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8.9/10 (6519 votes)
#1

The Erlenmeyer Flask

S1:E24

When Deep Throat points out a news story about a fugitive who apparently drowned, Mulder and Scully cannot see what makes the case special but follow it up anyway. With Deep Throat's insistence, they discover evidence of a secret government project code-named Purity Control, which uses human test subjects and infects them with extraterrestrial DNA. However, the evidence and everyone who has seen it is quickly being eliminated.

8.7/10 (8776 votes)
#2

Ice

S1:E8

In the claustrophobic isolation of a remote outpost in Alaska, Mulder and Scully investigate the horrifying deaths of scientists.

8.6/10 (7693 votes)
#3

Beyond the Sea

S1:E13

When death row inmate Luther Lee Boggs claims to be psychic and can lead Mulder to a serial killer in return for a lesser sentence of life in prison, Scully becomes an unwilling believer when Boggs tells her that she can communicate through him with her recently deceased father.

8.5/10 (9051 votes)
#4

Squeeze

S1:E3

Mulder and Scully search for a humanoid killer whose savage murder spree reoccurs every thirty years.

8.4/10 (6317 votes)
#5

E.B.E.

S1:E17

Mulder and Scully receive information from Deep Throat about a UFO that was shot down over Iraq and has been secretly transported to the US. However, Deep Throat then intentionally misleads the agents to prevent them from discovering the truth.

8.4/10 (6790 votes)
#6

Darkness Falls

S1:E20

When a group of loggers in the Washington State National Forest disappear in the same way that another group disappeared 50 years ago, Mulder and Scully go along to investigate and find themselves trapped in a cabin surrounded by flesh eating insects that only attack at night.

8.3/10 (6394 votes)
#7

Tooms

S1:E21

Eugene Tooms is released from the sanitarium, and Mulder becomes personally involved to ensure that he is caught in the act of getting the last human liver he needs to go into hibernation for another 30 years.

8.2/10 (13385 votes)
#8

Pilot

S1:E1

The agents' first case takes them to Oregon to investigate the unsolved murders of several high-school classmates.

8.1/10 (7047 votes)
#9

Eve

S1:E11

When two fathers on opposite sides of the country are inexplicably murdered at the exact same time in the exact same way, Mulder and Scully are called in to investigate. When they discover that the two fathers' eight-year-old daughters are identical twins, they realize that something even stranger is going on.

8.0/10 (8532 votes)
#10

Deep Throat

S1:E2

Mulder and Scully head to Ellens Air Force Base to investigate the mysterious case of a military test pilot who disappeared after experiencing strange psychotic behavior. While on the case, Mulder meets a mysterious man dubbed 'Deep Throat' who claims to have classified information about his investigations into the paranormal.

7.8/10 (6683 votes)
#11

Fallen Angel

S1:E10

Mulder puts the future of the X-Files in jeopardy when he heads to a UFO crash site being rapidly covered up by the military. He is arrested, and while in jail he meets Max Fenig, a UFO nut whose NICAP group has followed Mulder's work on the X-Files. When Mulder is released, Scully urges him to return to Washington to face his superiors and try to save his job, but Mulder finds out that Max is more than meets the eye and ignores Scully to try and save him instead.

7.5/10 (7405 votes)
#12

Conduit

S1:E4

As Section Chief Blevins expresses his concern with the direction of the X-Files, Mulder becomes obsessed with solving a case that closely parallels an encounter he experienced as a child: the abduction of his kid sister, Samantha.

7.3/10 (6342 votes)
#13

Gender Bender

S1:E14

A series of sexually-oriented murders, which are identical except that the killer appears to be both male and female, draws Scully and Mulder to an Amish-type community of people called the Kindred.

7.2/10 (6924 votes)
#14

Shadows

S1:E6

Mulder and Scully investigate the deaths of two men believed to have been killed by a powerful psychokinetic force.

