![]() ![]() Theirs is the kind of magical interplay that happens mainly because of timing and luck. This is one of the great love stories, one where even a sidelong glance or a slight touch feels epochal. Even when the overarching narrative seems like it's going off the rails or is at a standstill, the Mulder-Scully relationship (and by extension the Duchovny-Anderson kinship) is always developing, always moving forward. What couldn't have been anticipated was the very real and mysterious chemistry between both the characters and the actors who played them. Just put those personalities in a strange situation and see what happens. He was the believer, she was the sceptic. The Mulder-Scully dynamic leant itself to this formula. And it seemed the last glimpse we'd ever have of our intrepid agents would be I Want to Believe's cheeky post-credits dream sequence in which the bathing suit-clad duo waves at the camera while rowing across a tropical ocean. A much more intimate and character-driven second film, The X-Files: I Want to Believe, followed in 2008, and had the misfortune to open the week after Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight. Ratings began to decline after that high point, until it concluded its nine-season run in May 2002 – by which point it was an afterthought for most viewers beyond a cultish few (this writer included). But over time, The X-Files built a sizable audience until, in peak viewing years (around 1998, when the blockbuster feature film The X-Files: Fight the Future was released) it was a bona fide global sensation. ![]() The series premiered on 10 September 1993 to little fanfare the network suits had their hopes up for the Bruce Campbell steampunk western The Adventures of Brisco Country Jr instead. The long-running science fiction series has conditioned viewers to expect the unexpected. ![]() The finale of the six-part revival of The X-Files on US TV closes out another chapter in the paranormal adventures of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully. ![]()
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