00:44:58,720
all the qualities that the woman who

1165
00:45:04,550 --> 00:44:59,920
have like

1166
00:45:06,550 --> 00:45:04,560
believing in stuff uh being uh like uh

1167
00:45:08,710 --> 00:45:06,560
being guided by his emotions and stuff

1168
00:45:11,589 --> 00:45:08,720
like that and i think both characters

1169
00:45:14,390 --> 00:45:11,599
really evolve pretty well they're very

1170
00:45:15,349 --> 00:45:14,400
not very binary in a way because they do

1171
00:45:18,230 --> 00:45:15,359
evolve

1172
00:45:19,670 --> 00:45:18,240
and they nourish nourish it nourish each

1173
00:45:22,069 --> 00:45:19,680
other so

1174
00:45:24,390 --> 00:45:22,079
yes it's not by it's not that binary

1175
00:45:26,550 --> 00:45:24,400
it's not that gendered so that's why i

1176
00:45:29,910 --> 00:45:26,560
guess it played a big part in my life

1177
00:45:32,280 --> 00:45:29,920
because i don't see life in a binary way

1178
00:45:35,430 --> 00:45:32,290
so anyway that's it

1179
00:45:38,630 --> 00:45:35,440
[Applause]

1180
00:45:40,790 --> 00:45:38,640
hey guys i'm vance somewhere outside of

1181
00:45:43,510 --> 00:45:40,800
chicago illinois

1182
00:45:44,790 --> 00:45:43,520
so here's the overall of x-files season

1183
00:45:46,870 --> 00:45:44,800
11.

1184
00:45:49,589 --> 00:45:46,880
you know i was rather happy to find out

1185
00:45:51,349 --> 00:45:49,599
the fact that hey the same secret

1186
00:45:54,550 --> 00:45:51,359
ingredients that was used in all the

1187
00:45:56,470 --> 00:45:54,560
years passed was definitely used again

1188
00:45:59,589 --> 00:45:56,480
in season 11.

