So, how it is possible that The Lone Gunmen are back on The X-Files in Monday’s episode? “When you’re dead on the X-Files, you’re never necessarily gone,” says X-Files creator
Chris Carter (for EW), who wrote and directed Monday’s episode. “There are ways
to bring people back in dream sequences, flashbacks, and the like. This
was an opportunity to use them, and bring them back to the show, in what
is a presumed psychedelic hallucination.” Does it mean comic "Season 10" is not counting as a canon? (Explanation: In this comic-book edition, they survived thanks to a serum, and continued to work underground for the government.)
Did Carter ever regret killing off the Lone Gunmen in the original
series? “We just did what the network did [to] their show: Pull the
plug!” Carter laughs. “I was sad to see them go. They were go-to
characters when you needed weird exposition. I didn’t want to pretend
that they weren’t dead, but I was looking for any way to bring them
back.”
As you can see, The Lone Gunmen are dressed in Texas traditional style, just as Agent Mulder:
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| Mulder's hallucination? / Source: E! Online |