The X-Files
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Its Carter in full mythology-destruction mode, asserting that this iteration ofThe X-Filesis more revision than revival.
Who is the him?
Is it William or CSM or Mulder?
As Mulder is inner monologuing about how he can save Scully, she wakes up.
She starts rambling a bit about the plague, and Mulder turns skeptic.
Mulder presumes Scullys ramblings are a product of her illness.
CSM cant be alive.
All they want is the boy, hes told.
Spender hides behind a door of an apartment building that reads The 209.
As you might have guessed,nothingis by accident on this show.
Guess what episode My Struggle III is in the series overall?
(After all, every supervillain needs someone to monologue to.)
CSM says, Were not to be found, and we see a car speeding after Mulder.
While our hero is distracted with some pure unfiltered Carter inner monologue, a car chase unfolds.
We learn that the pair Mulder is seeking are with Skinner in his car.
Its time for everyone to talk.
The doppelganger pair says they are part of the Syndicate, a group involved in alien colonization.
They want Mulder to kill CSM so they can colonize space.
After Mulder kills the assassin, Scully says that she doesnt think CSM sent him.
She reveals her visions are from William, the new Chosen One ofThe X-Files.
William is my son.
Other Notes
My Struggle III contains SO many echoes of season ten.
I half expected to seea were-monsterin the background.
My favorite beat may have been the Skinner and CSM showdown.
You know it does, fans.
Is this episode than Mulder or Scullys?
