This list features the best seasons of The X-Files, listed from best to worst with pictures of season posters when available. Fans may debate which season of The X-Files is the best (and arguments do get heated), but each installment of the science-fiction drama series features memorable episodes. Some X-Files seasons focus on finding proof that alien life exists and other good seasons explore Mulder and Scully's personal relationship. The newest seasons bring the audience back to familiar faces in unexpectedly new situations.
This list of The X-Files seasons has been voted on by fans from all over the world, helping to decide once and for all which collection of episodes are the best. Season One found Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) investigating a UFO crash site and later seasons further dug into the motives of alien life forms, the government, and weird creatures from tall tales.
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The third season of The X-Files premiered on September 22, 1995, and contains 24 episodes. This season focuses on the agents working to uncover cover-ups.
This season contains several memorable episodes including: "The Blessing Way," "Grotesque" and "Talitha Cumi."
The fifth season of The X-Files premiered on November 2, 1997, and contains 20 episodes. This season focuses on Mulder and Scully's quest to find proof of alien life, bringing them into contact with Cassandra.
This season contains several memorable episodes including: "Redux," "Redux II" and "Detour."
Memorable moments from Season 5 include:
Reports of Mulder's death were greatly exaggerated.
The fourth season of The X-Files premiered on October 4, 1996, and contains 24 episodes. This season focuses on Mulder and Scully's quest for the truth about the Syndicate.
This season contains several memorable episodes including: "Leonard Betts," "El Mundo Gira" and "Never Again."
The first season of The X-Files premiered on September 10, 1993 and contains 24 episodes. This season focuses on Scully and Mulder learning how to work together as they uncover the truth.
This season contains several memorable episodes including: "The Erlenmeyer Flask," "Born Again" and "Tooms."
The second season of The X-Files premiered on September 16, 1994, and contains 25 episodes. This season focuses on Mulder and Scully continued efforts to investigate the unexplainable despite the status of their department.
This season contains several memorable episodes including: "Fresh Bones," "Die Hand Die Verletzt" and "End Game."
The sixth season of The X-Files premiered on November 8, 1998, and contains 22 episodes. In this season Alex Krycheck returns and Scully and Mulder learn more about the aliens' plans.
This season contains several memorable episodes including: "The Rain King," "The Beginning" and "Two Fathers."
Memorable moments from Season 6 include:
Mulder and Scully are denied reassignment.
Cassandra claims that the aliens are not friendly, but which aliens?
