“Add your darkest nightmare, and multiply them by *X!*”

This terrific 1998 trailer for (the equally terrific) “The X Files: Fight the Future” is actually bittersweet for me.

It reminds me of how great the show was in its heydey — during its middle seasons when storylines were mostly coherent and rarely redundant.

This was before the show “jumped the shark” in its broadly criticized last seasons.  Most fans point to the penultimate Season 8, and David Duchovny’s departure, as the point where the show’s quality deteriorated.  I’d point to the final Season 9 and its lamentably poor writing as the point where it really suffered.

Let’s hope the revival (Season 10? the miniseries?) brings back the magic of Seasons 2 through 7.