Best X-File Season

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So, what's your favourite X-File season? I have 1, 2, 3, and started 4.

1 for me was very good.
2. Wasn't bad, except it was full of episodes whose content wasn't particularly pleasant, and wouldn't really want to watch again.
3. Was very good.
4. Seems OK so far. I saw an episode called 'Home' which was supposed to be in a 'horror' genre, but I found it funny. :p

The alien-based episodes seem to be the best though.
 
1 because it was all kind of new to me at the time. Then I found that the rest of them were pretty similar.

Lol, I remember buying the movie's theme tune on cd when it came out!
 
After years of watching the odd episode on TV my lad bought me season 4 last Xmas. Watched that and decided to watch them all from the beginning, so far I have completed seasons 1 and 4 currently on season 2. Bought seasons 3 and 5 so I am all fixed up for the next few months :)

All of what I have watched have been brill so far but I should imagine when Mulder starts making guest appearances it will start to lose its appeal.

Just watched the Humbug episode about the circus performers, I thought it was a cracker, a bit tongue in cheek with an original story to go with it. The part where Mulder falls down a chute but still manages to look cool made me laugh ;)

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Definitely the earlier ones. I liked it when they were just individual stories of creepy things like the Outer Limits. I didn't like the main plot of the X-Files very much and the later episodes focused on nothing but that.
 
Imagine the seasons as a point system where the lowest number is the best. :p

Just to blow my own trumpet - I've seen EVERY x-files episode ever. :D
 
Mulder said:
Imagine the seasons as a point system where the lowest number is the best. :p

Just to blow my own trumpet - I've seen EVERY x-files episode ever. :D
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And just to blow my own trumpet. I HAVE every X-Files episode EVER! And the movie! :p
 
Quantic said:
And just to blow my own trumpet. I HAVE every X-Files episode EVER! And the movie! :p
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Same here! Although I have lost a disc from season 7 so I guess I don't have them all :mad:
 
Season 1 Episode 2 "Deep Throat"

Mulder: They're here aren't they?

Deep Throat: Mr Mulder, they've been here for a very long time.



Still makes me shiver :D
 
season one, because they had so much variation. Once it went into scully getting abducted etc, I got bored of it. Eugene Tombs scared the hell out of me!!
 
Taken from another forum I post in..

D33 said:
Right, just a catch up.

Season 1 - Good
Season 2 - Excellent ( quite dark, rated (-18-) )
Season 3 - Good
Season 4 - Bad ( went downhill for the majority of eps )
Season 5 - Excellent ( picked up on the g-men more )
Season 6 - Excellent ( again with the g-men plus good standalone eps )

Will order seasons 7, 8 and 9 sometime in April.

Seasons 1, 2 and 3 concentrate, for the most part, on standalone episodes and they pull them off very well. Season 2 is the only season that was ever rated an (-18-) whilst all other seasons are (-15-). The reason for this is evident once you watch the episodes. Toombs is just outright fuxing nasty ;(

Season 3 introduced the g-men in a bigger role and as the X-Files go on you tend to crave more episodes involving or revolving around them as they certainly make entertaining and morish watching.

Season 4 returned to your 'standalone' episode but unfortunately most of them were let downs and I found I had to force myself to watch a lot of them just to keep my 'watching in order' promise. Although the fast-forward button came in handy on occasion.

Season 5 picked up on the G-men again and gave a bit more back story as did Season 6. These episodes were fantastic and highly enthralling.

One thing I noticed as I've watched all of these episodes is that a lot of people, myself included, always thought the X-Files was a 'standalone' thing up until the time when Mulder’s character left the programme. Wrong. Having watched each and every episode in order there's several back stories going on at once and even the standalone episodes continue these stories or give reference to them.

Although the series in which Mulder leaves is imminent and the X-Files changes to put Scully in the lead role, the introduction of new main characters, etc, I feel confident enough to go ahead and buy every series on DVD.

As I've said, I've just finished season six and I recommend anyone who had a passing interest in watching the X-Files when they noticed it on TV to go out and buy them on DVD.

Top stuff so far. Well worth the purchase :)
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The Episode "Bad Blood" is by far my all time fave.
It's X-Files comedy element at its best with the different points of view, little descriptions, buck teeth, facial expressions by mulder... etc.. So well done :)
 
Yeah, Season 4 isn't looking great I must admit.

Just saw "The field where i died" which was pretty lame. Does it get worse?
 
D33 said:
The Episode "Bad Blood" is by far my all time fave.
It's X-Files comedy element at its best with the different points of view, little descriptions, buck teeth, facial expressions by mulder... etc.. So well done :)
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Bad Blood was my favourite too :)

My favourite season was Season 1, wasn't that keen on all the 'mythology' episodes.
 
I'm going to be different and say my favourite was "Darkness falls" from season 1.

SCULLY: Oh God... It feels, uh... it feels dessicated and hard and dry, almost... preserved.

MOORE: Like it's been enbalmed.

SCULLY: No, more like all the fluids have been bled from this body. Almost like it's been cured. I think... it's a male.

MULDER: Barely.

MOORE: I'd say it's, uh, some kind of spider's nest or insect cocoon.

SCULLY: What kind of an insect could have gotten a man all the way up into that tree?

MULDER: Itsy-bitsy spider.


Classic :D
 
Ok my favorite show of all time ever!!

Got all the season sets in a limited edition box (not the one you could buy) in the centre of my shelf.

Lets see: (from best to worst)

Season 6 - Great comedy episodes here e.g Monday, Triangle & Dreamland etc. This was the season, which saw the end of the Syndicate.

Season 5 - Some of the best stand alone episodes Bad Blood, Kill Switch & Folie a Deux etc. A season best described as short but sweet.

Season 8: The best season for mythology. DD wanting to leave allowed a great story arc that concluded in the amazing 2-part finale. Salvage was a bit of a weak link but hey nothings perfect.

Season 4 - Everything about this season is great. Rock solid standalone and a compulsive arc that sees Scully battle with cancer and Mulder with his faith.

Season 2 - The longest XF season at 25 episodes. The abduction trilogy was crazy and was something really innovative at the time. My second favorite two parter Colony and Endgame really added extra depth to the mythology and left on a great cliffhanger.

Season 7 - More a season of Closure season 7 has some of my favorite episodes Hollywood AD, The Amazing Malleni etc. The Mythology however was weaker and Biogenesis didn't really grab me as much as it should have.

Season 1 - Where it all started. A different atmosphere than later seasons. The episodes were more serious. What really makes season 1 stand out for me is the brilliant first and last episodes that really foreshadow what is to come.

Season 3 - Really over-rated IMO. Great Mythology but too many serious episodes for my taste. Don't get me wrong still a 10/10 season just doesn’t quite have the right mix of episodes to raise it to the top ranks.

Season 9 - Undoubtedly the weakest season. All the mythology (bar the Truth) was of average quality for the first time in the X-Files run. The stand alones however were as good as ever, my favorites been 4D and Scary Monsters. The show finale "The Truth" was IMO the best episode ever (feature length). The last scene and the idea that maybe there is still hope really captured the "fight the future" motto that the show was all about.
 
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