X is for The X Files

Twenty-Six Days of Creative Inspiration

If you've been following my A to Z posts, you probably saw this one coming a mile away.

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Yes, The X Files motivated me with a capital M.

 Great Characters - Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully are a true dynamic duo. Her analytic personality is a perfect contrast to his ever-questioning tendencies and suspended disbelief in most things alien or supernatural. The ongoing joust of sexual tension between the two always kept the partnership interesting.

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Alien Mythology Arc - The show was unique in that most given episodes stood on their own, but embedded in the entire series was the alien mythology/shadow conspiracy story. The underlying threat from a consortium of humans who were bargaining with an alien race for colonization of the Earth was a major draw for me. Trying to string together clues and identify dropped breadcrumbs of the mythology arc was a blast.

Unfortunately the show hit a dull thud for me when David Duchovny left. I never warmed up to the new kids on the block. The first X-Files movie, Fight the Future, hit the X dead on for me. I ate it up. The second movie, I Want to Believe...um...well...nevermind.

My Mulder and Scully action figures will always have a place of honor on my desk.

Were you hooked by The X-Files? Did you prefer the alien mythology arc or the supernatural episodes best?


Here is a list of the alien mythology episodes.

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