With “The X-Files” returning for its eleventh season this coming Wednesday, January 3, we can’t help but wonder how many more seasons of the show we’ll be getting. Of course, that all depends on how many viewers tune in to watch the return of Mulder and Scully – then again, this may be the end for Scully, no matter the ratings.
Back in October, Gillian Anderson commented at New York Comic-Con that Season 11 would be her last, and in a new chat with TV Guide, she seems to confirm that.
“I’ve said from the beginning this is it for me,” Anderson told the outlet. “I was a bit surprised by people’s reaction to my announcement [back in October], because my understanding was that this was a single season.”
Anderson is referring to the fact that Season 10 was originally intended to be a single event season. As she told the NYCC crowd, she only agreed to star in the eleventh season because she felt Season 10 left too many fans unsatisfied. In other words, her return for Season 11 has already exceeded what her original plans were. So we really shouldn’t be surprised that Season 11 will be the last we see of Dana Scully.
Meanwhile, creator Chris Carter maintains that Season 11 isn’t a series finale.
“There are a lot more X-Files stories to tell,” he told TV Guide. “Whether we get to tell them is a question mark.”