'The X-Files' 2016: Chris Carter Explains Why Episodes Are Airing Out Of Order, Did It Affect The Plot? [VIDEO]
The X-Files' episode order is getting a bit of a shakeup.
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Avid fans quickly noticed something was amiss when "Founders Mutation" aired in place of "Home Again," and as it turns out, all but one of the monster-of-the-week episodes were shuffled around. Rearranging storylines from the order in which they were shot is a bad habit of Fox's (think Firefly and Almost Human), but in the case of The X-Files, the scheduling worked out.
"Because we have a story arc that runs through the middle of the series...we were concerned that, coming right off a mythology episode [and] going right into a standalone episode, people would say, 'What's happened?'" series creator Chris Carter told TV Insider. "So, it actually worked out. It served Episode 2 better to replace it with 5. It created a better continuity."
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Other than having to cut a few lines out of the finale, the episodes emerged from the changes unscathed.
The new episode order is as follows:
Episode 5 ("Founders Mutation") aired as episode 2
Episode 3 ("Mulder and Scully Meet the Were-Monster) stayed as episode 3
Episode 2 ("Home Again") will air as episode 4
Episode 4 ("Babylon") will air as episode 5
Catch The X-Files season 10 Mondays at 8 p.m. ET on Fox. Click the video below to see a preview for "Home Again."