1189
00:46:02,550 --> 00:45:59,599
so therefore that made me happy i was a

1190
00:46:04,309 --> 00:46:02,560
bit skeptical at first but overall it

1191
00:46:08,390 --> 00:46:04,319
made me very happy and i was quite

1192
00:46:11,430 --> 00:46:08,400
satisfied with my fix of the x-files my

1193
00:46:14,470 --> 00:46:11,440
favorite episode happened to be

1194
00:46:15,750 --> 00:46:14,480
the last episode titled my struggle

1195
00:46:17,270 --> 00:46:15,760
number four

1196
00:46:19,910 --> 00:46:17,280
and i thought it just brought the

1197
00:46:23,109 --> 00:46:19,920
relationship between the characters

1198
00:46:24,950 --> 00:46:23,119
mulder and scully to fruition and of

1199
00:46:29,670 --> 00:46:24,960
course there was that coagulation

1200
00:46:32,309 --> 00:46:29,680
between the audience as well it led into

1201
00:46:34,710 --> 00:46:32,319
the fact of what my struggle meant in

1202
00:46:37,190 --> 00:46:34,720
searching for the truth

1203
00:46:39,510 --> 00:46:37,200
and it did wrap up a lot of loose ends

1204
00:46:42,550 --> 00:46:39,520
and not all but it did wrap up quite a

1205
00:46:45,109 --> 00:46:42,560
few loose ends my least favorite

1206
00:46:47,589 --> 00:46:45,119
ironically happened to be the very first

1207
00:46:49,750 --> 00:46:47,599
episode of season 11. that too was

1208
00:46:51,510 --> 00:46:49,760
titled my struggle

1209
00:46:53,589 --> 00:46:51,520
number three

1210
00:46:56,630 --> 00:46:53,599
actually it should have been retitled my

1211
00:46:59,550 --> 00:46:56,640
mustang because i felt like i spent 60

1212
00:47:03,270 --> 00:46:59,560
minutes watching david duchovny in his

1213
00:47:06,069 --> 00:47:03,280
2018 ford mustang and its performance

1214
00:47:07,430 --> 00:47:06,079
level i was left rather confused in a

1215
00:47:10,630 --> 00:47:07,440
very dark

1216
00:47:12,870 --> 00:47:10,640
film state and not understanding exactly

1217
00:47:15,829 --> 00:47:12,880
where things were going i understood the

1218
00:47:18,069 --> 00:47:15,839
premise but it just kind of threw me

1219
00:47:21,589 --> 00:47:18,079
around left and right and left and right

1220
00:47:23,990 --> 00:47:21,599
and it just was not my favorite episode

1221
00:47:26,150 --> 00:47:24,000
but where i think the x-files is going

1222
00:47:28,710 --> 00:47:26,160
well without any kind of spoiler alerts

1223
00:47:31,270 --> 00:47:28,720
and of course if you haven't seen it yet

1224
00:47:32,790 --> 00:47:31,280
i won't spoil anything for you but the

1225
00:47:34,710 --> 00:47:32,800
last frame

1226
00:47:36,309 --> 00:47:34,720
of the last episode

1227
00:47:39,750 --> 00:47:36,319
was the emergence

1228
00:47:41,829 --> 00:47:39,760
of the character william and i think

1229
00:47:44,150 --> 00:47:41,839
probably the perspective of the show

1230
00:47:47,109 --> 00:47:44,160
will be taken from his point of view

1231
00:47:50,150 --> 00:47:47,119
since it was announced in that specific

1232
00:47:51,030 --> 00:47:50,160
episode that the x-files itself is being

1233
00:47:54,230 --> 00:47:51,040
shut

1234
00:47:56,790 --> 00:47:54,240
down so it'll probably be a spin-off

1235
00:47:59,030 --> 00:47:56,800
series from williams point of view

1236
00:48:01,510 --> 00:47:59,040
in seeking of the truth

1237
00:48:03,750 --> 00:48:01,520
but we'll see

1238
00:48:07,109 --> 00:48:03,760
last but not least

1239
00:48:10,630 --> 00:48:07,119
how did the x-files affect me

1240
00:48:13,430 --> 00:48:10,640
in my part of my life or as part of my

1241
00:48:15,990 --> 00:48:13,440
life well you know what i was a new dad

1242
00:48:17,910 --> 00:48:16,000
when the x-files first aired and played

1243
00:48:19,109 --> 00:48:17,920
that infamous song that we are all

1244
00:48:21,030 --> 00:48:19,119
listening to

1245
00:48:22,309 --> 00:48:21,040
the illuminati song

1246
00:48:25,030 --> 00:48:22,319
and of course

1247
00:48:27,589 --> 00:48:25,040
to watch a live action comic book series

1248
00:48:29,430 --> 00:48:27,599
for 60 minutes once a week was

1249
00:48:32,390 --> 00:48:29,440
absolutely fantastic and of course it

1250
00:48:33,910 --> 00:48:32,400
leads you into that fantasy of what if

1251
00:48:36,069 --> 00:48:33,920
and of course you wanted to play the

1252
00:48:38,150 --> 00:48:36,079
roles in your head yourself

1253
00:48:39,829 --> 00:48:38,160
but i absolutely thought that the

1254
00:48:43,190 --> 00:48:39,839
casting for

1255
00:48:46,150 --> 00:48:43,200
mulder and scully was so spot on and

1256
00:48:48,549 --> 00:48:46,160
fantastic that the two of them have such

1257
00:48:50,950 --> 00:48:48,559
wonderful chemistry that that just

1258
00:48:54,069 --> 00:48:50,960
cannot be replaced and when they did

1259
00:48:55,270 --> 00:48:54,079
replace characters in the x-files yeah

1260
00:48:57,990 --> 00:48:55,280
it just

1261
00:49:00,069 --> 00:48:58,000
didn't hold water the same way as it did

1262
00:49:01,910 --> 00:49:00,079
to see the two originals

1263
00:49:03,190 --> 00:49:01,920
come back and do the wonderful job that

1264
00:49:04,870 --> 00:49:03,200
they did

1265
00:49:06,710 --> 00:49:04,880
so that's my opinion

1266
00:49:10,320 --> 00:49:06,720
you can take it you can leave it but

1267
00:49:13,190 --> 00:49:10,330
thank you ryan for asking me to do this

1268
00:49:15,349 --> 00:49:13,200
[Applause]

