You know there’s really only one team, who, when informed their latest case has monsters in it, would be quick to start investigating. Well, two if you count the Scooby Gang*. But The X-Files is about Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, and the new teaser for the revival of the series has them back in action.
The miniseries picks up with David Duchovny's Mulder and Gillian Anderson's Scully in very different places in their lives, but still committed to finding the truth behind the big conspiracies that have plagued them. But there’s also time to investigate other mysteries, too... And yes, there are definitely going to be appearances by old favourites such as William B. Davis' Cigarette Smoking Man, despite his seeming death by giant bloomin’ missile in the series finale back in 2002. And the likes of Mitch Pileggi, Annabeth Gish, Tom Braidwood, Dean Haglund, Bruce Harwood and Nicholas Lea are all back in some fashion.
We’re promised a higher ratio of standalone episodes to mythology arc, which is good news, since there are only six that will make up this limited new run once again crafted by creator Chris Carter and some of the writers who made up the original behind-the-scenes team. Joel McHale, Lauren Ambrose, Robbie Amell and Rhys Darby are among the new co-stars, and The X-Files is back, at least on US screens, on January 24 next year.
*Three, including the other Scooby Gang.