The authors could always return to this plot well when they ran out of ideas, as it was the series' centrepiece. However, Disney's X-Files revival should avoid replicating the “mytharc” and alien invaders.
The new programme should have a different (and presumably more intriguing) plot.An attempted extraterrestrial invasion was never The X-Files' strongest storyline. Mulder and Scully solving supernatural puzzles was the show's highlight.
The reboot need not adapt the alien invasion storyline. Instead of that, the show could focus on two new FBI unexplained phenomenon agents. The X-Files relaunch doesn't need a new mytharc because it doesn't need a fundamental storyline.
The serialised elements and multi-episode plot arcs ruined the great premise. Disney's reboot doesn't need a mytharc like the original. Although episodic television is outdated, it still works.
It resembled other paranoid extraterrestrial invasion myths. The reboot's mytharc can be anything thanks to The X-Files' vast world of anomalies and secrets. An alien-filled original programming doesn't mean it must.
Instead of extraterrestrial invaders, Coogler and his writers can select any sci-fi or horror monster for the reboot's major adversaries. Ghosts could replace aliens as the major villain in the relaunch.
Season 5, episode 11 (“Kill Switch”) had A.I. as the villain.While “I want to believe” was entertaining in the 1990s, The X-Files’ fundamental subject of government conspiracies is now linked to politics and far-right society.
Just mentioning a conspiracy theory causes controversy. After the epidemic and two tumultuous presidential elections, conspiracy theories seem too near. The X-Files relaunch can avoid that conversation by choosing a more fanciful and sci-fi core danger.