
If there's one TV show that I both love with all my heart but also find frequently, naggingly frustrating, then it's The X-Files.
I've been obsessed with Chris Carter's sci-fi mystery series since I saw the first episode on BBC2 in the UK, all the way back in 1994. I was there to witness the show's rapid ascent to a buzzy, cult sensation and then a proper mainstream success. And I was there to witness its protracted decline into conspiracy arc plot incoherence.