That's what they want you to think.

Slow build... The episode ended stronger than it started, other than what felt like some rushing toward the end. Everything with McHale seemed wooden--even Mulder and Scully seemed less engaged with the show when he was on.

If this were a brand new pilot, it would have been quite meh. As the continuation of a favorite show from my pre-teen and teen years, it'll keep me watching.

Too many cliche notes, weird and nonsensical turns (Scully in the back of the limo sipping champagne?), moving too fast due to only 6 episodes. Mulder being removed from things for some time, then this story pops up and despite some pretty shaky evidence, he's all in. Just didn't do it for me. I'll keep watching, as it's the X Files and it's only 6 episodes, but I hope it gets much better.

I am getting the feeling that Mulder and Skully's child was somewhat "Alien".........

I guess it would.

That first episode was pretty much every conspiracy theory that's ever had a youtube vid crammed into one episode. It felt as if they just pulled from that.

I liked the tie in at the beginning with real world UFO mystery and the lore of the show...

Good to have it back, a bit too much Star Wars Prequel Droney Political Dialogue, but other then that I will definitely watch the next episodes.

I watched some of the marathon on Chiller after the new episode aired.


I had forgotten how good the original was.

Didn't think ep 10.1 was bad at all. Not sure what the reviewer fuss was about. It's the ****ing x-files. What were people expecting?

Did I see the USB bridge in one of the scenes?

Second episode was better...I'll keep watching

Lester Patel sighting.

I was involved with The X-Files back in the day and have no issues with the mini-series, though the episode tonight reminded me of The X-Men Files a bit...

Yeah, that second episode was much better. Less exposition, less Joel McHale, more paranormal investigation. Hopefully episode 3 continues the upward trend.

Damn good episode.


If you take out Mulder and Scully's age, this episode would fit right in with the old series.

Good execution.

so a friend told me that EP 1 was only half way caught on DVR due to football.
anyone have any idea if these episodes will be aired again?
I've held off watching so far as I'm still churning thru the original stuff. nice to know that when I'm ready I can only see half of the first episode. :cuss:

They are on http://fox.com/the-x-files if anyone missed and wants to catch up

I have Time Warner but it's on demand seems to have everything when I have a recording glitch like that

I watched the first two episodes and as an X Files fan (I've had every season on DVD for at least 10 years), I loved it.

I was too excited to see Mulder, Scully and the rest to be nitpicky about plot points or "wooden" acting.

The first two episodes were certainly far better than the second movie and as long as that continues, I'll watch.

Hell, I'll probably watch anyway but I thought the first two were just fine and it's great to have it back on the air.

Saw the gist two episodes. They were good, not great. Scully has held up well over time. If the rest of the episodes measure up, I can see a 12 show commitment .

Cutting off your finger was better than the second movie...

Will Doggett and Reyes show up in these new episodes?

LMAO

Very true

I asked Annabeth last year and she said no

You know her? Ah man, she was one of my crushes back in the day (and she still looks good). Tell her Bowser from ChiefsPlanet said what's up. Lol

LMAO

I'll be sure to pass it on :D

Probably should have spoken with her since last August.

You would probably be surprised but most working people don't immediately start talking about themselves at every turn.

Judging just off you? I'd be FLABBERGASTED!! ;)

I appreciate you trying to make this about me, but no one asked you to namedrop outdated information, yet there you were.

Was anyone else geeking out during the Roswell flashback scenes?

Seemed like the best presentation of that incident I've ever seen.

Really made me want to see what the MD did with the alien body....like, a whole TV show just based on what happened in the past would be tits.

Outdated? It was "information" gleaned from the source, at the time.

I FB's messaged one of her close friends after the post and even she responded "I don't know, I've never seen the show".

After a few minutes, she responded "yes, in the later episodes".

And again, when we're hosting play dates or at birthday parties or dropping off kids, people aren't usually in the "Look at me!" mode.

