Best all time 'The X-Files' episode?

[arcadian]

[HopeHoops]

1. I've never seen it.

[bigwillq]

3. I've never seen a full episode (nt)

[tigereye]

43. oh, you should, much better than those CSI things - IMHO

very clever, good acting, wonderfully convoluted at times, Mulder's great smart-ass sense of humor. Particularly the first couple years...

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

2. Other: "Nisei/731".

"Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose" is another strong contender.

Of those listed, "Musings" undoubtedly.

Life is like a box full of chocolates...

[Sky Masterson]

4. Jose Chung!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KF0I2h8xx-0
Greatest episode ever!

[Rabrrrrrr]

5. "How the Ghosts Stole Christmas"? I love that one!

In terms of the serious X-Files stuff, too difficult to decide.

But I really love the episode (can't remember the name) that showed that the Cigarette Man was the one who killed JFK, King, and others, including space aliens.

[tigereye]

44. that's a great one as well - it's hard to pick just one...

[Orsino]

6. Other: "The Field Where I Died"

Tragic and beautiful.

[Sky Masterson]

7. Home (Or how I learned to LOVE my mother and became a freeper)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3dRt2jcaME
"Home" follows the two agents in a small, otherwise peaceful town, the agents investigate the death of an infant with disturbing birth defects, and the trail leads to a clan of inbred, genetic mutants. The episode received a high Nielsen household and syndication rating compared to other episodes of the season, it was generally positively received by fans and critics alike.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_(The_X-Files)

[nomorenomore08]

17. Yes! I saw the first and only re-broadcast when I was 14 or 15, and it spooked the shit out of me.

No other episode I've seen has had anywhere close to the same effect.

[cloudbase]

27. I can't hear Johnny Mathis sing 'Wonderful'

without thinking of that episode.

[rcrush]

32. The X-Files freak episodes were really out there.

That one was so gross.

[SoxFan]

52. That was a seriously disturbing episode

I can never listen to Johnny Mathis after that scene.

[CrownPrinceBandar]

56. +1

[davsand]

59. That show aired right when I discovered I was pregnant

I had JUST realized I was pregnant, and that show aired. Scared hell out of me on a LOT of levels.

My husband and I laugh about it now, but that episode was seriously twisted.



Laura

[gmoney]

8. The one where they almost get off the island...

Or was that Gilligan's Island?

I do like the X-Files, but sometimes it does feel like NOBODY could have so many near misses.

[Mojambo]

9. How does "Home" not make this poll?

I'd take Jose Chung from this list.

[arcadian]

16. There only so many slots.

Pilot probably shouldn't be on there either, it's only there for nostagia purposes really.

[fizzgig]

33. that one was messed up

great episode, but freaked me out

[Archae]

10. The last episode.

That show sucked.

[GreenPartyVoter]

12. Blasphemer!!

:o

[GreenPartyVoter]

11. I tend to like the goofy ones. Not the straight ups aren't great, but the funny ones just kill me.

:D

[arcadian]

13. One of my favorites is 'Bad Blood'

Where Luke Wilson is the vampire sheriff and Donnie the vampire pizza boy has to wear fake fangs and then at the end the entire moblie home court is all composed of vampires. :rofl:

[GreenPartyVoter]

14. Yeah! I can't wait til my kids are old enough to watch the X-Files with me, but for now

the show is way too scary. My guys just don't do scary.

[tigereye]

46. my son was creeped out at first, but got to like them - he was 12-13 though

[GreenPartyVoter]

51. My eldest is about to turn12, but scary is not his thing so I think it may be a few more years yet.

[tigereye]

60. some of em are quite creepy, that's for sure...

Remember the Night Stalker? That was the show that I found creepiest at the time, but also a "must-see." :D

[GreenPartyVoter]

61. I think I was most disturbed by "Home."

[Mojambo]

15. Bad Blood is absolutely one of the best. n/t

[fizzgig]

34. that one is my pick

brilliant. i especially love how differently mulder and scully viewed the sheriff :rofl:

[tigereye]

45. the funny ones balance out the really creepy ones..

[Sky Masterson]

18. Post Modern Prometheus is another great one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJeziztQXrE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbmRvz2jssk
Walking in Memphis


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Post-Modern_Prometheus
he episode chronicles Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully's (Gillian Anderson) investigation when a letter from a single mother leads them to a small Midwestern town where a modern-day version of Frankenstein's monster lives. The two agents travel to Bloomington, Indiana to meet with the author of the letter. The creature who attacked her is similar to a comic book character her son created and named "The Great Mutato". Her son and his friends take the two agents to a wooded area where they lay a trap for the monster using peanut butter sandwiches. They see the creature from a distance and the group gives chase but they lose him in the darkness.

[BlueJazz]

19. 2 of them. One where the team (and Girl and Guy) keep repeating the same day over...

...and over. He robs and blows up a bank...etc...etc...

