# The X-Files. Definite spoilers. I'm \*asking\* for them. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 13, 2004, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-x-files-definite-spoilers-im-asking-for-them/239755 "2004-04-13T12:12:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2004, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-x-files-definite-spoilers-im-asking-for-them/239755/41 "2004-04-17T06:02:58Z")
> [@dalovindj](#): > > Not true. They explained quite clearly the reasoning for not just killing Mulder outright. And the series went on a couple of seasons without Mulder and very little Scully. Just because they explain it clearly doesn’t mean they’re not just making on-screen justifications for a plot hole. I mean, look at Scully and Mulders’ alien abductions. Those _weren’t_ part of a preplanned story arc—they just needed an excuse for having the characters suddenly dissapear. (Scully, for Anderson’s maternity leave; And Mulder, because Duchovny wanted out of the series.) By the by, didn’t they _nearly_ kill Mulder on a _number_ of occasions? Including his alien abduction, where he _actually died?_ And yes, the story _did_ continue without Scully and Mulder. For about a year. And, as I remember, the ratings tanked. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2004, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-x-files-definite-spoilers-im-asking-for-them/239755/42 "2004-04-17T06:04:06Z")
Yeah, Mulder died like six times. The only one who beats his record is CSM. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2004, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-x-files-definite-spoilers-im-asking-for-them/239755/43 "2004-04-17T15:53:25Z")
> [@dalovindj](#): > > Fox and Dana were not necessary to keep the X-Files show going … You’re on a first-name basis with them!? Heck, they weren’t even on a first name basis with _each other_. Boy, howdy! Before this post, I found your devotion to the show a little bit admirable. Now I think I pity you a little bit. (insert smilie here for the humor-impaired) ---
**Author:** ![c\_r\_y\_s\_t\_a\_l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f9b8f/32.png) [@c\_r\_y\_s\_t\_a\_l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/c_r_y_s_t_a_l)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2004, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-x-files-definite-spoilers-im-asking-for-them/239755/44 "2004-05-11T17:14:51Z")
hi! The X-Files was by far the best show! (actually, season 9 comes out today on DVD!!!) YAY!! Its a show about government conspiracies, aliens and religious cults, with an underlying unspoken love story. Its a beautiful show! Im a big fan, so if you need more info, write me back! ---
**Author:** ![sunfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@sunfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunfish)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2004, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-x-files-definite-spoilers-im-asking-for-them/239755/45 "2004-05-11T19:12:03Z")
Coming in to the discussion late, but what the hell. > [@dalovindj](#): > > My point is that the X-Files managed to keep the stakes high, and unlike Bond movies, I really thought (think) one or both of them may eventually get iced. Well, Clyde Bruckman suggests that Mulder dies tinkering with autoerotic asphyxiation, and that Scully doesn’t die - ever. So maybe Scully meets the walk-ins as well. That would be cool, plus it would give a little more religious imagery (Scully the Catholic “assumed into heaven” a la the Virgin Mary, with her miraculously-born son as the savior of the world). ---
**Author:** ![dalovindj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/65b543/32.png) [@dalovindj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalovindj)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2004, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-x-files-definite-spoilers-im-asking-for-them/239755/46 "2004-05-11T19:31:43Z")
The final episodes did seem to suggest that God had come into play. The reason that the aliens didn’t kill/take her baby seems to be the fact that God had somehow given Earth a protected status. The aliens were afraid to go up against the almighty. Now whether the aliens consider this being mystical & all powerful, or instead just another powerful alien remains to be seen. But they definitely seemed spooked . . . ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-x-files-definite-spoilers-im-asking-for-them/239755/47 "2004-05-12T06:29:09Z")
But not spooked enough to call off the invasion and genocide/bio-assimilation, apparently. ---
**Author:** ![dalovindj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/65b543/32.png) [@dalovindj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalovindj)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-x-files-definite-spoilers-im-asking-for-them/239755/48 "2004-05-12T14:36:31Z")
Well, there is no telling how far this god-like entity’s protection extends. It could be to the child alone, or the mother and father, or the whole species. I got the feeling that the aliens themselves don’t quite understand the motives of “God”, but they know direct involvement when they see it, and it gives them pause . . . DaLovin’ Dj [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-x-files-definite-spoilers-im-asking-for-them/239755.md?page=2)