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Having just re-watched or even watched the entire X-Files series for the first time – as well as both movies, I thought it would be a perfect time to pick thirty of my favorite episodes. And I’m going to include movies as well.

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The first time I saw The X-Files I was just a kid and I only watched on a periodic basis. So it’s fitting all these years later that I finally decided to watch it during the 20th Anniversary. Personally, I find the show to be even better than I remember and I loved just about every minute of it. It was hard to narrow down as I actually enjoy most of the episodes (yes even seasons 8 and 9), but this is what it came down to. At least today…

Anyway, I’m just going to jump right into it. Here it is… 30 awesome X-Files episodes (listed in the order they aired – all photo credit goes to FOX.

30 Awesome Episodes of The X-Files

#1 Pilot Episode

Scully and Mulder become partners and the magic begins!

#2 Beyond the Sea

Season 1. Scully says a powerful goodbye to her father.

#3 The Erlenmeyer Flask

Season 1. A good old conspiracy episode. Deep Throat tells Scully to trust no one.

#4 One Breath

Season 2. Scully returns after her abduction in an emotional, character-driven episode.

#5 Paper Clip

Season 3. Scully “sees” aliens.

#6 Clyde Bruckman’s Final Repose

Season 3. A masterfully written and acted episode. Here, Scully saves Mulder from the killer.

#7 Pusher

Season 3. Pure psychological suspense. Will Mulder kill Scully or himself?

#8 Jose Chung’s ‘From Outer Space’

Season 3. I’ll never get over the hilarity of Mulder’s scream.

#9 Avatar

Season 3. I was drawn into the story of the romantic succubus. Plus, it was nice to see a character episode about Skinner.

#10 Herrenvolk

Season 4. Hintings of the Cigarette Smoking Man’s feelings for Mulder’s mother as he “suspiciously” has her healed for the cause.

#11 Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man

Season 4. Even bad guys have dreams.

#12 Memento Mori

Season 4. Scully chooses to fight her cancer while Mulder gives her some comfort.

#13 Small Potatoes

Season 4. One of the funniest episodes of the entire series. Here, Mulder walks in on the guy impersonating him right before he kisses Scully.

#14 Redux/Redux II

Season 5. Mulder gets emotional over the possibility of losing Scully forever.

#15 Unusual Suspects

Season 5. The backstory for the Lone Gunmen.

#16 The Post-Modern Prometheus

Season 5. Scully and Mulder dance together in one of my favorite scenes to Cher’s “Walking in Memphis.”

#17 Bad Blood

Season 5. Pure comedic fun when Mulder and Scully tell different versions of the same event involving vampires. Luke Wilson guest stars.

#18 X-Files: Fight the Future

The movie. Mulder carries Scully in a romantic rescue.

#19 Triangle

Season 6. Nazi’s, a kiss, and Mulder tells Scully he loves her.

#20 Dreamland/Dreamland II

Season 6. Michael Mckean guest stars as he and Mulder switch places. I still love the line from Scully: “I’d kiss you if you weren’t so damn ugly.”

#21 How the Ghosts Stole Christmas

Season 6. Two ghosts (Lily Tomlin and Ed Asner) in Beetlejuice style try to trick Mulder and Scully into killing each other.

#22 Two Fathers/One Son

Season 6. Poor Jeffrey Spender…

#23 Arcadia

Season 6. Scully and Mulder pose undercover as a married couple. “And I didn’t even get to carry you over the threshold.”

#24 Milagro

Season 6. Scully is already in “love.”

#25 The Unnatural

Season 6. Written and Directed by David Duchovny, this episode captures period and nostalgia with an emotional punch. Plus, there’s also romantic baseball.

#26 Closure

Season 7. Mulder gets to say goodbye to his sister, Samantha in the moving ending to her story.

#27 Hollywood AD

Season 7. Who can forget the three-way bath scene between Mulder, Scully, and Skinner?

#28 Requiem

The season 7 finale goes back full circle to the pilot when they return to the place it all began. Also, Scully and Mulder get to cuddle.

#29 Deadalive

Season 8. Mulder finally returns after Scully pulls out all the stops to save him.

#30 The Truth Part 1&2

Season 9. Scully and Mulder hold onto hope and each other in the end.

What were your favorite episodes of The X-Files? Sound off below…

Featured image at the top: Scully (Gillian Anderson) and Mulder (David Duchovny) play baseball in “The Unnatural.” Photo: FOX