10 Things We Learned From The X-Files Revival Premiere My Struggle

5. The Pacing Was A Tad Off

My Struggle had a difficult task in acquainting new viewers with the franchise while still telling a story long-time fans would be interested in. For the most part, it managed to succeed, though not without issues. Interestingly enough, most of what worked were the scenes without Mulder and Scully. Flash backs to an alien crash (possibly Roswell, though that is later mentioned as a "smoke screen") were intriguing, and something that has always worked on the show, though in this case, the scene was particularly compelling, especially thanks to the fantastic set created for the crashed spaceship. Mulder being shown a fully working replica alien craft was also compelling, and an interesting twist - but elsewhere, the pacing dragged. Far too much cutting between characters, for starters, thanks to Mulder and Scully being apart. In fact, the sooner they're back together, the better, and that should help bring added focus. For My Struggle, however, it felt like a lot of scenes of Mulder just showing up places, without any explanation as to what he was doing when off-screen, or why he didn't just call ahead (outside of paranoia).