Read Aaron Kinney's "The truth is, um, where, exactly?"

As an "X-Files" fan, I've been mostly irritated by the fact that almost without exception, every article written about it since the announcement of its cancellation has been the same. A whine about the disconnect between the vampire episodes and the alien ones, a sharp attack on the last one or two seasons, and a somewhat mournful look back at the show's "better days." While Kinney's article didn't tread new ground, he clearly actually watched and (at one point) enjoyed the show, which is more than could be said of most of the wankers that are writing about the "X-Files" lately.

-- Max Postman

I wish the writing during the last two seasons of "X-Files" had been as good as Aaron Kinney's was in his fine column about the series ending.

As an old time "Shipper" (die-hard fans who wanted a personal relationship to blossom between Agents Mulder and Scully) I submit that the series flatlined when Chris Carter and staff not only wrote Agent Mulder out of the series but out of Scully's heart.

We could handle the departure of David Duchovny but when she bonded within three episodes with Agent Doggett in the form of Robert Patrick we found ourselves in a place we never thought we would ever be. Resenting Scully.

She was having way to much uncharacteristic fun "breaking in" Doggett. In the feature film "Fight the Future," Mulder told Scully in an emotional scene, "You made me a whole person. I owe you everything -- you owe me nothing."

When Doggett showed up Scully, and the writers, took that literally --and Shippers left the Ship in droves.

Trust no one indeed!

-- Robert McArthur

I so agree with your writer! It seems like Chris Carter has just been messing with the loyal fans the past couple of years and vastly overestimating our loyalty, that we would stick with the show even though he seemed to have no idea himself how all the pieces would come together. Robert Patrick and Annabeth Gish are great and were inspired casting, but even they couldn't pull off such lazy writing and lighting, etc. When I get too annoyed with Chris Carter I try to remember those lovely little gems we were blessed with in the past, like the episode "Small Potatoes," among others. Then he's forgiven for the past few years ... almost.

-- Meg Schmidt

Though there have been occasional gems like "Postmodern Prometheus", it's clear that the writers of "X Files" lost their way years ago. The fact that they dragged so many viewers along on their road of teasing promises to nowhere is both a tribute to the inventiveness of network TV's increasingly sophisticated skills at misleading hype and self-promotion and a shame for those fans who hung on through seasons of confusion and disbelief while the carcass of a once brilliant series mindlessly decomposed.

R.I.P. "X-Files." Your childhood was a delight.

-- Havrylak Kern

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