(Note: This post contains some spoilers for the premiere of “The X-Files” Season 11.)
The premiere of “The X-Files” Season 11 digs deep into the show’s lore from as far back as 1998 and beyond. The first episode of the new revival season is all about the child of Fox Mulder and Dana Scully and their relationship to their longtime adversary, the Smoking Man.
The episode, “My Struggle III,” starts with an information dump about the Smoking Man, confirming his true identity and a longtime fan theory about the fact that he’s the father of Mulder (David Duchovny).