The X-Files 31 days of Halloween

 I asked my contributors for their 2-4 favorite episodes #XFiles & I got great responses & weirdly not very many duplicates. So I have a few (4 more) bonus recommendations...

  #Xfiles 31 Days bonus recommendation Diane A Rodgers editor of the “The Legacy of The X-Files” dianearodgers.bsky.social Jersey Devil Season 1 Episode 5 "is one I remember being a lot of fun, and chimed with my love of B-movie horror whilst trying presenting a folkloric story about a Bigfoot-type creature!" #TheXFiles

Full quote:  JERSEY DEVIL  is one I remember being a lot of fun, and chimed with my love of B-movie horror whilst trying presenting a folkloric story about a Bigfoot-type creature! Along with ASCENSION, this episode cemented the look of the show (as well as being at a peak of alien abduction plotlines!) - all that location filming in British Columbia and Vancouver woodlands. ASCENSION's ride on the cable car to the summit of Grouse Mountain stuck with me and I was SO excited as a teenage fan of the show in the 1990s to visit the area and go on the same cable car, because of those episodes! 

 #Files 31 Days of #Halloween Oct 31st Sarah Kendzior — NYT bestselling author of THEY KNEW & other books @sarahkendzior.bsky.social and arguably the scariest person I know — recommends “731” (S3E10): “The episode most notable for the present crises is probably ‘731.’” 

 

 

Sarah says " For this quote alone, it merits inclusion"

 

 

#XFiles 31 Days of #Halloween Oct 30 Dr James Fenwick “The Legacy of The X-Files” recommends Anasazi S2E25 X-Files is filled with powerful, even iconic imagery, often reflecting wider historical themes and events..the burnt alien corpses at end has clear allusions to real-world historical genocides 

Full quote -  ‘Anasazi’ – The X-Files is filled with powerful, even iconic imagery, often reflecting wider historical themes and events. The scene featuring the burnt alien corpses at the end of this episode has clear allusions to real-world historical genocides, with its themes of colonisation, genocide, and oppression having clear relevance for our contemporary world.

#XFiles 31 Days of #Halloween Oct 29 John Kenneth Muir author of The X-Files FAQ book & Dr Carl Sweeney @ckjsweeney.bsky.social host X-Cast podcast recommend:S8 E4 "Creepy & disgusting A great performance by Gillian Anderson & probably the finest episode from the Doggett era" #TheXfiles 

 #Xfiles 31 Days of #Halloween Oct 28 contributor Dr. Ann Simon @annealiz1.bsky.social author of 'Real Science Behind The X-Files' recommends: The Post-Modern Prometheus S5E5 "was 1st time Cris Carter used one of my ideas for an episode- about homeotic flies.. loved all the drosophila meeting swag"

‪ #Xfiles 31 Days of #Halloween Oct 27 Dr Diane A Rodgers editor The Legacy of The X-Files @dianearodgers.bsky.social Terms of Endearment Season 6 Episode 7 "it stars Bruce Campbell. I was a huge fan of the Evil Dead films ..this was the first time I'd seen him play something pretty straight, albeit evil." #TheXFiles 

Full quote: TERMS OF ENDEARMENT is another that I remember but pretty much only because it stars Bruce Campbell. I was a huge fan of the Evil Dead films, and the cheeky bravado of Bruce in most of his more hammy roles, but this was the first time I'd seen him play something pretty straight, albeit evil. He plays a demonic character in what is a dark episode, trying to create his ideal offspring and terminating fetuses with demonic traits. All the more spooky because it was played so low-key by Bruce Campbell. 

#Xfiles 31 Days of #Halloween Oct 25th our "celebrity contributor" Carly Blake X-file25 co-host & Emmy winner recommends "Humbug" Season 2 Episode 20 says "I always find this episode so funny. In its goofiness and horror I truly believe this created American Horror story." #TheXFiles her work punkroxproductions.com

Full quote: Humbug-I always find this episode so funny. In its goofiness and horror I truly believe this created American Horror story. 

#Xfiles 31 Days of #Halloween Oct 24th Dr. Bethan Jones @memorieschild.bsky.social Hollywood AD Season 7 Episode 19 "When X-Files does comedy it does it well w its multiple in-jokes, references to pop culture conspiracy theories & general weirdness It's silly & self-referential but I think that's what we need sometimes." 

Full quote:  Hollywood AD – When The X-Files does comedy it does it well and Hollywood AD, with its multiple in-jokes, references to pop culture conspiracy theories and general weirdness is up there with the best of them. It's silly and self-referential but I thin that's what we need sometimes

#Xfiles 31 Days of #Halloween for Oct 23rd Dr. Ann Simon @annealiz1.bsky.social Dr Carl Sweeney @ckjsweeney.bsky.social both recommend "Home" S4 Ep2 CS says "A horrifying story, brilliantly directed by the late, great Kim Manners. Once seen, never forgotten" & AS "Creepiest hour of TV" #TheXFiles

Full quote:  Home. A horrifying story, brilliantly directed by the late, great Kim Manners. Once seen, never forgotten.  

#Xfiles 31 Days of #Halloween for Oct 22nd @sarahkendzior.bsky.social NYT Best selling author & XPhile recommends Biogenesis S6Ep22 The Sixth Extinction, The Sixth Extinction 2: Amor Fati S7Ep 1 & 2 She says it's the "Best conspiracy arc" & Sarah knows her conspiracies :-) #TheXFiles 

Also recommended by Dr Bethan Jones full quote: "This, along with Biogenesis and Sixth Extinction I, forms a cracking series opener. And I love the fact that Diana Fowley plays such a pivotal part. I think Fowley was a chronically underused character and I find her fascinating so it was nice to see her featuring, and redeeming herself, here. I also love the visuals as we see an alien-induced end-of-the-world apocalypse, a sign of what might come should Mulder stop chasing for the truth of his sister's disappearance." 

#Xfiles 31 Days of #Halloween Oct 21st celebrity contributor Lauren Krattiger X-file25 XPhile expert, podcaster/producer of documentary The X-Files and John Kenneth Muir"The Host" S2Ep2  'This ep has everything that makes The X-Files great! Mystery, intrigue, and a sewer-dwelling, man-eating, parasitic worm monster! It's dark & creepy"

Full Quote:  The Host (season 2) This episode has everything that makes The X-Files great! Mystery, intrigue, and a sewer-dwelling, man-eating, parasitic worm monster!
It's dark, creepy, and I'd never seen anything like it back in 1994. Bonus points because we're both from New Jersey. Flukeman will forever be my favorite monster of the week.

 Also recommended by Dr Ann Simon saying " great memories of Cris Carter calling me and asking, scientifically, how can you get a half man half worm"    

 X-Files 31 Days of #Halloween Oct 20 contributor Dr James Fenwick ed.“The Legacy of The X-Files” "
Within" S8Ep1 "watershed moment for the series, with the departure of Mulder.. relationship between Mulder & Scully is central to #XFiles & I found this ep exploration of grief/loss incredibly moving."

Full quote-  Within’  -season 8 was a watershed moment for the series, with the departure of Mulder as a main character. The relationship between Mulder and Scully is central to The X-Files and I found this episode’s exploration of grief and loss incredibly moving, something the series explored repeatedly throughout its original run.

‪X-Files 31 Days of #Halloween Oct 19th today's "celebrity contributors" are our own @iamrobiart.bsky.social and @jkmuir.bsky.social author of "The X-Files FAQ book" I've have very few duplicate episode recommendations but they both loved Bad Blood Season 5 Episode 12 #vampires #TheXFiles #XFiles