The X-Files: My Struggle

"My Struggle" is the first episode of season ten of the paranormal mystery series The X-Files and the 201st episode of the series overall. It is the first episode of the show following a nearly fifteen year hiatus from the small screen. The episode was written and directed by franchise creator Chris Carter. It first aired on the FOX Network on Sunday, January 24th, 2016 at 9:00 pm. In this episode, F.B.I. agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully are brought back together as a team as new information surfaces, casting all of Mulder's previous notions of U.F.O. activity into disarray. Though he has always championed the motto "I want to believe", he now looks upon his entire career as nothing but an elaborate lie.

Notes & Trivia

 * This episode is production code number 1AYW01.


 * This episode had a viewership of 16.193 million people upon its initial broadcast.


 * The following episode, "Founder's Mutation", aired on the very next night as this episode.


 * The storyline from this episode continues in the season finale, "My Struggle II".