The X-Files: 12 Revival Premiere Teases

After a few screenings earlier in the year (Cannes, New York and Los Angeles ), the network has released the premiere episode to the medi...

After a few screenings earlier in the year (Cannes, New York and Los Angeles), the network has released the premiere episode to the media. TV Line brings us information about it, explaining that we won't be disappointed. The following nuggets of intel, though, should help ease the wait before the revival’s Sunday, Jan. 24 premiere. These are twelve teases from "My Struggle".


* Just in case you’re an X-Files newbie who happened to read this far in the post, good news: The series does an excellent job of briefing everyone on the big takeaways from the previous nine seasons.
* The credits and theme music, as promised, remain the same.
* As previously reported, Mulder and Scully are no longer together romantically at the start of the continuation but the former agents also aren’t at “Never Again”/”Why don’t I have a desk?” levels of animosity.
* No one has forgotten about Scully and Mulder’s son, William.
* Mulder spends a full scene looking like a kid in an intergalactic candy store.
* It’s weird how not weird it is to watch Joel McHale play a non-comedic role.
* Gold cross necklace? Check!
* Scully spattered with blood? Check!
* Mulder makes a giant leap to a conclusion. Mulder gives a lecture. Long story short: He hasn’t changed AT ALL.

* After one verbal excoriation, you’re going to put the word “claptrap” into heavy conversational rotation.
* There’s a subtle callback to the series’ pilot.
* There are at least two explosions.