History Fridge / TheXFiles

* Season 11 contained the reveal of William's parentage: [[spoiler:that the Cigarette Smoking Man was the real father due to him artificial inseminating Scully]] Many fans cried foul at this twist for coming out of nowhere, but it actually calls back to another episode: "[[Recap/TheXFilesS09E10Providence Providence]]". In that episode, a UFO cult leader, Josepho, heard a prophecy from God that dictated William's status as ''"a future saviour coveted by forces of good and evil"''. [[spoiler:It begs the question: if Scully is the good, then how could Mulder ever represent the bad, considering his search for the government's truth]]?

* In "Audrey" Mulder wonders if he likes sunflower seeds because his father likes them, thus making it genetic. Scully argues that no one is born liking them, it's all a combination of nurture. Mulder recounts that he would wake up, afraid to be the person on earth, but he could hear his father eating sunflower seeds, which would calm him down. The environmental factor influencing mulder's love for the seeds was the feeling on contentment after hearing his father eating them.

*** Speaking as someone who's grown up in TheOtherRainforest, at that location and time of year, any wood they didn't have chopped and stacked under cover was probably too damp to burn. Even lighter fluid sometimes isn't enough to keep a fire going, if it's too soggy.

* An [[ConspiracyTheories all-powerful evil conspiracy]]... could not oust rogue Agent Mulder and sympathetic Assistant Director Skinner from the FBI, or at least remove them to some insignificant bureaucratic duty? Explained (rather poorly) by the back story of Mulder having been regarded as a hero who aided in the capture of a vicious serial killer early in his career, and therefore any action against him would be a public relations pain in the backside. Not explained by the fact the [[TheSyndicate Evil Conspiracy]] had already ousted people far more important and powerful.

** On the other hand, it's fair to say that these people aren't exactly completely rational, and the whole point of the episode is that they've become locked in a very unhealthy and awful cycle. They're starting again and doing the exact same thing because, horrible it may be, it's the only way of life they know, not because they're 100% guaranteed to succeed and know it.

* In "The Jersey Devil", Mulder argues that the creature he saw can't be human because no human could've gotten up to the rooftop that fast. The fact that the previous freak-of-the-week, Victor Tooms, scaled a brick wall bare-handed only lent credence to his assumption for the audience. But the autopsy done on the female's remains suggests she's a normal, albeit feral, human. Which suggests that she was on the rooftop all along, keeping lookout, while her ''child'' crept up to raid the dumpster. When she spotted Mulder down below and/or the cars approaching the alley, she stood up to distract Fox's attention so her offspring could safely retreat from the area.

* In "The Jersey Devil", Mulder argues that the creature he saw can't be human because no human could've gotten up to the rooftop that fast. The fact that the previous freak-of-the-week, Victor Tooms, scaled a brick wall bare-handed only lends credence to his assumption in the eyes of audiences. But the autopsy done on the female's remains suggests she's a normal, albeit feral, human. Which suggests that she was on the rooftop all along, keeping lookout, while her ''child'' crept up to raid the dumpster. When she spotted Mulder down below and/or the cars approaching the alley, she stood up to distract Fox's attention so her offspring could safely retreat from the area.

* In "The Jersey Devil", Mulder argues that the creature he saw can't be human because no human could've gotten up to the rooftop that fast. The fact that the previous freak-of-the-week, Victor Tooms, scaled a brick wall bare-handed only lends credence to his assumption in the eyes of audiences. But the autopsy done on the female's remains suggests she's a normal, albeit feral, human. Which suggests that [[spoiler: She was on the rooftop all along, keeping lookout, while her ''child'' crept up to raid the dumpster. When she spotted Mulder down below and/or the cars approaching the alley, she stood up to distract Fox's attention so her offspring could safely retreat from the area.]]

* Mulder's belief in the new mini-series that the events of 9/11 were a false flag event make sense when you consider that in his world [[TheLoneGunmen it was tried once before]].

* The changed title sequence for Season 8 includes Mulder falling into an eye; It sort of makes sense as a way of referring to his absence without departing from the surreal, symbolic feel of the rest of the opening, but I wasn't sure why it was an eye... Then I paid attention to the green color of the iris and realized it was specifically Scully's eye: Scully started to become more open to the paranormal during that season, so it's possible this symbolizes how having worked with Mulder has changed how she sees things.

* The new title sequence for Season 8 has Mulder falling into an eye; It sort of makes sense as a way of referring to his absence without departing from the surreal, symbolic feel of the rest of the opening, but I wasn't sure why it was an eye... Then I paid attention to the green color of the iris and realized it was specifically Scully's eye: Scully started to become more open to the paranormal during that season, so it's possible this symbolizes how having worked with Mulder has changed how she sees things.