The X-Files was the result of a generation growing up in the shadow of Vietnam. That generation grew up in constant doubt of their own government. The US and Hollywood have spend a lot of time since then convincing people to love the country again. The years since 9/11 have been the worst. There is no room for descent.
Remember the spin off to the X-Files, The Lone Gunman; the very first episode starts out with almost an exact 9/11 scenario: entities within the government plan to crash a plane in the middle of New York City and blame it on terrorists.
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The X-Files was the result of a generation growing up in the shadow of Vietnam. That generation grew up in constant doubt of their own government. The US and Hollywood have spend a lot of time since then convincing people to love the country again. The years since 9/11 have been the worst. There is no room for descent.
Remember the spin off to the X-Files, The Lone Gunman; the very first episode starts out with almost an exact 9/11 scenario: entities within the government plan to crash a plane in the middle of New York City and blame it on terrorists.
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And that episode of The Lone Gunmen aired just a few months prior to 9/11.