DuracellEnergizer said:

DrCrowTStarwars said:

Still it does say something about how good The X files was i think that these problems that would kill most shows for me didn't kill The X Files. I still love the show and just wish certain things had been done a little better but over all it is still one my favorite shows.

I think the strength of the series lies in the characters. As lame as some of the stories of the later seasons often became, Mulder, Scully, Skinner, Krycek, Gigarette Smoking Man, X, the Lone Gunmen, etc. were all perfectly developed and executed that it was a joy just to watch the episodes for them alone.

Yeah good characters are really important to a TV show. Given the nature of TV productions you are going to have a certain number of below average episodes every season,it's just too hard in most cases to produce 24-28 episodes of well written ground breaking Tv in one year,some of the scripts will be rushed and be badly written,but good characters the viewers like seeing and want to know more about can get your show over these humps.

A lot of shows today don't seem to understand this but it is important to to have likable,interesting,complex,and well thought out characters played by good actors in a Tv show. After all without that what are people tuning in for each week?