The way the mytharc is built, there are no truths, no answers. Everything is ventured in a matter of time, and nothing of certainty is ever gained.

Was the mytharc planned or did it just evolve haphazardly? It's not internally consistent, but I had always thought that was a problem with the writing rather than a philosophical position... Seriously, Mulder and Scully as characters represent the antithesis of nihilism to me. Just because the truth hasn't yet been revealed doesn't mean it doesn't exist, not for Mulder. Just because we haven't brought the Consortium to justice doesn't render that goal as meaningless, not to Scully. The over-riding importance of their characters to the series trumps the incoherent narrative.

"Our nada who art in nada, nada be thy name thy kingdom nada thy will be nada in nada as it is in nada. Give us this nada our daily nada and nada us our nada as we nada our nadas and nada us not into nada but deliver us from nada; pues nada. Hail nothing full of nothing, nothing is with thee."

I don't think we're quite there yet, not even in this story. And I don't think that was the direction the show was headed, as much as it could be said it was headed anywhere when it was canceled.

Except love. Which makes all the difference.

Yes.