The return of this was anticipated by many but did it follow through on the wait and to bring it back for another season. It could be confusing to some, let's start off with the world again, rehash some politics, the moon landings, all orchestrated by the Smoking Man (CSM) with his smoking gun you might say. And all for what? To get the world back as it should be, without civilzsation or order. Random chaos; well it does appear to be heading that way in our reality, with several references to past politicians including the present one too. All taking us back to grass roots and basics. Thus it was no surprise that the tagline now became: "I want to Believe! I want to lie!" Not only a measure of truth (no pun) or reality, as said, but also the story in this show.
Scully (Gillian Anderson) is taken to hospital suffering from a seizure where we last left her, apparently having suffered some fall. However she gets flashing images through her mind and when Mulder (David Duchovny) and Skinner (Mitch Pileggi) are shown her brain scans by the attending Dr Joyet (Anjali Jay) Skinner notices a signal coming from her brain, dashes and dots, which Mulder doesn't see or get. You'd think that's something he'd be familiar with. Sitting with Scully she tells him to "find the Smoking Man" as he's still alive and Skinner deciphered the message as "find him." Mulder needs to find him and also she wants to find William, believing that it's William who is actually in touch with them and he will find them.
Mulder's followed, her vision comes true but he's not the one whose car crashes and his chase of the tail behind him leads to the house of the other smoking man, addressed as Mr Y (AC Peterson). Spender (Chris Owen) is also targeted since he knows where William is and he contacts both Scully and Mulder at risk to his own life but he doesn't tell Scully where he is. Breaking his promise he only knows the name of the adopted family, Van der Camp. Scully also getting into an accident due to her visions as she refuses to stay put but needs to find William. Skinner tries to find her but instead is stopped in his car by Monica (Annabeth Gish) with CSM getting in as well, wanting Skinner to be a part of his plan. Offering him the antidote for the virus in return for finding William.
Agents Einstein (Lauren Ambrose) and Miller (Robbie Amell) were rather slow in not noticing the man was suspicious looking enough to have warranted a follow back to check on Scully. Huh amateurs! All CSM wants now is Mulder taken care of and Monica thinks he's in love with Scully and the question everyone wants to know is why now? (Aside from fodder for more eps!) Why the sudden need for William? As Mulder finds Mr Y who wants CSM eliminated so they can set up space habitation for people, or rather their own plan for world domination. Since Mulder's his son he won't see it coming. However CSM already knows Mulder will come for him and kill him. Mulder realizes the organization has an agenda, just to save themselves and the select few and can't entertain their notion.
Returning to the hospital where the man who was following him tries to kill Scully, Mulder saves her. Skinner finds out that Mulder isn't William's father (here we go again) and claims he "impregnated her with science." Well she was always into her science. He gets into an altercation with Mulder and Skinner tells him to stay out of it. Lots of political undertones here with the emphasis of science playing an important factor in everyday lives and Mulder being told there won't be an alien invasion. But CSM did conduct tests on an alien and extract its alien DNA used on Scully to create a superhuman.
The X-Files now overrun (again no pun) with car chases, everyone practically featured in a car this ep and whilst that was enjoyable in earlier seasons, at least the clandestine meetings with Deep Throat or X, this just seemed to build up more exposition and more so-called mystery as the big reveal comes up with Mulder not being the father, was there ever doubt as to the paternity? Actually take that as a rhetorical question. Perhaps it's just another lie in this universe where the truth is spartan, to nick the name of the Spartan virus which Scully sees Mulder succumbing to and dying from. Think I'll look forward more to the stand-alone eps than the continuing arc which isn't going to go away anytime soon. Though apparently this is the final season Gillian Anderson will appear in.
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