I think the phrase “jump the shark” was specifically created for the last couple of season of The X-Files. Robert Patrick did a pretty decent job picking up the slack left behind after David Duchovny walked off the show, but it just wasn’t enough. Add that to the fact that X-Files had one of the absolute WORST series finales I’ve ever seen.
The first X-Files movie was ok… but then the show made the mistake of just carrying on as if nothing happened in the movie. It was quite a let down. Now, as many of you know David Duchovny has been saying for YEARS that another X-Files movie was at hand… it was sooooo close… but much like Indiana Jones 4 it never actually happened. Well… it looks like things may be happening now, at least according to X-File co-star Gillian Anderson. The folks over at JoBlo quote her as saying:
“They’re starting to talk about doing a feature again. Every year or two they talk about it again, but it seems like it might be for real this time. Somehow it seems like somebody’s really serious about it. I know that Chris’ lawsuit with Fox is over, so maybe now it can be done.”
I’m not really sure how on earth you redeem the awful mess the last season of X-Files left, but I for one am curious to see the attempt. When X-Files was done right, it was DAMN fine television. Maybe they can re-spark some of that old magic. Maybe throw in a Gillian Anderson lesbian scene too… ya… that would be nice.
