The X-Files: My Struggle

"My Struggle" is the first episode of season ten of the paranormal mystery series The X-Files and the 201st episode of the series overall. It is the first episode of the show following a nearly fifteen year hiatus from the small screen. The episode was written and directed by franchise creator Chris Carter. It first aired on the FOX Network on Sunday, January 24th, 2016 at 9:00 pm. In this episode, F.B.I. agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully are brought back together as a team as new information surfaces, casting all of Mulder's previous notions of U.F.O. activity into disarray. Though he has always championed the motto "I want to believe", he now looks upon his entire career as nothing but an elaborate lie.

Notes & Trivia

 * The X-Files was created by Chris Carter.


 * This episode is production code number 1AYW01.


 * This episode had a viewership of 16.193 million people upon its initial broadcast.


 * The following episode, "Founder's Mutation", aired on the very next night as this episode.


 * The storyline from this episode continues in the season finale, "My Struggle II".


 * Actors Hiro Kanagawa and Aliza Vellani also appeared together in the pilot episode of iZombie.

Story notes

 * Well, lookey lookey. Guess who's still alive? Yep. It's the good ole Cigarette Smoking Man. I guess being blown to Kingdom Come in "The Truth" didn't take.

Allusions

 * Tad O'Malley makes reference to Bill O'Reilly in this episode. Bill O'Reilly is a talk-show host on The O'Reilly Factor and is best known for his right-wing conservative viewpoints.

Quotes

 * Fox Mulder: But we must ask ourselves... are they really a hoax? Are we truly alone? Or are we being lied to?

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 * Fox Mulder: I need access to the X-Files.
 * Walter Skinner: Can you tell me what this is about?
 * Fox Mulder It's about controlling the past to control the future. It's about fiction masquerading as fact.

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 * Fox Mulder: Scully, are you ready for this?
 * Dana Scully: I don't know there's a choice.