10 Problems With The X-Files Revival Nobody Wants To Admit
3. The Writers Were Never That Great At Providing Closure
One of the great failings of the show (which, it should be noted, remains as one of the greatest sci-fi/paranormal television series of all time, and was hugely influential both inside and outside of its genre) was its inability to wrap things up and provide closure.
Take, for example, the Samantha storyline - the abduction of Fox Mulder's sister by aliens, an event he witnessed as a young boy, and which led him to take up his crusade against the government conspiracy to keep the existence of aliens under wraps.
The show dragged this story on for seven long years, bringing in multiple alien clones of Samantha as red herrings, eventually revealing Mulder's father, Bill Mulder, had been somewhat complicit in her disappearance, and then throwing a last minute curve ball in season seven's Closure, where it was revealed that Samantha had been dead for years. Oh, but not before her spirit somehow escaped/was rescued by beings of starlight called walk-ins, or something.
Closure, as an episode, offered anything but. Other than proving that the writers didn't really seem to know where they were going. That's not something that will fly in the new revival. Modern audiences have come to have a higher standard thanks to HBO dramas and the like.