# If I started watching X-Files with my 13 year old... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 4, 2018, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-started-watching-x-files-with-my-13-year-old/820759 "2018-09-04T19:20:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-started-watching-x-files-with-my-13-year-old/820759/21 "2018-09-07T23:36:26Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > On the other hand, it’s groundbreaking television and I still remember the adventures of Mulder and Scully very fondly. It’s well worth watching for any sci-fi/spooky television fan even if it doesn’t have a satisfying conclusion. And, y’know, there’s a 13-year-old who is going to be watching for the first time. I say crack on with every episode in order- and let the kid decide when to stop watching. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2018, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-started-watching-x-files-with-my-13-year-old/820759/22 "2018-09-09T13:21:26Z")
I would tell you about the ending of the X-Files, but it would put you in incredible danger. The vastness of the corruption and how deep it has penetrated the highest levels of power is beyond anything I can describe. Look! You don’t know what forces you are unleashing when you ask about the X-Files, and if you continue along this path you are putting everything you know and love into the path of something that, once started, will be impossible to stop. And you’re asking the wrong question when you ask about the ending of the X-files. Oop! Gotta run! (Repeat every third episode.) ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2018, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-started-watching-x-files-with-my-13-year-old/820759/23 "2018-09-09T14:59:09Z")
The Truth Is Out There apparently has a secret meaning - The Truth Is Sure Not In Here, That’s Why We Said It’s Out There. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2018, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-started-watching-x-files-with-my-13-year-old/820759/24 "2018-09-09T15:34:14Z")
The real shame of it is that X-Files has some of the best single episodes of any TV show ever in its run: Jose Chung’s From Outer Space Clyde Bruckman’s Final Repose War of the Coprophages Home Humbug Bad Blood But they were all MOTW episodes. Everything that had to do with the overarching plotline sucked. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Shine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr_shine/32/464_2.png) [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2018, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-started-watching-x-files-with-my-13-year-old/820759/25 "2018-09-09T15:42:03Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I definitely agree that any later episode written by Chris Carter makes me sigh since I know it will likely suck. > > But…the actors don’t like him? I’ve never heard that. I know Duchovny and Anderson didn’t like each other, especially in the middle part of the show. They don’t like Chris Cater? Didn’t like **them** , not **him.** They may or may not like Chris Carter, I don’t know, but the thing you quoted was clearly just talking about the episodes not the person. ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2018, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-started-watching-x-files-with-my-13-year-old/820759/26 "2018-09-13T15:44:00Z")
> [@RikWriter](#): > > The real shame of it is that X-Files has some of the best single episodes of any TV show ever in its run: > Jose Chung’s From Outer Space > Clyde Bruckman’s Final Repose > War of the Coprophages > Home > Humbug > Bad Blood > > But they were all MOTW episodes. Everything that had to do with the overarching plotline sucked. Add “The Post Modern Frankenstein” and you have the definitive list right there. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2018, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-started-watching-x-files-with-my-13-year-old/820759/27 "2018-09-13T18:00:48Z")
Jose Chung not part of the mytharc? Poppycock! It explains EVERYTHING. It IS the mytharc. Everything is spelled out there in that one episode. [All the answers you need are in there.](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21117207&postcount=4) I’m kidding. Or, am I? ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2018, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-started-watching-x-files-with-my-13-year-old/820759/28 "2018-09-15T08:55:25Z")
You should watch. It’s all true, not fiction. Just ask the scientists at the Solar Observatory in New Mexico. That is, if you could ask them. [Not aliens](https://gizmodo.com/telescope-did-not-see-aliens-director-of-mysteriously-1829058158) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-started-watching-x-files-with-my-13-year-old/820759.md?page=1)