‘X-Files’ Has Lots Going For It

Mon., Nov. 29, 1999

Kelly Stevens Mead Alternative

Conspiracy Theory 101 continues with “The X-Files” finally kicking off its season a couple of weeks ago.

The question of the century is, what will happen next? What will become of Fox Mulder’s sanity? Will they ever find out where the mysterious UFO in Africa originates from? Or what about the infamous smoking man - will he ever be rid of Agent Mulder and finish his plans of alien colonization?

Nothing seems to keep Dana Scully or Mulder from their impending search for the truth, no matter the cost. Altogether, Mulder and Scully have lost two sisters, a father and a daughter. They’ve been maliciously hunted by aliens. Scully’s been kidnapped more times than I can count, all while being in the middle of the government’s deceptions and manipulations. Besides the little matter of the ever-watching eyes of the notorious smoking man.

How can you not love it? It’s got it all - conspiracies, love, money, aliens, high-speed car chases, comedy, Africanized honeybees and, of course, the run-of-the-mill psychos and psychics.

You would think, though, after all the times Scully has been attacked or kidnapped, that she would be more open to the idea of taking a self-defense class. Maybe it’s just me, but you would think that, being an FBI agent, she should be able to take care of herself. I guess it’s just the old damsel-in-distress act. Whatever the case, I still think it’s cool.

The truth is out there. …

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