1269
00:49:17,829 --> 00:49:15,359
hello my name is anna and i'm from

1270
00:49:21,109 --> 00:49:17,839
southern california my overall thoughts

1271
00:49:23,030 --> 00:49:21,119
on season 11 was that it was really good

1272
00:49:25,270 --> 00:49:23,040
i really loved it it was very

1273
00:49:27,670 --> 00:49:25,280
interesting it had very

1274
00:49:29,670 --> 00:49:27,680
current information about

1275
00:49:32,630 --> 00:49:29,680
the x-files and the wall and how it

1276
00:49:36,150 --> 00:49:32,640
relates to the world he had interesting

1277
00:49:38,870 --> 00:49:36,160
twists he had a wonderful

1278
00:49:41,910 --> 00:49:38,880
choreography and in the fights we have a

1279
00:49:44,549 --> 00:49:41,920
more action-oriented season we had a lot

1280
00:49:47,750 --> 00:49:44,559
of interesting new characters we met

1281
00:49:50,470 --> 00:49:47,760
william finally and and we saw how his

1282
00:49:52,470 --> 00:49:50,480
life was it was a really good season and

1283
00:49:55,030 --> 00:49:52,480
you know from beginning to end i have

1284
00:49:56,549 --> 00:49:55,040
problems with some episodes but overall

1285
00:49:58,549 --> 00:49:56,559
i think it's probably one of the best

1286
00:50:01,349 --> 00:49:58,559
seasons of the entire round of the show

1287
00:50:04,870 --> 00:50:01,359
including the 90s my favorite episode of

1288
00:50:08,069 --> 00:50:04,880
the season was my struggle for i think

1289
00:50:10,470 --> 00:50:08,079
the way we finally meet willian and see

1290
00:50:11,430 --> 00:50:10,480
how his life has been since he found out

1291
00:50:14,230 --> 00:50:11,440
about

1292
00:50:16,549 --> 00:50:14,240
his mother and also how he's dealing

1293
00:50:18,790 --> 00:50:16,559
with all these new powers he has how he

1294
00:50:21,430 --> 00:50:18,800
dealt with it when he was growing up uh

1295
00:50:23,750 --> 00:50:21,440
the way the episodes was edited the

1296
00:50:26,549 --> 00:50:23,760
shots and the

1297
00:50:29,109 --> 00:50:26,559
the chasing it was very exhilarating it

1298
00:50:31,190 --> 00:50:29,119
was very good i really really didn't

1299
00:50:34,549 --> 00:50:31,200
expect anything that happened in it but

1300
00:50:36,630 --> 00:50:34,559
i was pleasantly surprised um i also

1301
00:50:38,950 --> 00:50:36,640
liked how that it came first circle to

1302
00:50:42,230 --> 00:50:38,960
the erlenmeyer flask

1303
00:50:44,309 --> 00:50:42,240
with the fetus and the first hybrid we

1304
00:50:46,390 --> 00:50:44,319
met dr sicary

1305
00:50:48,309 --> 00:50:46,400
so i think it was really well done i i

1306
00:50:50,790 --> 00:50:48,319
still thinking about it i still find

1307
00:50:54,390 --> 00:50:50,800
connections to all episodes and to the

1308
00:50:56,790 --> 00:50:54,400
shows overall mythology and i finally we

1309
00:50:59,030 --> 00:50:56,800
saw mulder shooting uh

1310
00:51:02,309 --> 00:50:59,040
the smokey man which was something

1311
00:51:04,549 --> 00:51:02,319
coming for many many years uh and it was

1312
00:51:06,870 --> 00:51:04,559
very satisfactory the way he finally

1313
00:51:08,630 --> 00:51:06,880
felt fear before he died

1314
00:51:12,309 --> 00:51:08,640
so it was really good i really like it

1315
00:51:14,390 --> 00:51:12,319
um my fav my least favorite episode will

1316
00:51:17,109 --> 00:51:14,400
be my struggle dream

1317
00:51:18,630 --> 00:51:17,119
i think the way it saw the crisis was a

1318
00:51:20,950 --> 00:51:18,640
little bit of a cheat

1319
00:51:23,430 --> 00:51:20,960
and i didn't like the pacing and i'm

1320
00:51:25,750 --> 00:51:23,440
some of the situations were a little bit

1321
00:51:28,230 --> 00:51:25,760
more confusing that they should be

1322
00:51:31,030 --> 00:51:28,240
and i really didn't like the long drive

1323
00:51:32,710 --> 00:51:31,040
smolder was doing uh speaking to himself

1324
00:51:35,270 --> 00:51:32,720
thinking to himself

1325
00:51:37,670 --> 00:51:35,280
there was also some other situations and

1326
00:51:40,150 --> 00:51:37,680
choices that i didn't understood and i

1327
00:51:42,390 --> 00:51:40,160
didn't like so yeah i was you know my

1328
00:51:44,710 --> 00:51:42,400
favorite episode was the last one and my

1329
00:51:46,710 --> 00:51:44,720
least favorite was the first one both

1330
00:51:49,030 --> 00:51:46,720
written by chris carter not sure what

1331
00:51:51,030 --> 00:51:49,040
that says about me estaphan but yeah

1332
00:51:53,109 --> 00:51:51,040
that's the truth uh so i already

1333
00:51:55,670 --> 00:51:53,119
answered this question about my brutally

1334
00:51:58,790 --> 00:51:55,680
honest opinion and it is that i love uh

1335
00:52:02,230 --> 00:51:58,800
the finale i think it was uh very good i

1336
00:52:05,109 --> 00:52:02,240
know it ended or sort of set fire to use

1337
00:52:06,710 --> 00:52:05,119
our uh to the original mythology but i

1338
00:52:08,790 --> 00:52:06,720
think it did in a way that is being

1339
00:52:11,670 --> 00:52:08,800
consistent to what the show has been

1340
00:52:13,750 --> 00:52:11,680
doing in the revival which is uh

1341
00:52:16,150 --> 00:52:13,760
simplifying the mythology and it ended

1342
00:52:18,309 --> 00:52:16,160
up with william william is the mythology

1343
00:52:21,829 --> 00:52:18,319
now and i think that's fitting in so

1344
00:52:23,829 --> 00:52:21,839
many ways on so many levels i do

1345
00:52:25,990 --> 00:52:23,839
understand that some people didn't like

1346
00:52:28,950 --> 00:52:26,000
the way scully reacted to the news we

1347
00:52:30,870 --> 00:52:28,960
kind of didn't have a chance to see her

1348
00:52:33,750 --> 00:52:30,880
