Unlike the first film, which I found intermittently successful, Mulder and Skully's relationship is front and center here, and it delivers. In spades. Yet, like most of the more memorable episodes of the series, this story poses questions about faith and redemption amid acts of profound sacriifice. The X-Files was always a series more rooted in religious and spiritual themes than in the masquerade of a conspiracy show. As someone who loved the original series, I found the film sensitive and moving and deeply satisfying. Thanks, Chris Carter.