At the same time, Scully receives news that Mr. and Mrs. Van de Kamp were murdered by a serial killing cult. Although she doesn’t understand the significance of their death, she begins to realize the connection through mysterious text messages and spiritual insights.

But the lines are funny, the conversations are colorful & full of chemistry, their acting is superbly handled (not too over-the-top or overly subtle) and it’s “shippish”. Just like Chris Carter said, a standalone. Some fans like the mythology, but there are some, like me, who like the standalone “shippish” moments.

Like father joe said, who are we to judge. Let’s not judge xf2 just like that. After all, it still did well worldwide. Let’s have closure in xf3 and may many more come along.

I watched XF from the moment the first season was aired in Holland (about a year after it aired in the US) and I didn’t stop until it was finished. I really enjoyed th XF1 movie (although, just with some of the episodes I would have liked to have seen some things different). By the time XF2 came out, I had stopped following any XF news entirely for some years. So it was a bit of a surprise when I heard about it. Nevertheless I felt I at least had to watch it once… and yes… XF2 missed something, but I enjoyed it more than enough as it still touched upon some of the things I loved about it. The old feeling stirred. I’ve been thinking about what XF2 missed. It wasn’t because it was a stand alone. Many a stand alone episode shows that if the story is good, it can excel the mythology ones.

Although I really respect him as an actor, I felt Billy Connoly (‘s character) didn’t really catch me at all. I can’t tell if it was his acting or the script, but as a viewer I couldn’t care less about him. Nor did I care for the other ‘bad guys’ or even the FBI agents. In the best standalone episodes the viewer LOVED to hate the bad guy (Like Donnie Pfaster and Eugene Tooms etc) and wanted to feel for the victims along with Mulder and Scully. This wasn’t the case with XF2. Also, too little attention was given to some things that have happened between our two fave characters, the most important being William. He is mentioned once I believe. BUT….. I did sense an opening in a few of the scenes in XF2, especially the ending that if there were ever to come an XF3 it could very well be zooming in on William. A very much grown William.

I would like XF3 to be on mythology again, but like to ‘warn’ them not to take it too far. I don’t want it to look like some Star Wars meets Starship Troopers or something. I would like William to be a crucial part and a proper main character, but NOT by letting him replace Mulder and Scully. It must be them as a family. NONE of them should have a passive part in XF3 as far as I’m concerned.

That said, I want X Files 3. I think it will get made, and I think it can be a success. FOX has to have learned from IWTB that it HAS to promote the movie. It has to believe in the characters (though it treated them terribly when the show was on) and let the fans revel in the movie, not block us from promoting. I still feel like every time FOX pulled a music video or a fan promo for XF2 they lost dozens of fans.