Summary The The X-Files has always been a favorite TV show of mine, and while it deserves its title as a medium-defining piece of classic sci-fi media, there are some ideas across its 208 episodes that I can't believe made it out of the writer's room. The legendary duo of skeptic and believer, Agents Mulder and Scully lead the F.B.I.'s "X-Files" division of supernatural case work in the show, coming across all manner of eerie supernatural phenomena.
9 A Legless Mystic Kills By Crawling Up His Victims' Butts Season 8, Episode 10 If there's one thing that aged The X-Files especially harshly, it's the mystification of certain cultures and spiritual practices. Oftentimes, very real religious practices and cultural beliefs are twisted into a fear-mongered supernatural threat.
7 A Vampire That Steals Blackness Rather Than Blood Season 4, Episode 3 Despite how awkwardly The Unnatural handles the topic of race, it felt almost well-thought-out compared to an earlier installment of the series, season 4, episode 12 "Teliko." Again combining the very real threat of racism with laughably juvenile supernatural elements, the episode sees Mulder and Scully tackling series of murders profiling black men, leaving behind some disturbing evidence.
5 Mulder And Scully Have To Track Down An Invisible Elephant Season 2, Episode 18 It's shocking to me that The X-Files wound up with such a weird, Mad-Libs style premise so relatively early in its historic TV run. Yet here "Fearful Symmetry" is, turning Mulder and Scully into glorified animal control responders as they investigate a series of apparent animal attacks that leave no witnesses.