TV: The X Files

[LoathedVermin72]

Season 7 is where it really goes off the rails for me. I'd say everything before that is pretty much "golden era."

[Simple Torture]

Here's the list I put together back in October; I shrunk the first 4 seasons down to 12-13 episodes each. I may have cut out some good episodes, but I definitely also cut out the stinkers ("3," "Space," etc.):

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Season 1 - 12 Episodes
Pilot
Deep Throat
Squeeze
Ice
Fallen Angel
Eve
Fire
Beyond the Sea
EBE
Darkness Falls
Tooms
The Erlenmeyer Flask

Season 2 - 13 Episodes
Little Green Men
The Host
Sleepless
Duane Barry
Ascension
One Breath
Die Hand Die Verletzt
Colony
End Game
Humbug
F. Emasculata
Soft Light
Anasazi

Season 3 - 13 episodes
The Blessing Way
Paper Clip
Clyde Bruckman
Oubliette
Nisei
731
Piper Maru
Apocrypha
Pusher
Jose Chung's From Outer Space
Quagmire
Wetwired
Talitha Cumi

Season 4 - 12 episodes
Herrenvolk
Home
Tunguska
Terma
Paper Hearts
Never Again
Leonard Betts
Momento Mori
Tempus Fugit
Max
Zero Sum
Gethsemane

[LoathedVermin72]

Oh man, is "3" the vampire episode? Yeah, that one's bad.

[Simple Torture]

Oh man, is "3" the vampire episode? Yeah, that one's bad.

"AIDS?"

[Norah]

Oh man, is "3" the vampire episode? Yeah, that one's bad.

so fucking awful

[dimejinky99]

That second episode was awesome.

Shame this is only a 6 episode run

[darth_vedder]

Here's the list I put together back in October; I shrunk the first 4 seasons down to 12-13 episodes each. I may have cut out some good episodes, but I definitely also cut out the stinkers ("3," "Space," etc.):

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Season 1 - 12 Episodes
Pilot
Deep Throat
Squeeze
Ice
Fallen Angel
Eve
Fire
Beyond the Sea
EBE
Darkness Falls
Tooms
The Erlenmeyer Flask

Season 2 - 13 Episodes
Little Green Men
The Host
Sleepless
Duane Barry
Ascension
One Breath
Die Hand Die Verletzt
Colony
End Game
Humbug
F. Emasculata
Soft Light
Anasazi

Season 3 - 13 episodes
The Blessing Way
Paper Clip
Clyde Bruckman
Oubliette
Nisei
731
Piper Maru
Apocrypha
Pusher
Jose Chung's From Outer Space
Quagmire
Wetwired
Talitha Cumi

Season 4 - 12 episodes
Herrenvolk
Home
Tunguska
Terma
Paper Hearts
Never Again
Leonard Betts
Momento Mori
Tempus Fugit
Max
Zero Sum
Gethsemane

Nice list and thanks for putting it together! I may run this by the Mrs. to see if this approach will help get her back into the X-files. A few years ago she was up for watching the series (especially during the fall / winter), but we were watching every episode. I think a truncated approach may help us pick back up. We lost steam mainly by watching other shows, and left off somewhere in Season 2 (I've seen most episodes of the series, wife hasn't). The amount of episodes was also a little overwhelming for her. Most HBO/Showtime/Netflix Originals series are like 12 episodes, while the network shows are 20 something episodes.

[darth_vedder]

Oh, and my favorite "monster of the week" episode is 'The Host'; that one gives me the Heebie-jeebies.

[E.H. Ruddock]

Oh, and my favorite "monster of the week" episode is 'The Host'; that one gives me the Heebie-jeebies.

Is that the one with the sewer monster. That one is great.

[darth_vedder]

Oh, and my favorite "monster of the week" episode is 'The Host'; that one gives me the Heebie-jeebies.

Is that the one with the sewer monster. That one is great.

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[Simple Torture]

Oh, and my favorite "monster of the week" episode is 'The Host'; that one gives me the Heebie-jeebies.

Is that the one with the sewer monster. That one is great.

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Darin Morgan--X-Files writer of episodes like "Humbug," "Clyde Bruckman," and next week's new episode--was inside the monster suit for that episode.

[E.H. Ruddock]

Oh, and my favorite "monster of the week" episode is 'The Host'; that one gives me the Heebie-jeebies.

Is that the one with the sewer monster. That one is great.

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Darin Morgan--X-Files writer of episodes like "Humbug," "Clyde Bruckman," and next week's new episode--was inside the monster suit for that episode.

That is one of my all time favorites. Definitely a creeper.

[Norah]

yeah that is a fantastic episode

[verb_to_trust]

Flukeworm!!

[epilogue]

I don't remember The X-Files being particularly cheesy back in the day. Not originally, at least. But my wife keeps saying, "Oh man, it's so cheesy! I fucking love it!" while we're watching these new episodes.

MULDER: Get this, Scully. The lab analysis from the first bit of fiber that was found just came back. It's lace.

SCULLY: Chantilly lace?

MULDER: You know what I like.

And that's from what I consider to be the best episode of the entire series!

Right. And?

It's just a cheesy, groan-y sort of line. It's nearly a dad joke. Maybe your wife was talking about a different type of cheese, but that sort was always my favorite.

Yeah, that kinda stuff made The X-Files (and Mulder specifically) for me. I love that stuff. She's talking about something else.

[darth_vedder]

I don't remember The X-Files being particularly cheesy back in the day. Not originally, at least. But my wife keeps saying, "Oh man, it's so cheesy! I fucking love it!" while we're watching these new episodes.

MULDER: Get this, Scully. The lab analysis from the first bit of fiber that was found just came back. It's lace.

SCULLY: Chantilly lace?

MULDER: You know what I like.

And that's from what I consider to be the best episode of the entire series!

Right. And?

It's just a cheesy, groan-y sort of line. It's nearly a dad joke. Maybe your wife was talking about a different type of cheese, but that sort was always my favorite.

Yeah, that kinda stuff made The X-Files (and Mulder specifically) for me. I love that stuff. She's talking about something else.

Go on...

[darth_vedder]

I haven't watched the new ones yet, plan to this weekend. I did watch "Truth" last night though and meh. That court room stuff was kinda boring.

[LoathedVermin72]

Boy, I sure hated I Want to Believe.

[epilogue]

Boy, I sure hated I Want to Believe.

That makes me sad.

[digster]

That second episode was great. It was scary, gross, funny, heartfelt and had a great mix of interesting science and batshit craziness. I didn't think the first episode was an unmitigated disaster, but this felt much more like they were back on the horse.