Fox’s upcoming six-episode revival was thisclose to adding a seventh hour, series creator Chris Carter confirms to TVLine.
It was almost about to happen,” he says. “We were planning for it.
The script was written. I even called people to find out if they were
available to direct, and it just didn’t happen.”
Carter cites scheduling conflicts as the cause of death for Episode 7, a standalone installment penned by a pair of X-Files
neophytes. “I created an opportunity for two writers that I am close
with to write a spec script,” says Carter, who says the episode could
still see the light of day if Fox orders another limited-run down the
line. “If there are more X-Files to be made, certainly it will be one of those.”