The X-Files is an American science fiction drama television series created by Chris Carter. The original television series aired from September 10th 1993 to May 19th 2002 on Fox. During its original run, the program spanned nine seasons, with 202 episodes. A short tenth season consisting of six episodes ran from January to February 2016. Following the ratings success of this revival, The X-Files returned for an eleventh season of ten episodes, which ran from January to March 2018. In addition to the television series, two feature films have been released: The 1998 film The X-Files and the stand-alone film The X-Files: I Want to Believe, released in 2008, six years after the original television run ended.
The series revolves around Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson), who investigate the eponymous "X-Files": marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder is a skilled criminal profiler, an ardent supernaturalist, and a conspiracy theorist who believes in the existence of the paranormal, whereas Scully is a medical doctor and skeptic who has been assigned to scientifically analyze Mulder's case files. Early in the series, both agents apparently become pawns in a much larger conflict and so come to trust only each other and a few select people. The agents discover what appears to be a governmental agenda to hide positive proof of the existence of extraterrestrial life. Mulder and Scully's shared adventures initially lead them to develop a close platonic bond, which by series' end develops into a complex romantic relationship. Roughly one third of the series' episodes follow a complicated mythopoeia-driven story arc about a planned alien invasion, whereas the other two-thirds may be described as "monster of the week" episodes that focus on a singular villain, mutant, or monster.
The X-Files was inspired by earlier television series featuring elements of suspense, horror, and speculative science fiction, including The Twilight Zone, Night Gallery, Tales from the Darkside, Twin Peaks, and especially Kolchak: The Night Stalker. When creating the main characters, Carter sought to reverse gender stereotypes by making Mulder a believer and Scully a skeptic. The first seven seasons featured Duchovny and Anderson relatively equally. In the eighth and ninth seasons, Anderson took precedence while Duchovny appeared intermittently. New main characters were introduced: FBI Special Agents John Doggett (Robert Patrick) and Monica Reyes (Annabeth Gish), among others. Mulder and Scully's immediate superior, Assistant Director Walter Skinner (Mitch Pileggi), began to appear regularly. The first five seasons of The X-Files were filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, before production eventually moved to Los Angeles, apparently to accommodate Duchovny's schedule. However, the series later returned to Vancouver with the filming of The X-Files: I Want to Believe as well as the tenth and eleventh seasons.
The X-Files was a hit for the Fox network and received largely positive reviews, although its long-term story arc was criticized near the conclusion. Initially considered a cult series, it turned into a pop culture touchstone that tapped into public mistrust of governments and large institutions and embraced conspiracy theories and spirituality. Both the series itself and lead actors Duchovny and Anderson received multiple awards and nominations, and by its conclusion the show was the longest-running science fiction series in U.S. television history. The series also spawned a franchise that includes Millennium and The Lone Gunmen spin-offs, two theatrical films, and accompanying merchandise.
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I told my ex lover I'd check in with her in a month about the possibility of being friends, and that month mark is coming up next week. I know it's something she really wants and a big part of me wants it too. I know people say that as a token thing during break ups but i really don't think so in this case - we both grew to care really deeply for one another (maybe even love one another) in the few months we knew each other, and we didn't split b/c of a lack of romantic feelings. i think a big part of her really wished she was in a better place to be with me and she was trying her best to fight through her anxieties on that front, and i certainly did my part to self sabotage shit, especially the last night we were together/during the fight that ended shit.the problem is i'm still not really at all at peace with what happened. i do feel like our respective insecurities and hurts blew up something really good (potentially truly beautiful and special) before its time, and that that really sucks and I wish we had tried to just work through it and build something from it. that just makes for a shaky and complicated foundation for a friendship, one (or possibly both) parties harboring those kinds of longings. i just want to trust myself to go into it without ulterior motives. i want to trust myself to show up in and give and receive love within the framework of a friendship without friendship feeling insufficient. i want to feel grateful to have her as my friend instead of wishing for it to grow into something more.
maybe it's fine to have that in the back of my mind as long as i'm genuinely, enthusiastically okay with either outcome (staying "just" friends or rebuilding something down the line). maybe complicated is fine and people work through complicated for the sake of people they love. or maybe it just needs more time to cook - we're both young/youngish, knock on wood have most of our lives ahead of us, another month or two or even a little more than that is really a blip in the scope of a human life.
or maybe this is a patently bad idea on its face and i should accept it as such and protect myself and protect her from prolonged hurt by not pursuing it. i know plenty of people would think as much looking at the situation from the outside. but tbh i'm not really looking for concrete declarative advice, just trying to get my thoughts out with my internet buddies. just trying to process my thoughts and feelings, and trying to be heard and seen i guess. that's all.
Good luck. I'm sure you'll pick up how things are going to go pretty quickly and know how to play it.
thanks mane. i'm sure i'll figure it out and be fine regardless of the outcome. i'm a resilient grown ass adult who can do difficult things