For many a fan of the MSR (Mulder-Scully Romance), there exists no eighth and ninth season of
The X-Files in conventional terms. While such fans appreciate aspects of the second movie,
I Want to Believe, and the subsequent revival seasons, for them the classic era of the series ends with ‘Requiem’.
The seventh season finale was the natural break point for
The X-Files. The story came full circle from the ‘Pilot’ episode, returning to the same town and characters. It could have concluded the final lingering strands of the alien mythology with some kind of grand showdown in Bellefleur, Oregon, and allow Fox Mulder and Dana Scully a semblance of the happy ending the season appeared to be delivering. Across Season 7, their relationship had evolved and matured to a point of mutual acceptance, with both Mulder and Scully ready, in their own ways, to walk away from their FBI partnership and into a life together. “What exactly is left to investigate?” an auditor asked Mulder in ‘Requiem’. About their romance? Not much, it seemed.