So while I was pushing some furniture around, I’ve found some reviews hidden behind one of them. Suspiciously they only mention CC and his “capabilities”. Oops…said “THAT PART of the fandom” aka a shipper who has not yet been abducted by aliens…
Let’s get the worst out of the way: tonight’s opener. It drops one of the dullest resolutions to a cliffhanger, that 2016 episode that climaxed with Scully rushing to save Mulder’s life with stem cells from their child and interrupted by the arrival of an alien ship…
…and the three by series creator Chris Carter, were creative disasters:… The finale was so dire, it seemed that the only way to justify an additional season — other than the nostalgic murmuring in the hearts of every mythology expert and Mulder/Scully ‘shipper — would be if Carter was willing to step back and let someone else take control of his creation…
It’s the only one of the five episodes Carter directed — Carter wrote the third episode, but Kevin Hooks helmed — and it’s the worst of the five episodes by a wide margin.
To be clear, the 2018 conspiracy storyline is still full of nonsense, nonsense that will tax even longtime X-Files fans who know their virus-carrying bees from their green-bleeding alien bounty hunters.
Given how awful all the new mythology episodes are, the series would be better off abandoning that altogether, but this season at least feels more of a piece,
Carter has once again written and directed the season opener, “My Struggle III” (numerically following Season 10’s opening and closing episodes), and as before it is surprisingly awkward. His dialogue is prosaic and ponderous by turns, expository and speechifying rather than conversational…
What’s left behind is subpar storytelling with none of the show’s original charm; if Fox hadn’t supplied additional episodes to critics a few weeks ago, we’d be very, very worried about what Season 11 has in store.
(I’ve often likened his mind to a blender that purees current headlines, fringe theories and of-the-moment ephemera into a goopy, delectable mush.)
We are days away from the finale and I am already in ‘I hate you CC’ mood…but you know, really, I’m just lowering my expectations to be surprised and amazed!
Just Holding Hands 