The X-Files Season 9, Episodes 19/20: The Truth

The end. Wait, that was season five. This is really the end. No more X-Files episodes after this. One movie. Some comics. And it's over.

Nine years of television, for us condensed into around ten months. And what a ride this has been. Let's see how it all turns out.

The X-Files Season 9, Episode 16: William

Wow, seriously, show? Why must you do this?

The X-Files Season 9, Episodes 9/10: Provenance/Providence

Nope. Big huge flaming buckets of nope.

The X-Files Season 9, Episode 6: Trust No 1

I don't know who to believe any more. I think that was probably the point, no?

The X-Files Season 8, Episodes 20/21: Essence/Existence

There were some good aspects to this two part season finale. And then it went to an absurdly Christian place and made me really uncomfortable.

The X-Files Season 8, Episode 16: Three Words

"Fight the future." Where have I heard that before?

The X-Files Season 8, Episode 13: Per Manum

OK, season eight, I forgive you. You're not that bad, after all.

The X-Files Season 8, Episodes 1/2: Within/Without

Well, this is different.

The X-Files Season 7, Episode 22: Requiem

This was just meant to be a season finale? Really?

The X-Files Season 7, Episode 18: Brand X

'Brand X' was gross. And it didn't have quite enough else to keep me interested beyond the grossness the way a similarly bug-infested episode, 'War of the Coprophages', did.

The X-Files Season 7, Episode 15: En Ami

Scully and the Smoking Man, together at last. Wait, that sounded wrong and wasn't what I meant. Seriously, though, this could have been a great 'buddy cop' kind of caper if only there'd been more witty banter.

The X-Files Season 7, Episodes 10/11: Sein und Zeit/Closure

I'm not really sure why they needed two episodes for a story that was extremely similar to a single episode they already did back in the fourth season, 'Paper Hearts'.

And like past episodes that dealt with Samantha's disappearance, I'm still not convinced that there was any actual closure here.

The X-Files Season 6, Episode 20: Three of a Kind

So, 'Three of a Kind' was obviously a followup to 'Unusual Suspects', and was similarly excellent. Also amusing, because really, any episode that features the Lone Gunmen as main characters is bound to involve hilarious hijinks.

The X-Files Season 6, Episodes 4/5: Dreamland

What the fuck did I just watch?

The X-Files Season 6, Episode 1: The Beginning

The Beginning. Welcome back to the regular old small screen X-Files, where everything is a disaster right from the start! This felt like mostly an establishing episode, since I would assume the movie was expected to bring in some new fans. So we get re-introduced to a lot of the characters and plots and sets - which are new sets in L.A. now.

The X-Files: Fight the Future

I've now seen the first X-Files movie. And it wasn't entirely what I expected, which was more or less an extended episode in HD with better special effects and swearing. It was at least a little more than that, and I feel like they did a good job of telling a story that just wouldn't have fit on the small screen. Maybe not quite epic, but definitely cohesive, and definitely something that answered a LOT of questions about the series. And actually opened up one other major question.

Now what?

The X-Files Sesaon 5, Episode 20: The End

Well, I suppose this really is 'The End', isn't it? Only it's not, because there are still four seasons and two movies left.

Spoiler alert: It's not the end.

The X-Files Season 5, Episode 18: The Pine Bluff Variant

Wow, this was a fantastic episode. Duplicity, conspiracy, and Holland Manners. Er, Sam Anderson, but if you've seen Angel, you know what I mean.

The X-Files Season 5, Episode 3: Unusual Suspects

The Lone Gunmen origin story! YES! And some somewhat confusing misdirection, but that's OK, because despite nothing really being resolved by the end, we see the formation of the Lone Gunmen and get some interesting back story on the three of them.

The X-Files Season 5, Episodes 1/2: Redux

I can already tell season five is going to be spectacular. I also have pretty much no idea what to believe any more after watching 'Redux'.