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Awesome to be able to see the original series in its entirety, and so neatly presented. Great extras. Highly recommend.
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I feel like I won the jackpot. I'm sure there are others out there who also lucked out too. But I just had to tell folks I bought seasons 1-7 of the original Collector Edition sets (not the slim set) for $[...] each at Costco. If you have a Costco near you, check it out, although I've noticed that at least near me, all the stores are pretty much out of them.
As for the shows, they are mesmeric and a hazard to the ability to carry on a productive life. Once you start on episode 1 season one, your life is no longer yours.
Having said that I do have favorites, I think Small Potatoes and Dreamland are at the top with Jose Chung & Clyde B, War of C, Humbug. Maybe because I like Shandling I also enjoyed Hollywood A.D. alot.
Out of season 1 I liked the Pilot because it it just that, the beginning. Darkness Falls was great.
Like everyone else though, Season 3 is without question the genius of the series. It is one of the most brilliant seasons of TV ever.
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X Files was the best program to air on our TV's. I was lost when it ended but now I can watch the whole series over and over. It is fantastic to go back over the earlier episodes and re-live Fox and Scully all over again.
Just great
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"The Truth Is Out There" for Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully aren't your average FBI Agents. For starters, they work on a project called "The X-Files" where they solve unsolved cases for the bureau. Whether they are dealing with genies to 360 degree head turns or aliens or viruses, mutants or monsters or crazy killers, they are always turning in a somewhat "logical" explanation at the end of the day out in the field. But of course, they can't get off that easy.
Skeptical Scientist Scully was assigned to The X-Files to debunk believer "Spooky" Mulder's work. When she fails to do so, she continues her work with Mulder and serves as a counterpoint to his work, constantly doubting his beliefs and convincing him to incorporate science and logic into his insane beliefs.
As Scully becomes sucked into the vortex of Fox Mulder's wild goose chase frantically searching for The Truth with a capitol "T", the agents solve X-File after X-File, case after case.
An X-File is what the bureau calls "an unsolved case". All X-Files are sent to Scully and Mulder who then try to solve it.
This show ran for almost a decade (9 seasons) and X-Files fans today still continually watch this fantastic show. Catch it Monday through Thursday at 5 pm on the Sci-Fi Channel!
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Credentials and Summary: I originally saw a few episodes from the later seasons, and some earlier ones in re-run; we are now buying them season by season (finished #1) to enjoy from the start. Recommended for those who like SF/Mystery/Suspense genre, with only a few minor concerns for the discerning, teen-age and older family audience. Bit too spooky for young kids and the more sensitive adults. Thought provoking, if at times absurd, for all. Certainly outshines virtually all other material on TV (faint praise?), and is much better to be watched straight through, without commercials and without waiting for each new season.
Season One:
I had only seen two episodes before (# 10, 21). Didn't realize virtually all themes and main characters present in first season. Conspiracy and aliens, science/skepticism vs. "believers" (The Truth Is Out There), Smoking Man and Assist. Director Skinner, The Lone Gunmen, Deep Throat, family issues of Scully and Mulder and even a pre-Krycek appearance by Nicholas Lea. The battle over the X-Files themselves is introduced in episode one and they get closed for the first time in the last episode.
Package: We have the thin DVD set. Quality is just fine. We get more than enough just watching the episodes; I can't see spending a lot more for the extras in other versions.
Episode Summaries (with Themes):
X-cellent
1) The X-Files: Pilot (Intro, Conspiracy, Aliens) - Does well to sum it all up: Fox "Spooky" Mulder, Dana "The Skeptic Scientist" Scully , aliens, sinister government agents, typical plot (unexplained paranormal mystery, Fox sees it, Dana misses it, government covers it up).
2) Deep Throat (Conspiracy, Aliens) - Our favorite agents working against the government to find alien spacecraft. A secret government insider contact is first introduced, nicknamed Deep Throat. Features appearance by Buffy's werewolf ally.
3) Squeeze (Tooms, Creature) - Eugene Tooms' Gumby-like ability threatens every 30 years. Mulder's (poor) reputation for paranormal explanations is first exhibited.
4) Conduit (Alien, Character History) - Related alien abductions detected via boy who acts as conduit for their continuing communications.
10) Fallen Angel (Conspiracy, Aliens) - Mulder almost exposes cover-up of UFO crash. Max Fenig appears as a UFO enthusiast, and the first of various X-Files followers.
11) Eve (Urban Legend, Techno phobia) - Twin girls poison loved ones and fight to stay ahead of Mulder and Scully. Super-human clones gone wild?
13) Beyond the Sea (Paranormal, Character History) - Death Row psychic knows where the serial killer is and what Dana's recently deceased father is thinking.
16) Young at Heart (Techno phobia) - Can Mulder's former nemesis really be stalking him, even tho' dead? Must be a genetic experiment gone horribly right. Connected to Mulder's first case, which went horribly wrong.
17) E.B.E. (Alien, Conspiracy) - Deep Throat knows where the Extraterrestrial Biological Entity is; Mulder and Scully follow the clues, and the package, all the way to the empty containment facility. The Lone Gunmen (hackers and conspiracy theorists named for the official theory behind JFK assassination) help track the package.
21) Tooms (Tooms, Creature) - Tooms, released on parole, puts the squeeze on Mulder. Excellent scenes before judge and police investigators.
22) Born Again (Paranormal) - Mulder and Scully investigate link between young girl and string of murdered police.
24) The Erlenmeyer Flask (Alien, Conspiracy) - Alien viruses are being cloned, but Mulder and Scully lose the virus, the clone, the inside contact, and the key to the office.
X Marks The Spot
5) The Jersey Devil (Urban Legend, Relationship) - Mulder's reputation within F.B.I. really is spooky and so is Scully's date. Wild man of the woods plot is cover for developing status of team within agency and the status of the X-Files.
6) Shadows (Paranormal) - Fox and Dana investigate revenge minded poltergeist.
7) Ghost in the Machine (Conspiracy, Urban Legend) - Our agents investigate killer computer. DoD wants the software! Sub-plot with Mulder's former partner.
8) Ice (Alien) - X-Files version of The Thing/Who Goes There? [SF fans?]. FBI sends our agents to investigate parasitic alien life form at remote Alaskan research station. Features appearance by future Desperate Housewife and C.T.U. agent.
14) Genderbender (Alien, Paranormal, Religion) - Gender changing murderer hiding out with religious sect is sent searching for a new sanctuary planet by the FBI. Agent Krycek makes brief appearance, apparently on a special, top-secret assignment.
15) Lazarus (Paranormal) - Dana`s turn with the ex, as co-agent who gets possessed by spirit of criminal.
19) Shapes (Urban Legend, Occult) - Mulder and Scully search for wolf/man Indian legend.
20) Darkness Falls (Paranormal) - Mulder and Scully avoid being cocooned by ancient insects released by unsuspecting loggers in the deep forest.
23) Roland (Paranormal, Techno phobia) - Mulder and Scully suspect autistic Roland in murders of aerospace scientists. A favorite of wind tunnel engineers. Roland later joins Bosnian rebels seeking revenge on Jack Bauer.
X-Out
9) Space (Alien) - Mulder suspects Martian spirit is behind Space Shuttle sabotage. An alien thread not further pursued, and overall lower production values than typical.
12) Fire (Paranormal, Relationship) - Fox helps former British girlfriend investigate pyrokinetic man stalking the aristocracy. Early lame attempt to start developing Fox/Dana relationship.
18) Miracle Man (Paranormal, Religion) - Our agents investigate healing ministry, when more seem to be dying than living. A bit stereotypically paranoid.
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