10 favorite X-files

PearlJamaholic
PearlJamaholic Posts: 2,019
edited August 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
i know there are x-files fans here so lets see what are your favorites?

i only know the first 5 seasons really well, most of my list is from that. after that ive only seen most of the episodes once.

in no order.

soft light
e b e
terms of endearment
home (still creeps me out to this day!)
bad blood (fun-ny)
folie a deux (maybe my all-time favorite)
pusher
jose chung's 'from outer space' (has to be on everyones list, right?)
musings of a cigarette smoking man
redux


its really hard to pick a episode from the mythology-arc cause they all one big episode. so i picked those that came to mind first. if i watched them all again i might pick different. the ones with mulder in russia are really good.
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  • PearlJamaholic
    PearlJamaholic Posts: 2,019
    Sawyer wrote:
    there was one they used to show on halloween that i think got banned about this inbred family......crazy.....do not know the title though of the episode.

    home, yep i picked that one. that was a wicked episode. i have not been able to listen to oldies songs without getting chills, or if i hear a car park in the middle of the night.
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  • Anon
    Anon Posts: 11,175
    Sawyer wrote:
    there was one they used to show on halloween that i think got banned about this inbred family......crazy.....do not know the title though of the episode.

    That's "Home."

    Used to LOVE this show. It was on too long and the mythology got too confusing.

    I'm not really that great at titles...always loved "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose."

    The two-parter that ended with Scully's abduction was great (especially the first part)

    The one about the Satanic cult running the PTA in this one small town...

    The first two-parter with the shape-shifting bounty hunter and the submarine in the arctic...

    The first appearance of the black oil (also a two parter)

    Also the one about the guy who never slept...and the guy who could be invisible by somehow always moving into a blind spot...really clever I thought...

    Those are the ones that stand out.

    Wished they'd ended this show around the 7th season when it was still good.
  • nick1977
    nick1977 Posts: 327
    I can't recall titles, but:

    'Je Souhaite' the one with the genie that grants wishes. I loved this episode.

    The Unnatural. The one with the alien baseball players.

    The one with the inbred people was great!

    The tobacco beetle episode.

    The one where the guy moved between two dimensions.....and killed his mother.

    THe one where the guy could go into small spaces and kill people....he was some sort of human caterpillar or something.

    Too many more to list!
  • juliefer
    juliefer New Westminster, BC Posts: 401
    my favourite is D.P.O., that's the one with Giovanni Ribisi and Jack Black in it. Ribisi gets struck by lightning and it gives him some kind of electrical powers. "Hey Man, Nice Shot" is the soundtrack of the episode. It's been a long time though, I don't really remember too much about it, just that I loved it.
  • Hawkshore
    Hawkshore Posts: 2,185
    Darkness Falls
    Duane Berry
    Tooms
    The Erlenmeyer Flask
    Sleepless
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  • PearlJamaholic
    PearlJamaholic Posts: 2,019
    juliefer wrote:
    my favourite is D.P.O., that's the one with Giovanni Ribisi and Jack Black in it. Ribisi gets struck by lightning and it gives him some kind of electrical powers. "Hey Man, Nice Shot" is the soundtrack of the episode. It's been a long time though, I don't really remember too much about it, just that I loved it.

    i watched that one last night. giovanni is excellent in that episode. probably one of the better guest performances. and it had live fast diarrhea by the vandals at the end too.
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  • evenflow82
    evenflow82 Posts: 3,892
    I really liked "The Host". It was the one about the giant sewer creature. Scared the hell out of me for months.

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  • Cree Nations
    Cree Nations Posts: 2,247
    Too hard for me to pick, love the show and not that great with titles. Just starting to collect the seasons and shall get better. Your list is pretty good though and from what I can remember those are some classically shaweet episodes.
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  • Urban Hiker
    Urban Hiker Posts: 1,312
    I had to check the X-Files Episode Guide on Wiki to refresh my memory. Whew.

    In no particular order.

    Bad Blood - I fucking love seeing the different perspectives.

    Arcadia - I hate HOA's, so this episode is classic for me. :p

    Humbug - circus sideshow acts are good in any show - really like the Torchwood episode focused around them as well.

    Soft Light - Tony Shaloub is excellent in this episode. Who isn't afraid of their own shadow at some point in life? :o

    Quagmire - Sea Serpent episode. The way the darkness hid the shore was hilarious.

    Never Again - I LOVE tattoos and shows related to them.

    Small Potatoes - Who passes up good tail?

    Triangle - Bermuda Triangle takes Mulder back in time on an old ship - love that old style.

    Dreamland - Personality swaps make for great Mulder - Scully tension. :p

    and the Genie Episode , Je Souhaite - I have never viewed wishes the same. Seriously, be Very careful what you wish for. HaHa.


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  • BetterThanYou
    BetterThanYou Posts: 853
    PearlJamaholic wrote:
    home, yep i picked that one. that was a wicked episode. i have not been able to listen to oldies songs without getting chills, or if i hear a car park in the middle of the night.

    is that the same episode that took place on a farm, and there was someone underneath one of the beds and he/she was all deformed and shit?
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  • Oz Jammer
    Oz Jammer Posts: 9,858
    nick1977 wrote:
    THe one where the guy could go into small spaces and kill people....he was some sort of human caterpillar or something.

    Is that the Victor Tooms one? Well, he was actually in 2 episodes but I prefer the 1st one ("Squeeze")
  • vedder_soup
    vedder_soup Posts: 5,861
    the jim rose circus one...
    it was in one of the early series
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  • Allie
    Allie Posts: 2,908
    I don't remember the episodes and I read that list on Wikipedia! I remember some of them but I can't remember which ones stood out in my mind as the ones I loved. That was a long time ago.

    what comes to mind are the ones involving baby William.

    the last season I remember was absolutely horrible, and the last episode was the worst.
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  • Westernsky
    Westernsky Posts: 363
    juliefer wrote:
    my favourite is D.P.O., that's the one with Giovanni Ribisi and Jack Black in it. Ribisi gets struck by lightning and it gives him some kind of electrical powers. "Hey Man, Nice Shot" is the soundtrack of the episode. It's been a long time though, I don't really remember too much about it, just that I loved it.

    That is one of the first ones that came to mind. Pusher was another great one.

    Found it - my favorite episode is entitled Die Hand Die Verletzt. It's the one about the high school run by a group of satanists with the totally creepy giant snake at towards the end.

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