

6.344 minSeason 11 • Episode 10
LatestMulder and Scully rush to find an on-the-run William while the Cigarette Smoking Man pushes forward with his ultimate plan.
The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder believes in the existence of aliens and the paranormal while Scully, a skeptic, is assigned to make scientific analyses of Mulder's discoveries that debunk Mulder's work and thus return him to mainstream cases.
Acting
Duchovny's deadpan meets Anderson's eyebrow — chemistry for the ages.
Writing
Darkest standalone episodes still out-creep most horror shows.
Production
Vancouver gloom became the aesthetic for a decade of sci-fi.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The show coined 'shipping' (from 'relationshippers') and invented modern fandom's obsession with will-they-won't-they.
Gillian Anderson was contractually forced to stand on boxes for early scenes because the network thought viewers wouldn't believe a woman could be Mulder's equal in height or authority.