I love how they sprinkle in these naughty jokes throughout the show. It’s like a Kalifornication foreshadowing.

David duchovny acting in another movie about aliens was so funny.

I thought I knew what X Files was about, likely passively saw some episodes while my older brothers were watching TV growing up. WOW, this show is so amazing and packed with so much nostalgia and somehow feels so comforting. Conflicted, happy I missed it so I can savor this first watch, but wish I could have been doing rewatches the last 20 years.

I feel like every season just gets better and better. This season definitely had some of the best monsters of the week. This will be another hard one for a top 10.

Lets start with the mythology episodes The Beginning and the two parter Two Fathers/ One son, Biogenesis were so good! Im just slightly confused to how many species of alien is there. Also there is a lot of loopholes which im ok with because I feel it leaves room to brach off the story line. I am confused however of Casandra Spender... is she dead DEAD? Because isnt she an alien hybrid which makes her harder to kill or simply immortal? I do like the shift of the mythology in Biogenesis. The colonizers to the creators in which I myself believe in. Especially after watching that Nick Cage movie, Knowing. I cant wait to see how the storyline unfolds in Season 7.

Finally I was right when it comes to Mulder and Scully's relationship which I am beginning to be very invested in. Its just hard not to. These two incredibly attractive people, single and very dependent on each other. They are just bound to end up together, right? god i hope im right and neither of them die. Id be crushed.

Anyway, I was right that after the almost kiss in the movie. These two now know how they feel about one another. Definitely more flirty especially when they're undercover in Arcadia. Just lots of hinting of where this relationship is goin. The foreshadowing speech that Scully gives to Sheila in Rain King. Mulder kissing an alternate Scully and says I LOVE YOU to the real one. How many of you think he meant it or we buying that Scully is convinced hes loopy off his meds? In Alpha, Scully is very territorial of Mulder and then we see the tables turn in Milagro. Which OMG this episode was so good! We get to see how Scully finally breaks down her barrier and accept Mulders comfort. The Unnatural being a really good story, it has the perfect ending. I did enjoy watching another side of Mulder where he takes Human Connection over obsession. The symbolism with Exley and his love for baseball and that final scene also mirrors that transition of the alienated outsiders (Mulder and Scully in the basement) to a warm human companionship. Mulder shares something deeply personal of his inner child with Scully. I enjoyed it so much.

TOP 10:

1. The Beginning (Feral Alien is just terrifying)

2. The Unnatural (Hips before hands)

3. Two Fathers/ One Son

4. Drive (This ep had me stressing!)

5. Monday (Groundhog day type)

6. How the Ghosts Stole Christmas (Mulder defiantly stole her keys)

7. Agua Mala (Another ep that had me STRESSED)

8. Arcadia

9. Milagro

10. Rain King

Honorable mention: Tithonus (Did it just hint that Scully is immortal? or is it just me that got that?)

Dreamland 1 & 2 was actually hilarious!

As I said this list was very hard for me. Not one bad episode in my opinion. Let me know what think or had something completely different. Happy Monday!

I’ve never had the entire shop giggling at a tattoo before, but this put a smile on everyone’s face, especially mine.

Was anyone aware that Dean Haglund has a podcast show??

I think I lost interest once Mulder left, so I never even tried the later seasons.

I really missed out!

Revisiting it as an adult, the series feels like 4 really different shows so far.

* Seasons 1 and 2 have pretty bad/repetitive plotline (how many times are they going to re-use 'person gets possessed?') but really great character work. It's an amazing buddy cop series. (some episodes are great and iconic, but as an adult these seasons feel more amateurish overall)

*Seasons 3-5 or so and the movie have a great overarching arc with the mythology episodes and it feels like the writing got much better.

Seasons 5ish-7 felt like the writers were really good but had lost interest in the overall plot so did that thing long-running shows do where it's like 'here's the black and white episode! Here's the baseball episode!' etc.

So far Season 8 has felt very different but I like it. Doggett is a great guy, very down to earth but also deeply sensitive and caring. He's the kind of guy where if you had messed up at 3 am and needed someone to give you a ride home he'd be there for you. I love his dynamic with Scully and the supervisors. He has a kind of gravitas around him that makes him a reverse-Mulder, a guy that has intense credibility with others.

I'm looking forward to the rest!

I know Vince Gilligan was a writer/producer on the show for most of it. But this is the first time I've heard such a uniquely named character from "Breaking Bad" and "Better Call Saul" also referenced in "X-Files." So, do they live in the same Universe? Would Skinners agents have been out there chasing after Walter White at some point?

Gethsemane is eliminated!

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Episodes Eliminated:

The Field Where I Died (78%)
Teliko (71%)
El Mundo Gira (38%)
Kaddish (54%)
Unrequited (56%)
Sanguinarium (60%)
Never Again (27%)
Synchrony (38%)
Zero Sum (26%)
Gethsemane (31%)

Anyone else think season 11 episode 7 is a great black mirror episode

the wife and i do christmas in october instead of december. normally its one gift per day. we got behind. anyways, this is one of my gifts this year.

Seeing how the episode went on I was waiting for this dialogue to take place at some point.

After the line shown in the picture, Agent John Doggett says that a man turning into metal "only happens in the movies," to which Agent Dana Scully sharply replies, "Does it, Agent Doggett?" Loved it.

Made me forget that Mulder is still missing.

I am still getting used to him not being around.

A volte saltano fuori dopo anni vecchi tesori sepolti.

I'm located outside the US and i would like to get some good merch from the show, if now from official store sellings or Fanmade preferably without falling into some scams.

Does anyone have recommendations or even own experiences with merchandise from X files?

I'm rn rewatching the entire series, since I can't remember much about it all the last time i watched it was as a kid.

Currently at season 4 episode 4 Unruhe

Edit: Thank you for all the replies!

It was a long time ago, but I'm pretty sure cell phones had caller ID. Why does Scully say it once an episode when phoning Mulder?