‘X-Files’ Fans Like the Latest Episode, But Wonder ‘Did That Make Sense?’

The first one-off episode of the season might have been confusing, but it felt to fans more like old-school “X-Files”

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(Note: This post contains spoilers for the premiere and Jan. 10 episodes of “The X-Files.”)

The premiere of “The X-Files” Season 11 had a lot of fans frustrated.

The first episode of the show’s second revival season pulled a number of twists that bothered a lot of people. Not only did it pull an “It was all a dream” retcon of the Season 10 finale, but it also apparently reworked the parentage of the son of Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) and Fox Mulder (David Duchovny).

The suggestion that the show’s primary antagonist impregnated Scully with “alien science” without her knowledge had many fans taking to social media to voice their annoyance.

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