Either way, the new X-Files run will follow the prior revival with standalone episodes throughout, and return to mythology in the finale.
If you look at how I staged the scene in Mulder’s office, the way I staged the [Season 10 finale] scenes on the bridge with the spacecraft hovering above Scully, you can see that was part of a plan.
The camera pushes right into her eye at both ends of the show, and it was all of a piece.
The X-Files have officially re-opened and the story remains as crazy as ever.