Case 10, File 01: My Struggle

 AKA: Oh, It's All Of Our Struggle

Reviving a series that has been dormant, by and large, for over a decade, is a risky proposition. Yes, every so often you get something like Twin Peaks: The Return (and yes, maybe I will marry David Lynch, thank you for asking) that completely reshapes your existing knowledge of the show and brings the story to a close. Most of the time, you're aiming for something more along the lines of Fuller House, just more of the show that was already popular (and I don't get either Full House or Fuller House, so don't ask me).

Sometimes though. Sometimes you get something else.

Case 09, File 21: I Want To Believe

AKA: Jesus Is That The Plot We're Going With?

It's impossible to really gauge how much Twin Peaks DNA is in The X-Files (it's a lot, but how much exactly is up for debate) but there are some eerie similarities between the initial end of Twin Peaks and the initial end of the The X-Files. Both shows ended on cliffhangers, and both, when presented with the opportunity to resolve that cliffhanger in a movie, elected instead to make a side story refocused on the characters. Unfortunately, someone should have reminded Chris Carter that while Fire Walk With Me eventually got to be known as one of the best movies of David Lynch's career, it began life as a critically disdained box office dud.