xhonzi said:

Crap, I haven't watched 7 yet. 6 was my last season, before I had too much other real life stuff to do. I really liked 6, mostly the clever/funny episodes. Are those long gone in 7, then?

And Duchovny does come back, right?

Duchovny comes back for guest appearances throughout 8, I think, and he does come back for the finale in 9.

Oh, seven has its fair share of "funny" episodes, which it what spurred my "parody of itself" comment. Lots of over the top camp.

TV's Frink said:

I like the monster-of-the-week episodes much better than the mythology episodes. Actually, I liked the mythology at the beginning, but it eventually collapsed under its own weight.

Feel the exact same way. I used to enjoy the mythology more, but it got too convoluted and ridiculous. The monster-of-the-week stuff are the ones I really enjoy. So much so that every time I come to a two parter episode I think, "Crap! Another mythology episode."