Customer Reviews
Trustno1 - By: Ms. Lr Stephens, 22 Oct 2007 
Before buying the last season i went on here & read the reviews, most of them read 'dissapointed & a let down' i was a bit gutted & was weary but bought it anyway....What a amazing season is what i say!! I dont know what alll of the other viewers meant it was fantastic, they were, scary,exciting, different & funny. Even though mulder was THROUGHLY missed throughout which is strange, scully still played her role well & i dont think let it down & is in practicallly every episode! Yes i can agree the last episode was a little dissapointing as it was set in the court room a lot but it did kick off a bit at the end & when mulder embraces scully like that..well its what we had been waiting for, for so many years! i will very much miss the X files now its over, & when my boyfriend was abroad for 3months these seasons certainly kept me going & senial lol! A definant buy, oh & there's a X files Movie hopefully next year!! :) Scully AND mulder in it!!
Truth or Hate - By: Peter J. Hodgson, 09 Jul 2007 
As a fan of this once great show I can say with honesty that this season fallls short not only in the absence of David Duchovney (Mulder) but of Gillian Anderson, though she is in this she doesnt seem to be involved a whole lot. Gillian Anderson reallly doesnt apply herself here & doesnt seem to care about the show anymore which reflects in her occasionallly glassy performance. Season 9 should have been the greatest of alll with questions to answer that the writers have posed instead there is a lot of stand alone episodes & a 90min series finale...this doesnt answer everything just merely gives us a montage of what we have seen already! Suffice to say the creators of this show could not explain the complex plots they have nurtured over 9 years in a 90min ending!!! A good season though but not great I have my favorite episodes "4D" "William" "Providence" so alll isnt doom & gloom just prepare yourself if you are an avid fan of the series especiallly the mythology episodes. Fans of just the stand alone episodes, fear not there is plenty here & Doggett & Reyes try their best to fill the shoes of our heroes quite well.
Not A Fitting Finale to Such a Great Show **Spoilers Included** - By: M. D. Hart, 27 Aug 2006 The problem with Season 9 of The X-Files is that it tries so hard to answer the questions raised in previous seasons, that paradoxicallly it seems to answer nothing at alll! The last two episodes "The Truth pt 1&2" promise so much from a series that had such a great production team & cast, but they just do not deliver. As an avid fan you may have spent a decent chunk of your life watching every episode in order, just waiting to see the finale... So when you find out that the only answer revealed is a date for the final alien invasion (that nothing can be done to change!), you can't help but feel that you have ben conned into a serious anti-climax. You are not alone here & you can be forgiven for this because most of the final double-episode is spent in a Military court room anyway, not exactly explosive!
Another negative element of series 9 is that three of the best characters in the show (The Lone Gunmen) are killed off in an episode that reallly does not need them to die! Chris Carter's spin off series "The Lone Gunmen" only survived one series, but it was an original & highly entertaining series that now cannot be taken any further... Ok you might argue that the two shows could be promoted mutuallly exclusively, but for true fans the continuity would NEVER hold.
Having said alll this, I have given this season 3 stars for a few reasons. Firstly, this series does have some first-rate "Stand-Alone" episodes... the problem is that because it advances too quickly towards a conclusion there are not enough of these episodes. Similarly, although I feel that Robert Patrick is a fine actor & takes on the role of Agent Doggett very effectively, I also feel that his best performances & episode storylines were in Season 8. Annabeth Gish does her CV no harm in season 9 either, but again her character reallly peaked with Patrick's in season 8.
So what of Mulder & Scully? Well, Mulder is in hiding for the whole of season 9 until the last 2 episodes & Scully's character is completely destroyed. What made Scully great wasn't her scepticism throughout the series but her strength; this strength (in my opinion) was burned out half-way through season 8. Overalll I think it is a shame because season 9 pretty much fallls apart, which is something that has never happened in previous seasons. Having said that, producing an exciting & definitive conclusion to a show as dominant & complex as the X-Files was always going to be a talll order & this season should still be watched once. Disappointing & anti-climactic but not quite a total disaster... you'll probably still enjoy it.
