History Series / TheXFiles

[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_X-Files_(miniseries) A six-episode miniseries]], which functions as the 10th season, with the involvement of Carter, Duchovny and Anderson began airing January 25th, 2016, and feature a split of mythology and MonsterOfTheWeek episodes. Former writers/producers James Wong, Darin Morgan, and Glen Morgan contributed to the revival, and composer Mark Snow will also return. The first full-length trailer can be viewed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1SmJUBT5q0 here]]. After this, an 11th season, consisting of ten episodes, started airing on January 3, 2018. Following this, though, Anderson has expressed reluctance to do further seasons, and Carter has declared the series on hold as a result, [[LeftHanging possibly permanently]].

Dr. Dana Scully (Creator/GillianAnderson), a physician and [[FBIAgent special agent with the FBI]], is assigned the job of keeping tabs on fellow agent Fox Mulder (Creator/DavidDuchovny), an [[BunnyEarsLawyer odd but skilled detective]] whose [[OccultDetective deep obsession with the paranormal]] is of grave concern to his superiors. Working out of an office in the [[ReassignedToAntarctica Hoover Building's basement]], Mulder specializes in the Bureau's "X-Files": a collection of cold cases deemed unsolvable due to macabre or taboo elements. While Mulder is quick to attribute these to the supernatural and extraterrestrial, Scully is a skeptic who attempts to debunk his theories through scientific reasoning. [[TheyFightCrime Together they investigate all manner of strange and unusual cases]], which over time hint at a massive [[GovernmentConspiracy government conspiracy]] linked to [[RoswellThatEndsWell a series of alien abductions going as far back as the 1940s.]]

* BadassBookworm: An Oxford-educated psychologist and a forensic pathologist with a physics degree [[TheyFightCrime fight aliens (and all sorts of other things)]].

->''[[AC:[[{{Tagline}} The truth is out there.]]]]''

* CalculatorSpelling: In the episode "Blood", the guy who suffers from blood phobia is already freaked out, but slips even more when a small calculator drops onto the floor and he then reads "blood". In this episode, more machines seem to communicate with him and other victims.

* ContinuityLockout: The show's mythology is incredibly elaborate from the beginning and becomes increasingly more difficult to follow as the seasons go by (in particular after [[spoiler:the destruction of the Syndicate]]).

The show has a [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/crowner.php/BestEpisode/TheXFiles Best Episode Crowner]] and many sub-pages like [[Characters/TheXFiles a character sheet]] or [[Recap/TheXFiles recaps]].

* DownerEnding: "Soft Light"; [[spoiler:Doctor Banton is captured by shady forces and]] [[FateWorseThanDeath experimented on]], and all those people are dead (or at the very least gone forever without a trace) at his hands, without so much as a body to bury.

* DownerEnding: "Soft Light"; [[spoiler:Doctor Banton is captured by shady forces and]] [[FateWorseThanDeath experimented on]], and all those people dead (or at the very least gone forever without a trace) at his hands, without so much as a body to bury.

* DownerEnding: "Soft Light"; Doctor Banton is captured by shady forces and [[FateWorseThanDeath experimented on]], and all those people are dead or at the very least gone forever without a trace, without so much as a body to bury.

* TheVirus: Turned UpToEleven at the end of [[spoiler: Season 10]].

* CurrencyConspiracy: In [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E17EBE the first episode to feature the Lone Gunmen]], a trio of conspiracy theorists who help Mulder and Scully in several cases, Byers tears a magnetic strip out of a $20 bill belonging to Scully, claiming the strip is being used by the covert organisation within the American government to track money being carried through metal detectors at airports. Scully replies that it is simply an anti-counterfeiting device.

