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Originally Posted by Sr. Mints
X-Files: When the writers began to pull scripts out of their arses.
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Okay, okay, that was saltier than I intended. I think Fight the Future was when the show began to drop in quality significantly. I don't know if that was the moment the show jumped the shark (its been a long time) but after all the shadow conspirators were killed off, it felt very 'what's the point?'
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I thought the show still had some really solid stand-alone episodes well into season 9, and I thought Agent Doggett was a great character. The chemistry between him and Scully added a fresh dynamic to the show that I enjoyed, especially in the monster-of-the-week episodes.
But I agree, the alien conspiracy story lost steam and just became ridiculous after Fight the Future. By the start of season 7 the writers clearly didn't know how to continue or wrap up the story, and indeed pulled scripts out of their arses to try and keep the mythology going.
I only liked 3 of the 6 episodes from the revival series, and I was actually surprised it got renewed again for an 11th season. Apparently they have 10 episodes this time, so hopefully they can redeem themselves for that incredibly irritating cliffhanger from the last episode.