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So, is Dana Scully immortal? 

That's a question that has plagued X-Files fans ever since the show wrapped up in 2002. Dana Scully has escaped death more than a few times before, and not just because of "plot armor" or anything. Given that the show danced between science and the supernatural, who's to say that Scully can't be immortal when there are 149-year-old people and aliens running around on The X-Files?

Recently, X-Files creator Chris Carter was asked this question in an interview with Polygon. And in reply, he said, "It's a good question. If Mulder and Scully ever reunite for season 12, I have something to say about that."

I see what you're doing, Chris Carter. Hopefully, the powers that be grant us a twelfth season of The X-Files so that we can see what Carter would have to say about the question of Scully's potential immortality.

At the same time, there's a part of me that appreciates how the first season of the show in particular thrived on a sense of sublime ambiguity and mysteriousness. Do I wanna know whether or not Scully is immortal? Sure, but if she is, I don't necessarily want to know the exact reason why, if that makes sense. Overexplaining things can sometimes take the magic out of a story. 

Anyways, the new director's cut of The X-Files: I Want to Believe – Vrach Frankenshteyn is streaming now on Hulu. 

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