Duchovny says some things are best left unexplained. But you know, Chris and the writers are in a catch-22, because people want answers and when you give them answers they go, 'Well that's just not as exciting as not knowing. Diehard fans probably don't want to know that this season marks the end of The X-Files era, and Duchovny admits that the series could go on even if he bows out. People love it. Therefore, if I was indispensable at one point, I'm no longer indispensable.
Nobody is indispensable.
I feel really proprietary of the character, you know, and of the show. And when I said that the show would continue on without me, I do believe that's true. I mean, there's a part of me that would be sitting at home wishing fervently that it would fail. Only a cult hit in its first season, The X-Files is still the only series from Carter to have a long shelf life. Millennium was cancelled after three seasons, and Harsh Realm, starring Steinbach actor Scott Bairstow, barely made it out of the gate this fall before Fox pulled the plug.