Rising Seasons
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The X-Files (1993)

Adventure · Crime · Drama

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.

IMDb rating
8.6 (273,167 votes)
Seasons
10
Streaming (US)
Hulu · Pluto TV
Language
EN
Type
TV series
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Seasons

Season 1 (1993)

7.63 avg 24 episodes 8.2 → 8.9 45 min avg

  • Big finale
  • Rebound
  • Rollercoaster
Ep 1: 8.2 · 14,493 votesEp 2: 8.0 · 9,478 votesEp 3: 8.5 · 10,048 votesEp 4: 7.5 · 8,219 votesEp 5: 6.9 · 8,227 votesEp 6: 7.1 · 7,693 votesEp 7: 6.7 · 7,637 votesEp 8: 8.7 · 9,740 votesEp 9: 6.2 · 7,502 votesEp 10: 7.7 · 7,398 votesEp 11: 8.0 · 7,817 votesEp 12: 7.2 · 7,250 votesEp 13: 8.6 · 8,529 votesEp 14: 7.3 · 7,010 votesEp 15: 7.0 · 6,391 votesEp 16: 7.2 · 6,296 votesEp 17: 8.4 · 6,983 votesEp 18: 7.1 · 6,242 votesEp 19: 7.0 · 6,359 votesEp 20: 8.4 · 7,477 votesEp 21: 8.2 · 7,045 votesEp 22: 7.1 · 5,990 votesEp 23: 7.2 · 6,004 votesEp 24: 8.9 · 7,176 votes
Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Pilot8.214,493
2Deep Throat8.09,478
3Squeeze8.510,048
4Conduit7.58,219
5The Jersey Devil6.98,227
6Shadows7.17,693
7Ghost in the Machine6.77,637
8Ice8.79,740
9Space6.27,502
10Fallen Angel7.77,398
11Eve8.07,817
12Fire7.27,250
13Beyond the Sea8.68,529
14Gender Bender7.37,010
15Lazarus7.06,391
16Young at Heart7.26,296
17E.B.E.8.46,983
18Miracle Man7.16,242
19Shapes7.06,359
20Darkness Falls8.47,477
21Tooms8.27,045
22Born Again7.15,990
23Roland7.26,004
24The Erlenmeyer Flask8.97,176

Season 2 (1994)

7.79 avg 25 episodes 8.0 → 9.1 45 min avg

  • Big finale
  • Rebound
  • Rollercoaster
Ep 1: 8.0 · 6,403 votesEp 2: 8.2 · 6,907 votesEp 3: 7.4 · 6,085 votesEp 4: 7.6 · 6,009 votesEp 5: 8.6 · 6,639 votesEp 6: 8.6 · 6,337 votesEp 7: 6.3 · 6,024 votesEp 8: 8.3 · 6,136 votesEp 9: 7.1 · 5,669 votesEp 10: 7.5 · 5,778 votesEp 11: 6.9 · 5,534 votesEp 12: 7.3 · 5,458 votesEp 13: 8.0 · 6,124 votesEp 14: 8.1 · 6,280 votesEp 15: 7.1 · 5,213 votesEp 16: 8.7 · 6,013 votesEp 17: 8.7 · 5,876 votesEp 18: 6.4 · 5,240 votesEp 19: 7.4 · 5,469 votesEp 20: 8.5 · 6,923 votesEp 21: 7.4 · 5,391 votesEp 22: 8.0 · 5,369 votesEp 23: 7.8 · 5,410 votesEp 24: 7.8 · 5,327 votesEp 25: 9.1 · 6,420 votes
Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Little Green Men8.06,403
2The Host8.26,907
3Blood7.46,085
4Sleepless7.66,009
5Duane Barry8.66,639
6Ascension8.66,337
736.36,024
8One Breath8.36,136
9Firewalker7.15,669
10Red Museum7.55,778
11Excelsis Dei6.95,534
12Aubrey7.35,458
13Irresistible8.06,124
14Die Hand Die Verletzt8.16,280
15Fresh Bones7.15,213
16Colony8.76,013
17End Game8.75,876
18Fearful Symmetry6.45,240
19Død Kalm7.45,469
20Humbug8.56,923
21The Calusari7.45,391
22F. Emasculata8.05,369
23Soft Light7.85,410
24Our Town7.85,327
25Anasazi9.16,420

