Yeah, exactly. And everything about them - more than any other show I've watched - is life-or-death. Somehow, when I watch The X-Files, it all becomes so much more serious (albeit, often in a lighthearted way) but you know that not even death is ever going to stop them because they're MulderandScully. I was talking to a friend of mine tonight who's working her way through it (she's seen half way through s5 so far) and she randomly said, "The truth is out there!" and I was like, "I know the truth! I know the REAL truth!" just to tease her, but when she asked what it was, I kind of thought, well, it's a matter of interpretation. And I'm the same as you - I didn't enjoy the last couple of seasons like the first seven - but the ending, to me, was perfect. We got the truth: that Mulder and Scully together are greater than on their own; that Scully's power is to give Mulder faith and to help him believe there's hope; that Mulder's power is to accept the past but not forget it, and to fight for the future - all with Scully by his side; and that there will be hope because they're together. Okay, that seems extremely 'shippery, but that's how it was to me. They were just the greatest team, like, ever.
Heh, maybe I shouldn't try to be "insightful" when I've just returned from a night out...
Heh, maybe I shouldn't try to be "insightful" when I've just returned from a night out...
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