[TV] The X-Files

jcdenton08 · Sep 4, 2024

Now I know we’re all in agreement that “The X-Files” is the best show in the history of television. A couple of trolls will pretend they don’t like it for laughs, but we can disregard those.

What is everyone’s favourite episode and why?

I’m going to go with “Clyde Bruckman’s Final Repose” personally. An extraordinary 45 minutes of television cinema.

sparkie · Sep 5, 2024

"The Field where I died" as I love the concept of souls coming back together.

Han Solo · Sep 5, 2024

I've actually never seen a single full episode of X Files as far as I can remember. Not a fan of science fiction though prefer it to elves and dwarves and that kind of shit.

Is it good as a show? 98% of all shows made pre-Sopranos are entirely unwatchable today.

Albion my Albion · Sep 5, 2024

Braggfan · Sep 5, 2024

When it first started I think "Tooms" was my favourite. But as the series progressed and evolved my favourites became "Dreamland" and "Bad Blood"

Sid and the Sharknados · Sep 5, 2024

Does this count?

Blues Guitarist · Sep 5, 2024

The Post-Modern Prometheus.

GT49er · Sep 5, 2024

Meh. Time to hit the ~~ignore~~ disregard thread button. OP's Request for an echo chamber denied,

Cheeky Monkey · Sep 5, 2024

I imagine it looks pretty dated now doesn't it? I watched a bit of The Empire Strikes Back t'uther day and it looked sadly clunky, naff dialogue, poor acting, effects showing their age, a classic of its time laid bare by the ravages of time.

Maybe they could do an X-Files reboot and give some work to starving actors Olivia Coleman and Benedict Cumberbatch as Molder and Scully.

Lady Whistledown · Sep 5, 2024

I'm not nerdy enough to remember any of the episode titles, but I LOVED that show, back in the day. It was amazing for a few years, although it did decline quite badly in the end. Maybe the Eugene Tooms episode? That was a good one.

I had the biggest crush on David Duchovny in my late teens

Now, not so much.

Harry Wilson's tackle · Sep 5, 2024

Han Solo said:
I've actually never seen a single full episode of X Files as far as I can remember. Not a fan of science fiction though prefer it to elves and dwarves and that kind of shit.

Is it good as a show? 98% of all shows made pre-Sopranos are entirely unwatchable today.

All of the series with Mulder and Scully are brilliant. After that I found it unwatchable. So, yes, fill your boots.

Harry Wilson's tackle · Sep 5, 2024

I'll start watching again from the beginning at some point, but I will definitely skip the episode where the hillbillies mother lives under the floorboards. That episode was too much for me.

Titanic · Sep 5, 2024

Sid and the Sharknados said:
Does this count?

That is the only X-Files episode I have ever watched.

Hotchilidog · Sep 5, 2024

Just started rewatching from S1. The early series were great, one that sticks in my memory I believe was called Tempus Fugit set on a crashing plane. A classic UFO abduction story which I feel are the real heart of the show as that is what drives Mulder in his investigations.

marlowe · Sep 5, 2024

Han Solo said:
I've actually never seen a single full episode of X Files as far as I can remember. Not a fan of science fiction though prefer it to elves and dwarves and that kind of shit.

Being Swedish I imagine you're more into trolls, which some of the less welcolming NSCers might consider rather ironic

Paulie Gualtieri · Sep 5, 2024

jcdenton08 said:
Now I know we’re all in agreement that “The X-Files” is the best show in the history of television. A couple of trolls will pretend they don’t like it for laughs, but we can disregard those.

What is everyone’s favourite episode and why?

I’m going to go with “Clyde Bruckman’s Final Repose” personally. An extraordinary 45 minutes of television cinema.

Remember one with government engineered bees, can’t add anymore other than Scully, yep

Oscar · Sep 5, 2024

I'm almost done with what I thought was an X-Files rewatch, only to discover I really hadn't watched many episodes at all back in the day.

One episode I did remember and still ranks as probably my favourite for all the wrong reasons is 'Home', yes that one. X-Cops is another.

The Season 7 finale would have been the perfect place to leave it for Mulder and Scully, in my opinion. There are still some good episodes in Season 8 and 9 but they really did jump-the-shark in a big way with one particular storyline in 8 and by going too far down the Mulder/Scully romance storyline.

sparkie · Sep 5, 2024

Blues Guitarist said:
The Post-Modern Prometheus.

hans kraay fan club · Sep 5, 2024

Lady Whistledown said:
I'm not nerdy enough to remember any of the episode titles, but I LOVED that show, back in the day. It was amazing for a few years, although it did decline quite badly in the end. Maybe the Eugene Tooms episode? That was a good one.

I had the biggest crush on David Duchovny in my late teens Now, not so much.

This (apart from the Duchovny crush...). Big fan, for a moment in time, but no idea what any specific episodes were called.

Grizz · Sep 5, 2024

The Tooms episode scared the crap out of me when I first saw it, but like others I can't remember individual episodes and faded from watching it when it got too much on the alien side of things. Like Supernatural, I just enjoyed the spooky stories rather than the underlying themes.

Weirdly had a crush on Scully rather than Mulder.

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