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"Home" was the only episode of The X-Files to carry a TV-MA rating upon broadcast and the first to receive a viewer discretion warning for graphic content if the system had been present at the time, with the opening scene being cited in particular due to its gruesomeness and its similarity to "stock horror film ...
What is the darkest episode of The X-Files? ›
Season 4 Episode 2 – “Home”
“Home” is notorious as one of the scariest, grossest, most unnerving episodes of The X-Files. The only episode to air with a viewer warning, and the only episode to only air once on Fox before being banned. I describe it as The Texas Chain Saw Massacre if it were directed by David Lynch.
What does Scully whisper to Mulder? ›
That's my choice.” She paused, looked around at the empty church, before whispering her hope for her future in his ear. “That's not my 4-year-old self looking for a miracle,” she said. “That's my leap of faith forward. And I'd like to do it together.”
Why was Burt Reynolds in The X-Files? ›
"Improbable" features Burt Reynolds playing God. Reynolds was chosen after he expressed his desire to appear in an episode of The X-Files to Robert Patrick. Carter approved the idea, and Patrick later said that Reynolds enjoyed filming the episode.
Which X-Files episode got banned? ›
"Home," an episode from the fourth season of The X-Files, shocked viewers with its graphic content including incest and infanticide. The episode was barred from airing on television for three years and became the first in the series to receive a TV-MA rating.
What is the scariest episode of X Files Season 1? ›
Mulder and Scully search for a humanoid killer whose savage murder spree reoccurs every 30 years. Squeeze is without a doubt, the scariest episode in the series. Mulder and Scully investigate three murders in Maryland. In each case, the victim's liver has been removed from their body and seemingly stolen.
Who was the father of Scully's baby? ›
Over the course of season 11, Scully and Mulder search for William. Skinner learns from the Smoking Man that the Smoking Man, who is Mulder's father, also artificially impregnated Scully, thus is William's father, as well. In the third episode of the 11th season, "Plus One," Scully and Mulder are intimate again.
Who is the man Mulder always talks to? ›
Deep Throat is a fictional character on the American science fiction television series The X-Files. He serves as an informant, leaking information to FBI Special Agent Fox Mulder to aid Mulder's investigation of paranormal cases, dubbed X-Files.
Did Scully and Mulder like each other in real life? ›
Despite Anderson and Duchovny's past feelings towards each other, the success of The X-Files was largely attributed to the on-screen chemistry between Scully and Mulder. After reconciling, rumors spread that the actors were romantically involved, which they denied.
Why did David Duchovny sue The X-Files? ›
Seven years is definitely enough." While season 7 was being aired in 1999, Duchovny sued Fox, as he claimed that the network had misled him about accounting processes and that this had cost him millions of dollars in royalties from syndication deals and The X-Files reruns that he was legally entitled to.
In its own way, The Lone Gunmen, released in 2001, was ahead of its time – in the early 2000s, audiences were not yet ready for spin-offs, and the original The X-Files was still quite successful on TV at the time; viewers simply opted for the more serious and predictable Mulder and Scully.
Why did Gillian Anderson leave The X-Files? ›
When The X-Files ended in 2002, she moved back to London for a change of pace and the opportunity to return to the stage.
What is the highest rated X Files episodes? ›
The 30 Best X-Files Episodes, Ranked
- "Paper Hearts" (Season 4, Episode 10) ...
- "How the Ghosts Stole Christmas" (Season 6, Episode 6) ...
- "Ice" (Season 1, Episode 8) ...
- "Never Again" (Season 4, Episode 13) ...
- "Pusher" (Season 3, Episode 17) ...
- "Bad Blood" (Season 5, Episode 12) ...
- "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose" (Season 3, Episode 4)
What is the most watched X Files episode? ›
The season's twelfth episode, "Leonard Betts", was chosen as the Fox lead-out program following Super Bowl XXXI, and was viewed by 29.1 million viewers, making it the highest-rated episode in the series' run.
Which X-Files episode is rated 18? ›
"The Calusari" is the only episode of the series to have received an explicit rating of "18" in the United Kingdom by the BBFC for "occasional strong horror" and themes involving "demonic possession".
Why did The X-Files get cancelled? ›
The X-Files, a successful sci-fi TV show, ended after season 9 due to ratings decline and fan dissatisfaction. David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson reprised their roles as Mulder and Scully in a 2008 film and a revival on Fox.