I think the X-Files fanbase is pretty heavily eroded. All but the most devout fan eventually caught on to the fact that Chris Carter was just making it up as he went along, and the implicit promise of a big finish with some innovative surprise ending was something he just couldn't deliver on. I thought this became pretty self-evident very early during the show's high point of popularity, and tried to warn my college buddies who were avid followers, but they basically blew me off. I tried not to seem to self-satisfied when they ultimately wound up feeling they had gotten burned for all those years of anticipation. The X-Files really suckered its fans.
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