On the other hand, there are some great standalones. Overall, I'd say this was probably the weakest season for the mythology outside season 9. "En Ami", on the other hand, is nothing short of brilliant, as is "Requiem". "Sein und Zeit" and "Closure" are both average episodes, hopelessly sentimental and sappy, but buoyed by brilliant acting for Duchovny. I can't say I got excited about them at all. The first two episodes of the season are probably my choice for the weakest pre-season 9 mythology episodes. What's frustrating is that they contradict previous statements on the show. Re-watching the series this many years after season 7, the explanations don't seem too bad in context. A lot of fans at the time were angry at some of the explanations offered up by the writers, in particular what happened to Samantha. The mythology episodes in season 7 seem to share a common purpose of tying up loose ends. Still, the acting is solid as these are all professionals here, and the writers manage to come up with some really memorable and solid episodes, so this is a really good season which I feel is around as good as seasons 1 & 2. That's not to say there aren't some great episodes, but the show is starting to feel tired and uninspired, the obviousness of nobody really feeling all too involved in the show, etc. Season 7, as a whole, is a serious drop in quality from the well-regarded and memorable season 6. Besides, the final 'Super Soldiers' section of the mytharc just shouldn't exist at all, really, and was clearly made up on the spot and muddled the mytharc and ruined some previous episode as an after-effect. True, it left some questions open, but most mytharc questions had been 'resolved' in one way or another throughout the season, and the finale was a poignant and nostalgic episode that ended on a fabulous note. I'm not the only person, who despite liking season 8 quite a bit, thought that "Requiem" was a perfect final episode. While writing the finale for season 7, with audience figures dwindling quite significantly, the fate of the show was not decided, and "Requiem" was written as a potential series finale. Indeed, we got a season 6, then a season 7. This didn't happen because the show was now so massively successful that FOX pushed for more X Files. ![]() Chris Carter once said that his ideal plan for "The X-Files" would have been 5 seasons and a movie to end the series.
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