Season 3 (1995)

7.95 avg 24 episodes 8.6 → 8.5 45 min avg

  • Rollercoaster
Ep 1: 8.6 · 5,787 votesEp 2: 9.0 · 6,155 votesEp 3: 7.7 · 5,967 votesEp 4: 9.2 · 8,694 votesEp 5: 7.1 · 5,064 votesEp 6: 7.4 · 5,229 votesEp 7: 7.1 · 4,941 votesEp 8: 7.6 · 5,312 votesEp 9: 8.5 · 5,312 votesEp 10: 8.7 · 5,430 votesEp 11: 7.1 · 4,867 votesEp 12: 8.6 · 6,683 votesEp 13: 7.5 · 5,775 votesEp 14: 7.3 · 4,958 votesEp 15: 8.4 · 5,131 votesEp 16: 8.5 · 5,101 votesEp 17: 8.4 · 5,753 votesEp 18: 5.9 · 4,691 votesEp 19: 7.0 · 4,691 votesEp 20: 8.8 · 7,620 votesEp 21: 7.6 · 4,808 votesEp 22: 8.0 · 5,298 votesEp 23: 8.3 · 5,017 votesEp 24: 8.5 · 4,855 votes
Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Blessing Way8.65,787
2Paper Clip9.06,155
3D.P.O.7.75,967
4Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose9.28,694
5The List7.15,064
62Shy7.45,229
7The Walk7.14,941
8Oubliette7.65,312
9Nisei8.55,312
107318.75,430
11Revelations7.14,867
12War of the Coprophages8.66,683
13Syzygy7.55,775
14Grotesque7.34,958
15Piper Maru8.45,131
16Apocrypha8.55,101
17Pusher8.45,753
18Teso dos Bichos5.94,691
19Hell Money7.04,691
20Jose Chung's 'From Outer Space'8.87,620
21Avatar7.64,808
22Quagmire8.05,298
23Wetwired8.35,017
24Talitha Cumi8.54,855

Season 4 (1996)

7.93 avg 24 episodes 8.4 → 8.6 44 min avg

  • Rollercoaster
Ep 1: 8.4 · 4,965 votesEp 2: 8.8 · 7,678 votesEp 3: 6.6 · 4,538 votesEp 4: 8.0 · 5,174 votesEp 5: 6.6 · 5,276 votesEp 6: 7.2 · 4,620 votesEp 7: 9.0 · 6,562 votesEp 8: 8.5 · 4,922 votesEp 9: 8.1 · 4,699 votesEp 10: 8.7 · 5,494 votesEp 11: 6.7 · 4,453 votesEp 12: 8.3 · 5,010 votesEp 13: 7.4 · 4,912 votesEp 14: 8.4 · 4,832 votesEp 15: 6.9 · 4,457 votesEp 16: 7.2 · 4,269 votesEp 17: 8.4 · 4,605 votesEp 18: 8.4 · 4,524 votesEp 19: 7.7 · 4,340 votesEp 20: 8.9 · 6,047 votesEp 21: 8.1 · 4,366 votesEp 22: 7.7 · 4,345 votesEp 23: 7.8 · 4,267 votesEp 24: 8.6 · 4,403 votes
Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Herrenvolk8.44,965
2Home8.87,678
3Teliko6.64,538
4Unruhe8.05,174
5The Field Where I Died6.65,276
6Sanguinarium7.24,620
7Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man9.06,562
8Tunguska8.54,922
9Terma8.14,699
10Paper Hearts8.75,494
11El Mundo Gira6.74,453
12Leonard Betts8.35,010
13Never Again7.44,912
14Memento Mori8.44,832
15Kaddish6.94,457
16Unrequited7.24,269
17Tempus Fugit8.44,605
18Max8.44,524
19Synchrony7.74,340
20Small Potatoes8.96,047
21Zero Sum8.14,366
22Elegy7.74,345
23Demons7.84,267
24Gethsemane8.64,403

Season 5 (1997)

