I feel vindicated in not bothering about the X-Files. I liked the original series, but the earlier strange one off episodes. By the time they started seriously getting into the Aliens/Government Conspiracy/Cigarette Smoking Man I tuned out. I watched a bit of the last two seasons just to see how it ended. Some episodes, like the one with the numbers, were great. My reaction to the news about the reboot was "Meh, probably more aliens/government conspiracy. Pass."

Your dream is indeed a powerful metaphor for feeling like some of the things that you value are not what they seem.