Fans of the supernatural, rejoice! 2016 marks the return of two beloved cult classic series, Twin Peaks on Showtime and The X-Files, returning to FOX on January 24, for a 6 episode event.

Once the original show ended its run in 2002, David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson reprised their roles as FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully for the 2008 film The X-Files: I Want to Believe. After the film’s release, David told The Hollywood Reporter, “it didn’t seem that Fox was interested in doing another movie. I had figured, unless they turned around on that — which I really think they should have — that we were pretty much dead. And that was OK, because life goes on.”

Life definitely went on for the show’s stars. David, 55, went on to the Showtime series Californication and NBC’s Aquarius, which has been picked up for a second season. Gillian, radiant at 47, went on to play a psychiatrist on NBC’s Hannibal and got accolades for her portrayal of Blanche Du Bois in A Streetcar Named Desire on stage in London.

Sadly, the relationship between Fox and Dana is over, as discussed in an extended trailer for the series. In the video, writer-director-executive producer Glen Morgan says that the series will be a combination of stand-alone episodes and mythology-builders. “We knew the first and the sixth were mythology episodes and then the ones in the middle would be stand-alones that was really whatever Jim [Wong] and Darin [Morgan] and I came up with.” David added, “We want to satisfy the mythology of it, and then there’s going to be stand-alones and of those stand-alones there’s going to be one that’s funnier than the others.”

Even though Dana and Fox’s relationship didn’t last, the actors have been getting along famously while filming the new series – unlike the tense working relationship they had back in the 90s. According to David, “We’re good now. We have a shorthand and I really enjoy working with her a lot. That was probably the easiest part of transitioning back into the show was our work together.” Gillian concurred, in a recent interview with New York Magazine, saying, “We’re probably closer today than we’ve ever been. It’s just the two of us that have had this particular unique experience. I don’t think that was necessarily important enough an element to draw us together [but] I think we’re old enough to realize that there’s value in our staying onside and supporting each other.”

That being said, David assures fans that the demise of the on-screen relationship is going to get in the way of the supernatural mystery. “We’re not bickering while we’re running with our guns out,” he says. “The relationship was never played [before this]. It was never … the predominant aspect of the show as written. It was something that was unspoken. I think it remains that way. I personally don’t want to [sic] Mulder and Scully sitting in couples’ therapy; that’s not what the show is. You can find that on other shows.”

The new series also stars Joel McHale (RIP, The Soup), Silicon Valley‘s Kumail Nanjiani, Flight of the Conchords‘ Rhys Darby and William B. Davis, better known as “Smoking Man.” In casting news that is probably only exciting for me, D.J. Pierce, a/k/a/ Shangela from RuPaul’s Drag Race will make an appearance in an episode. Halleloo, indeed.

The X-Files returns with a 2-night event, with part one airing on January 24 and the second half airing the next night. Do you still believe?

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