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The X-Files
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My Struggle IV

  • Episode aired Mar 21, 2018
  • TV-14
  • 43m
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7.2/10
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Miles Robbins in The X-Files (1993)
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Mulder and Scully rush to find an on-the-run William while the Cigarette Smoking Man pushes forward with his ultimate plan.Mulder and Scully rush to find an on-the-run William while the Cigarette Smoking Man pushes forward with his ultimate plan.Mulder and Scully rush to find an on-the-run William while the Cigarette Smoking Man pushes forward with his ultimate plan.

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    • Chris Carter
  • Writers
    • Chris Carter
    • Brad Follmer
    • Benjamin Van Allen
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    • David Duchovny
    • Gillian Anderson
    • Mitch Pileggi
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    7.2/10
    2.9K
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    • Director
      • Chris Carter
    • Writers
      • Chris Carter
      • Brad Follmer
      • Benjamin Van Allen
    • Stars
      • David Duchovny
      • Gillian Anderson
      • Mitch Pileggi
    • 48User reviews
    • 12Critic reviews
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    • Walter Skinner
    Barbara Hershey
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    • Erika Price
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    Zak Santiago
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    William B. Davis
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    4Luigi_Sartor

    what a disappointment

    I have no words for what i've just seen. I am a fan of the series since day 1, back 25 years ago and I couldn't believe how bad these two seasons were, from the day some bright soul decided to bring the X-Files back from the dead and ruin a Cult Series that should be left alone in the past. I gave it a 4 to the last episode out of respect for the show, 'cause it really deserved a 1, for it was as poor and ridiculous as I've never seen in my life. The creators of the show should be ashamed of themselves.
    7tylerfarmer-25136

    Loved it

    I'm sad that this show probably won't come back after this season. Good ending my opinion
    4Aktham_Tashtush

    I believe ... I believe this should have stayed a 9 seasons series.

    I mean i had high hopes when they started the season y talking about the smoking man , william, and who's the real father ,, i thought it might actually be good this year,, but it was not.

    The whole season they swerved away with mediocre level of X-file cases , i think there was just one episode of the whole season i liked ,, episode 4 "The Lost Art of Forehead Sweat" ,, it was funny , fast , thrilling ... other than that the whole season was a mess.. until here in the finale they came back to the original plot of finding william and the truth.

    Anyway, the finale indicates that's it for the X-files "fingers crossed" as they gave us an ending "somehow happy" and it is for me a satisfying ending.

    Just give it a rest, and let us remember the X-files as a once great show.
    10tresm87

    An astonishingly incredible finale that leaves endless possibilities for the future of the show.

    This season started out with a fantastic bang with the overall story arc and I thoroughly enjoyed the dramatic turns that "My Struggle 3' dramatically took. As the season rolled on it seemed to take a mediocre turn with the next 3 eps until the mysterious "ghouli" episode that worked into the arc decently well. The next 3 were pretty solid especially "familiar" which felt like the most authentic classic X files episode we've gotten for years.The second to last was rather forgettable, but this season finale was one of the most intensely powerful and exciting episodes of the entire series. It starts off from the get go with high octane pacing and action with Mulder and Scully pursuing William. Through many twists and enthralling sequences it culminates into a truly massive set of important events that shake the entire mythos arc to the core and contain some moments and things you will never see coming. It has some of the most well executed action the show has ever seen as well as some of the most brutal imagery that elevates the story's crucial magnitude near flawlessly. I'm amazed they packed all of this into one episode, but they did it awesomely and in a very satisfying concluding fashion. With an ending that pulls at your heartstrings with multiple different factors, you will most likely feel a sense of closure and extreme curiosity if the series will continue. It leaves a huge door open for future possibility even if the wonderful Gillian Anderson won't be apart of it sadly.
    8RussHog

    Decent end

    TBH - this was a pretty good farewell for Mulder and Scully. It could have been more - but if this was the last time we ever see them on screen this was a fitting way for them to be seen. I don't care what anyone says, this was a very respectable final image of the two after their over twenty year journey together as the characters. I hope to see them back one day - I'd love a season 12 - but if it ends here we got two seasons with a handful of good X-Files episodes and a final moment that was a decent way to end it all.

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    • Trivia
      The opening credits sequence tagline, "Salvator Mundi", is Latin for Savior of the World. It is also the title of a well-known painting of Christ by Leonardo Da Vinci, which sold at auction in November 2017 for over $450 million, setting a new record price for an artwork.
    • Goofs
      Mulder is supposed to be following the hitch-hiking William in the semi truck on Interstate 81, a four-lane divided highway. However, the road depicted is a two-lane country highway with yellow divider marks in the middle.
    • Quotes

      Fox Mulder: I know you know who I am. You hid from me. And you hid from your mother.

      William: Yeah, 'cause I'm a danger to people.

      Fox Mulder: Well, I can help with that.

      William: You can't help me. All right? Nobody can help me. Okay? These people, they're never gonna stop coming for me. I've seen the future, all right? Like visions. I-I know what happens if they catch me. All the people who are gonna die.

      Fox Mulder: Your mother has those same visions.

      William: Then why don't you see them? Look, I don't want to live in that world. And, I don't know, maybe I can stop it. If I didn't exist...

      Fox Mulder: It's not your fault, William.

      William: Yes, it is.

      Fox Mulder: Then let me help you stop it.

      William: You can't. All right. 'Cause you die, too.

    • Crazy credits
      The opening credits sequence tagline is Salvator Mundi rather than the usual The Truth Is Out There.
    • Connections
      References Millennium (1996)

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      • March 21, 2018 (United States)
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