I'm really confused why nearly every review of this episode is 10/10 apart from a few which are 1/10. A lot of people apparently don't understand how scales work.
Is this the best episode ever? No. Not by a long way. Is it the worst episode ever? No. It's very enjoyable.
But it's enjoyable for what it is: a bit of light relief and conspiracy theory silliness. We get to laugh at Mulder and Scully a bit, and play with the idea of the Mandela effect. Overall it takes it a bit too far in terms of how unbelievable and ridiculous it is, but I can accept that as it is a wacky episode. It's meant to be over the top.
Is this the best episode ever? No. Not by a long way. Is it the worst episode ever? No. It's very enjoyable.
But it's enjoyable for what it is: a bit of light relief and conspiracy theory silliness. We get to laugh at Mulder and Scully a bit, and play with the idea of the Mandela effect. Overall it takes it a bit too far in terms of how unbelievable and ridiculous it is, but I can accept that as it is a wacky episode. It's meant to be over the top.