Dr. Dana Scully (Creator/GillianAnderson), a physician and special agent with the FBI, is assigned the job of keeping tabs on fellow agent Fox Mulder (Creator/DavidDuchovny), an [[BunnyEarsLawyer odd but skilled detective]] whose [[OccultDetective deep obsession with the paranormal]] is of grave concern to his superiors. Working out of an office in the [[ReassignedToAntarctica Hoover Building's basement]], Mulder specializes in the Bureau's "X-Files": a collection of cold cases deemed unsolvable due to macabre or taboo elements. While Mulder is quick to attribute these to the supernatural and extraterrestrial, Scully is a skeptic who attempts to debunk his theories through scientific reasoning. [[TheyFightCrime Together they investigate all manner of strange and unusual cases]], which over time hint at a massive [[GovernmentConspiracy government conspiracy]] linked to [[RoswellThatEndsWell a series of alien abductions going as far back as the 1940s.]]

''The X Files'' is an American supernatural mystery-drama series created by Creator/ChrisCarter, which originally aired for nine seasons (1993–2002) on Creator/{{Fox}}, crossed into two theatrical feature films (''[[Film/TheXFilesFightTheFuture Fight the Future]]'', which was TheMovie, in 1998 and ''[[Film/TheXFilesIWantToBelieve I Want to Believe]]'' in 2008), and saw a limited revival in the form of a six-episode 10th season in 2016 and ten-episode 11th season in 2018, both also on Fox.

->[[AC:The truth is out there.]]

''The X-Files'' is an American supernatural mystery-drama series created by Creator/ChrisCarter, which originally aired for nine seasons (1993–2002) on Creator/{{Fox}}, crossed into two theatrical feature films (''[[Film/TheXFilesFightTheFuture Fight the Future]]'', which was TheMovie, in 1998 and ''[[Film/TheXFilesIWantToBelieve I Want to Believe]]'' in 2008), and saw a limited revival in the form of a six-episode 10th season in 2016 and ten-episode 11th season in 2018, both also on Fox.

Dr. Dana Scully (Creator/GillianAnderson), a physician and special agent with the FBI, is assigned the job of keeping tabs on fellow agent Fox Mulder (Creator/DavidDuchovny), an [[BunnyEarsLawyer odd but skilled detective]] whose [[OccultDetective obsession with the paranormal]] is of grave concern to his superiors. Working out of the [[ReassignedToAntarctica Hoover Building's basement]], Mulder specializes in the Bureau's "X-Files": a collection of cold cases deemed unsolvable due to various macabre or taboo elements. While Mulder is quick to attribute these to the supernatural and extraterrestrial, Scully is a skeptic who attempts to debunk his theories through scientific reasoning. [[TheyFightCrime Together they investigate all manner of strange and unusual cases]], which over time hint at a massive [[GovernmentConspiracy government conspiracy]] linked to [[RoswellThatEndsWell a series of alien abductions going as far back as the 1940s.]]

''The X-Files'' is an American SciFiHorror TV series created by Creator/ChrisCarter. It ran for nine seasons (1993–2002) on Creator/{{Fox}} and two theatrical feature films (''[[Film/TheXFilesFightTheFuture Fight the Future]]'', which was TheMovie, in 1998 and ''[[Film/TheXFilesIWantToBelieve I Want to Believe]]'' in 2008), then saw a limited revival in the form of a six-episode 10th season in 2016 and ten-episode 11th season in 2018, both also airing on Fox.

FBI physician Dr. Dana Scully (Creator/GillianAnderson) is assigned the task of keeping tabs on Agent Fox Mulder (Creator/DavidDuchovny), [[BunnyEarsLawyer a talented detective]] whose [[OccultDetective obsession with the paranormal]] is of grave concern to his superiors. Working out of the [[ReassignedToAntarctica Hoover Building basement]], Mulder specializes in the Bureau's "X-Files": a collection of cold cases deemed unsolvable due to macabre or taboo elements. While Mulder attributes these elements to the supernatural and extraterrestrial, Scully is a skeptic who attempts to debunk his theories through scientific reasoning. [[TheyFightCrime Together they investigate all manner of strange and unusual cases]], which over time hint at a massive government conspiracy linked to [[RoswellThatEndsWell a series of alien abductions going as far back as the forties.]]

