By the time the first X-Files movie came out, in 1998, not only were there multiple alien species, but there was alien infighting. But over the years, the show’s narrative arc became messier rather than deeper, as the writers piled conspiracy upon conspiracy. Granted, some of the multipart episodes, in which agent Fox Mulder slowly uncovers what the syndicate is up to, were fantastically entertaining. Although Fox decided on a standalone story for practical reasons, disregarding the show’s mythology is one of those sound business choices that might also have made artistic sense.
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