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The Lone Gunmen Aren't Dead?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the people-with-way-too-much-time dept.

A reader writes: "With the series finale of The X-Files rapidly approaching, the official site has recently been updated with a brief description and a few images from the final episode. Normally, this would not be a notable occurance - except for the fact that one of the images, which are said to be from the final episode, is of The Lone Gunmen!"

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  1. Frankly do we care? by happyhippy · · Score: 1, Informative
    This is not a troll.

    But does anyone really care enough about X-Files past season 4-5? I dont.

    It should have died then. And I expect Carter & Co to bring out a cheesy finale where Mulder discovers he is an alien himself and charged with enslaving mankind.

  2. Re:It's a trial by strredwolf · · Score: 5, Informative

    TV Guide confirms this -- It's going to be a trial of Mulder, which will involve several flashbacks.

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  3. But does anyone care? by carlhirsch · · Score: 5, Informative

    This article on Salon talks about how bad a job Chris Carter's done in wrapping up loose ends.

    I'm inclined to agree. Out of these last few episodes, there hasn't been nearly so much exposition on the "mythology" as I would have liked or expected.

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  4. From TVGuide.com by tweakt · · Score: 3, Informative
    This seminal series about the paranormal and an FBI agent's obsession with an alien invasion closes its files. And after nearly a decade of teasing, "the truth" is finally revealed.

    Or is it? Executive producer Frank Spotnitz says the two-hour finale "puts all the pieces together in as straightforward a manner as possible. We give a very definite answer about what's going to happen to the world. But then we pose the question: Can fate be changed? That's the heart of the [episode]." Appropriately, David Duchovny returns to the role of Fox Mulder, who reappears after a yearlong absence and reunites with Scully (Gillian Anderson). Mulder is charged with murder, and Spotnitz says that the resulting military tribunal "creates the framework that allows us to explain what Mulder's been doing for the last nine years." Expect a lot of flashbacks, as well as the reemergence of some infamous characters.

    A second X-Files movie is contemplated after the series ends. "It's not like [the characters'] lives come to an end at the end of the TV series," Spotnitz says. "But I think they've all taken a journey and ended up at a place that feels like completion." Gen. Suveg: William Devane. Toothpick Man: Alan Dale. Skinner: Mitch Pileggi.

  5. Astute viewers would have noticed.... by Anemophilous+Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Careful viewers would have noticed in the preview after last weeks episode that they had a quick image of Alex Krychek.

    He was killed quite dead last season with a bullet to the head in an FBI garage. I don't think they allowed him to crawl away like the Smoking Man did after only being shot in the chest (and hence allowed for his return at the end of season 5).

    So most likely these are flashback images from Mulder or other cast members.

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