The Best of the X-Files

The Best of THE X-FILES (FOX)

Creator: Chris Carter

Seasons: 11 Episodes: 217 Years: 1993-2018

Premise: A believer and skeptic investigate the supernatural.

My 20 Standout Episodes

1. Pilot S01E01 | #01

Scully joins the X-Files to debunk Mulder’s theories

2. Humbug S02E20 | #44

Residents of a circus freak show are all suspects in freak murder

3. Clyde Bruckman’s Final Repose S03E04 | #53

Bruckman is able to foresee a person’s final moments, including Mulder’s

4. Jose Chung’s From Outer Space S03E20 | #69

Scully gives her testimony to an author who is writing about alien abduction

5. Home S04E02 | #75

A tiny community is rattled by three inbred brothers

6. Small Potatoes S04E20 | #93

A lowly janitor is able to morph himself into other people including Mulder

7. Unusual Suspects S05E03 | #100

The origin of the Lone Gunmen is told in flashback to 1989

8. Bad Blood S05E12 | #109

Mulder & Scully have varying accounts of a vampire attack in a small town

9. Triangle S06E03 | #120

In the Bermuda triangle, Mulder ends up on Nazi controlled boat in the past

10. Dreamland, Parts I & II S06E04-05 | #121 & #122

Mulder and Morris Fletcher switch bodies after visiting Area 51

11. The Ghosts Who Stole Christmas S06E06 | #123

Ghosts in a haunted house try to get Mulder & Scully to kill each other

12. Monday S06E14 | #131

Mulder is caught in a continuous loop that features a deadly bank robbery

13. Arcadia S06E15 | #132

Mulder & Scully go undercover in a gated suburb community

14. The Amazing Maleeni S07E08 | #147

A magician’s head falling off is just the beginning

15. X-Cops S07E12 | #151

Mulder & Scully find themselves chasing a werewolf on Cops.

16. First Person Shooter S07E13 | #152

Scully comes to Mulder’s rescue when he is caught in a deadly video game

17. Hollywood A.D. S07E19 | #158

The movie based on Mulder and Scully’s life does not go as planned

18. Je Souhaite S07E21 | #160

A genie grants dumb wishes to some trailer trash

19. Redrum S08E06 | #167

Doggett’s friend finds himself going back day by day

20. The Truth, Parts I & II S09E19-20 | #201 & #202

The truth behind the alien conspiracy and the super soldiers are finally revealed when Mulder is put on trial

My Top Five

1. Hollywood A.D.

2. Triangle

3. Bad Blood

4. Arcadia

5. Humbug