The X-Files - Série 10

Until the last moment, I didn't believe that in today's time, especially after the infamous results of the second movie, the whole project could be successfully brought to a conclusion, and I was even more excited after the first viewing. The series that introduced me to the continuing television stories is back and has everything that it succeeded in years ago. The most positive surprise is the realization that it is continuing without hesitation in the same tone where it left off last time. The final (and now almost legendary) two-parter The Truth has closed all the original avalanche of questions and the following (partially rejected by fans) I Want to Believe is not about the search for visitors, conspiracies, and hidden truths, but about the search for oneself. However, its mood is closest to the new stories in terms of my enthusiasm. Its own doubts are, in fact, the driving force behind the entire revival, and surprisingly, they find their place in EVERY episode. Perhaps most satisfying for me, surprisingly, are Darin Morgan's two episodes, Founder's Mutation and Home Again, which are sufficiently scary but primarily surrounded by moving family storylines, proving that the events surrounding William in the last seasons have an essential and inevitably tragic undertone even after so many years. Among Morgan's episodes, the more wild Mulder & Scully Meet the Were-Monster discreetly slipped in, which understandably caused outrage or misunderstanding among unfamiliar viewers, but for those who remember legendary lighthearted rides such as Bad Blood or Jose Chung's 'From Outer Space', it brings perhaps even more enthusiasm. Because, in addition to the typical narrative methods, the creators also brought back the self-depreciation, which will only be fully appreciated by those who paid attention years ago and remember more than yellow Tooms' eyes or glowing forest insects from the original series. Chris Carter remains a chapter entirely to himself. While, for surprisingly high percentage of viewers, the long-lasting background full of abductions, colonization, or black oil was to some extent a necessary evil, for me, these stories redefined the word mythology. All the storylines, including those related to not-so-lovingly-known super soldiers, were always something more, which reliably magnetized me every time, even during weaker periods. That's why I was shocked when I had to admit after the opening My Struggle that such a weak mythology episode had never been before, and I was genuinely worried about the fate of the requested revival. When the aforementioned trio of episodes proved me wrong, another episode written by Carter, Babylon, came – and again, it disappointed me because, like in the previous case, it worked in its details (the bond of the main duo, allusions, jokes on the edge of parody), but as a whole, it was chewing on a desperately uninteresting story. That's why the boulder that fell off my heart after the final My Struggle II was as heavy as the largest meteorite. Right there, finally, someone-you-know-who reveals a glimpse of their eternal plans, right there, more close encounters threaten, and I am genuinely concerned about the fate of the legendary heroes. At the very end, I'm not angry that the six-part nostalgia, originally intended as a final tribute, ends up being a regular series that will likely have a continuation. I'm not angry because the moods during the viewing experience haven't changed much over the years, and they fit into the series without any problems. I am genuinely moved by Gillian Anderson's performance, which unexpectedly overshadows even the otherwise perfect David Duchovny. While he plays Mulder as someone who has been beaten up, whose blind faith and destructive skepticism have already taken their toll, Scully's role as a regretful, insecure, and hopeful woman until the very end is quite tough, and as the episodes progress, it becomes clearer that some roles simply cannot be dropped. And I want to believe that this is just the beginning of something bigger. (25.02.2016) (vähemmän) (lisää)