Having just re-watched or even watched the entire X-Files series for the first time – as well as both movies, I thought it would be a perfect time to pick thirty of my favorite episodes. And I’m going to include movies as well.
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The first time I saw The X-Files I was just a kid and I only watched on a periodic basis. So it’s fitting all these years later that I finally decided to watch it during the 20th Anniversary. Personally, I find the show to be even better than I remember and I loved just about every minute of it. It was hard to narrow down as I actually enjoy most of the episodes (yes even seasons 8 and 9), but this is what it came down to. At least today…
Anyway, I’m just going to jump right into it. Here it is… 30 awesome X-Files episodes (listed in the order they aired – all photo credit goes to FOX.
30 Awesome Episodes of The X-Files
#1 Pilot Episode
Scully and Mulder become partners and the magic begins!
#2 Beyond the Sea
Season 1. Scully says a powerful goodbye to her father.
#3 The Erlenmeyer Flask
Season 1. A good old conspiracy episode. Deep Throat tells Scully to trust no one.
#4 One Breath
Season 2. Scully returns after her abduction in an emotional, character-driven episode.
#5 Paper Clip
Season 3. Scully “sees” aliens.
#6 Clyde Bruckman’s Final Repose
Season 3. A masterfully written and acted episode. Here, Scully saves Mulder from the killer.
#7 Pusher
Season 3. Pure psychological suspense. Will Mulder kill Scully or himself?
#8 Jose Chung’s ‘From Outer Space’
Season 3. I’ll never get over the hilarity of Mulder’s scream.
#9 Avatar
Season 3. I was drawn into the story of the romantic succubus. Plus, it was nice to see a character episode about Skinner.
#10 Herrenvolk
Season 4. Hintings of the Cigarette Smoking Man’s feelings for Mulder’s mother as he “suspiciously” has her healed for the cause.
#11 Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man
Season 4. Even bad guys have dreams.
#12 Memento Mori
Season 4. Scully chooses to fight her cancer while Mulder gives her some comfort.
#13 Small Potatoes
Season 4. One of the funniest episodes of the entire series. Here, Mulder walks in on the guy impersonating him right before he kisses Scully.
#14 Redux/Redux II
Season 5. Mulder gets emotional over the possibility of losing Scully forever.
#15 Unusual Suspects
Season 5. The backstory for the Lone Gunmen.
#16 The Post-Modern Prometheus
Season 5. Scully and Mulder dance together in one of my favorite scenes to Cher’s “Walking in Memphis.”
#17 Bad Blood
Season 5. Pure comedic fun when Mulder and Scully tell different versions of the same event involving vampires. Luke Wilson guest stars.
#18 X-Files: Fight the Future
The movie. Mulder carries Scully in a romantic rescue.
#19 Triangle
Season 6. Nazi’s, a kiss, and Mulder tells Scully he loves her.
#20 Dreamland/Dreamland II
Season 6. Michael Mckean guest stars as he and Mulder switch places. I still love the line from Scully: “I’d kiss you if you weren’t so damn ugly.”
#21 How the Ghosts Stole Christmas
Season 6. Two ghosts (Lily Tomlin and Ed Asner) in Beetlejuice style try to trick Mulder and Scully into killing each other.
#22 Two Fathers/One Son
Season 6. Poor Jeffrey Spender…
#23 Arcadia
Season 6. Scully and Mulder pose undercover as a married couple. “And I didn’t even get to carry you over the threshold.”
#24 Milagro
Season 6. Scully is already in “love.”
#25 The Unnatural
Season 6. Written and Directed by David Duchovny, this episode captures period and nostalgia with an emotional punch. Plus, there’s also romantic baseball.
#26 Closure
Season 7. Mulder gets to say goodbye to his sister, Samantha in the moving ending to her story.
#27 Hollywood AD
Season 7. Who can forget the three-way bath scene between Mulder, Scully, and Skinner?
#28 Requiem
The season 7 finale goes back full circle to the pilot when they return to the place it all began. Also, Scully and Mulder get to cuddle.
#29 Deadalive
Season 8. Mulder finally returns after Scully pulls out all the stops to save him.
#30 The Truth Part 1&2
Season 9. Scully and Mulder hold onto hope and each other in the end.
What were your favorite episodes of The X-Files? Sound off below…
Featured image at the top: Scully (Gillian Anderson) and Mulder (David Duchovny) play baseball in “The Unnatural.” Photo: FOX
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