The Metaphysics And Epistemology Of The X-Files

No big thought here. Just: its two most well known thoughts sit uneasily together. The metaphysical thought is The truth is out there. Well, there are really two related interpretations of that; (a) the truth is in outer space; (b) the truth is non-mind-dependent. I guess that ambiguity is intentional. (b) is a metaphysical thought--a realist one, obviously. The epistemological claim is: I want to believe. That kind of epistemic thought tends to be frowned upon, because commonsense realism typically recognizes that such "motivated" (or, more properly: illicitly motivated) belief is likely to be unjustified. It's fine to want to know the truth; it's not fine to root for the truth or falsehood of a particular proposition or theory. So: no outright inconsistency; just a sort of wee tension. 

That's all I got.