Oh, of course.Ĭhris Carter defended the twist ending, saying: 'People will either love me or hate me.

Scully pulled him close and dropped a pregnancy bombshell: 'Mulder, you are a father.'Ī brief post-credits scene tacked onto the end of the episode revealed that William had miraculously healed himself from the bullet wound. In the final seconds of the episode, Mulder questioned if life was worth living if he'd wrongly believed he'd been a father all of these years. As Mulder grieved the loss of his son, Scully finally came clean with what she'd learned about the origins of their 'son'.

The real Mulder arrived to watch William lifelessly fall into the ocean, and then, in his grief, shot CSM while Scully raced to the scene. 'And they all went and did the show without me, so how do you like that? I'm feeling pretty pissed off, now that I remember.' 'I've tried to say goodbye to Fox Mulder many times and I failed,' he joked. Right now, it's looking more likely to be without, with Anderson - apparently displeased with the direction taken by recent episodes - even mocking the show's ratings decline on Twitter.įor his part, David Duchovny has said he'd be 'good either way' if the show either ended after season 11 or continued without Scully for season 12. 'There are more stories to tell, with Gillian or without.' 'I think that certainly The X-Files has more life in it,' he said.

Speaking exclusively to Digital Spy, X-Files creator Chris Carter also revealed that he'd be open to continuing the show without Anderson as Scully. There's lots of things that I want to do in my life and in my career, and it's been an extraordinary opportunity and extraordinary character and I am hugely grateful.' 'I wouldn't necessarily have been happy if those six were how we said goodbye.

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