Yes, a "brilliant" 5-minute diversion sandwiched in between 40 minutes of cliched, dull, hackneyed, and (worst of all) non-X-Filey X-Files.

"only about 6% of terrorist attacks in the US are done be [sic] Muslims."

That's simply not an acceptable opinion to hold (even in a contrarian sorta way).

Errr, there's a huge difference between projecting a detached intelligence and being a complete wooden block onscreen.

Man, that soundtrack really is something else…not a bad track on the ENTIRE DISC (has that ever happened before…or since?). Did you know "Dead Souls" was originally a Joy Division song? Pretty interesting to do a compare/contrast there.

Okay…in that case, agreed!

True, you're right about that.

Fair to say that pb+j sandwich was "problematic" then? ;)

Right, that's why they should have just dropped that whole thread and started from scratch.

To also be fair, The X-Files has always been pretty unabashed in their endorsing of silly tropes (this is, after all, a show that is essentially based on hunting for monsters in the dark with flashlights).

I know there are some people in here that hate the Lucas/Carter comparisons, but aside from the Morgan episode (and, okay, parts of "Home Again," even though the structure was schizo), this revival has the same "going through the motions" vibe as the SW prequels.

How "appropriate" would it be that the last episode of The X-Files we ever get is a cliffhanger, promising (forever promising!) more answers in that typical Chris Carter way that most of us (non-blind) fanboy/girls have grown increasingly sick of?

Also: can we talk about Ambrose's character's surname in this?

People who use the phrase "highly problematic" on the Internet regularly are, in and of themselves, highly problematic. :)

What is this utter obsession from the commenters about the broadcast airing of the series?

"but I can't fault the fact that it had a lot of things to say…"

That's right — I didn't ultimately like HA very much, but at least it was a legitimate X-Files episode (two, in fact).

The vast majority of the Twitter "users" are actual robots (and that's not even including the real people who act like they are).

Watch the baby scene in Trainspotting.

True, true…great pull.