And the photograph of Mulder and Scully burning – signifying both what the antagonist of the series and what the X-Files have ultimately done to their relationship is so beautiful it’s beyond mesmerizing. It’s also a beautiful and clever way to do so without boring the audience. Firstly, it’s a different way to do a ‘previously on…’, and to get new fans up to speed with the bare minimal. I’ve seen many American reviewers complaining about the way that the montage has Mulder displaying photographs of cases, himself and Scully and events that have happened within the series canon, but I can’t see why. This is done through a cleverly depicted montage at the beginning of the episode. The X-Files opening episode tries to catch up fans that may not have watched it since 2002, and newcomers that haven’t seen the show before, or indeed maybe never even heard of it. More than a lot in X-Files terms, especially when it comes to the show’s famed mythology. Tonight saw the return of our beloved Mulder and Scully in the new X-Files revival on Channel 5.Īs is with any television show that’s been off the air for fourteen years, there’s a lot to catch up on.
If you have had some sense of self control and haven’t been live-streaming the episodes as they air in the US, the day that every UK X-Phile has been waiting for has arrived. While not off to the smoothest of starts, the nostalgia for the 90s phenomenon returns in this opening episode of The X-Files revival.