Not all episodes advanced the mythology plot, but the ones that did were often set up by mulder or scully via an opening monologue. Episodes highlighted in yellow and with a doubledagger symbol indicate it is part of the series alien mythology arc. In the age of the xfiles revival, you can tell a mythology episode by the struggle. All episode information has been obtained from wikipedia this is a complete list of the xfiles episodes and movies. Whats up with scullys cancer and what really happened to. The 11th and possibly final season of the xfiles premiered last night with the third part of the my struggle series of alien mythology episodes. All of the xfiles mythos that was retconned by the revival. Volume 1 of the xfiles mythology collection is a dvd release containing selected episodes from the first to the third seasons of the american science fiction television series the xfiles. Across nine years and the first feature film, fight the future, xfiles meticulously laid out the alien colonists agenda, the american governments. After the events of the x files 1998 movie, mulder and scullys new boss, kersh, assigns agents spender and fowley to work on the xfiles instead of them. Get the full xfiles backstory with our mythology episode. In honor of the fastapproaching event series this winter, we present our best of the best, the 12 best mythology episodes of the xfiles. To truly respect the xfiles, it seems only fair to remember and. We all chose, it seems, to forget how dreary and burned out the xfiles had become towards the end of its original run, how gnarled and knotted those mythology episodes had.
After the mythology heavy movie fight the future came out in the summer of 1998, the series sixth season explored a. Most mythological elements in the xfiles relate to extraterrestrial beings, referred to by the. A decade before losts mythology intrigued and annoyed us to no end, the xfiles developed an incredibly complex mythology that started off as a happy accident from gillian andersons pregnancy, and then became more and more convoluted as the years went on. The mythology, or mytharc, is the overarching story developed in a series of episodes. Mulder and scully get really close to tracking down an alien in. The xfiles does the best they can to end a bad arc. Xfiles mythology episodes, a list by michael dayah. The episodes collected in the release form the beginning of the series mythology, and are centred on alien abduction at the hands of colonists.
The xfiles mythology, volume 1 abduction wikipedia. This list of mythology episodes was originally taken from official sources, the xfiles mythology range of dvds and the book the complete xfiles. Dana scully is instructed to debunk an fbi project dubbed the xfiles cases linked to the paranormal. The mythology, or mytharc, is the overarching story developed in a series of episodes of the xfiles where mulder and scully investigate and expose an international conspiracy by an organization known as the syndicate to develop a humanalien hybrid and suppress knowledge of the existence of extraterrestrials who plan to colonize earth. The series centers on fbi special agents fox mulder david duchovny and dana scully gillian anderson. Volume 1 of the xfiles mythology collection is a dvd release containing selected. Ignoring this, mulder takes scully on a hunt for a rampaging alien.
These later mythology episodes arent my favorite, but at least the chase makes this one fun. Duane barry is one of the series best episodes overall, and kicks off one of the most compelling strands of the alien conspiracy arc a happy. New yorkers fall victim to hilarious xfiles alien prank. The mythology of the xfiles, sometimes referred to as its mytharc by the shows staff and. Deep throat tips mulder to a critically important case involving a missing fugitive and the cloning of extraterrestrial viruses. With the xfiles coming back to tv in the nottoodistant future, i figure people are going to start watching the series to catch up. The xfiles is an american science fiction supernatural television series that. The mythology, or mytharc, is the overarching story developed in a series of episodes of the. The alien dna aspect makes some sort of sense, as monica reyes says that the government acquired the dna in the 50s, which is consistent with the original xfiles mythology.