We reach the end of season two of The X-Files with “Anasazi”, an alien conspiracy episode that quickly spirals out of control in the most fun way possible. Plus! Who is Skinner, anyway?
Tuning In Episode 58: The X-Files, Anasazi
Tuning In Episode 57: The X-Files, Soft Light/Our Town
Wings-veteran Tony Shalhoub makes an X-Files appearance in “Soft Light”, but he’s not a cannibal, unlike the townsfolk in “Our Town”.
Tuning In Episode 56: The X-Files, The Calusari/F. Emasculata
The X-files goes back to a well by doing its own version of The Omen, “The Calusari”, but unfortunately it’s only partly successful. Then in “F. Emasculata”, the show separates Mulder and Scully once again, only this time, it works. Also! Hello, future DEA agent Hank Schrader.
Tuning In Episode 55: The X-Files, Dod Kalm/Humbug
Mulder and Scully confront their fear of dying in “Dod Kalm.” Then, in “Humbug”, The X-Files makes a pretty surprising discovery.
Tuning In Episode 54: The X-Files, End Game/Fearful Symmetry
The solution to the alien conspiracy gets a bit further away in “End Game”, and then in “Fearful Symmetry”, an invisible elephant wreaks havok in Idaho.
Tuning In Episode 53: The X-Files, Fresh Bones/Colony
The X-Files does a voodoo story this week, in “Fresh Bones”, and it’s… not bad? Then, in “Colony”, the alien conspiracy heats up and a person from Mulder’s past makes a return.
Tuning In Episode 52: The X-Files, Irresistible/Die Hand Die Verletzt
The first X-Files episode lacking any paranormal elements, “Irresistible” is a pretty successful episode with a great creep factor. Then, in “Die Hand Die Verletzt”, Richard’s love and Eric’s hate of camp collide. Plus! Goodbye, Glen Morgan and James Wong. Or is it “see you later”?
Tuning In Episode 51: The X-Files, Excelsis Dei/Aubrey
This week, The X-Files takes on a journey to the most terrifying place on Earth, a nursing home, in “Excelsis Dei”. Then in “Aubrey”, a serial killer stalks a small town.
Tuning In Episode 50: The X-Files, Firewalker/Red Museum
“Ice” was such a success for The X-Files that they kept trying to recapture that magic, including in this week’s “Firewalker”, which is just… okay. Then in “Red Museum”, a small town deals with a mysterious cow problem.
Tuning In Episode 49: The X-Files, 3/One Breath
Mulder goes it alone in “3” to varying results, and then Scully returns in “One Breath”, which is an apt title since the audience was holding their breath waiting for her to come back.