re: The New X Files...

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or was Mulder just fed another like like he often was before?

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This.

It's their way of restoring disorder to the series. They tried to wrap up things in the 9th season and in the films (and did a poor job of it). This is Carter's way of saying, "You can go back to questioning reality. Our "answers" aren't set in stone. Mulder still has truth to find."