My 25 Favorite Episodes of The X-Files
This was a lot harder than I thought it would be. It started out as a Top Ten list, then I had to go to 25, and I still had to leave out plenty of favorites. What an amazing show.
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- DirectorDavid NutterStarsDavid DuchovnyGillian AndersonPeter BoyleA grumpy old man with psychic powers that show him how someone will die assists the agents with the hunt for a crazed killer who targets psychics. He also cryptically reveals to Mulder and Scully their own ultimate fates.
- 1993–201844mTV-148.0 (9.2K)TV EpisodeDirectorDarin MorganStarsDavid DuchovnyGillian AndersonRhys DarbyMulder questions his faith in the unexplained. He attempts to gather proof of the existence of the new creature he and Scully investigate before jumping to conclusions.
- DirectorKim MannersStarsDavid DuchovnyGillian AndersonJim RoseThe agents search for a killer in a Florida town inhabited by sideshow performers.
- DirectorKim MannersStarsDavid DuchovnyGillian AndersonBobbie PhillipsWhile looking for signs of alien ships in the sky above a small town, Mulder learns of a series of deaths supposedly caused by metallic cockroaches. He turns to sexy entomologist Bambi for help, which makes Scully angrily rush to his aid.
- DirectorKim MannersStarsDavid DuchovnyGillian AndersonChris EllisMulder suspects that a beast similar to the Loch Ness Monster is responsible for the deaths of several people who reside near a large lake. Frustrated Scully insightfully confronts Mulder about the futility of their work on X-Files.
- DirectorCliff BoleStarsDavid DuchovnyGillian AndersonMitch PileggiScully and Mulder each recount their version of events that led Mulder to drive a stake through the heart of a Texas teenager he claims was a vampire.
- DirectorRob BowmanStarsDavid DuchovnyGillian AndersonCharles Nelson ReillyScully recounts the investigation of an alleged UFO encounter for the famous quirky author Jose Chung's latest novel. The case gives a whole new meaning to the term Rashomon effect. Chung later returns in Jose Chung's 'Doomsday Defense' (1997).
- DirectorKim MannersStarsDavid DuchovnyGillian AndersonRichard BelzerIn May 1989, the Lone Gunmen meet for the first time when they assist a woman who claims the government plans to use civilians in a secret experiment.
- DirectorBryan SpicerStarsDavid DuchovnyGillian AndersonSigny ColemanWhile infiltrating a defense contractor conference in Las Vegas, The Lone Gunmen are reunited with Susanne Modeski, the mysterious woman who disappeared 10 years earlier after the trio first came together to help her.
- DirectorCliff BoleStarsGillian AndersonRobert PatrickAnnabeth GishThe Lone Gunmen, with the (unwanted) aide of Morris Fletcher, must stop a destructive virus from entering the populace.
- DirectorKim MannersStarsDavid DuchovnyGillian AndersonMitch PileggiA woman desperately attempts to change the outcome of the events of a day she is forced to relive again and again in which her boyfriend explodes a bomb during a failed bank robbery killing everyone inside, including Mulder and Scully.
- DirectorVince GilliganStarsDavid DuchovnyGillian AndersonMitch PileggiTwo brothers have a less than helpful genie who grants their wishes with disastrous consequences. Mulder comes into possession of the same genie, and his wishes garner similar results.
- DirectorKim MannersStarsDavid DuchovnyGillian AndersonChad DonellaRob Roberts has an addiction to human brains. As he tries to control this overpowering hunger and turn his life around, Mulder and Scully try to find out who the brain-eating monster is.
- DirectorChris CarterStarsDavid DuchovnyGillian AndersonLily TomlinOn Christmas Eve, Mulder and Scully find themselves trapped in a haunted house with two ghosts who are determined to prove just how lonely the holiday can be.
- DirectorDavid DuchovnyStarsDavid DuchovnyGillian AndersonMitch PileggiA screenwriter tags along with Mulder and Scully as they investigate a church bombing. The case becomes the plot of a Hollywood movie, but the agents find their case, and themselves, distorted on the big screen.
- DirectorFred GerberStarsDavid DuchovnyGillian AndersonHarriet Sansom HarrisMulder and Scully search for two missing girls who disappeared after their fathers were murdered in an identical fashion.
- DirectorRob BowmanStarsDavid DuchovnyGillian AndersonDana Wheeler-NicholsonA rare alignment of the planets gives two homicidal teenage girls dangerous telekinetic powers while simultaneously driving their small town insane with satanic panic. Mulder's interest in the local female detective makes Scully jealous.
- DirectorThomas J. WrightStarsDavid DuchovnyGillian AndersonWillie GarsonA man is tossed off the top of a 29 story building by gangsters. Amazingly, he gets up and walks away unscathed. Mulder and Scully investigate when Mulder suspects this man may have paranormal abilities. The man in question may just be the luckiest man on Earth.
- DirectorKim MannersStarsDavid DuchovnyGillian AndersonMitch PileggiThe skeletal remains of a young couple are found after they have been missing for only three days in an area known for UFO activity. Mulder and Scully have different experiences in the investigation but nothing is quite as it seems.
- DirectorThomas J. WrightStarsDavid DuchovnyGillian AndersonRicky JayMulder and Scully investigate the apparent murder of a magician who was decapitated just minutes after he was able to perform the trick of turning his head around 360 degrees. The agents are perplexed when Scully discovers during the autopsy that the deceased died well before he performed his final trick.
- DirectorKim MannersStarsDavid DuchovnyGillian AndersonDan ButlerThe agents investigate a murder in a small town populated by devil worshippers.
- DirectorCliff BoleStarsDavid DuchovnyGillian AndersonMitch PileggiFive unrelated women in a small town give birth to babies with small tails. The prime suspect is a man who can shape shift into whomever he wants.
- DirectorRob BowmanStarsDavid DuchovnyGillian AndersonChris OwensA pregnant woman's baby is snatched away from her belly by a devil. Agent Spender believes the case is a joke, but Mulder decides to look into it on his own anyway. His investigation focuses on the woman's husband.
- DirectorKim MannersStarsDavid DuchovnyGillian AndersonMitch PileggiParanoid telemarketer takes his coworkers and Mulder hostage claiming that their boss is a disguised insectoid monster that's literally turning the workers one by one into his zombie drones.
- DirectorVince GilliganStarsGillian AndersonRobert PatrickAnnabeth GishReyes and Doggett investigate two murders revolving around a house that is, at some points in time, identical to the Brady Bunch house.