react to skinner and to the shock of the

1349
00:52:35,910 --> 00:52:33,760
news but i think uh the intention my

1350
00:52:38,549 --> 00:52:35,920
character was for her to save that

1351
00:52:41,270 --> 00:52:38,559
moment to to to fall mulder when he

1352
00:52:43,589 --> 00:52:41,280
would need to hear this words the most

1353
00:52:45,270 --> 00:52:43,599
because she just lost her son and he was

1354
00:52:47,910 --> 00:52:45,280
feeling hopeless so i think she was

1355
00:52:49,270 --> 00:52:47,920
trying to give him more hope and also to

1356
00:52:51,670 --> 00:52:49,280
hold herself

1357
00:52:54,790 --> 00:52:51,680
because at this point willian has met

1358
00:52:57,190 --> 00:52:54,800
her twice and he has chosen to tell her

1359
00:53:00,309 --> 00:52:57,200
to let him go she has chosen to use a

1360
00:53:02,470 --> 00:53:00,319
fake face so i think at that moment she

1361
00:53:05,510 --> 00:53:02,480
realized that willian who didn't wanted

1362
00:53:07,030 --> 00:53:05,520
a relationship with her as a mother and

1363
00:53:09,829 --> 00:53:07,040
she needed to make peace with it and she

1364
00:53:11,349 --> 00:53:09,839
needed to respect his choice uh so it

1365
00:53:13,109 --> 00:53:11,359
was a thing

1366
00:53:15,030 --> 00:53:13,119
symbolically well done i don't think

1367
00:53:17,990 --> 00:53:15,040
she's over it i think she's just

1368
00:53:20,470 --> 00:53:18,000
processing it and she's uh worried about

1369
00:53:22,950 --> 00:53:20,480
him and i'm worried about the baby the

1370
00:53:25,589 --> 00:53:22,960
new baby uh i'm worried about mulder i

1371
00:53:27,990 --> 00:53:25,599
think mother too they are both mourning

1372
00:53:29,990 --> 00:53:28,000
the loss of their son or of their song

1373
00:53:32,390 --> 00:53:30,000
but also knowing that this is what he

1374
00:53:34,230 --> 00:53:32,400
wants and also

1375
00:53:36,309 --> 00:53:34,240
i think it's also a new beginning for

1376
00:53:38,309 --> 00:53:36,319
them and it's very uh you know fitting

1377
00:53:40,710 --> 00:53:38,319
the bitter sweet of this particular

1378
00:53:43,270 --> 00:53:40,720
revelation about their family i think it

1379
00:53:45,030 --> 00:53:43,280
was really good i understand uh some

1380
00:53:47,750 --> 00:53:45,040
fans has problem with it but i'm not one

1381
00:53:50,870 --> 00:53:47,760
of those ones do i think we'll get more

1382
00:53:53,670 --> 00:53:50,880
x-files i think we will i carted is

1383
00:53:56,150 --> 00:53:53,680
pretty pretty hopeful about it and he's

1384
00:53:58,630 --> 00:53:56,160
been write so many times before that i

1385
00:54:01,190 --> 00:53:58,640
wouldn't bet against him i remember

1386
00:54:03,990 --> 00:54:01,200
watching this documentary about the

1387
00:54:05,750 --> 00:54:04,000
green initiative in the show and he said

1388
00:54:08,069 --> 00:54:05,760
that he's hoping that next time they

1389
00:54:10,470 --> 00:54:08,079
will gonna be zero waste so he's

1390
00:54:13,270 --> 00:54:10,480
obviously thinking about going back to

1391
00:54:15,589 --> 00:54:13,280
this universe and tell my stories there

1392
00:54:17,510 --> 00:54:15,599
i know that it's complications with

1393
00:54:20,069 --> 00:54:17,520
jillian not coming back

1394
00:54:22,790 --> 00:54:20,079
but you know we have had the show before

1395
00:54:24,790 --> 00:54:22,800
without david so i think he probably

1396
00:54:26,870 --> 00:54:24,800
will find a way to work around it i hope

1397
00:54:28,549 --> 00:54:26,880
it works and we'll see if we like it or

1398
00:54:31,589 --> 00:54:28,559
not but i think that

1399
00:54:33,109 --> 00:54:31,599
if carter is confident and confident on

1400
00:54:34,549 --> 00:54:33,119
his confidence

1401
00:54:36,549 --> 00:54:34,559
i'm actually

1402
00:54:38,950 --> 00:54:36,559
gonna say that i really enjoy the

1403
00:54:41,109 --> 00:54:38,960
revival regardless of how many episodes

1404
00:54:43,670 --> 00:54:41,119
i love and how many episodes i have some

1405
00:54:45,190 --> 00:54:43,680
problems with i never was completely

1406
00:54:47,270 --> 00:54:45,200
happy with the original wrong on the

1407
00:54:48,470 --> 00:54:47,280
show there were episodes i didn't like

1408
00:54:50,150 --> 00:54:48,480
and there were

1409
00:54:52,710 --> 00:54:50,160
choices that i didn't understood but i

1410
00:54:54,630 --> 00:54:52,720
still enjoy it i i'm a firm believer in

1411
00:54:56,870 --> 00:54:54,640
the don't let the perfect be the enemy

1412
00:55:00,069 --> 00:54:56,880
or the good this show is not perfect but

1413
00:55:02,549 --> 00:55:00,079
it's good i enjoy good things i'm happy

1414
00:55:04,950 --> 00:55:02,559
that at this time i have the chance to

1415
00:55:07,349 --> 00:55:04,960
be online and to have a forum and to

1416
00:55:09,510 --> 00:55:07,359
meet other fans and discuss at large and

1417
00:55:11,750 --> 00:55:09,520
obsessed about it because the first time

1418
00:55:13,910 --> 00:55:11,760
around i was in dominican republic my

1419
00:55:15,510 --> 00:55:13,920
home country and i didn't have and i

1420
00:55:19,030 --> 00:55:15,520
didn't have a computer didn't have

1421
00:55:21,270 --> 00:55:19,040
internet i only had the vcr tapes that i

1422
00:55:23,109 --> 00:55:21,280
could rent in the video club because the

1423
00:55:25,030 --> 00:55:23,119
shows was

1424
00:55:26,630 --> 00:55:25,040
cancelled in the original channel it was

1425
00:55:29,290 --> 00:55:26,640
so for me this has been a wonderful

1426
00:55:32,069 --> 00:55:29,300
experience and i can't wait to have more

1427
00:55:35,109 --> 00:55:32,079
[Applause]

