The X-Files Promos

 

Fox 1993-2002. I have this on DVD and most of the original run on VHS. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_X-Files

The X-Files -Tithonus

 

Season six DVD. Episode 10. Aired Jan. 24, 1999. Geoffrey Lewis, crime scene photographer.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tithonus_(The_X-Files)

https://www.avclub.com/the-x-files-tithonus-millennium-borrowed-time-1798173808

The X-Files: Arcadia

 

Season six DVD. Episode 15. Aired March 7, 1999. Mulder and Scully in the hell that is suburbia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcadia_(The_X-Files)

https://www.avclub.com/the-x-files-arcadia-millennium-forcing-the-end-1798174280

The X-Files - Terms of Endearment

 

Season six DVD. Episode 7. Bruce Campbell as the devil. Aired January 3, 1999.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terms_of_Endearment_(The_X-Files)

https://www.avclub.com/the-x-files-terms-of-endearment-millennium-throu-1798173550

The X-Files - Triangle

 

Season six DVD. Episode three. Bermuda Triangle Nazis. Worse than Illinois Nazis. Mulder in a time warp. From Nov. 22, 1998. This one known for its fancy camera shots and editing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_(The_X-Files)

https://www.avclub.com/the-x-files-triangle-millennium-teotwawki-1798173183

http://www.steadishots.org/shots_detail.cfm?shotID=158

The X-Files - The Rain King

 

Season six DVD. Episode 8. Aired January 10, 1999. My birthday. A man in Kansas claims he can control the weather.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rain_King

https://www.avclub.com/the-x-files-the-rain-king-millennium-human-essen-1798173632

The X-Files - Dreamland and Dreamland II

 

Starting in on the season six DVDs of The X-Files. Two-parter episodes four and five with Michael McKean. Area 51. Body swapping. Aired 11/29/98 and 12/6/98.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreamland_(The_X-Files)

https://www.avclub.com/the-x-files-dreamland-millennium-closure-1798173250

https://www.avclub.com/the-x-files-dreamland-ii-millennium-thirteen-1798173333

https://www.tor.com/2012/11/08/reopening-the-x-files-dreamland/

The X-Files - Unusual Suspects

 

Season five DVD. Episode three. Aired Nov. 16, 1997. The origins of the Lone Gunmen. Richard Belzer. Up yours, narc.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unusual_Suspects_(The_X-Files)

https://www.avclub.com/the-x-files-unusual-suspects-millennium-sense-an-1798167811

The X-Files - The Post-Modern Prometheus

 

Season five DVD. Episode five. Black and white Frankenstein ep. Nov. 30, 1997. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Post-Modern_Prometheus

https://www.avclub.com/the-x-files-the-post-modern-prometheus-millennium-1798167961

https://www.tor.com/2012/08/23/reopening-the-x-files-qthe-post-modern-prometheusq/

The X-Files - Small Potatoes

 

Season four DVD. Episode 20. Aired April 20, 1997. Luke Skywalker baby.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_Potatoes_(The_X-Files)

https://www.avclub.com/the-x-files-small-potatoes-millennium-broken-wor-1798167370

The X-Files - Kill Switch

 

Season five DVD. Ep. 11. William Gibson script. Aired February 15, 1998.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kill_Switch_(The_X-Files)

https://www.avclub.com/the-x-files-kill-switch-millennium-goodbye-char-1798168545

The X-Files - Bad Blood

 

Season five DVD. Ep. 12. Vampires in the Texas trailer park. Buck-toothed Luke Wilson. Pizza. Another great X-Files. One of my top three favorite episodes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Blood_(The_X-Files)

https://filmschoolrejects.com/x-files-bad-blood/

https://www.avclub.com/the-x-files-bad-blood-millennium-luminary-1798168550

The X-Files - Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose

 

Season three DVD. Episode 4. Peter Boyle. Originally aired Oct. 13, 1995.  Another top X-Files.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clyde_Bruckman%27s_Final_Repose

https://decider.com/2020/10/13/the-x-files-clyde-bruckmans-final-repose-25-anniversary/

https://www.avclub.com/the-x-files-clyde-bruckmans-final-repose-the-list-1798165415

https://www.tor.com/2012/03/08/reopening-the-x-files-qclyde-bruckmans-final-reposeq/

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/x-files-clyde-bruckmans-final-831505/

The X-Files - Jose Chung's From Outer Space

 

Coming up after Kolchak. Originally aired April 12, 1996. Season three DVD. Charles Nelson Reilly. UFOs. Aliens. Men in black. One of the very best X-Files episodes. This is not happening.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jose_Chung%27s_From_Outer_Space

https://www.avclub.com/the-x-files-hell-money-jose-chungs-from-outer-space-1798165717

https://www.tor.com/2012/04/12/reopening-the-x-files-qjose-chungs-from-outer-spaceq/

The X-Files - Quagmire

 

Season 3, ep.22. Aired May 3, 1996.  Big Blue. Breaking out the season three DVD. I had only watched random episodes from season one and two so far.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quagmire_(The_X-Files)

https://www.avclub.com/the-x-files-quagmire-wetwired-talitha-cumi-1798165780

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0751184/

The X-Files - Ice

 

Back to season one DVD. Another early favorite. I had/have this on the retail release VHS too. Xander Berkeley, Felicity Huffman, Steve Hytner. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_(The_X-Files)

https://www.avclub.com/the-x-files-ghost-in-the-machine-ice-space-1798204845

The X-Files - Humbug

 

Season two DVD playing now. This may be my favorite X-Files. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humbug_(The_X-Files)

https://observationdeck2.blogspot.com/2021/02/jo-jo-dog-faced-boy.html

https://www.avclub.com/the-x-files-dod-kalm-humbug-the-calusari-1798165279

The X-Files - Darkness Falls

This may have been the first episode I taped on VHS. I came in at some point during the first season and almost immediately started taping every episode. I still have those tapes. Watching the DVD now. Titus Welliver is in this ep. First aired April 15, 1994.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darkness_Falls_(The_X-Files)

https://www.avclub.com/the-x-files-shapes-darkness-falls-tooms-1798204742