The X-Files was awesome. I really enjoyed the show. It actually reached an unhealthy level of obsession somewhere around 1998. I would set my VCR to record it every week; one week it appeared as though my roommate had taped over it with Yellow Submarine, the Beattles movie. I may have freaked the fuck out. Turns out, it only taped over the very beginning and the rest of the episode was available, so nobody had to die.
I loved The X-Files a great deal, and this led to a lot of assumptions about me that were not true. I liked the show because of the characters. I loved watching Mulder and Scully. I did not care about the aliens or the creatures. The government conspiracy was only mildly interesting, really. If it weren't for Mulder and Scully, there would have been no show. This was proven in season 9, when Mulder went away and everyone stopped watching.
I held on for Scully, but it still wasn't the same. Chris Carter, the creator, tried to prove that The X-Files could continue based on the strength of the files themselves. He figured people were interested in the supernatural and unexplained enough to push forward without the main characters. He was wrong. Mulder and Scully were the only reason to watch the show.
Agent Doggett wasn't terrible. Nor was Anabeth Gish, even though I don't remember her character's name. But the files themselves weren't interesting enough to make up for the loss of the great characters. To prove my point, here are a few clips of great scenes from the show. They're great because they're about the characters, not about the aliens.
I wanted to include the last scene of the episode "Post Modern Prometheus," but it was unavailable. This (I assume) fan made video of the episode was though, and it actually gives a pretty good feel for what the show was about. So, against my better judgement about fan-art:
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