7.2/10 (6554 votes)
#15

Fire

S1:E12

An old Oxford girlfriend of Mulder's asks for his help on an international case concerning the unexplainable execution of several British dignitaries, and they encounter an assassin who can produce fire from his bare hands.

7.2/10 (5700 votes)
#16

Young at Heart

S1:E16

Mulder becomes the target of someone from his past named John Barnett. He was a jewelry store robber with an itchy trigger finger that Mulder sent to prison when he first joined the Bureau. The only problem is that Barnett died four years ago.

7.2/10 (5437 votes)
#17

Roland

S1:E23

Mulder and Scully investigate the death of a scientist working on advanced propulsion technology. The mentally challenged janitor Roland, who has secretly been completing the scientist's work, is the prime suspect.

7.1/10 (5645 votes)
#18

Miracle Man

S1:E18

A young man who has the power to heal people with his touch begins to question his gift when people start dying after he has supposedly healed them.

7.1/10 (5423 votes)
#19

Born Again

S1:E22

After a detective and his former partner die in unexplained circumstances, the accidents are linked to a little girl who witnessed both deaths. Mulder believes that she may be the reincarnation of a policeman murdered by his colleagues.

7.0/10 (5784 votes)
#20

Lazarus

S1:E15

When FBI Agent Jack Willis and bank robber Warren Dupre are both shot at the same time during a robbery attempt, Dupre dies when Willis is brought back to life. When Willis rushes out of the hospital and begins acting strangely, Mulder concludes that Dupre has come back to life in Willis' body.

7.0/10 (5752 votes)
#21

Shapes

S1:E19

Mulder and Scully travel to a Native American reservation to investigate the death of a man who was mistaken for a wild animal and may have been the legendary Manitou, a man who can shape-shift into a beast.

6.9/10 (7416 votes)
#22

The Jersey Devil

S1:E5

Mulder and Scully track a legendary creature that has roamed the New Jersey countryside for over forty years.

6.7/10 (6874 votes)
#23

Ghost in the Machine

S1:E7

It's Halloween, and Mulder and Scully are investigating the strange death of a corporate executive in a sophisticated high-tech building.

6.2/10 (6778 votes)
#24

Space

S1:E9

Mulder and Scully are contacted by a communications specialist from NASA who shows them evidence of sabotage in the space programme.

6.2/10 (6778 votes)
#1

Space

S1:E9

Mulder and Scully are contacted by a communications specialist from NASA who shows them evidence of sabotage in the space programme.

6.7/10 (6874 votes)
#2

Ghost in the Machine

S1:E7

It's Halloween, and Mulder and Scully are investigating the strange death of a corporate executive in a sophisticated high-tech building.

6.9/10 (7416 votes)
#3

The Jersey Devil

S1:E5

Mulder and Scully track a legendary creature that has roamed the New Jersey countryside for over forty years.

7.0/10 (5784 votes)
#4

Lazarus

S1:E15

When FBI Agent Jack Willis and bank robber Warren Dupre are both shot at the same time during a robbery attempt, Dupre dies when Willis is brought back to life. When Willis rushes out of the hospital and begins acting strangely, Mulder concludes that Dupre has come back to life in Willis' body.

7.0/10 (5752 votes)
#5

Shapes

S1:E19

Mulder and Scully travel to a Native American reservation to investigate the death of a man who was mistaken for a wild animal and may have been the legendary Manitou, a man who can shape-shift into a beast.

7.1/10 (5645 votes)
#6

Miracle Man

S1:E18

A young man who has the power to heal people with his touch begins to question his gift when people start dying after he has supposedly healed them.

7.1/10 (5423 votes)
#7

Born Again

S1:E22

After a detective and his former partner die in unexplained circumstances, the accidents are linked to a little girl who witnessed both deaths. Mulder believes that she may be the reincarnation of a policeman murdered by his colleagues.

7.2/10 (6924 votes)
#8

Shadows

S1:E6

Mulder and Scully investigate the deaths of two men believed to have been killed by a powerful psychokinetic force.

