Pause for info dump: Season 3 lost two of the main writer-producers, who returned in seasons 4-5, and then were gone again after Duchovny insisted on moving the show to the US. You can tell the distinct tonal shift between the seasons, and also in how Mulder is written. Season five was also intended to be the series finale, but Fox renewed it. That’s a big part of seasons 6-9 being a nothing burger that often contradicts earlier canon.

With all that said, I’ve been watching the later seasons fully leaning into critiquing it like Statler and Waldorf. From that angle, it’s been fun.

As for the reboots, I think a similar thing happened where season 1 was a successfully nostalgic bit of fan service, and then they wound up with more seasons than they knew what to do with. Watch with low expectations when you want something to fill the time, but don’t want to commit full attention.

(Playing tongue-in-cheek devil’s advocate) In order to lose weight, a body needs to be undernourished in relation to the minimum required to maintain that weight. Being undernourished at a non-starvation level produces hunger drive. I doubt any of the humans who decided he needs to lose weight speak fluent cat, so he didn’t have any say or insight into what’s being done to him. As such, from his perspective, he -hasn’t- been fed enough, and doesn’t have a reason for being hungry. So this cat should not be called a liar. He’s out there bravely sharing his truth with the world. He should be applauded and then fed.

I recently watched this video comparing various Midi game soundtracks on different sound cards. Really interesting how different cards interpreted the sounds differently.