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"The X Files" The End (1998)


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Overview

User Rating:
8.8/10   321 votes
Director:
R.W. Goodwin
Writers:
Chris Carter (creator)
Chris Carter (written by)
Contact:
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Original Air Date:
17 May 1998 (Season 5, Episode 20)
Plot:
During a chess tournament, a young boy becomes the centre of an investigation concerning the alien mythology. Meanwhile a face from Agent Mulder's past causes friction in his relationship with Agent Scully. | add synopsis
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The end for the X-files indeed.... more

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Additional Details

Runtime:
Argentina:60 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Certification:
Argentina:13

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Continuity: The Russian chess champion is shot and falls to the floor, taking the chess board with him. In the next shot, when Gibson Praise is looking up for the shooter, the chess board is on the table again and with some pieces neatly standing on it. Furthermore, when we see the shooting on video during the FBI briefing, the Russian merely nudges the board with his hand, which makes it spin a few times, dislodging some of the pieces. more
Quotes:
Skinner: So this kid is a human oddity. Tell me why anyone would go to such lengths as to kill him?
Mulder: This kid may be the key not just to all human potential, but to all spiritual unexplained paranormal phenomena. The key to everything in The X-Files.
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Movie Connections:
References "Baywatch" (1989) more

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10 out of 24 people found the following comment useful:-
The end for the X-files indeed...., 16 October 2006
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Author: Michiel Heinicke from Amsterdam, Netherlands

Yes it went on for another 4 seasons, BUT....

After this episode, the X-files wouldn't be the same. Season 5 ended, the production moved from Vancouver to L.A. They made X-files fight the future, and the movie ruined a lot for me, (too dumbed down for a mass audience) but the move to L.A. was the worst they could do. Enjoy this episode, for it is the last X-files with that dark tone you love. (L.A. was just too sunny) After this the comedy eps would get overhand and every season would just get more and more pathetic (with exception of the Doggett MOTW's in the first half of Season 8 which i really liked)

Seasons 1,2 marked the brilliant start of the series, Seasons 3,4 were the climax, Season 5 marked the last true X-files season, Season 6,7 were way too light, Season 8 started great, but they ruined it and with Season 9... X-files died a horrible death.

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