The original “X Files” series on Fox ran for nine series — but what if the conclusions drawn from that epic amount of airtime were all a lie? That’s what a new teaser for the revival season ponders, scaring the crap out of at least Special Agent Fox Mulder (David Duchovny).
“It’s behind us. They tell us that makes us safer,” Mulder says via a voiceover in the 30-second teaser. “We haven’t been in more danger.”
The quick spot originally ran during Monday night’s “Gotham” episode on Fox.
The truth is still out there: The six-episode event series kicks off on January 24, 2016 on Fox. Watch the video above.
9 'X-Files' Episodes That Blew Us Away (Photos)
"Pilot Episode" Season 1, Episode 1: We got our first look at FBI Agents Fox "Spooky" Mulder and Dana Scully, who return to Fox soon, in the 1993 debut of the hit paranormal drama
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"Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man" Season 4, Episode 7: We got a rare glimpse into the past of the enigmatic CSM, including learning he was the one who assassinated John F. Kennedy
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"Terms of Endearment" Season 6, Episode 7 - Bruce Campbell guest starred in this episode about a demon who impregnates several women
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"Unusual Suspects" Season 5, Episode 3: The Lone Gunmen, Mulder's support team, got their very own episode in Season 5 when we learned how the group came together
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"Drive" Season 6, Episode 2: This episode would eventually lead "X-Files" writer Vince Gilligan to cast guest star Bryan Cranston in the megahit series "Breaking Bad"
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"Cops" Season 7, episode 12: Fox's crossover between the network's popular reality show, "Cops," and its popular supernatural serial featured Mulder and Scully teaming up with the LAPD to track down a perp that could take the form of whatever its victim feared the most
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"Lord of the Flies" Season 9, episode 5: Cranston isn't the only "Breaking Bad" star to first impress Gilligan on "The X-Files." Aaron Paul guest starred on this episode that mocks MTV's "Jackass" with appropriately titled fake stunt show "Dumbass" and tells the coming-of-age tale of a misunderstood teenager coming to terms with his true identity: a giant insect
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"First Person Shooter" Season 7, Episode 13: Mulder and Scully become trapped in a virtual reality shoot-'em up-game that even the Lone Gunmen can't beat
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"Home" Season 4, Episode 2: This episode about inbred cannibals (also some of our favorite "X-Files" villians) was so graphic a viewer discretion warning played before its first airing
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"Pilot Episode" Season 1, Episode 1: We got our first look at FBI Agents Fox "Spooky" Mulder and Dana Scully, who return to Fox soon, in the 1993 debut of the hit paranormal drama