

This is, inevitably, a highly subjective list of those we think were among the best. The term “Monsters of the Week” was coined by and for The X-Files fandom, and over the years the show produced many, many great individual hours of spooky television. Add Release for the conclusion of Doggett’s ongoing arc.
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Add Jump The Shark for the finale to cancelled spin-off series The Lone Gunmen (and for the last appearance of these significant characters on the show). Season Nine started out with an effort to add new elements to the story, but as it became clear that this would be the show’s last season, those were later dropped in favour of wrapping up various characters’ arcs, if not the main conspiracy plot. Whether or not you’ve watched much of The X-Files, you’re probably already aware that it had an ongoing arc plot relating to aliens and UFOs that started out compelling and gradually became… well, take your pick between “less compelling,” “rather muddled” and “utter nonsense which no one could keep track of and which had become so incomprehensible by the end that the two-part series finale was just a summary of the arc plot for everyone who’d forgotten what it was all about in the first place.” will be spoiled, and looking at the details of one suggested ‘route’ may spoil another. However, be aware that due to the nature of the piece, certain elements of world-building, bad guy-revelation, late character arrivals etc. Since part of the aim of these articles is to encourage new viewers, spoilers will be kept to a minimum. Chances are, there’s a whole generation of fans wondering what all the fuss is about (plus an enormous number of people who watched it at the time but gave up somewhere around Season Six).

Its fandom are credited with originating the terms “shipping” and “Monster of the Week,” it brought genre television to the mainstream at a time when most people outside of fandom said the words “ Star Trek” with a level of disdain usually reserved for low alcohol beer or decaffeinated coffee, and is made stars of David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson.Īnd now, The X-Files is back for season 11. We probably don’t need to tell you that The X-Files was a phenomenon.
