That's the greatest picture of all time. Never a bad time to share it.

I skimmed a couple but otherwise yes. Was really sad to see she stopped.

It's fantastic. Thanks so much. The Skinner bits really are the best.

Do you have a link?

He's definitely not.

That's always been a problem with this show, which is weird. It can give us great banter that doesn't feel forced (the "banter" on almost all other investigative shows is godawful) and it can give us great philosophical discussion. But exposition? Total ball drop.

I think it's a good follow up in that it's half MotW and half mythology. Going from huge revelations to something completely different without the characters mentioning it wouldn't be as acceptable on TV now.

I know Carter actually became worried about that at some point.

I don't think the X-Files has no faith in the government per se, certainly not like the Tea Party. I think it has no faith in governmental forces that exist outside democracy, particularly ones with military power. The Syndicate, after all, was made up of military industrial corporations and DoD people.

Heh, I watched it with my dad, too. He gave an "Ugh!" at the ear stabbing.

I think it was Fringe, no? Not sure what episode.

Was the kid's blood black or was that just the lighting?

I meant the alien conspiracy; sloppy writing on my part.

Outstanding. I've been wanting more film features on here.

The conspiracies worked when they reflected on what the government had done during the Cold War, but looked at through the lens of aliens. The conspiracies were true, in that the US government did a ton of fucked up shit post-WW II, in an emotional way. They just dressed it up by making it aliens which worked well for…

I'm sure the aliens are real. The show isn't going to get rid of that. Mulder is being set up.

Or maybe that's just what they *want* you to think… Maybe they're all incompetent and the conspiracies are just a front to make them look smart.

For them to say the aliens never existed would be a really, really bad move since we've seen the aliens exist and we know the Syndicate believed in the aliens 100%. For the aliens not to exist would essentially make this miniseries a parallel world.

I don't think we're supposed to believe it was a smokescreen. Also, the black oil looked like it came out of the dead alien so I don't think that's been forgotten.

I don't understand the negativity coming from many critics because this is how the show has always been in regards to mythology (except maybe season one). Crazy monologues, running around, sudden jarring shocks, feeling like Mulder is just one theory away from suicide, smoking man appearance, complete rewrites of what…