The question came up in the comments for the latest issue of Monster of the Week, one of Shaenon K. Garrity’s webcomics. Shaenon is going through every episode of the X-Files and every Friday she posts a comic about one more episode. Usually the comics are hilarious summaries of the episodes, although there have been a couple of notable variants.
Today’s episode is set in Rhode Island. Shaenon’s comment under the comic is: “Did The X-Files do an episode set in every state of the Union? Because having a Rhode Island episode feels like an effort to finish some kind of checklist.” The fans begin to speculate in the forum below the comic, but since they’re not the Dope, they haven’t come up with an answer, yet.
I know I’m going to fiddle with it, but I’m slow. If you wait for me, you may never know. Feel free to fill in. And to comment. Mocking counts as a comment.
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho - Season 1, Episode 2: Deep Throat
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island - Season 4, Episode 23: Demons
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
Washington DC - all of them?
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
DC Pilot
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho Deep Throat
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland Sqeeze
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon Pilot
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia Pilot
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
DC Pilot
Delaware
Florida Humbug
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho Deep Throat
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa Conduit
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland Squeeze
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey Jersey Devil, of course
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon Pilot
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island Demons
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia Pilot
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
I’m not going to use the quote function, listing every state again!
There was one in Wisconsin, though off the top of my head I can’t remember which it was. I especially noticed the mountains in the background. Must have been in the anti-driftless zone; it drifted all the way to Vancouver BC.
Ninja’d. I’m going to go through it. Should I ask if they included the movies? I never watched those, so I don’t know if they might add a state or not.
Looks like the site does not include the movies (not that it necessarily makes any difference), but it does include an international map. http://www.baymoon.com/~xfmaps/worldmap1.html
The international map shows that Puerto Rico (territory) was visited in Season 2, Episode 1: Little Green Men.
I have to say that the site isn’t entirely complete. For example, the episode Drive (6x02) is marked on the map only in Nevada. But Scully and Mulder are doing grunt work in Idaho when it starts, and it ends at the coast of California, neither of which are marked on the map. I’m not sure if we know the city for either of the ID or CA scenes, so perhaps the map-maker is only marking specifically known locations.
In any event, it leaves some room for us fans to maybe match episodes to some of those missing states.
I didn’t want to take the fun out of it! I was all set to rewatch some episodes to get data. Finding the question not only answered but mapped took the wind right out of my sails. I feel like Alexander the great - I am sad for there are no more worlds to conquer. Everything has been done, everything has been invented.
But I am NOT looking for the porn version of that map!
Damn, I started to type these out but the window closed abruptly.
Here’s a site that maps them out. But no, not every state has an episode. Several states have more than one. http://www.baymoon.com/~xfmaps/statemap.html
Locations from the movies,
Additional states visited (would probably work better in a list than in a map),
aaaand . . . there has to be something else.
Someone could draw a connect-the-dots type map. And isn’t there a map ap that allows you to drive your route? This is, of course, way more work than I’m ever likely to do. But it’s fun to think about.
I was all set to rewatch some episodes to get data. Finding the question not only answered but mapped took the wind right out of my sails. I feel like Alexander the great - I am sad for there are no more worlds to conquer. Everything has been done, everything has been invented.