I finished S2E6 and I think this is the turning point of the show. The first season was really good but played it a little safe, which is understandable. But now the status quo is getting shook up and stakes are raising and it feels like the overarching story is finally coming to life.

>>212967262 (OP)
>muh sunflower seeds
what was the point of having mulder eat those randomly throughout the whole show

>>212967262 (OP)
Don't get discouraged by how awful the next episode is.

the "overarching story" or myth cycle is about the worst part of the show, monster of the week episodes are always better, there I said it

>>212967295
Mulder explains at one point as a kid how he used to be able to hear his dad eating them it made him feel safe.

>>212967295
Because they're tasty

>>212967262 (OP)
i enjoyed how they made scully realistic and getting captured multiple times by the villains and not some kung fu badass who beats up guys 6'3''

>>212967295
It's like Picard with earl gray or Jack O'Neil with fishing or, perfect analogy, archer with water polo.
>>212967262 (OP)
>stakes are raising and it feels like the overarching story is finally coming to life.
Brother, I...

>>212967295
everybody was a heavy smoker back then and it was the only way to get through a scene without lighting up

>>212967344
This stopped being a controversial take around 1996

>>212967344
The myth episodes work in specific phases where they're pursuing one thematic direction or another, because Carter couldn't stick to one lane, but put it all together and it's more ridiculous than a soap opera plot.

>>212967344
You only say this because you know they fuck it up. Assuming you go in blind, most people are more likely to favor the myth episodes during their first watch, especially the early season stuff.

>>212967262 (OP)
I can't imagine watching this show religiously in the 90s, expecting things in the mytharc to eventually resolve. What a cocktease

>>212967504
As a kid the summer-long cliffhanger season breaks were awful. The wait between seasons 2 and 3 especially.

>>212967295
When I first watched the show I actually bought some sunflower seeds to eat while watching it. But actually seeds are full of poisons, you shouldn't eat that shit.

>>212967583
X-files always did those big cliffhangers in season finale and then resolved everything in episode 1 or 2 of the next season

>>212968647
That's how virtually all TV cliffhangers worked back then