7.2/10 (6554 votes)
#9

Fire

S1:E12

An old Oxford girlfriend of Mulder's asks for his help on an international case concerning the unexplainable execution of several British dignitaries, and they encounter an assassin who can produce fire from his bare hands.

7.2/10 (5700 votes)
#10

Young at Heart

S1:E16

Mulder becomes the target of someone from his past named John Barnett. He was a jewelry store robber with an itchy trigger finger that Mulder sent to prison when he first joined the Bureau. The only problem is that Barnett died four years ago.

7.2/10 (5437 votes)
#11

Roland

S1:E23

Mulder and Scully investigate the death of a scientist working on advanced propulsion technology. The mentally challenged janitor Roland, who has secretly been completing the scientist's work, is the prime suspect.

7.3/10 (6342 votes)
#12

Gender Bender

S1:E14

A series of sexually-oriented murders, which are identical except that the killer appears to be both male and female, draws Scully and Mulder to an Amish-type community of people called the Kindred.

7.5/10 (7405 votes)
#13

Conduit

S1:E4

As Section Chief Blevins expresses his concern with the direction of the X-Files, Mulder becomes obsessed with solving a case that closely parallels an encounter he experienced as a child: the abduction of his kid sister, Samantha.

7.8/10 (6683 votes)
#14

Fallen Angel

S1:E10

Mulder puts the future of the X-Files in jeopardy when he heads to a UFO crash site being rapidly covered up by the military. He is arrested, and while in jail he meets Max Fenig, a UFO nut whose NICAP group has followed Mulder's work on the X-Files. When Mulder is released, Scully urges him to return to Washington to face his superiors and try to save his job, but Mulder finds out that Max is more than meets the eye and ignores Scully to try and save him instead.

8.0/10 (8532 votes)
#15

Deep Throat

S1:E2

Mulder and Scully head to Ellens Air Force Base to investigate the mysterious case of a military test pilot who disappeared after experiencing strange psychotic behavior. While on the case, Mulder meets a mysterious man dubbed 'Deep Throat' who claims to have classified information about his investigations into the paranormal.

8.1/10 (7047 votes)
#16

Eve

S1:E11

When two fathers on opposite sides of the country are inexplicably murdered at the exact same time in the exact same way, Mulder and Scully are called in to investigate. When they discover that the two fathers' eight-year-old daughters are identical twins, they realize that something even stranger is going on.

8.2/10 (13385 votes)
#17

Pilot

S1:E1

The agents' first case takes them to Oregon to investigate the unsolved murders of several high-school classmates.

8.3/10 (6394 votes)
#18

Tooms

S1:E21

Eugene Tooms is released from the sanitarium, and Mulder becomes personally involved to ensure that he is caught in the act of getting the last human liver he needs to go into hibernation for another 30 years.

8.4/10 (6317 votes)
#19

E.B.E.

S1:E17

Mulder and Scully receive information from Deep Throat about a UFO that was shot down over Iraq and has been secretly transported to the US. However, Deep Throat then intentionally misleads the agents to prevent them from discovering the truth.

8.4/10 (6790 votes)
#20

Darkness Falls

S1:E20

When a group of loggers in the Washington State National Forest disappear in the same way that another group disappeared 50 years ago, Mulder and Scully go along to investigate and find themselves trapped in a cabin surrounded by flesh eating insects that only attack at night.

8.5/10 (9051 votes)
#21

Squeeze

S1:E3

Mulder and Scully search for a humanoid killer whose savage murder spree reoccurs every thirty years.

8.6/10 (7693 votes)
#22

Beyond the Sea

S1:E13

When death row inmate Luther Lee Boggs claims to be psychic and can lead Mulder to a serial killer in return for a lesser sentence of life in prison, Scully becomes an unwilling believer when Boggs tells her that she can communicate through him with her recently deceased father.