8.05 avg 20 episodes 8.6 → 8.8 45 min avg

  • Rebound
  • Rollercoaster
Ep 1: 8.6 · 4,709 votesEp 2: 9.0 · 5,024 votesEp 3: 8.4 · 4,883 votesEp 4: 8.1 · 5,130 votesEp 5: 8.5 · 6,633 votesEp 6: 7.7 · 4,287 votesEp 7: 7.6 · 4,173 votesEp 8: 7.6 · 4,276 votesEp 9: 6.9 · 4,089 votesEp 10: 7.5 · 4,793 votesEp 11: 7.8 · 4,692 votesEp 12: 9.2 · 7,753 votesEp 13: 8.2 · 4,154 votesEp 14: 8.3 · 4,147 votesEp 15: 7.4 · 3,924 votesEp 16: 7.6 · 4,208 votesEp 17: 7.2 · 4,122 votesEp 18: 8.0 · 4,103 votesEp 19: 8.5 · 4,788 votesEp 20: 8.8 · 4,439 votes
Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Redux8.64,709
2Redux II9.05,024
3Unusual Suspects8.44,883
4Detour8.15,130
5The Post-Modern Prometheus8.56,633
6Christmas Carol7.74,287
7Emily7.64,173
8Kitsunegari7.64,276
9Schizogeny6.94,089
10Chinga7.54,793
11Kill Switch7.84,692
12Bad Blood9.27,753
13Patient X8.24,154
14The Red and the Black8.34,147
15Travelers7.43,924
16Mind's Eye7.64,208
17All Souls7.24,122
18The Pine Bluff Variant8.04,103
19Folie a Deux8.54,788
20The End8.84,439

Season 6 (1998)

8.08 avg 22 episodes 8.1 → 8.1 45 min avg

  • Rollercoaster
Ep 1: 8.1 · 4,223 votesEp 2: 8.5 · 5,059 votesEp 3: 8.5 · 5,735 votesEp 4: 8.9 · 5,291 votesEp 5: 8.8 · 4,973 votesEp 6: 8.2 · 5,217 votesEp 7: 7.7 · 4,294 votesEp 8: 7.3 · 4,390 votesEp 9: 7.8 · 3,954 votesEp 10: 8.3 · 4,334 votesEp 11: 8.5 · 4,180 votesEp 12: 8.8 · 4,280 votesEp 13: 7.3 · 4,065 votesEp 14: 8.7 · 5,258 votesEp 15: 8.4 · 4,929 votesEp 16: 6.4 · 3,732 votesEp 17: 7.2 · 3,761 votesEp 18: 7.5 · 4,639 votesEp 19: 8.4 · 5,060 votesEp 20: 7.8 · 3,955 votesEp 21: 8.5 · 4,553 votesEp 22: 8.1 · 3,777 votes
Season 6 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Beginning8.14,223
2Drive8.55,059
3Triangle8.55,735
4Dreamland8.95,291
5Dreamland II8.84,973
6How the Ghosts Stole Christmas8.25,217
7Terms of Endearment7.74,294
8The Rain King7.34,390
9S.R. 8197.83,954
10Tithonus8.34,334
11Two Fathers8.54,180
12One Son8.84,280
13Agua Mala7.34,065
14Monday8.75,258
15Arcadia8.44,929
16Alpha6.43,732
17Trevor7.23,761
18Milagro7.54,639
19The Unnatural8.45,060
20Three of a Kind7.83,955
21Field Trip8.54,553
22Biogenesis8.13,777

Season 7 (1999)

