Line #15 WhamEpisode/TheXFiles


1	''Series/TheXFiles'' pulls Wham Episodes very often. The seasons' last episodes, ending with cliffhangers and deaths of major characters, or two-parters and trilogies which usually uncovered new bits of the series' MythArc.
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3	* The season 1 finale "[[Recap/TheXFilesS01E24TheErlenmeyerFlask The Erlenmeyer Flask]]" set the wham standard for all subsequent season finales. We see the first alien-human hybrid, Scully receives near-indisputable evidence of extra-terrestrial life, [[spoiler: Deep Throat is shot dead, and the X-Files unit is shut down (for the first time).]]
4	* The three-parter consisting of season 2 finale/season 3 première and season 3 second episode, containing the episodes "[[Recap/TheXFilesS02E25Anasazi Anasazi]]", "[[Recap/TheXFilesS03E01TheBlessingWay The Blessing Way]]" and "[[Recap/TheXFilesS03E02PaperClip Paper Clip]]", is pretty big. Mulder and Scully are pursued by a hit squad, Mulder is presumed dead ([[DeathIsCheap for the first time in the series]]) and Scully is on suspension. By the end of "Paper Clip", [[spoiler: Mulder's father and Scully's sister are both dead.]]
5	* "[[Recap/TheXFilesS04E07MusingsOfACigaretteSmokingMan Musings of a Cigarette-Smoking Man]]". The episode is remembered for being CSM's ADayInTheLimelight and revealing much about his past through a lengthy flashback that many took as gospel. However, WordOfGod has reminded fans that the supposed backstory comes from a conspiracy theory magazine article that is implied in episode to facilitate an UnreliableNarrator.
6	* "[[Recap/TheXFilesS04E12LeonardBetts Leonard Betts]]" starts off as an investigation into a man with a HealingFactor who fuels it by consuming cancerous tissue, usually killing the person he's extracting it from. Standard for a monster of the week episode. Then, at the climax, he turns to ''Scully'', of all people, and says, "I'm sorry, I'm so very sorry... but you have something I need."
7	* "[[Recap/TheXFilesS05E06ChristmasCarol Christmas Carol]]"/"[[Recap/TheXFilesS05E07Emily Emily]]", in Season 5, where Scully discovers that [[spoiler: she has a biological daughter who is an alien-human hybrid and the daughter subsequently dies. This all happens shortly after Scully is told that, due to procedures done during her abduction, she cannot have children.]]
8	* Season 5 finale "[[Recap/TheXFilesS05E20TheEnd The End]]", which ends with [[spoiler: the X Files department being closed down and Mulder's office (including all the files) being burned to the ground.]]
9	* Season 6's "[[Recap/TheXFilesS06E11TwoFathers Two Fathers]]/[[Recap/TheXFilesS06E12OneSon One Son]]" sees the [[spoiler: destruction of the Syndicate and the apparent death of Jeffrey Spender.]]
10	* "[[Recap/TheXFilesS07E11Closure Closure]]", in Season 7, where the portion of the MythArc regarding Mulder's sister is concluded. She really ''was'' abducted by the conspirators collaborating with aliens and suffered horribly as they were performing tests on her. [[spoiler: Then she lived with the Spenders, AKA The Cancer Man's family, who may or may not be the Mulder siblings' biological father. When she was fourteen, she was taken by some weird types of angels or fairies who ''saved'' her. This means her body can never be found, or something, but Mulder did see her ghost.]]
11	* "[[Recap/TheXFilesS07E17AllThings all things]]" in season 7, in which Mulder and Scully ''finally'' [[spoiler: relieve all that UST.]] Not a wham episode in the traditional sense, since it actually didn't change Mulder and Scully's onscreen relationship as much as you think it would. However, it is heavily implied that this episode marks the start of their RelationshipUpgrade and they were together, but hiding it.
12	* Season 7 finale "[[Recap/TheXFilesS07E22Requiem Requiem]]" is very big. [[spoiler: Mulder is abducted by aliens, marking the beginning of his absence on the show to the first two thirds of the following season. Scully, who can't have children becuase of her abduction, finds out she's pregnant.]]
