XFILE TV SHOW SERIES

If tasked with the same 25 episodes, I probably couldn't rank them in the same order a second time. This was far more difficult than it sounds. In honor of the show's 25th anniversary, I have ranked the top 25 episodes of the series. With two theatrical movies and 218 episodes, dozens of books and comic books, 16 Emmy awards, five Golden Globes, two SAG awards, a Peabody award, and a rabid fanbase that literally invented the term 'shipping,' The X-Files is an unstoppable force.

XFILE TV SHOW SERIES

The series ran for nine seasons in its initial run, before returning for two 'revival' seasons, the last of which ended earlier this year. Ten minutes into the pilot episode, and I was beyond hooked. I remembered seeing an ad for this show about aliens, and being a weird kid, thought this was right up my alley. I first stumbled onto The X-Files as a 13 year old kid, looking for something to watch on Friday night. They are confidants, they are best friends, they are soulmates, and eventually, lovers. Initially Scully is sent to 'spy' on Mulder and his pet project, the X-files (unexplained cases that the FBI would rather forget), but the two become much more than just partners. She is the skeptic: a medical doctor who rewrote Einstein and who believes only in the scientific method. He is the believer: he believes in aliens, UFOs, psychics, ghosts, and all manner of paranormal phenomenon, likely stemming from his younger sister, Samantha's, abduction by aliens when they were children. This cult-favorite sci-fi/horror show created by Chris Carter stars David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson as FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully. The 25th anniversary of the premiere of The X-Files is upon us.

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