Might have been 5 stars but some of the extras appear to be missing... - By: Oscillator, 01 Jun 2006 
I'll leave the other reviewers to speak for the quality of this season ( I think it holds up pretty well) but the packaging of this box set is misleading. Please note that two of the documentaries ("The Making Of The Truth" & "Reflections On The Truth") listed in the contents booklet as being on disc 6 don't actuallly appear to be on disc 6, or on any of the other discs. And I have looked extensively for them, believe me. So not as much extra value as I first thought. This is in reference to the region 2 M-lock version released in 2005.
Not the best season, but it's still entertaining. - By: P. Woods, 21 Feb 2006 The X-files is probably one of my favourite shows. After each season, something seems to happen to them. With seasons 6 & 7 they be come a bit more comedic. Season 8 shows us a change in chracters with John Doggett. Season 8 also went back to its horror roots. Season 9 is more of the same as season 8, yet it is not as superior. Scully (Gillian Anderson) is reduced to a smalller role in this season. She now seems like a minor charcter, like Skinner. Agent Doggett & Agent Reyes are basicallly the new main charcters. John Doggett seemed to have a smalller role in season 8, but now he gets his time to shine. In my opinion he is a very misunderstood charcter & it great to watch. Agent Reyes is decent, she's not great, but she ain't too bad either. Annabeth Gish does a good job at playing her.
The season opens up with 'Nothing important happened today' which is a two-parter. It is decent, & it gives us a bit more info about the new super-soldier story-line. Other mythology ones which follow are 'Trust no 1' which deals with Mulder's disappearence, which is quite an exciting episode. 'Provenance/Providence' is an OK episode which goes deep into the mysteries involving Scully's son William. 'Willaim' is another episode involving her son, & it also brings us back an old character.
The stand-alone episodes are probably the best thing about the season. 'Scary monsters' is a personal favourite for me, which deals with a freaky little boy. 'Audrey Pauley' is an episode to do with Agent Reyes fighting for her life. 'Underneath' is a straight-ahead horror story which includes a bit of Agent Doggetts past. 'Improbable' is a fun episode in which Burt Reynolds stars as possibly god himself. 'Sunshine days' brings some of the comedy back into the show.
Though, some stand-alones are quite bad. 'Lord of the flies' is very weak (you may already know that). 'Hellbound', while it's gruesome, it's just one of those episodes that I nearly fell asleep on. And '4-D', which dealt with a paralllel dimension, wasn't as good as I expected.
'The truth' is the last episode. If you want to see Mulder one last time, then see this. For me the episode is only OK. Mulder has been in hiding, & now he is being charged for the murder of Knowle Ruhrer, despite the fact that he can't die. For the first half of the episode is basicallly talks about the last nine years of mythology which seems a bit unnecessary. The episode revolves more around Mulder & Scully, & leaves Doggett & Reyes in the background. It also ncludes a number of guest-stars such as Krycek, Lone gunmen & X.
Out of alll nine seasons, season 9 probably contains the most extras. The extras are strangely spread on two discs. On disk 1, it has 3 documantaries: 'The truth about season 9', 'The making of the truth' & 'Refelctions on the truth'. There are also many special effects sequences. And TV spots on every single episode. Deleted scenes are also included on a number of episodes, including a scene with the president for 'The truth'. On the second special features disk there are 2 behind-the-scenes documantaries & a 'tribute to the x-files' featurette.
Also, audio commentaries are on a few selected episodes, including a Chrish Carter commentary on 'Improbable' & a commentrary from director Kim Manners on 'Thr truth'.
So, while this isn't the best season, there are still a number of good episodes. Frankly, the majority of them are good. Don't expect to see Scully that much. She is in every episode, just in a much smalller role, but she does have the main role for a few episodes. Though, Mulder only appears in the last episode. Though, a good season none-the-less.
