Document Type
Thesis
Degree
Bachelor of Arts in English
Advisor
Margaret Case, Ph.D.
Abstract
Following in the wake of a two-season decline in popularity, the final episode of Fox Network’s long running sci-fi drama, The X-Files, left many fans feeling intensely dissatisfied. Their primary concern was that the finale (titled "The Truth") did not fulfill the promise of the show’s famous tagline, "The Truth is out there." This thesis targets the source of fans’ frustrations by mapping the psychological progression of truth witnessed in Mulder and Scully’s evolutions. The resulting recontextualization not only justifies the finale, but also redresses the tagline, suggesting the need for a more relative, pluralistic understanding of truth.
Recommended Citation
Aliengena, Ashley, "Justifying the Finale: Hierarchical Truths in The X-Files" (2012). English Theses. 63.
https://docs.rwu.edu/english_theses/63