8.7/10 (8776 votes)
#23

Ice

S1:E8

In the claustrophobic isolation of a remote outpost in Alaska, Mulder and Scully investigate the horrifying deaths of scientists.

8.9/10 (6519 votes)
#24

The Erlenmeyer Flask

S1:E24

When Deep Throat points out a news story about a fugitive who apparently drowned, Mulder and Scully cannot see what makes the case special but follow it up anyway. With Deep Throat's insistence, they discover evidence of a secret government project code-named Purity Control, which uses human test subjects and infects them with extraterrestrial DNA. However, the evidence and everyone who has seen it is quickly being eliminated.

8.2/10 (13385 votes)

Pilot

S1:E1

The agents' first case takes them to Oregon to investigate the unsolved murders of several high-school classmates.

8.0/10 (8532 votes)

Deep Throat

S1:E2

Mulder and Scully head to Ellens Air Force Base to investigate the mysterious case of a military test pilot who disappeared after experiencing strange psychotic behavior. While on the case, Mulder meets a mysterious man dubbed 'Deep Throat' who claims to have classified information about his investigations into the paranormal.

8.5/10 (9051 votes)

Squeeze

S1:E3

Mulder and Scully search for a humanoid killer whose savage murder spree reoccurs every thirty years.

7.5/10 (7405 votes)

Conduit

S1:E4

As Section Chief Blevins expresses his concern with the direction of the X-Files, Mulder becomes obsessed with solving a case that closely parallels an encounter he experienced as a child: the abduction of his kid sister, Samantha.

6.9/10 (7416 votes)

The Jersey Devil

S1:E5

Mulder and Scully track a legendary creature that has roamed the New Jersey countryside for over forty years.

7.2/10 (6924 votes)

Shadows

S1:E6

Mulder and Scully investigate the deaths of two men believed to have been killed by a powerful psychokinetic force.

6.7/10 (6874 votes)

Ghost in the Machine

S1:E7

It's Halloween, and Mulder and Scully are investigating the strange death of a corporate executive in a sophisticated high-tech building.

8.7/10 (8776 votes)

Ice

S1:E8

In the claustrophobic isolation of a remote outpost in Alaska, Mulder and Scully investigate the horrifying deaths of scientists.

6.2/10 (6778 votes)

Space

S1:E9

Mulder and Scully are contacted by a communications specialist from NASA who shows them evidence of sabotage in the space programme.

7.8/10 (6683 votes)

Fallen Angel

S1:E10

Mulder puts the future of the X-Files in jeopardy when he heads to a UFO crash site being rapidly covered up by the military. He is arrested, and while in jail he meets Max Fenig, a UFO nut whose NICAP group has followed Mulder's work on the X-Files. When Mulder is released, Scully urges him to return to Washington to face his superiors and try to save his job, but Mulder finds out that Max is more than meets the eye and ignores Scully to try and save him instead.

8.1/10 (7047 votes)

Eve

S1:E11

When two fathers on opposite sides of the country are inexplicably murdered at the exact same time in the exact same way, Mulder and Scully are called in to investigate. When they discover that the two fathers' eight-year-old daughters are identical twins, they realize that something even stranger is going on.

7.2/10 (6554 votes)

Fire

S1:E12

An old Oxford girlfriend of Mulder's asks for his help on an international case concerning the unexplainable execution of several British dignitaries, and they encounter an assassin who can produce fire from his bare hands.

8.6/10 (7693 votes)

Beyond the Sea

S1:E13

When death row inmate Luther Lee Boggs claims to be psychic and can lead Mulder to a serial killer in return for a lesser sentence of life in prison, Scully becomes an unwilling believer when Boggs tells her that she can communicate through him with her recently deceased father.

7.3/10 (6342 votes)

Gender Bender

S1:E14

A series of sexually-oriented murders, which are identical except that the killer appears to be both male and female, draws Scully and Mulder to an Amish-type community of people called the Kindred.