The show's writers, among them Carter and future ''Series/BreakingBad'' showrunner Creator/VinceGilligan, were celebrated for their innovative mix of cop-show conventions, ''{{Series/Moonlighting}}'' style romance, urban legends, new age mysticism, government conspiracies, action, wry humor and genuinely scary moments. The show's high production values and sharp writing helped it reach beyond the niche ''Series/TwinPeaks'' crowd to make it one of the most popular and acclaimed shows on television and a bona fide worldwide cultural phenomenon. It was one of the earliest shows to be released in box sets (albeit on home video with inflated price tags) with behind-the-scenes goodies. These VHS sets became a common sight in supermarkets and rental stores, which fueled viewership even more.

Episodes alternate between standalone MonsterOfTheWeek episodes and a complex, unfolding MythArc confirming pretty much every terrifying "conspiracy" of the past forty years (and even [[IKnewIt predicting a few new ones]]): there was [[WhoShotJFK a second gunman]], the Cold War is a sham, the government is in cahoots with various factions of aliens, and we're all slaves to the machinations of sinister (and worse -- [[NotSoOmniscientCouncilOfBickering borderline incompetent]]) old men in smoke-filled back rooms. A quarter to a third of each season figures into Mulder's ever-growing investigation, though it was put on hold in 1997 to avoid conflicts with ''Fight the Future'' (then in post-production), resulting in the DenserAndWackier Season Five. Several of the show's most acclaimed comedic episodes were aired during this period. The final season was supposed to be followed by a series of movies that would eventually resolve the ongoing plot, but [[Film/TheXFilesIWantToBelieve the first post-series movie]] did not touch on the conspiracy plotline and met with lukewarm success. The show received a short-lived spinoff, ''Series/TheLoneGunmen''.

''The X-Files'' is an American ScienceFiction TV series created by Creator/ChrisCarter. It ran for nine seasons (1993–2002) on Creator/{{Fox}} and two feature films (''[[Film/TheXFilesFightTheFuture Fight the Future]]'', which was TheMovie, in 1998 and ''[[Film/TheXFilesIWantToBelieve I Want to Believe]]'' in 2008), then saw a limited revival in the form of a six-episode 10th season in 2016, followed by a ten-episode 11th season in 2018.

''The X-Files'' is an American [[LiveActionTV TV series]] created by Creator/ChrisCarter. It ran nine seasons (1993-2002) and two movies (''[[Film/TheXFilesFightTheFuture Fight the Future]]'', which was TheMovie, in 1998 and ''[[Film/TheXFilesIWantToBelieve I Want to Believe]]'' in 2008). 2016 saw a limited revival in the form of a six-episode 10th season, which in 2018 was continued with a longer 11th season running ten episodes.

** In "Pusher," the FBI arrests Modell after he becomes exhausted from overusing his psychic powers. The next scene shows Modell at a preliminary hearing where his lawyer points out how absurd it is to prosecute him based on claims of psychic ability. The only reason things even gets ''that'' far is Modell's confession to Agent Burst, which he writes off in court as a drunken prank. Even before Modell "puts the whammy" on the Judge, Mulder and the prosecutors are clearly not getting anywhere with their counterarguments.

** In "Pusher," the FBI arrests Modell after he becomes exhausted from overusing his psychic powers. The next scene shows Modell at a preliminary hearing where his lawyer argues that the idea of a man using psychic powers to commit murder is absolutely ludicrous. Even before Modell "puts the whammy" on the Judge, Mulder and the prosecutors are clearly not getting anywhere with their arguments to the contrary.

* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: In the very first episode, Mulder said that nothing else mattered to him except finding out the truth about the conspiracy and what happened to his sister. Early seasons of the show got a lot of mileage out of making him choose between pursuing his quest and saving Scully. Around the beginning of season 5, though, it pretty much ceased to even be an issue -- he decided Scully was priority #1 and never looked back. (She saves his butt just as often, of course.)

* LetXBeTheUnknown: Subverted, because "X" does not stand for the unknown, as one would assume. Back when the department was first formed, they needed a way to consolidate the supernatural case files in one place, and "X" was the letter in the filing cabinet that had the most empty space.

* ShoutOut: Enough with [[ShoutOut/TheXFiles it's own sub-page]]. And it's looong.