I'm not attacking you. I know who you are. But have a little self-awareness dude.

DeBerg asked if a couple characters were going to be on the show that is the subject of the OP. He didn't ask who you had play dates with or what you talked about a year ago.

real piece of work you are.:shake:

You have something to say?

I want to see some resolution with the big questions and for Mulder to finally get the answers.

My apologies for not scouring the internet before responding to entertainment related threads when I've actually had conversations with people involved.

I'll be sure to check next time.

Can you really scour in 3 seconds?

Jeez, lighten up. I'm not saying you're an evil person. But the poor guy asked a question to which the answer was 'yes.' And if I had said nothing, he'd go on thinking he had on ultimate authority it was 'no.'

Everyone is human. :grouphug:

Nope. I said my piece. I'm not derailing the thread.

Real passive aggressive piece of work you are. :shake:

I just get tired of people pissing on Dane when he offers up information he has. maybe it was outdated but I can see why he thought it was accurate as well.

either way. Its old and played out to crap on him every time he offers up something.

I'm done.

If I was trying to 'piss on' people here, I would've taken Deberg to task for not googling it himself. 'Reyes X-files' and 'Annabeth X-files' BOTH pull up multiple articles within milliseconds. This would have taken Dane OR DeBerg 3 seconds to find.

Look at it this way, if someone asked 'how does Manning look for the SB' and I pulled up a story about eating lunch with Eli a year ago where Eli told me personally that Manning was going to retire before the 2015 season, are you suggesting no one would pass me shit about it?

Enjoyed the first two episodes immensely.

Went in after reading some of the reviews and thought "Uh oh...", but it's the same X-Files I grew up with. Hope they continue past this six-episode mini-series!

It wasn't a "year ago" it was last spring.

Regardless, I passed on info from an actual conversation.

Rest assured, it won't happen again, regardless of the topic.

Aw man.

Way to go BL.

**** it. No, no, no. Reyes will NOT be in the X-Files reboot. This has been verified. End of story.

Happy?

Blame Annabeth, not me.

bullshit. you keep on giving us the gossip.

Dramatic scene went a little different than planned in filming

https://www.facebook.com/gillianande...6983972445376/

Wow

I enjoyed the first episode. The second one was not as enjoyable. Too much dialogue and running around everywhere. Of course, this is exactly how the original series was, IIRC.

Never got to see every episode but there was one that stuck with me so I did a Netflix search the other night and found it and watched it again.Also thanks to this video learned it was only episode that FOX wouldn't rebroadcast.

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Yes, that was the episode that premiered the first week of the first year I was at flight school.

It was a good one.

Ratings were very good. 13.5 million viewers. Some of that is from the NFCC, but at the same time, a lot of people didn't seem to know it was on or missed it because of the start time due to the game. For reference, the finale only had 12 million, as did the original premiere. IIRC, the highest episode in viewers was in season 4 or 5. "Leonard Betts" or "Herrenvolk". Some episode around there got like 19 million.

Episode 2 got around 9 million. Anything near there going forward is a great sign for a possible renewal.

I enjoyed both episodes. Much better than I feared reading some reviews. I didn't love the mythology and hope it turns out to not be true(for the sake of the original series mythology), but I liked them anyway. Too much was shown to the viewers when Mulder was not around proving alien existence in the conspiracy to make the all-government angle believable. The "it was all for show" doesn't wash for that reason alone. Hell the death of the syndicate puts a major flaw in this story. The bounty hunter would also be a disaster if viewed as a government man.

Anyway, thought the second episode was good, not great. Had a Fringe/X-Men feel to it. Not really interested in the William angle, never was, but it was necessary to address it. Hope the next episode is funny and they follow it with a legit scary episode. As always, the MOTW is probably what will allow the ratings to sink or swim.

I missed the first episode. I thought the second one was ok. Nice to see that it got decent ratings. Bring on the Monsters of the Week!

And Baby Lee ****s up my chances with Annabeth Gish.