1428
00:55:36,950 --> 00:55:35,119
i'm andrew from indiana overall i really

1429
00:55:40,309 --> 00:55:36,960
enjoyed season 11. i'd say it's probably

1430
00:55:42,870 --> 00:55:40,319
my favorite since season five we had a

1431
00:55:44,549 --> 00:55:42,880
just a consistent batch of bold episodes

1432
00:55:47,190 --> 00:55:44,559
that really bore

1433
00:55:48,950 --> 00:55:47,200
the creative stamp of its producers

1434
00:55:51,670 --> 00:55:48,960
nothing this season ever really fell

1435
00:55:53,190 --> 00:55:51,680
into rote procedural storytelling and

1436
00:55:56,789 --> 00:55:53,200
there really weren't any outright

1437
00:55:58,870 --> 00:55:56,799
disasters like excelsis die either my

1438
00:56:01,589 --> 00:55:58,880
favorite episode in season 11 was

1439
00:56:03,910 --> 00:56:01,599
ghoulie i've always had a soft spot you

1440
00:56:05,510 --> 00:56:03,920
could say for episodes that start as

1441
00:56:07,910 --> 00:56:05,520
monster of the week episodes before

1442
00:56:10,470 --> 00:56:07,920
becoming part of the myth arc like red

1443
00:56:12,870 --> 00:56:10,480
museum or simon zeit ghoulie does this

1444
00:56:15,270 --> 00:56:12,880
very well on top of being an insightful

1445
00:56:17,270 --> 00:56:15,280
story about teenage life and the episode

1446
00:56:19,910 --> 00:56:17,280
is just filled with

1447
00:56:21,910 --> 00:56:19,920
beautiful and poetic imagery james wong

1448
00:56:24,789 --> 00:56:21,920
did a great job shooting this this

1449
00:56:27,990 --> 00:56:24,799
episode i also enjoy the portrait

1450
00:56:30,390 --> 00:56:28,000
ghoulie paints of william as a character

1451
00:56:33,510 --> 00:56:30,400
he is essentially a smart but confused

1452
00:56:37,190 --> 00:56:33,520
kid with real flaws he feels like a real

1453
00:56:39,270 --> 00:56:37,200
teenager instead of just an idea of one

1454
00:56:41,670 --> 00:56:39,280
and it's really more honest that mulder

1455
00:56:43,510 --> 00:56:41,680
and scully would love him warts and all

1456
00:56:46,150 --> 00:56:43,520
than to portray him as some kind of

1457
00:56:48,230 --> 00:56:46,160
perfect you know stepford smiling son so

1458
00:56:50,069 --> 00:56:48,240
to speak i know his reception has been

1459
00:56:52,390 --> 00:56:50,079
somewhat mixed among fans but i think

1460
00:56:54,470 --> 00:56:52,400
it's great the x-files has always zigged

1461
00:56:56,549 --> 00:56:54,480
when you expect it to zag and the fact

1462
00:56:59,190 --> 00:56:56,559
that season 11 continues its tradition

1463
00:57:01,510 --> 00:56:59,200
so effectively is to its credit my least

1464
00:57:03,589 --> 00:57:01,520
favorite episode of season 11 is kitten

1465
00:57:05,990 --> 00:57:03,599
it has some interesting ideas some good

1466
00:57:08,069 --> 00:57:06,000
direction from carol banker a fun guest

1467
00:57:10,309 --> 00:57:08,079
spot from haley joe osmond which kind of

1468
00:57:12,549 --> 00:57:10,319
is in keeping with the series or this

1469
00:57:14,549 --> 00:57:12,559
season's doppelganger motif

1470
00:57:15,510 --> 00:57:14,559
and great sound design especially in the

1471
00:57:17,750 --> 00:57:15,520
teaser

1472
00:57:20,150 --> 00:57:17,760
but it doesn't really come together as a

1473
00:57:22,390 --> 00:57:20,160
story as well as it might plus

1474
00:57:24,309 --> 00:57:22,400
chemtrails are probably too goofy even

1475
00:57:26,069 --> 00:57:24,319
for the x-files

1476
00:57:28,069 --> 00:57:26,079
especially when you shove it into the

1477
00:57:30,549 --> 00:57:28,079
tail end of an episode that really felt

1478
00:57:33,109 --> 00:57:30,559
more like like wrong turn style

1479
00:57:34,950 --> 00:57:33,119
exploitation um skinner's scene with

1480
00:57:38,230 --> 00:57:34,960
mulder and scully at the end was great

1481
00:57:39,990 --> 00:57:38,240
though my struggle 4 was flawed but

1482
00:57:42,069 --> 00:57:40,000
interesting like the rest of the my

1483
00:57:43,829 --> 00:57:42,079
struggle episodes the decision to

1484
00:57:45,990 --> 00:57:43,839
structure it like an action movie

1485
00:57:47,510 --> 00:57:46,000
resulted in you could say some rushed

1486
00:57:50,390 --> 00:57:47,520
emotional beats and probably some

1487
00:57:52,390 --> 00:57:50,400
restless editing you can tell certain

1488
00:57:55,270 --> 00:57:52,400
action beats were stitched together from

1489
00:57:57,109 --> 00:57:55,280
about a dozen different shots

1490
00:57:59,910 --> 00:57:57,119
but it is

1491
00:58:02,150 --> 00:57:59,920
pretty solid visually despite that chris

1492
00:58:03,829 --> 00:58:02,160
carter has a great eye as a director and

1493
00:58:05,510 --> 00:58:03,839
craig grableski is a very good

1494
00:58:07,750 --> 00:58:05,520
cinematographer

1495
00:58:09,510 --> 00:58:07,760
in the second half i would say was was

1496
00:58:12,230 --> 00:58:09,520
just largely effective

1497
00:58:14,789 --> 00:58:12,240
and introduced a slate of fascinating

1498
00:58:17,270 --> 00:58:14,799
new directions for the mythology to go

1499
00:58:18,710 --> 00:58:17,280
ideas that are really new to the x-files

1500
00:58:20,950 --> 00:58:18,720
and could potentially feel quite

1501
00:58:23,910 --> 00:58:20,960
different from what's come before

1502
00:58:25,910 --> 00:58:23,920
each my struggle felt like a summation

1503
00:58:28,630 --> 00:58:25,920
of the different aspects of the

1504
00:58:30,710 --> 00:58:28,640
currently existing x-files mythology

1505
00:58:33,270 --> 00:58:30,720
with the end of four acting as a

1506
00:58:35,910 --> 00:58:33,280
branching off point for a new story and

1507
00:58:38,630 --> 00:58:35,920
i think when viewed in that context now

1508
00:58:40,950 --> 00:58:38,640
that all four are released

1509
00:58:41,990 --> 00:58:40,960
the my struggle episodes will make more

1510
00:58:43,990 --> 00:58:42,000
sense

1511
00:58:46,710 --> 00:58:44,000
you know despite the various flaws and

1512
00:58:49,430 --> 00:58:46,720
execution i'm not really sure if the

1513
00:58:50,950 --> 00:58:49,440
show will continue my struggle 4 ended

1514
00:58:52,630 --> 00:58:50,960
in such a way where there are definitely

1515
00:58:54,950 --> 00:58:52,640
more stories that could be told but it

1516
00:58:57,589 --> 00:58:54,960
also left mulder and scully in a decent

1517
00:58:59,109 --> 00:58:57,599
place kind of like how existence ended

1518
00:59:00,710 --> 00:58:59,119
in season eight

1519
00:59:03,510 --> 00:59:00,720
with mulder and scully caring for

1520
00:59:06,309 --> 00:59:03,520
william but still an intimation of more

1521
00:59:08,390 --> 00:59:06,319
my struggle force ideas about the human

1522
00:59:09,910 --> 00:59:08,400
colonization of space

1523
00:59:11,990 --> 00:59:09,920
how the world will react to the

1524
00:59:14,710 --> 00:59:12,000
potential for immortality

1525
00:59:16,870 --> 00:59:14,720
and the syndicates malthusian scheme is

1526
00:59:18,630 --> 00:59:16,880
way more interesting to me than doggett

1527
00:59:21,270 --> 00:59:18,640
and reyes looking into the super

1528
00:59:23,190 --> 00:59:21,280
soldiers though i'm pretty satisfied

1529
00:59:25,510 --> 00:59:23,200
with it on the whole it's better than

1530
00:59:27,750 --> 00:59:25,520
the truth as a finale at the very least

1531
00:59:30,069 --> 00:59:27,760
and probably about even with existence i

1532
00:59:33,030 --> 00:59:30,079
would say the x-files was one of the

1533
00:59:35,349 --> 00:59:33,040
first stories i really fell in love with

1534
00:59:37,430 --> 00:59:35,359
i have great memories watching it on

1535
00:59:38,230 --> 00:59:37,440
friday and then sunday nights with my

1536
00:59:40,549 --> 00:59:38,240
dad

1537
00:59:42,950 --> 00:59:40,559
it's been a huge influence on me as both

1538
00:59:44,829 --> 00:59:42,960
a writer and a fan of the sci-fi and

1539
00:59:47,510 --> 00:59:44,839
horror genres and chris carter's

1540
00:59:49,589 --> 00:59:47,520
mythology really sparked my love affair

1541
00:59:51,670 --> 00:59:49,599
with ambiguous and highly thematic

1542
00:59:53,380 --> 00:59:51,680
storytelling thank you very much for

1543
00:59:56,309 --> 00:59:53,390
asking me to take part

1544
00:59:58,549 --> 00:59:56,319
[Applause]

