The X-Files Season 11: 10 Biggest Reveals From 'The Lost Art Of Forehead Sweat'

3. The Show Needs To Bounce Back With Something Dark And Scary

Having praised The Lost Art of Forehead Sweat a fair bit, now it's time to point out the obvious: the show can't continue to straddle the line between comedy and the paranormal. Otherwise, The X-Files becomes Ghosted. And that's not what the show ever was (except for a brief period in season seven, went it completely went off the rails).

One of the many things we learned from this week's outing is that as much as we enjoy it when the show makes us laugh, it can't happen too often. For two straight weeks, the show has dabbled in the comically absurd. Plus One was a tad more reserved, but there were still humorous elements to it. The Lost Art of Forehead Sweat bordered on self-parody. There were hokey alien outfits, and lines right out of old sci-fi pulp stories. It worked, in context, but let's not overdo it.

Next time out, it's time to go dark and scary. Bring in a flukeman, a shape-shifting alien bounty hunter, something, anything terrifying. Go back to the bread and butter of the show.

With this week's outing being the only Darin Morgan episode announced for the season, it's likely the show will do just that. Although it's a shame we won't see more of Mulder out sasquatchin'.