The X-Files - Season 11, Episode 10: My Struggle IV
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Two FBI agents, Fox Mulder the believer and Dana Scully the skeptic, investigate the strange and unexplained, while hidden forces work to impede their efforts.
"My Struggle IV" wasn't exactly the best close out for the show, but its focus on William (and not the global pandemic plot) allowed it to rise above the other mythology episodes from these revival seasons.
Come on, after watching "My Struggle IV," can you really blame her? Gillian Anderson was right to leave The X-Files...The show's central chemistry was so off, why would Anderson want to come back for more?
Wednesday's season finale likely spells the finish for the show as we've known it, and provided welcome elements of closure, however rushed and flat-out goofy some of them felt.
"My Struggle IV'"feels more like a great undoing to open the series up to the possibility of more than it does a definitive end. That being said, it can still work as a series finale, albeit one born more from fatigue than the pursuit of satisfaction.
After 25 years, 11 seasons, two movies, and so much drama, it feels impossible to ever say goodbye to The X-Files. But if this is the final send-off, it's one we can accept.
