The X-Files: Season 1

The X-Files does not seem as original as it might have when it came out in the early 90's. It has a rainy and hapless feeling to it, but some of that 90's crime magic that was so constant within that period. But the X-Files boasts two damn-fine actors and one of the best genre's within film: mystery. For, it is so intriguing to be brought through the FBI cases that are worked on in the X-Files. Especially when a lot of the theories and ideas are ones that actually exist in real life, The X-Files is great at exhibiting great cop drama. However, it's above even that, for, the series chronicles the digging and working of it's main character: Fox Mulder (David Duchovney) in a unique fashion. Mulder is obsessed with the paranormal, he's been assigned to the X-Files to be shoved aside. He's an esteemed profiler, but his "spooky" ideas have landed him in a basement at the FBI looking at files to do with the paranormal. Mulder is an avid believer, and to debunk him even further, the government assigns an agent: Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) to scientifically scrutinize his findings. There's a lot of near-corny material in the X-Files, but it's elevated by the real theories within. Example: the real life Jersey Devil to whom an episode is dedicated.

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