Other one is where this Goof-off finds a rug in a storage bin and inside is a
"Jeanie" (Genie) ..She grants him and his brother 3 wishes...and the trouble starts. :)

[tigereye]

47. ah, that's right - the one with the Genie is very clever..

[Broken_Hero]

20. Which episode

had Alex Trebek and Jesse Ventura as Men in Black? Whatever that episode name was, gets my vote.

"I'm a loyal servant to Lord Kinbote!!!"

[arcadian]

23. Jose Chung's From Outer Space

Yeah seems to have won this poll

[havocmom]

21. what's the name of the one with the vampire town and the pizza delivery guy with fake fangs?

That one was pretty amusing.

[arcadian]

24. Bad Blood

discussed above

[ismnotwasm]

22. My husband likes "Humbug"

I don't have a favorite really, but 2shy is another good one.

[Randall Flagg]

25. I don't know the series name but the zombie/musical one is the one

that sticks in my mind.

[arcadian]

26. Oh no, not that one.

That's the Hollywood one with Tea Leoni. To each there own, I guess.

[Broken_Hero]

30. Yeah, I remember that one

it was towards the tail end of season 7 I believe. Another honorable mention is the Cops/Werewolf episode, that one was pretty good.

[Randall Flagg]

36. That's it!

Tea Leoni.... Soooo much in love. :)

[femmocrat]

28. I don't know the name of the episode, but the one on the World War II ship.

That one was amazing.

[tigereye]

48. yes, all one continuous shot, I think - that one was brilliant

learned that while watching the Chris Carter extras...

[keroro gunsou]

29. die hand de verlitz.

pardon my german, but that episode scared the sweet ever-loving shit out of me. i hate snakes. 'nuff said.

[rcrush]

31. No one voted for Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man?

Come on! That was a great episode! A look into the life of CSM?! He killed Kennedy and MLK!

He controlled the Oscars and which team won the Superbowl!!!

[gratuitous]

35. Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose

Mostly for the immortal Peter Boyle, and his mumbled line to Mulder, "Auto-erotic asphyxiation is a horrible way to die."

The other one I really liked was the one where Mulder and Scully come in contact with some force that causes them to snipe at each other. In one scene, Scully jumps into the driver's seat to drive them somewhere and makes a cutting comment about how she can drive just fine, thank you very much. Mulder observes that he always drives because he assumed that Scully's tiny feet wouldn't reach the pedals.

[BlueIris]

39. Yeah, the absence of that ep in this poll hurts my eyes. nt

[CBGLuthier]

40. That is the best

I remember watching and thinking that Peter Boyle would win an emmy for that show. He did and it was well deserved..

[PVnRT]

41. My favorite as well

Scully: OK, tell me. How am I going to die?
Bruckman: You don't!

[SoxFan]

50. That line may be the very best in the entire series!

[Sabriel]

65. Yes, that one for good writing. And Pusher, for tension

I loooooved Pusher.

This thread reminds me I need to watch those again.

[MilesColtrane]

37. Jose Chung

Any episode that mashes up Charles Nelson Reilly, Rory Erickson, Jesse Ventura, Alex Trebek, and Nabokov wins.

[BlueIris]

38. I voted "Syzygy," ("Hate him, hate him, wouldn't want to date him") but

am I on drugs, or did that poll not contain the iconic "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose"?

[dr.strangelove]

42. How can you now love Jesse Ventura and Alex Trebek as MIBs

Jose Chung all the way.

"This is not happening;
This is not happening;
This is not happening;
This is not happening;
This is not happening."

[tigereye]

49. the spiritual one with Scully in the Buddhist temple was pretty cool

It was one that she directed. All Things.

[Liberal_in_LA]

53. Anyone watch 'Fringe'? it's like xfiles.

[MrCoffee]

54. Pusher

Cerulean is a gentle breeze.

[SoxFan]

55. The Unnatural

Minor league baseball meets the conspiracy arc, complete with a power-hitting alien playing for the wonderfully-named Roswell Grays!

[Sky Masterson]

57. Nevermind..Second part is messed up GRRRRR!!!

http://www.clipmass.com/movie/16644931363488

http://www.clipmass.com/movie/211216233463497

[Manifestor_of_Light]

58. The one in suburbia.

Scummy and Moldy move into a suburban house where something weird is stirring up the lawn. Mulder whacks the crap out of mailboxes. They call each other Laura and Rob and Poopy-Face.

I wish they had had more eps in suburbia.

And I love the deadpan things Mulder says. I wish they were all collected somewhere. Like this one:

Scully: Mulder, have you ever thought about killing yourself?
Mulder: Yes. After I saw an Ice Capades show.

:rofl:

[Azur3lupus]

62. The best Xfiles episode

personally? Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man...

[travelingtypist]

63. Other -- Bad Blood

Guest star Luke Wilson as Sheriff Hartwell. Unforgettable.

[Vidar]

64. My favorite was a Christmas episode featuring Ed Asner & Lili Tomlin as mischievous ghosts.