1545
01:00:01,109 --> 00:59:58,559
so i guess i should give my two cents on

1546
01:00:03,750 --> 01:00:01,119
all of this too hi ryan sprague from new

1547
01:00:06,390 --> 01:00:03,760
york my overall thoughts on season 11

1548
01:00:08,630 --> 01:00:06,400
were pretty positive actually as a whole

1549
01:00:11,430 --> 01:00:08,640
i thought it was extremely ambitious and

1550
01:00:13,829 --> 01:00:11,440
unique the writers and directors really

1551
01:00:16,230 --> 01:00:13,839
put their necks out and tried new things

1552
01:00:19,190 --> 01:00:16,240
some of it paid off and some of it was

1553
01:00:21,190 --> 01:00:19,200
well to be honest pretty damn bad but

1554
01:00:23,589 --> 01:00:21,200
that has always been a part of the

1555
01:00:25,829 --> 01:00:23,599
x-files if you were to go back over the

1556
01:00:28,950 --> 01:00:25,839
original nine seasons there have been

1557
01:00:31,670 --> 01:00:28,960
plenty of delicious hours of television

1558
01:00:33,910 --> 01:00:31,680
and some rotten eggs that just couldn't

1559
01:00:36,150 --> 01:00:33,920
be saved queso dospichos and

1560
01:00:38,549 --> 01:00:36,160
genderbender i'm looking your way

1561
01:00:41,430 --> 01:00:38,559
anyway here were my favorite and least

1562
01:00:44,549 --> 01:00:41,440
favorite of season 11. my least favorite

1563
01:00:46,390 --> 01:00:44,559
was my struggle three i loved the cold

1564
01:00:48,549 --> 01:00:46,400
open with a young cigarette smoking man

1565
01:00:51,829 --> 01:00:48,559
being a part of one of the greatest lies

1566
01:00:54,549 --> 01:00:51,839
of all time the first moon landing we

1567
01:00:57,109 --> 01:00:54,559
knew we were in for an episode full of

1568
01:00:59,349 --> 01:00:57,119
deceit and it didn't end there we were

1569
01:01:01,750 --> 01:00:59,359
left hanging in season 10 with a plague

1570
01:01:04,150 --> 01:01:01,760
occurring to humanity and a possible

1571
01:01:07,190 --> 01:01:04,160
alien invasion we find out in this

1572
01:01:09,829 --> 01:01:07,200
episode it was all a dream or

1573
01:01:12,710 --> 01:01:09,839
premonition by scully we then watch

1574
01:01:14,710 --> 01:01:12,720
mulder become a drag racer and action

1575
01:01:17,030 --> 01:01:14,720
star and then we learn something about

1576
01:01:19,910 --> 01:01:17,040
cigarette smoking man that we hope

1577
01:01:23,430 --> 01:01:19,920
against hope is not true and is nothing

1578
01:01:26,150 --> 01:01:23,440
more than one of his many lies he is the

1579
01:01:29,670 --> 01:01:26,160
father of scully's son william this

1580
01:01:33,030 --> 01:01:29,680
plotline is so asinine and unbelievably

1581
01:01:34,710 --> 01:01:33,040
shoehorned in that it a makes me truly

1582
01:01:36,390 --> 01:01:34,720
believe that chris carter is making this

1583
01:01:39,190 --> 01:01:36,400
[\h__\h] up as he goes

1584
01:01:42,870 --> 01:01:39,200
and b that he sees no difference between

1585
01:01:45,270 --> 01:01:42,880
scientific impregnation and medical rape

1586
01:01:47,990 --> 01:01:45,280
in such a sensitive time in both

1587
01:01:50,150 --> 01:01:48,000
hollywood and america in general this

1588
01:01:52,470 --> 01:01:50,160
was a risky move no matter his

1589
01:01:54,470 --> 01:01:52,480
intentions with this storyline and while

1590
01:01:56,150 --> 01:01:54,480
one part of me thinks he knew that

1591
01:01:59,190 --> 01:01:56,160
another part of me thinks he was

1592
01:02:01,349 --> 01:01:59,200
completely blind and naive to it and

1593
01:02:04,150 --> 01:02:01,359
nobody stood in his way

1594
01:02:06,630 --> 01:02:04,160
that being said we wished hoped and

1595
01:02:08,630 --> 01:02:06,640
prayed it wasn't true as we headed

1596
01:02:09,430 --> 01:02:08,640
through season 11. would we keep that

1597
01:02:12,069 --> 01:02:09,440
hope

1598
01:02:14,950 --> 01:02:12,079
we'll get to that my favorite episode of

1599
01:02:18,150 --> 01:02:14,960
the season was the lost art of forehead

1600
01:02:20,710 --> 01:02:18,160
sweat it was darren morgan at his prime

1601
01:02:23,349 --> 01:02:20,720
tackling current events a fascinating

1602
01:02:25,990 --> 01:02:23,359
phenomenon of the mandela effect or the

1603
01:02:28,230 --> 01:02:26,000
mingle effect as reggie something states

1604
01:02:31,109 --> 01:02:28,240
in the episode and it gave us some of

1605
01:02:33,990 --> 01:02:31,119
the best nostalgic moments of the entire

1606
01:02:35,430 --> 01:02:34,000
series with reggie included speaking of

1607
01:02:37,990 --> 01:02:35,440
which if you haven't already please

1608
01:02:39,910 --> 01:02:38,000
check out episode 42 of the summer in

1609
01:02:43,430 --> 01:02:39,920
the skies podcast where i interview

1610
01:02:46,069 --> 01:02:43,440
reggie something mr brian husky we go

1611
01:02:48,470 --> 01:02:46,079
into great depth of the episode what it

1612
01:02:50,789 --> 01:02:48,480
was like being a part of the x-files and

