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.
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.
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Coming in to the discussion late, but what the hell.
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).
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 . . .
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 . . .