13	* "[[Recap/TheXFilesS08E13PerManum Per Manum]]" was an episode full of "wham" moments, from the revelation that [[spoiler: Mulder told Scully he'd found her ova, to her going through with IVF to Mulder ''agreeing to be the father of her child'' and then the IVF failing.]] WHAM!
14	* "[[Recap/TheXFilesS08E14ThisIsNotHappening This Is Not Happening]]": The FBI [[spoiler:finally find Mulder, but he is already dead from alien experimentation]]. And on top of that, [[spoiler:the one man who can heal him, Jeremiah Smith, is taken by a UFO, preventing a quick recovery]].
15	* The two-part Season 8 finale, "[[Recap/TheXFilesS08E20Essence Essence]]"/"[[Recap/TheXFilesS08E21Existence Existence]]" is wham-esque. [[spoiler: Scully's baby is born, ending her official assignment to the X-Files, and [[TheHeavy Krycek]] is finally killed.]]
16	* "[[Recap/TheXFilesS09E16William William]]" in Season 9, which involves [[spoiler: the revelation that Scully's son is a super soldier and ends with Scully giving him up for adoption to keep him safe.]]
17	* "[[Recap/TheXFilesMiniseriesE01MyStruggle My Struggle]]", the opening episode of the miniseries. Mulder and Scully have broken up since ''I Want To Believe''. After coming out of near-seclusion, Mulder [[spoiler: begins to form a new conspiracy that the alien colonization was a smokescreen for a takeover plan by human elites]]. The X-Files are re-opened after more than a decade, and [[spoiler: the Cigarette-Smoking Man is shown to be alive]].
18	* "[[Recap/TheXFilesMiniseriesE06MyStruggleII My Struggle II]]", the concluding episode of the miniseries and the continuation of "My Struggle". [[spoiler: People around the world start falling ill and dying from complete immune system failures, an event orchestrated by the Cigarette-Smoking Man. It turns out that Monica Reyes [[FaceHeelTurn cared for CSM after his presumed death]]. Mulder falls ill while confronting CSM and turns down an offer to be given the alien DNA that will make him immune - the same DNA Scully has, which is the only viable cure for the disease. Scully finally finds Mulder one the crowded 14th Street Bridge, but realizes that he's so near death that the DNA will not be enough to help him; the only cure has something to do with William. And just as this comes to light, [[FromBadToWorse the same UFO that blew up an alien abductee's car in "My Struggle" appears right above the bridge]], [[BolivianArmyEnding preparing to strike.]]]]
19	* "[[Recap/TheXFilesMiniseriesE07MyStruggleIII My Struggle III]]". Not only do the events of "My Struggle II" turn out to be a [[spoiler:[[DreamingOfThingsToCome vision of the future]], they also came from William, who seems to possess new abilities despite being [[DePower depowered]] [[Recap/TheXFilesS09E16William as an infant by a heavily disfigured Spender]]. The Syndicate also has more survivors; namely, a second group that wants to colonize space with a chosen number of people, who need William just as much as the Cigarette Smoking Man does. And speaking of that chainsmoker, he offers Skinner an immunity to the Spartan Virus, if he chooses to betray humanity. While this is left ambiguous, in the same conversation, the Cigarette Smoking Man gives one last truth. Mulder isn't William's father, ''the Cigarette Smoking Man is'', due to him artificially inseminating Scully [[Recap/TheXFilesS07E15EnAmi when the two once went to find a universal cure]]]].
20	* "[[Recap/TheXFilesMiniseriesE16MyStruggleIV My Struggle IV]]". ''And how'', since this is the fourth "My Struggle" episode and possible grand finale of the series. [[spoiler:Mr. Y's group is entirely decimated. Kersh shuts the X-Files down for the fourth time in the series. Tad O'Malley reveals to his viewers everything about the Spartan Virus and the bloody results of William's powers in the Norfolk hotel. Monica secretly tells Mulder and Scully where William is, but later dies due to the CSM forcing her to drive towards an armed Skinner. The CSM reaches and shoots William, who disguised himself as Mulder to try and change his mind. In turn, Mulder kills the CSM with five bullets. Finally, Mulder and Scully are left reeling from the truth about William's conception, only finding solace in the latter's surprise pregnancy]].

Context WhamEpisode / TheXFiles