It took one clever fan to decode the secret message.
Mulder and Scully returned last night for the Season 11 premiere of “The X-Files,“ titled ‘My Struggle III.’ The episode picked up where Season 10 left off, focused on expanding upon the show’s mythology; primarily the search for William, Mulder and Scully’s son.
Most notably, and without spoiling anything, the episode dropped a big time shocker about the identity of William, who isn’t exactly who we were led to believe he is.
The episode ended with a shot of William, which had what sounded like a distorted voice playing over it. Decoded, the voice relays a secret message to longtime fans of the show.
Reddit user Jordin Goff is the one who decoded the secret message, slowing it down and playing it in reverse. “I’ve heard a lot of reversed dialog recently watching Twin Peaks and it sounded similar so I thought I’d give it a go and see if something turned up,” he notes.
The message, you ask?
If this is the end, it’s been a wild, wild adventure with some of the finest people I know and the greatest fans that we could’ve hoped for. Here’s to you. The truth is out there, 2018.
With Gillian Anderson expressing that her run on the show is over, it’s seeming more and more likely that Season 11 will be the final season of “The X-Files.” We can only assume this was a message from creator Chris Carter to the fans, thanking them for sticking with the show for so many years… as this could indeed be the beginning of the end.
Listen to the secret reversed message below!