# Can someone summarize the X-Files Mythology? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 13, 2006, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-summarize-the-x-files-mythology/352543 "2006-04-13T17:05:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-summarize-the-x-files-mythology/352543/1 "2006-04-13T17:05:18Z")
I was hanging in there, trying to keep track of alien wars and black oil and the virus and Well-Manicured Man and CSM…saw the movie…then there was an episode that looked like it was wrapping everything up…and something blew up, and then the series went on for another 2 years and I stopped watching. So can someone recap exactly wtf was going on? ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-summarize-the-x-files-mythology/352543/2 "2006-04-13T17:06:42Z")
It turned out that the truth was out there. ---
**Author:** ![LonesomePolecat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a88e57/32.png) [@LonesomePolecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonesomePolecat)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-summarize-the-x-files-mythology/352543/3 "2006-04-13T17:11:48Z")
…and then he woke up, and it was all a dream. ---
**Author:** ![Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f0a364/32.png) [@Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rube_E.Tewesday)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-summarize-the-x-files-mythology/352543/4 "2006-04-13T17:13:01Z")
And there was something to do with bees…that fertilize corn plants… ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-summarize-the-x-files-mythology/352543/5 "2006-04-13T17:25:47Z")
I’d suggest Googling it, since in the end, it became so complex and pointless that I don’t know if anyone here will be willing to type it all out. My other suggestion would be to not bother, because nothing was ever answered satisfactorally, and even second-hand exposure to the idiotic “super-soldier” plotline of the last season or two could cause temporary insanity. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-summarize-the-x-files-mythology/352543/6 "2006-04-13T17:37:53Z")
The [mythology](http://scifi.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=scifi&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.geocities.com%2FTelevisionCity%2FStudio%2F9013%2Fmyth.html) Have fun! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-summarize-the-x-files-mythology/352543/7 "2006-04-13T17:42:57Z")
…and alien-human hybrids, and the alien bounty hunter…and Mulder’s parents…and Scully’s baby… ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-summarize-the-x-files-mythology/352543/8 "2006-04-13T18:14:06Z")
> [@Honey](#): > > The [mythology](http://scifi.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=scifi&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.geocities.com%2FTelevisionCity%2FStudio%2F9013%2Fmyth.html) > > Have fun! 😉 :eek: Good lord almighty. That site may actually be useful and interesting…after undergoing \*extreme \* editing. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-summarize-the-x-files-mythology/352543/9 "2006-04-13T18:18:38Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > :eek: > > Good lord almighty. That site may actually be useful and interesting…after undergoing \*extreme \* editing. > [@Article](#): > > I have gathered the information in this document from many, many sources That sounds like it’s either going to be Charles Dickens or something written by Renfield in the asylum. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-summarize-the-x-files-mythology/352543/10 "2006-04-13T18:33:48Z")
The sad truth is personal and financial spats between the personnel so altered the story arc during the last two or three seasons none of it wound up making any sense. Worse, it got incredibly tedious and stupid. I can handle pointlessness if it doesn’t suck balls, but, unfortunately, the X-Files wound up sucking giant hairy baboon sack before it choked on it and died. I stopped watching before the end, and I suspect you’ll hear the same from many erstwhile fans of the show. What did it all mean in the end? Effed if I know, or care. ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-summarize-the-x-files-mythology/352543/11 "2006-04-13T18:44:31Z")
Basically, all the stuff you ever heard about, it’s all true man. Even the stuff that dopesn’t make sense and the stuff that’s contradictory. On the bright side, God exists and he’s watching out for you. On the downside, so does Satan. Also, aliens are coming to act out their Ridley Scott \*Aliens \* fantasies all over the planet. Cheers. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-summarize-the-x-files-mythology/352543/12 "2006-04-13T18:49:32Z")
> [@Honey](#): > > The [mythology](http://scifi.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=scifi&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.geocities.com%2FTelevisionCity%2FStudio%2F9013%2Fmyth.html) > > Have fun! 😉 My god. I zoned out after 10 or 15 paragraphs. I scrolled down, and down, and down. I kept expecting there to be text in the middle of the lower paragraphs saying “I can’t believe you’re still reading this.” ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-summarize-the-x-files-mythology/352543/13 "2006-04-13T18:55:26Z")
> [@Honey](#): > > The [mythology](http://scifi.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=scifi&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.geocities.com%2FTelevisionCity%2FStudio%2F9013%2Fmyth.html) > > Have fun! 😉 See what I mean? ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-summarize-the-x-files-mythology/352543/14 "2006-04-13T19:53:37Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > My god. I zoned out after 10 or 15 paragraphs. I scrolled down, and down, and down. I kept expecting there to be text in the middle of the lower paragraphs saying “I can’t believe you’re still reading this.” Fer shure. I don’t know which is worse – the writing on the web site, or the writing on the show. **Honey** , you’re not the author, are you? I don’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings… ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-summarize-the-x-files-mythology/352543/15 "2006-04-13T20:06:52Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Fer shure. I don’t know which is worse – the writing on the web site, or the writing on the show. **Honey** , you’re not the author, are you? I don’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings… Nope, I’m not the author. As convoluted as that site is, it’s much clearer than than the actual show. My advise is to just watch the stand-alone “monster of the week” episodes. Trying to reason out 9 seasons of the X-Files mythology will give you a migraine. ---
**Author:** ![DxZero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@DxZero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DxZero)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-summarize-the-x-files-mythology/352543/16 "2006-04-13T23:03:52Z")
You know, I bought the entire series on DVD, (Mucho expensive, as you can imagine) and I gave up by the 7th season. Such a shame, too. I loved that show. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2006, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-summarize-the-x-files-mythology/352543/17 "2006-04-14T00:57:03Z")
This was better than the last two seasons. [http://monster-island.org/tinashumor/humor/xmasfile.html](http://monster-island.org/tinashumor/humor/xmasfile.html) ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2006, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-summarize-the-x-files-mythology/352543/18 "2006-04-14T00:57:46Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Can someone summarize the X-Files Mythology? I recall checking one of the Usenet X-Files groups the day after _Jose Chung’s From Outer Space_ originally aired and seeing the subject line: “I missed last night’s episode – can someone post a brief plot synopsis?” I think that, in both cases, the answer is simply “no”. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2006, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-summarize-the-x-files-mythology/352543/19 "2006-04-14T00:59:19Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > That site may actually be useful and interesting…after undergoing \*extreme \* editing. Much like the plotline it attempts to describe. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2006, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-summarize-the-x-files-mythology/352543/20 "2006-04-14T03:11:29Z")
Do what I do – watch (an enjoy) the non-“paper clip” episodes. They’re some of the best TV ever made. Forget about the rest. I managed to be a huge fan during the show’s entire run (okay, okay, I wavered when Cary Elwes came on board) watching like this. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-summarize-the-x-files-mythology/352543.md?page=2)