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brainsmile

01-20-2002, 10:17 PM

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The truth may be out there but ``The X-Files (news - Y! TV)'' won't be.

The television series about FBI (news - web sites) agents tracking aliens and other unusual suspects will end its nine-year run on Fox in May with its 201st episode, the network said.

The decision to wrap up ``The X-Files,'' which became a signature show for Fox and turned David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson into stars, followed network discussions with creator Chris Carter.

``It's the ninth inning. We want to go out on top,'' Carter told the Hollywood trade paper Daily Variety. ``We wanted to go out as a strong show.''

In a statement: Fox Television Entertainment Group chairman Sandy Grushow said: ``We respect Chris' wishes to end the show this season.''

Duchovny bowed out of the series last season, leading to the introduction of new cast members Robert Patrick and Annabeth Gish as agents working with Dana Scully (Anderson).

``The X-Files'' will end with a two-part episode, written by Carter, which he promised will tie up loose ends. He'd welcome Duchovny's return for the finale, Carter said in Variety's Thursday edition.

The series' ratings had dropped this season, but Fox still sees life in Carter's eerie tales of conspiracies and otherworldly events: A second theatrical feature is planned.

The first film, ``The X-Files,'' was a 1998 box-office success.

DoPeY5007

01-20-2002, 10:29 PM

:bawl:

mojo

01-20-2002, 10:37 PM

Originally posted by DoPeY5007
:bawl: :bawl: too

mojo

01-20-2002, 10:44 PM

btw...linkage?

Memo

01-20-2002, 11:08 PM

when does the last episode air?

El Scorcho

01-21-2002, 12:03 AM

son of a....:splat:

I literally just got into this show two weeks ago!!

eSDee

01-21-2002, 12:17 AM

That sucks man X-files is an awesome show.

Scorcho, if you get the Sci-fi channel you can watch them nightly! That's 9 years of episodes to watch, so you should be aight for a while ;)

Ladogaboy

01-21-2002, 01:47 PM

Personally, I think it is about time. They should have ended it when Mulder left. Most of the show revolved around Mulder and Scullys' relationship. When that ended, the show ended for me anyway. :(

Grimm

01-21-2002, 05:06 PM

Originally posted by Ladogaboy
Personally, I think it is about time. They should have ended it when Mulder left. Most of the show revolved around Mulder and Scullys' relationship. When that ended, the show ended for me anyway. :( :stupid:
They let the whole thing go on too long. They never should have let any solid proof of aliens show up. It should have been kept in the background, always with a little doubt. It just got too weird.

mojo

01-21-2002, 05:12 PM

Ladogaboy

01-21-2002, 06:19 PM

Originally posted by Grimm
:stupid:
They let the whole thing go on too long. They never should have let any solid proof of aliens show up. It should have been kept in the background, always with a little doubt. It just got too weird.

I know what you are saying Grimm, and that is why I think that Chris Carter might have been pushed to keep the series going longer than he wanted to. He recognized the importance of hinting towards the strange and unusual, but never actually showing it. That is how suspense is built.

However, I think it was fine up until Mulder left. It allows the story to come to a close in a sense. I do plan on getting the series on DVD, but I don't think I'd actually buy anything after the 6th season.