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Next →The eighth season of the American television series commenced airing in the United States on November 5, 2000, concluded on May 20, 2001, and consisted of twenty-one episodes. Season eight takes place after 's in the. The for the search of Mulder continues until the second half of the season, while a new arc about 's is formed. This arc would continue, and end, with the. The season explores various themes such as life, death, and belief.For this season, Duchovny elected to return only as an intermittent, appearing in only half of the episodes. Actor was hired as a replacement for Mulder, playing. The season also marked the first appearance of as, who would become a main character in the.
In addition to the cast change, series creator updated the opening credits, which had remained unchanged since the.Season eight was received well by critics but was less warmly received by fans, many of whom were unhappy that Duchovny reduced his role and that Patrick took over as co-lead alongside Anderson. Ratings for the season were initially strong, but it eventually averaged a total of 13.53 million viewers, down from the seventh season's 14.2 million.
Concurrent with the airing of this season, Carter and The X-Files production team created and aired a short-lived titled. See also:At the end of the finale, 'was abducted by aliens. meets Special Agent , the leader of an organized to conduct a search for Mulder. Although the search ultimately proves unsuccessful, Doggett is assigned to the and works with Scully to look for explanations to several cases.
When Scully learns that several women have reportedly been abducted and impregnated with alien babies, she begins to question her own and fears for her unborn child.Doggett introduces Scully to Special Agent , an FBI specialist in ritualistic crime, shortly before Mulder's deceased body suddenly appears in a forest at night. Following Mulder's funeralis threatened by that he must kill Scully's baby before it is born. , a multiple abductee who disappeared on the same night as Mulder, is returned deceased but his dead body is resurrected and restored to full health.
Mulder also returns from death, with Scully supervising his recovery. Fully rejuvenated, Mulder investigates several X-Files, against orders to do so, but soon gets fired, leaving Doggett in charge of the cases. Mulder continues to provide input in an unofficial capacity.Reluctantly accepting Krycek's assistance, Mulder, Doggett and Skinner learn that an alien virus recently created in secret by members of the has replaced several humans, including Miles and several high-ranking FBI personnel, with so-called alien '. Krycek claims that the soldiers are virtually unstoppable aliens who want to make sure that humans will not survive the colonisation of Earth. They have learned that Scully's baby is a miraculously special child and are afraid that it may be greater than them. They have only recently learned of the baby's importance, which is why Krycek told Skinner to kill the unborn child earlier.
When Miles arrives at the FBI Headquarters, Mulder, Doggett, Skinner and Krycek help Scully to escape along with Reyes who drives her to a remote farm. Shortly after Skinner kills Krycek, Scully delivers an apparently normal baby while the alien super soldiers surround her. Without explanation, the aliens leave the area as Mulder arrives. While Doggett and Reyes report to the FBI Headquarters, Mulder takes Scully and their newborn son, William, back to her apartment. Themes The eighth season of The X-Files takes place in a environment and employs the common science fiction concepts of strongly differentiated characters fighting an unequivocally evil enemy, in this case, the alien. The first episode of the season, ' explores 'loss', 'loneliness' and 'pain' after the disappearance of Mulder.
' included basic themes common in the series, such as 'dark, foreboding terror', an 'overriding sense of ', and 'the fear of the unknown', among others. Later on, death and resurrection emerged as a major sub-theme during the season, starting with ', wherein is killed and resurrected, and later in ' when Mulder is brought back to life after apparently being dead for three months. This sub-theme would continue well into the. The of the season dealt with the idea that, at times, humanity is a greater danger to itself. This theme is made manifest by the. Production Development. The new opening sequence for season eight, featuring, as well as images alluding to Scully's pregnancy ( lower left) and Mulder's disappearance ( lower right).The series' original title sequence, crafted in 1993 during the show's had remained unchanged for seven seasons.
With the partial loss of Duchovny after the seventh-season finale, the decision was made to update the credits, which were first featured in the premiere episode of season eight, 'Within'. The opening sequence now included new images, updated FBI badge photos for Duchovny and Anderson, and the addition of Patrick to the main cast. Duchovny's badge features in the opening credits only when he appears in an episode. The opening contains images of Scully's pregnancy and, according to, shows an 'abstract' explanation for Mulder's absence in this season, with him falling into an eye.After the partial departure of Duchovny, Carter decided to focus almost solely on the character of Doggett during the first half of the season.
This led to some unhappiness from the cast and critics, most notably Duchovny and Anderson. According to Tom Kessenich in his book Examinations, Anderson reportedly 'wasn't thrilled' with the lack of attention her character was getting; instead, the writers were crafting episodes solely for Doggett because he was the show's new 'voice'. Duchovny, on the other hand, was unhappy because Mulder's abduction was never properly examined. Reportedly, Duchovny offered to write and direct an episode based around the concept of Mulder being trapped in the alien spaceship, as seen in the season opener 'Within' and '. Carter, however, nixed the idea because 'it was not about Doggett.' Played on the show.The show's seventh season was a time of closure for The X-Files. Characters within the show were written out—including and —and several plot threads were resolved, including the fate of Fox Mulder's sister.
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Furthermore, after settling his contract dispute, Duchovny quit the show. This contributed to uncertainties over the likelihood of an eighth season. Carter and most fans felt the show was at its natural endpoint with Duchovny's departure, and Carter penned ', the finale episode of the seventh season, as a possible series finale.
However, at the last minute, a new season was ordered and Duchovny agreed to star part-time, returning for 12 episodes instead of 21. Due to this change, the producers found it difficult to write Duchovny's character out of the, but also eventually explain Mulder's absence if there were to be an upcoming season. Eventually, it was decided to have the character abducted by aliens.Hoping to continue the series, Carter introduced a new central character to replace Mulder: John Doggett.
More than 100 actors auditioned for the role, with only about ten considered by the producers. And were among the auditionees, and Phillips, Bochner and (who played Wayne Weinsider in a previous episode of The X-Files) were considered for the role, but the producers eventually choose Robert Patrick. The season also introduced Monica Reyes (portrayed by Annabeth Gish), who would become a main character in the following season. Crew Chris Carter, who also served as and during the season, wrote or co-wrote the bulk of the episodes for the season, with nine of the twenty one episodes. Of the nine, four were co-written with executive producer Frank Spotnitz. Carter also wrote five episodes solo, and Spotnitz wrote four episodes solo. The rest of the writing staff contributed one or two episodes.
Was promoted to executive producer and wrote one episode. Was promoted to co-executive producer and wrote one episode.
David Amann was promoted to producer and wrote one episode. Was promoted to executive story editor and wrote one episode. Greg Walker was promoted to executive story editor and wrote two episodes.
Was promoted to story editor and wrote two episodes., who wrote a freelance episode for the series previously, returned to contribute to the story for one episode.was promoted to co-executive producer and directed the most of episodes of the season with seven. Directors who directed multiple episodes for the season included who directed four, directed three, and directed two., and Barry K.
Thomas each directed one episode. Carter directed a single episode, while writer Spotnitz made his directorial debut.Cast Main cast. as Special Agent. as Special Agent. as Special Agenta Although appearing in only 12 episodes, Duchovny is credited as 'starring' in the opening credits for the episodes in which he appeared.b Does not appear in ', except in archived footage. Recurring cast Also starring.
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