“We really tried to develop Mulder and Scully,” said Morgan. “Where are
they in their lives, at this age in their lives?” The first episode has many
tantalizing glimpses into those intervening years: Scully’s diagnosis of
endogenous depression that drove the pair apart; her work on children
with microtia, who bear a strange resemblance to the show’s aliens;
Mulder’s love/hate relationship with AD Skinner; a weakened, but alive
Cigarette Smoking Man. The episode is a reminder that — while the show’s
conspiracies and creatures are what kept the show going — the thing we
all remember are the indelible characters they created and embedded in
pop culture. (source: yahoo tv)
