‘The X-Files’ Season 11: Robert Patrick Open to Returning as Doggett
When The X-Files returned for its six-episode Season 10 in 2016, one key agent was MIA: Robert Patrick’s Agent John Doggett.
Patrick, who joined the Fox drama for the final two seasons of its original run, is currently a series regular on CBS’s Scorpion, but the actor admits he would be game to pop back up on his former show.
“I haven’t heard from [The X-Files creator] Chris [Carter], but I am totally willing to go back if I think it’s the right thing to do and if they want me to do it,” he says. “But at this point, no one has asked me anything; I would certainly be interested. But I’m always the last to know with this kind of stuff.”
“I think the world of Chris, and I certainly loved the experience on The X-Files,” he continued. “I see no reason to not go back and do it.”
In the original series finale, Doggett and his partner Reyes (Annabeth Gish) helped Mulder (David Duchovny) and Scully (Gillian Anderson) go into hiding, in the aftermath of Mulder receiving a death sentence for his “crimes.” However, in the revival, Reyes was seemingly aligned with series Big Bad Cigarette-Smoking Man (William B. Davis), and Doggett was nowhere to be found.
As of now, only Duchovny, Anderson, and Mitch Pileggi (A.D. Skinner) are confirmed to appear in the ten-episode Season 11.
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I dont get this actor as a few years ago we totally uninterested in being a part of season 10 X Files and now all of a sudden he would be very interested reprising his Doggett character in season 11? Bloody hypocrite. Give him a cameo and kill him off.
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To be fair fans didn\'t really give him a warm welcome when he started on the show, even though he he did the best possible job with the character under the circumstances, probably because they missed Mulder and that was going to hurt the show no matter how good his replacement was so I could understand if he felt unwanted and din\'t want to come back, but I\'ve seen a lot of people saying they\'d love to see is character again, myself included, so maybe he saw this and had a change of heart. I\'d love to at least find out what became of his character, and I\'d much rather see him become a bigger part of the show again than Einstein and Miller.
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I was one of the weirdos who liked Doggett and Reyes. I\'d be happy if he returned to the show.
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Same here, some of the best acting Robert Patrick has ever done IMO, right up there with T2.
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Dogget was great for the show; and Annabeth Gish; mercy!!
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Yeah I though Doggett and Reyes came with some fresh blood into the series again. The Alien plot of the previous seasons dragged out a bit in my opinion I where glad that they went back to creature of the week formula with Doggett and Reyes. I liked Robert Patrick and I for one would love for him to play as Doggett again (hopefully on the right side:P).
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