1613
01:02:53,750 --> 01:02:50,799
everything in between yeah anywho this

1614
01:02:57,270 --> 01:02:53,760
episode touched on many social issues

1615
01:02:59,829 --> 01:02:57,280
including fake news the trump era

1616
01:03:02,870 --> 01:02:59,839
malleable truth and where we all fit in

1617
01:03:06,150 --> 01:03:02,880
the greater picture of a cosmic agenda

1618
01:03:08,710 --> 01:03:06,160
it was hilarious and i loved it humor

1619
01:03:11,109 --> 01:03:08,720
always makes us think and leaves a

1620
01:03:13,670 --> 01:03:11,119
strong impression and that's exactly

1621
01:03:16,390 --> 01:03:13,680
what i took from this episode in fact

1622
01:03:18,870 --> 01:03:16,400
it's the only one i still think about

1623
01:03:22,230 --> 01:03:18,880
from season 11 today my thoughts on

1624
01:03:23,910 --> 01:03:22,240
season 11 overall here we go i was left

1625
01:03:26,309 --> 01:03:23,920
feeling cold

1626
01:03:28,150 --> 01:03:26,319
empty and extremely let down after

1627
01:03:30,630 --> 01:03:28,160
hearing that we were getting a season 11

1628
01:03:33,670 --> 01:03:30,640
after the extremely disjointed season 10

1629
01:03:36,309 --> 01:03:33,680
mini-series i was excited i thought they

1630
01:03:38,470 --> 01:03:36,319
would correct their mistakes du company

1631
01:03:40,470 --> 01:03:38,480
and anderson would get more comfortable

1632
01:03:43,430 --> 01:03:40,480
in their shoes again and we'd get some

1633
01:03:45,829 --> 01:03:43,440
classic x-files episodes and to be

1634
01:03:47,750 --> 01:03:45,839
honest we did we got the return of

1635
01:03:49,670 --> 01:03:47,760
langley from the lone gunman in an

1636
01:03:52,230 --> 01:03:49,680
episode called this

1637
01:03:54,870 --> 01:03:52,240
again go back to podcast episode 39 to

1638
01:03:58,390 --> 01:03:54,880
hear dean haglad talk all about it we

1639
01:04:00,950 --> 01:03:58,400
got plus one which was fun goofy and

1640
01:04:03,510 --> 01:04:00,960
steamy for the shippers out there we got

1641
01:04:06,390 --> 01:04:03,520
followers which was incredible

1642
01:04:08,950 --> 01:04:06,400
television and acting by david duchovny

1643
01:04:11,430 --> 01:04:08,960
and jillian anderson and we even got a

1644
01:04:13,349 --> 01:04:11,440
paint by numbers witchcraft episode

1645
01:04:17,109 --> 01:04:13,359
which emulated the monster of the weak

1646
01:04:19,430 --> 01:04:17,119
structure to the very last beat but

1647
01:04:22,950 --> 01:04:19,440
then we were brought back to reality

1648
01:04:25,910 --> 01:04:22,960
that chris carter is the x-files and his

1649
01:04:28,390 --> 01:04:25,920
bookend episodes both end and propel

1650
01:04:30,710 --> 01:04:28,400
each season so many of us were not

1651
01:04:33,510 --> 01:04:30,720
looking forward to my struggle for

1652
01:04:37,029 --> 01:04:33,520
stating that lost art of forehead sweat

1653
01:04:39,190 --> 01:04:37,039
or even nothing lasts forever were our

1654
01:04:42,230 --> 01:04:39,200
finales but as much as we want to

1655
01:04:44,710 --> 01:04:42,240
believe that it's simply not the case

1656
01:04:47,589 --> 01:04:44,720
carter is god when it comes to this

1657
01:04:50,309 --> 01:04:47,599
universe and you have to let him create

1658
01:04:53,510 --> 01:04:50,319
and destroy his worlds in an all brutal

1659
01:04:56,549 --> 01:04:53,520
honesty with this finale he destroyed it

1660
01:04:59,829 --> 01:04:56,559
in a way i just felt so let down by it

1661
01:05:01,589 --> 01:04:59,839
was rushed poorly edited poorly written

1662
01:05:05,430 --> 01:05:01,599
and seen through the eyes of a character

1663
01:05:07,109 --> 01:05:05,440
we never truly got to know like or even

1664
01:05:09,349 --> 01:05:07,119
really understand

1665
01:05:12,230 --> 01:05:09,359
william is a dick

1666
01:05:14,549 --> 01:05:12,240
there i said it and though many argue

1667
01:05:17,190 --> 01:05:14,559
he's attained with super powers and he

1668
01:05:20,870 --> 01:05:17,200
has angst and this and that the things

1669
01:05:23,510 --> 01:05:20,880
he's doing are beyond teen angst

1670
01:05:25,190 --> 01:05:23,520
they're pure evil and although he uses

1671
01:05:28,150 --> 01:05:25,200
his powers towards the end to save his

1672
01:05:31,510 --> 01:05:28,160
father and mother and kills his actual

1673
01:05:33,990 --> 01:05:31,520
father yes turns out that csm is his

1674
01:05:36,390 --> 01:05:34,000
real father disgusting no matter how you

1675
01:05:39,109 --> 01:05:36,400
look at it i just don't

1676
01:05:41,349 --> 01:05:39,119
care about william at all

1677
01:05:43,430 --> 01:05:41,359
mulder is left reeling suddenly feeling

1678
01:05:45,670 --> 01:05:43,440
empty in life after learning he isn't

1679
01:05:47,190 --> 01:05:45,680
william's father even though he never

1680
01:05:48,870 --> 01:05:47,200
really felt a connection to the kid to

1681
01:05:52,150 --> 01:05:48,880
begin with and then scully tells him

