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

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

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

LoathedVermin72 wrote:Oh man, is "3" the vampire episode? Yeah, that one's bad.

"AIDS?"

LoathedVermin72 wrote:Oh man, is "3" the vampire episode? Yeah, that one's bad.

so fucking awful

That second episode was awesome.

Shame this is only a 6 episode run

Simple Torture wrote: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.

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

darth_vedder wrote: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.

E.H. Ruddock wrote:

darth_vedder wrote: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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darth_vedder wrote:

E.H. Ruddock wrote:

darth_vedder wrote: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.

Simple Torture wrote:

darth_vedder wrote:

E.H. Ruddock wrote:

darth_vedder wrote: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.

yeah that is a fantastic episode

Flukeworm!!

Simple Torture wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

Simple Torture wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote: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.

durdencommatyler wrote:

Simple Torture wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

Simple Torture wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote: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...

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.

Boy, I sure hated I Want to Believe.

LoathedVermin72 wrote:Boy, I sure hated I Want to Believe.

That makes me sad.

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.