# Favorite X-Files episodes (first five seasons only) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 22, 2012, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-x-files-episodes-first-five-seasons-only/625949 "2012-06-22T15:41:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2012, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-x-files-episodes-first-five-seasons-only/625949/21 "2012-06-25T17:21:35Z")
> [@Moirai](#): > > This one was great, but I always go back to the first episode I ever saw, well into the run- it was set in a Chinatown, and had to do with a lottery. A huge vase held lots of different (allegedly) jade tiles which each had a different character of a body part on it. The one that was pulled out was the part they took from the unlucky “player.” IIRC, there was a good deal of money involved for the “players,” so if you were struggling, you would play and hope that you were lucky and it was only a small, underused bit of you that they took. I think the kicker was the reveal that every tile in the jar was the same character, depending on which rich person needed which transplant organ. Hell Money. Season 3, episode 19. By the way, the whole show streams on Netflix, which opens up the excellent 6th season if you like, too. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2012, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-x-files-episodes-first-five-seasons-only/625949/22 "2012-06-25T17:25:12Z")
There is Jose Chung and everything else, although I have a soft spot for Ice (season 1) as it was the first X-Files Episode I ever saw and was instantly hooked. ---
**Author:** ![hazel-rah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/73ab20/32.png) [@hazel-rah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hazel-rah)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-x-files-episodes-first-five-seasons-only/625949/23 "2012-06-26T17:54:01Z")
Yeah, seasons 6 and 7 actually have some really great episodes in them, even if the mythos stuff had become way past awful at that point. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-x-files-episodes-first-five-seasons-only/625949/24 "2012-06-26T18:04:15Z")
> [@hazel-rah](#): > > Yeah, seasons 6 and 7 actually have some really great episodes in them, even if the mythos stuff had become way past awful at that point. Agreed about the mythos. Just for interest sake, the good ones in those two seasons are: Drive Triangle Monday Arcadia The Goldberg Variation X-Cops Sein and Zeit/Closure(two-parter) Je Souhaite I probably missed some as I’m only going off episode titles, but those are the good ones in those seasons and only the two parter is core story related. It’s worth it, though. ---
**Author:** ![Gerald\_II](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Gerald\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gerald_II)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-x-files-episodes-first-five-seasons-only/625949/25 "2012-06-26T18:07:48Z")
1. The 2-parter where Mulder is on a train that contains either an alien or a victim of radiation. 2. The gargoyle murderer ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-x-files-episodes-first-five-seasons-only/625949/26 "2012-06-26T18:12:47Z")
> [@Gerald\_II](#): > > 1. The gargoyle murderer This was actually the first X-Files episode I ever saw. I found it intriguing enough to tune in again the next week… for _Teso Dos Bichos_ (the killer kitties!) which came close to nipping my potential fandom in the bud. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-x-files-episodes-first-five-seasons-only/625949/27 "2012-06-26T18:28:29Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Hell Money. Season 3, episode 19. > By the way, the whole show streams on Netflix, which opens up the excellent 6th season if you like, too. I’ve seen the whole show, right down to the very last episode of Season 9. I agree there were some excellent episodes, and I really liked Robert Patrick, so I didn’t even mind him that much. The other ones are just easy and convenient for me. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-x-files-episodes-first-five-seasons-only/625949/28 "2012-06-26T20:15:29Z")
Triangle was great… I love the long takes ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-x-files-episodes-first-five-seasons-only/625949/29 "2012-06-26T20:22:42Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > I’ve seen the whole show, right down to the very last episode of Season 9. I agree there were some excellent episodes, and I really liked Robert Patrick, so I didn’t even mind him that much. I liked Dogget as well. The episode with him and Mulder on the oil rig was a really good one. Must have been season 8. ---
**Author:** ![ryobserver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b2d939/32.png) [@ryobserver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ryobserver)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-x-files-episodes-first-five-seasons-only/625949/30 "2012-06-26T23:11:30Z")
My choices: S1: I also vote for Ice and E.B.E., but also for –Squeeze: First Monster of the Week and one of the all-time best. “Oh my God, I think it’s bile.” –Beyond the Sea: Scully’s father dies, but won’t go away. Great guest performance from Brad Dourif. –The Erlenmeyer Flask, one of the better Conspiracy episodes. “If this is monkey pee, you’re on your own.” S2: The Host, Humbug, Our Town, and the teaser of Die Hand die Verletzt (no need to watch the whole episode, but best teaser EVER.) S3: Jose Chung and Clyde Bruckman, of course, but also: –War of the Coprophages, aka the cockroach episode. Watch with care if bugs freak you out. S4: Another vote for Small Potatoes; also –Never Again: Scully goes to Philadelphia and gets a tattoo. Jodie Foster’s voice guest stars. S5: Bad Blood is a MUST. I also have a soft spot for: –Kill Switch, aka the one William Gibson co-wrote. –The Pine Bluff Variant: Mulder vs germ-warfare terrorists. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-x-files-episodes-first-five-seasons-only/625949/31 "2012-06-27T13:20:03Z")
I watched Bad Blood last night. That was the first X-Files I ever saw and remains at the top of my list. The differing memories of the two of them, and Luke Wilson! (I think that’s his name). ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-x-files-episodes-first-five-seasons-only/625949/32 "2012-06-27T13:29:44Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > I watched Bad Blood last night. That was the first X-Files I ever saw and remains at the top of my list. The differing memories of the two of them, and Luke Wilson! (I think that’s his name). Yup… with the buck teeth. The name of the episode with Giovanni Ribisi and Jack Black is D.P.O. What’s that stand for? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-x-files-episodes-first-five-seasons-only/625949/33 "2012-06-27T17:54:53Z")
Darren P Oswald, Ribisi’s character. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-x-files-episodes-first-five-seasons-only/625949/34 "2012-06-27T17:57:34Z")
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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2012, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-x-files-episodes-first-five-seasons-only/625949/35 "2012-06-28T14:10:27Z")
Make it a +1 for _Eve_. ---
**Author:** ![Ian\_D.Bergkamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Ian\_D.Bergkamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ian_D.Bergkamp)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2012, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-x-files-episodes-first-five-seasons-only/625949/36 "2012-06-28T21:57:24Z")
Thanks to this thread, I’ve started rewatching the series on Netflix. I started with Jose Chung and Bad Blood, then, because they were so good, decided to start from the beginning. On favorite episodes, I’ve always had a spot for Home. When my wife finally convinced one of her friends to try the show, that was the episode that aired. Not sure the friend ever forgave my wife, but I know she did not become a regular X-Files watcher. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-x-files-episodes-first-five-seasons-only/625949.md?page=1)