'X-Files' leaves fans anticipating film

After five seasons of the award-winning show "The X-Files," fans have come to expect a lot out of each episode. And week after week, they haven't been disappoiunted. The stories keep flowing and keep begging the question, "what if?"

This is in large part due to the writing and producing of creator Chris Carter. Carter has continued to imagine intruiging story after intruiging story. And fans and critics alike have responded, sending "The X-Files" to the top of viewer ratings and earning the show a slew of Golden Globe and Emmy awards.

The fifth season finale introduces fans to a famous child-prodigy chess player named Gibson. After an attempt on the young boy's life goes awry, Mulder (played wonderfully by David Duchovny) and Scully (played with great intensity by Gillian Anderso

Courtesy of FOX Agents Mulder and Scully investigate the attempted assasination of a young boy in the season finale of "X-Files."

n) are called in to investigate. They discover that Gibson has been blessed with incredible powers of clairvoyance. But who is this boy?

What Chris Carter reveals through this well-crafted tale is highly intruiging. Gibson's powers lie at the heart of the X-Files and its creation. Gibson is a test case. A product of genetic engineering by the government, the boy's DNA is a combination of both human and alien splicing.

Gibson is proof of Mulder's claims that the government is behind the X-Files, the inexplainable FBI files that usually contain strong elements of the paranormal and supernatural.

Another interesting element is the relationship between Mulder and Scully, which is hinted upon and continues to tease viewers.

The mystery of their relationshipt surfaces when Carter introduces a new FBI agent, Diana (Mimi Rogers from "Lost in Space" and "Austin Powers").

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As the finale unfolds, viewers come to learn that Diana is another female agent with a degree in parapsychology from Mulder's past.

Scully displays a twinge of jealousy as a result of Diana's presence. The viewer is left to consider the possiblity that Mulder and Scully might eventually have a romantic relationship.

The finale ends with Gibson abducted by a government syndicate and Mulder's office in flames. The X-Files case studies are casualties of the fire.

The famous badge-flashing duo is also in danger of being separated and reassigned due to the possibility of revealing the child to the Justice Department.

This fifth season finale special is a success not only because it is well-written but also because it's a bridge.

Despite the finale's title, "The End," the series has by no means come to an end.

The upcoming film, "X-Files: Fight the Future," will pick up where the season finale left off. Hopefully, the show's questions will be answered there.

Fans revel in both frustration and anticipation for June 19, the release date of the X-Files' first feature film.

Perhaps frustration will be alleviated, questions answered and the truth found. Whatever the case, agents Mulder and Scully will continue their search for the truth.

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