7.0/10 (5784 votes)

Lazarus

S1:E15

When FBI Agent Jack Willis and bank robber Warren Dupre are both shot at the same time during a robbery attempt, Dupre dies when Willis is brought back to life. When Willis rushes out of the hospital and begins acting strangely, Mulder concludes that Dupre has come back to life in Willis' body.

7.2/10 (5700 votes)

Young at Heart

S1:E16

Mulder becomes the target of someone from his past named John Barnett. He was a jewelry store robber with an itchy trigger finger that Mulder sent to prison when he first joined the Bureau. The only problem is that Barnett died four years ago.

8.4/10 (6317 votes)

E.B.E.

S1:E17

Mulder and Scully receive information from Deep Throat about a UFO that was shot down over Iraq and has been secretly transported to the US. However, Deep Throat then intentionally misleads the agents to prevent them from discovering the truth.

7.1/10 (5645 votes)

Miracle Man

S1:E18

A young man who has the power to heal people with his touch begins to question his gift when people start dying after he has supposedly healed them.

7.0/10 (5752 votes)

Shapes

S1:E19

Mulder and Scully travel to a Native American reservation to investigate the death of a man who was mistaken for a wild animal and may have been the legendary Manitou, a man who can shape-shift into a beast.

8.4/10 (6790 votes)

Darkness Falls

S1:E20

When a group of loggers in the Washington State National Forest disappear in the same way that another group disappeared 50 years ago, Mulder and Scully go along to investigate and find themselves trapped in a cabin surrounded by flesh eating insects that only attack at night.

8.3/10 (6394 votes)

Tooms

S1:E21

Eugene Tooms is released from the sanitarium, and Mulder becomes personally involved to ensure that he is caught in the act of getting the last human liver he needs to go into hibernation for another 30 years.

7.1/10 (5423 votes)

Born Again

S1:E22

After a detective and his former partner die in unexplained circumstances, the accidents are linked to a little girl who witnessed both deaths. Mulder believes that she may be the reincarnation of a policeman murdered by his colleagues.

7.2/10 (5437 votes)

Roland

S1:E23

Mulder and Scully investigate the death of a scientist working on advanced propulsion technology. The mentally challenged janitor Roland, who has secretly been completing the scientist's work, is the prime suspect.

8.9/10 (6519 votes)

The Erlenmeyer Flask

S1:E24

When Deep Throat points out a news story about a fugitive who apparently drowned, Mulder and Scully cannot see what makes the case special but follow it up anyway. With Deep Throat's insistence, they discover evidence of a secret government project code-named Purity Control, which uses human test subjects and infects them with extraterrestrial DNA. However, the evidence and everyone who has seen it is quickly being eliminated.

Season Average Rating Episodes Best Episode Worst Episode
6 ★ 8.1 22
★ 8.9 Dreamland (1)
★ 6.4 Alpha
5 ★ 8.1 20
★ 9.2 Bad Blood
★ 6.9 Schizogeny
3 ★ 8.0 24
★ 9.2 Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose
★ 5.9 Teso Dos Bichos
4 ★ 7.9 24
★ 9.0 Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man
★ 6.6 Teliko
2 ★ 7.8 25
★ 9.1 Anasazi (1)
★ 6.3 3
8 ★ 7.7 21
★ 8.7 Existence (2)
★ 6.7 Salvage
1 ★ 7.6 24
★ 8.9 The Erlenmeyer Flask
★ 6.2 Space
7 ★ 7.6 22
★ 8.5 Requiem
★ 5.9 Fight Club
11 ★ 7.4 10
★ 8.1 The Lost Art of Forehead Sweat
★ 6.4 My Struggle III
10 ★ 7.4 6
★ 8.0 Mulder & Scully Meet the Were-Monster
★ 6.4 Babylon
9 ★ 7.4 19
★ 8.2 The Truth (1)
★ 6.8 Lord of the Flies