Closure

A psychic offers Mulder some help, and claims to know where Samantha was just after she was taken.

This is perhaps the first episode so far, that I would say I really disliked, it was so poorly written, so overly syrupy, I couldn't wait for the credits to roll.

I am staggered as to why this episode has such a high rating, well and truly baffled, I loathed it, there's a saying about over egging the pudding, that came into my mind here, this storyline of Samantha going missing has quite literally been done to death, they've gotten so much mileage out of it, changed its direction, and if I'm not mistaken, they've changed the canon, it's like a whole new team of people took charge.

The sentimental tone throughout felt overdone, it was like Clinton's cards were doing a line in Happy Halloween cards, with rabbits and bunnies on them, the images and music just jarred with the whole vibe.

I truly hope that we're done with this story now, talk about dragging it out.

A shocker, 4/10.

Some X-Files fans may not like this episode (or they may love it like I do) for being a bit less Sci-fi and a bit more spiritual, based on the widespread misconception that science has conquered metaphysics when in fact it is helplessly standing outside its gates having no clue how life is created. And this is the exact theme of this episode, the destination of life..

It is an absolutely fantastic episode that provides a (metaphysical) conclusion to one of the main plots of the series, after many years of searching for his disappeared/abducted sister into the mysteries of the unexplained and battling secret conspiracies Fox Mulder finally finds relief, peace and closure.

A beautiful script with beautiful metaphysical elements and depictions of souls transending death and finding peace in eternal existence. One must be pretty distracted and hardened by routine and religiously materialistic to dislike the message of peace, the transcendental tranquility, the otherworldly atmosphere and the amazing aethereal music. Which is what the psychic detective that helped Fox ends up doing (without revealing anything from the actual plot) and this antithesis adds to an already top notch episode.

Definitely one of the top episodes of the whole series and I'm kind of glad Hollywood is producing trash nowadays because I get to revisit the past of nostalgia and Hollywood greatness. This underrated episode is definitely one of those moments of greatness.

Although I think the answers given here about Samantha's disappearance is a big weird and random, I don't think its that bad. It still fits in with the mythology of the show.

And not just that but this is a well made episode in general. David Duchovny's never been the best actor but his performance in the last episode and this one are both pretty damn good. The final lines of his are really damn good, and the atmosphere and colouring of those shots of the kids, especially with the Moby music, work so so well. I seriously think this episode is significantly better than people give it credit for.

This is one of the poorest episodes, typical of what happened after the series left British Columbia. The province was integral to the look and feel of the series. Afterwards the show largely degenerated into hoary religious clichés, perfunctory dialogue, repetitious themes and emotionally manipulative music. The psychic subplot is so embarrassing and shallow that I'm amazed it was even considered. The same shtick was used in the second X-files movie, and not even Billy Connolly could save it,

Chris Carter seems to have lost control over his series in L.A. The dignified thing to do would have been to end the X-files after season 6.

Part two of two. In the previous episode FBI agents Mulder and Scully tracked down a serial killer and in the process discovered possible leads to the disappearance of Mulder's sister Samantha, which was originally thought to be an alien abduction. We also were told of beings that lived in the starlight, pre-kidnapping children to preserve them from greater harm. In this episode Mulder is approached by Harold Pillar, a man who became psychic when his son disappeared. Pillar - or is it his lost boy? - leads Mulder to a place where his questions can finally be left unanswered.

It seems like Chris Carter painted himself into a corner back in season 5 (or with the movie?) and in season 6 the alien-invasion "mthology" was essentially flushed. In severing the loose strings it was revealed that Samantha's "alien abduction" was a cover-up in which Mulder's father allowed her to become part of the alien-human hybridization plot. In an effort to finally flush Samantha, this episode gives us a new twist on the issue, and as usual it doesn't really jive with previous info.

I thought the mysticism was murky and the sentimentality of the ending HOPELESSLY inappropriate. I guess we needed a whole episode to say our goodbyes to Samantha, who was once such an important plot device. However I can't help but see this episode as doing little more than burying a piece of the soul of the X-Files - perhaps one that died a season earlier.