7.54 avg 22 episodes 7.7 → 8.5 45 min avg

  • Big finale
  • Rebound
  • Rollercoaster
Ep 1: 7.7 · 3,779 votesEp 2: 7.7 · 3,843 votesEp 3: 7.8 · 4,192 votesEp 4: 7.8 · 3,973 votesEp 5: 7.3 · 3,630 votesEp 6: 8.2 · 4,218 votesEp 7: 7.5 · 3,772 votesEp 8: 8.1 · 4,113 votesEp 9: 6.5 · 3,484 votesEp 10: 7.9 · 3,764 votesEp 11: 8.0 · 4,269 votesEp 12: 8.4 · 5,007 votesEp 13: 6.0 · 4,317 votesEp 14: 7.3 · 3,605 votesEp 15: 8.0 · 3,732 votesEp 16: 7.3 · 3,569 votesEp 17: 7.0 · 4,268 votesEp 18: 7.5 · 3,434 votesEp 19: 7.2 · 4,173 votesEp 20: 5.9 · 3,739 votesEp 21: 8.3 · 4,243 votesEp 22: 8.5 · 3,759 votes
Season 7 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Sixth Extinction7.73,779
2The Sixth Extinction II: Amor Fati7.73,843
3Hungry7.84,192
4Millennium7.83,973
5Rush7.33,630
6The Goldberg Variation8.24,218
7Orison7.53,772
8The Amazing Maleeni8.14,113
9Signs & Wonders6.53,484
10Sein und Zeit7.93,764
11Closure8.04,269
12X-Cops8.45,007
13First Person Shooter6.04,317
14Theef7.33,605
15En Ami8.03,732
16Chimera7.33,569
17All Things7.04,268
18Brand X7.53,434
19Hollywood A.D.7.24,173
20Fight Club5.93,739
21Je Souhaite8.34,243
22Requiem8.53,759

Season 8 (2000)

7.70 avg 21 episodes 8.1 → 8.7 45 min avg

  • Big finale
  • Rebound
  • Rollercoaster
Ep 1: 8.1 · 3,574 votesEp 2: 8.2 · 3,496 votesEp 3: 7.4 · 3,384 votesEp 4: 8.0 · 3,644 votesEp 5: 7.5 · 3,360 votesEp 6: 8.3 · 3,814 votesEp 7: 7.4 · 3,362 votesEp 8: 6.8 · 3,045 votesEp 9: 6.7 · 3,061 votesEp 10: 6.7 · 3,336 votesEp 11: 7.7 · 3,333 votesEp 12: 7.3 · 3,140 votesEp 13: 7.8 · 3,292 votesEp 14: 8.2 · 3,357 votesEp 15: 8.2 · 3,344 votesEp 16: 8.0 · 3,205 votesEp 17: 7.0 · 3,004 votesEp 18: 7.8 · 3,184 votesEp 19: 7.7 · 3,185 votesEp 20: 8.3 · 3,204 votesEp 21: 8.7 · 3,616 votes
Season 8 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Within8.13,574
2Without8.23,496
3Patience7.43,384
4Roadrunners8.03,644
5Invocation7.53,360
6Redrum8.33,814
7Via Negativa7.43,362
8Surekill6.83,045
9Salvage6.73,061
10Badlaa6.73,336
11The Gift7.73,333
12Medusa7.33,140
13Per Manum7.83,292
14This Is Not Happening8.23,357
15Deadalive8.23,344
16Three Words8.03,205
17Empedocles7.03,004
18Vienen7.83,184
19Alone7.73,185
20Essence8.33,204
21Existence8.73,616

Season 10 (2015)

7.37 avg 6 episodes 7.8 → 7.0 44 min avg

  • Front-loaded
Ep 1: 7.8 · 8,470 votesEp 2: 7.8 · 7,025 votesEp 3: 8.0 · 9,714 votesEp 4: 7.2 · 5,471 votesEp 5: 6.4 · 5,976 votesEp 6: 7.0 · 4,998 votes
Season 10 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1My Struggle7.88,470
2Founder's Mutation7.87,025
3Mulder & Scully Meet the Were-Monster8.09,714
4Home Again7.25,471
5Babylon6.45,976
6My Struggle II7.04,998

Season 11 (2018)

7.43 avg 10 episodes 6.4 → 7.2 44 min avg

  • Rollercoaster
  • Mid-peak
Ep 1: 6.4 · 4,507 votesEp 2: 7.2 · 3,897 votesEp 3: 7.7 · 3,848 votesEp 4: 8.1 · 4,970 votesEp 5: 7.8 · 3,386 votesEp 6: 7.3 · 3,087 votesEp 7: 8.0 · 4,461 votesEp 8: 8.0 · 3,346 votesEp 9: 6.6 · 2,886 votesEp 10: 7.2 · 3,053 votes
Season 11 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1My Struggle III6.44,507
2This7.23,897
3Plus One7.73,848
4The Lost Art of Forehead Sweat8.14,970
5Ghouli7.83,386
6Kitten7.33,087
7Rm9sbG93ZXJz8.04,461
8Familiar8.03,346
9Nothing Lasts Forever6.62,886
10My Struggle IV7.23,053

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