1682
01:05:55,349 --> 01:05:52,160
she's pregnant at age 50 with mulder's

1683
01:05:57,349 --> 01:05:55,359
actual child and thus the carter cycle

1684
01:06:00,069 --> 01:05:57,359
begins again with our female

1685
01:06:03,190 --> 01:06:00,079
protagonists serving very little purpose

1686
01:06:05,589 --> 01:06:03,200
then pumping out alien and human babies

1687
01:06:09,510 --> 01:06:05,599
to appease mulder's wanting to be a

1688
01:06:12,470 --> 01:06:09,520
father syndrome it just doesn't click no

1689
01:06:14,309 --> 01:06:12,480
wonder jillian anderson wants out so bad

1690
01:06:16,549 --> 01:06:14,319
she's never been given a fair shake

1691
01:06:18,789 --> 01:06:16,559
throughout the entire series there's

1692
01:06:21,750 --> 01:06:18,799
been some agency sprinkled throughout

1693
01:06:23,430 --> 01:06:21,760
but not enough in my opinion now we're

1694
01:06:25,990 --> 01:06:23,440
left with an image of a distraught

1695
01:06:29,029 --> 01:06:26,000
mulder and scully with an unknown future

1696
01:06:31,270 --> 01:06:29,039
and william still alive perhaps carrying

1697
01:06:34,549 --> 01:06:31,280
on the x-files legacy in the form of a

1698
01:06:37,910 --> 01:06:34,559
spin-off show or movie maybe

1699
01:06:38,710 --> 01:06:37,920
maybe not we never know with the x-files

1700
01:06:41,190 --> 01:06:38,720
and

1701
01:06:43,990 --> 01:06:41,200
in a way i respect that but i also feel

1702
01:06:46,390 --> 01:06:44,000
like it's time to close those files

1703
01:06:49,109 --> 01:06:46,400
forever which they supposedly did in

1704
01:06:51,990 --> 01:06:49,119
this episode with one line by kirsch

1705
01:06:54,230 --> 01:06:52,000
what else is new look i am happy we got

1706
01:06:56,230 --> 01:06:54,240
more episodes don't get me wrong but i

1707
01:06:58,950 --> 01:06:56,240
would have been perfectly satisfied if

1708
01:07:01,109 --> 01:06:58,960
we didn't get a season 10 mini series or

1709
01:07:03,510 --> 01:07:01,119
a full season 11. and while many of

1710
01:07:06,789 --> 01:07:03,520
those episodes cater to true fans the

1711
01:07:09,589 --> 01:07:06,799
reality is that we don't own this world

1712
01:07:11,750 --> 01:07:09,599
we don't own mulder scully skinner or

1713
01:07:14,950 --> 01:07:11,760
even the morally smoking [\h__\h] that

1714
01:07:16,470 --> 01:07:14,960
never dies carter does and while he let

1715
01:07:20,309 --> 01:07:16,480
us give our two cents every now and

1716
01:07:23,029 --> 01:07:20,319
again this entire series was and always

1717
01:07:25,190 --> 01:07:23,039
will be his and let's be honest no

1718
01:07:28,230 --> 01:07:25,200
matter where it's heading next and in

1719
01:07:30,870 --> 01:07:28,240
what form i'm gonna watch or listen or

1720
01:07:33,430 --> 01:07:30,880
read because i honestly believe that

1721
01:07:36,390 --> 01:07:33,440
somewhere deep down carter also wants to

1722
01:07:37,589 --> 01:07:36,400
believe that his truth is still out

1723
01:07:39,670 --> 01:07:37,599
there

1724
01:07:42,230 --> 01:07:39,680
i hope you enjoyed this x-files season

1725
01:07:44,789 --> 01:07:42,240
11 episode i have to thank each and

1726
01:07:47,750 --> 01:07:44,799
every person who contributed their time

1727
01:07:49,430 --> 01:07:47,760
thoughts and opinions it's so incredible

1728
01:07:52,069 --> 01:07:49,440
to know that something you grew up

1729
01:07:54,150 --> 01:07:52,079
loving in your heart was attached to so

1730
01:07:56,870 --> 01:07:54,160
many other hearts throughout the world

1731
01:08:00,390 --> 01:07:56,880
we all loved and hated this show for our

1732
01:08:04,470 --> 01:08:00,400
own reasons the x-files community is so

1733
01:08:06,630 --> 01:08:04,480
strong and patient and funny and warm

1734
01:08:08,710 --> 01:08:06,640
for those who follow x-files and not my

1735
01:08:10,789 --> 01:08:08,720
ufo work maybe you'll find something

1736
01:08:13,029 --> 01:08:10,799
interesting within my past and future

1737
01:08:16,229 --> 01:08:13,039
episodes to glean in terms of your

1738
01:08:18,950 --> 01:08:16,239
interests in the unknown and for my ufo

1739
01:08:22,229 --> 01:08:18,960
listeners perhaps you'll find that the

1740
01:08:24,550 --> 01:08:22,239
x-files played such a large role in the

1741
01:08:28,229 --> 01:08:24,560
ufo topic throughout the last few

1742
01:08:30,950 --> 01:08:28,239
decades and vice versa it truly was a

1743
01:08:34,229 --> 01:08:30,960
marriage made in ufological heaven

1744
01:08:36,709 --> 01:08:34,239
either way remember the truth is out

1745
01:08:39,269 --> 01:08:36,719
there so keep your feet on the ground

1746
01:09:24,789 --> 01:08:39,279
but never stop searching somewhere in

1747
01:09:28,789 --> 01:09:26,709
somewhere in the skies is produced by

1748
01:09:30,709 --> 01:09:28,799
third kind productions in association

1749
01:09:32,309 --> 01:09:30,719
with the entertainment one podcast