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Entry: The Truth About "The X-Files" Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/the_truth_about_the_x_files#33365 Post contents: As a huge X-Files fan, I heartily second Professor Gottfried's recommendation of Paul Cantor's work on the X-Files, specifically his wonderful book, Gilligan Unbound, which actually treats four tv-shows (Gilligan's Island, the original Star Trek, the Simpsons, and the X-Files). For those interested in sampling his work before dishing out the cash to buy his book should consider downloading the mp3s of his week-long lecture at the Mises Institute on culture and the arts. As for this bit: Scully: “You’ve always said that you want to believe. But believe in what Mulder? If this is the truth that you’ve been looking for, then what is there to believe in? Mulder: “I want to believe that the dead are not lost to us. That they speak to us as part of something greater than us—greater than any alien force. And if you and I are powerless now, I want to believe that if we listen, to what’s speaking, it can give us the power to save ourselves.” Scully: “Then we believe the same thing.” Mulder: “Maybe there’s hope.” I have to confess to tearing up as this was being uttered, but then, when the camera zoomed in on Scully's crucifix I started hooting and hopping around my room (to the amusement of my wife) in satisfaction with this most satisfying and eloquent consummation of the series. Here's hoping that in the new movie Moulder has become a practicing Catholic.... Cheers, Araglin P.S., was I the only one who hoped that the Cigarette Smoking Man would find redemption in the show somehow, rather than getting firebombed? Sent at: 2008 12 01