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TV Series
  1. "The X-Files Season 1"
  2. "The X-Files Season 2"
  3. "The X-Files Season 3"
  4. "The X-Files Season 4"
  5. "The X-Files Season 5"
  6. "The X-Files Season 6"
  7. "The X-Files Season 7"
  8. "The X-Files Season 8"
  9. "The X-Files Season 9"
Feature Films
  1. "The X-Files Movie"
  2. "The X-Files: I Want to Believe"
Millennium
The Lone Gunmen
DVD

The X-Files was a popular television series created by Chris Carter. Episodes of the series were first broadcast on the FOX network, starting with the pilot episode on September 10, 1993. In 1998, an X-Files movie was released, starring the main cast of the television series. During the initial run of the series, two spin-off shows were aired. These series were set in the same universe as The X-Files and were named Millennium and The Lone Gunmen. The X-Files completed its ninth and final season with a two-hour episode that first aired on May 19, 2002.

Contents

[edit] Main Cast

[edit] Episode List

[edit] Season 1

(Season 1, 24 episodes)

[edit] Season 2

(Season 2, 25 episodes)

[edit] Season 3

(Season 3, 24 episodes)

[edit] Season 4

(Season 4, 24 episodes)

[edit] Season 5

(Season 5, 20 episodes)

[edit] Feature Film

[edit] Season 6

(Season 6, 22 episodes)

[edit] Season 7

(Season 7, 22 episodes)

[edit] Season 8

(Season 8, 21 episodes)

[edit] Season 9

(Season 9, 20 episodes)

[edit] Background Terminology

[edit] Legends

Legends are explanatory pieces of information accompanying illustrations, maps or charts. Many legends appear in episodes of The X-Files, usually including information such as time or setting over the events of a scene.

Although a notice preceding the series' pilot is described in at least one version of the episode's script as a legend, the first regular legend appears later in the same episode and reads, "COLLUM NATIONAL FOREST; NORTHWEST OREGON". The series' final legend appears in "The Truth" and reads, "ROSWELL; NEW MEXICO".

Legends were also used in episodes of Millennium. The term 'legend' was never used on-screen in either series, but originates from terminology used by production personnel, and can be found in scripts for the series.

[edit] Taglines

The most commonly used tagline of The X-Files episodes
The most commonly used tagline of The X-Files episodes

Taglines were a feature of The X-Files episodes. Although the series' opening credits sequences usually ended with "The Truth is Out There", other lines would occasionally replace it. The following is a list of other taglines used in episodes of the series.

Executive producer R.W. Goodwin recalled, "Every episode of the first season had the same tagline, except the last one, "The Erlenmeyer Flask," in which we killed Deep Throat. As Deep Throat lay dying, the last thing he said was, "Trust no one." That became the tagline. When Chris [Carter] feels that it is necessary, he will change the tagline to relate to the episode."

According to producer and director Rob Bowman, "They don't change very often, but when they do, they pertain to the episode. Like 'Apology is Policy,' you know, 'Oh, we're sorry about the POWs,' as though that exonerates them."

Several taglines were used to advertise The X-Files Movie, including "Fight the Future". However, unlike those used in episodes of the series, most of the movie taglines were never seen or heard in the film and only appeared on posters and other promotional products.

[edit] X-Philes

The term "X-Phile" is a commonly used name for fans of The X-Files.

Chris Carter originally called fans of The X-Files "File-o-philes" before the term "X-Philes" was coined by Matt Grommes on an early Fidonet X-Files message board and the name was subsequently adopted by most other fans.

[edit] See Also

[edit] External Links

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