Welp, time to watch my DVR'd X-Files episodes. And drink heavily.

Just finished watching both episodes on the Fox website. Enjoyed the hell outta both shows. Gillian Anderson's voice sounds sexy as hell these days.

Right up as far as my favorite episode in the entire run...still gives me chills when I watch it.

Loving the new season so far...hopefully if the ratings keep up, we'll get another season.

^ agreed. That was one freaky ass family. :eek:

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Much to the chagrin of my wife, I rewound the DVR back to this part for a second viewing :D

Hilarious episode. I hope these episodes are gaining enough interest to keep the ball rolling for another season or 50.

Tonight's episode was fun.

I wish there were at least 12 episodes this season instead of 6.

Is this a test run to see if it still garners enough interest or is this just a 6 and done? I've been under the impression we get 6 and they are completely done.

Hmmm. I'll be in the minority but I did not care for it. Campy, and flat...

Look! Mulder doesn't know how to use this fangle new phone camera thingy; tee hee!

Look! It's Murray from Flight of the Conchords as a monster! S'funny!

After the dumb scene 'chasing' the monster around a truck stop, I told my wife I'll do the dishes; I'm done with this stupid shit.

+1

I was LMAO through this one. I hope they have some more like it.

"I found myself worrying if I had save enough for retirement.....I don't even know what that is"


ROFL

There were some swings and misses for sure but I liked it, especially once the actual concept of the episode became clear. I do think David and Gillian are trying a hair too hard in their banter but that's understandable.

Anyone see the tribute to Kim Manners on the gravestone?

Eh, I enjoyed it. It wasn't as good as 'Jose Chung's "From Outer Space"' but it was entertaining enough.

Put it this way: I'll take 99 times out of 100 versus the other network drivel.

Yep, for sure. Pretty cool.

Still don't know if I like it or not. Spent the first half thinking wth? Then the last half just cracking up.

I don't have any "inside" information regarding the future of the X-Files but I've read that Duchovny said he'd be down for 6 episodes per year, but not a full 24 episode season.

The interview occurred somewhere around the time his his 60's show about Manson aired ("Aquarius"), which to me was unwatchable, but was renewed for a second season.

I'd like to see 12 episodes, maybe six in the Fall and Six in the Winter, but I'm sure that everything hinges on Duchovny.

Dragged a bit at times, but it felt truest to classic x-files so far. Can't wait until we get back to the arc and see where we actually are going, after the theme of Mulder questioning and then rediscovering his want to believe.

Love that this show is back, even if it's just for a half dozen.

Gillian is damn hot though. Talk about getting better with age.

http://zap2it.com/2016/02/fox-wants-...s-i-dont-know/

Interview will Gillian Anderson. Hope they could work something out.

Next week looks like a true MOTW episode. I really think this will have a chance to really show how close they can get to the old shows feel.

3rd episode had the highest viewership of the night for any show, with 8.6 million. For reference "Gotham" for Fox in the same time slot was getting half of that.

Here is a link to it breaking world-wide ratings records.
http://screenrant.com/x-files-revival-ratings-records/

I really liked Mulder's little crisis of beliefs and philosophies.

"I had an insatiable urge the to get a job. Then I had this urge to quit the job." LMAO

I loved the episode. Watched it with my wife and her family, we were all cracking up throughout. Glad to see Kumail Nanjiani got a spot on the show, didn't know that was lined up.

Anybody else pick up on the lizard man dressing like Carl Kolchak?

Bizarre episode. Laughed throughout.

That was hilariously weird... Seemed like they were almost poking fun at their original "Monster of the Week" concept. I really liked it. Rhys Darby put on one helluva performance, and completely stole the spotlight.

Scully is so very hot.................

Now that was a good episode. Was representative of a lot of what I liked about the X-Files in its original run.

Has anyone else felt like the new episodes have been a little flat and tv-looking? I haven't seen the show since it originally aired, but I remember it being more cinematic.