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"What I find fantastic is any notion that there are answers beyond the realm of science. The answers are there - you just have to know where to look." - Gillian Anderson as Dana Scully Ah, the '90s. Arsenio Hall had his own talk show, Bill Clinton was in the White House, and a geeky sci-fi show about a pair of F.B.I. agents investigating paranormal phenomena became the subject of an endless number of magazine cover stories. Not bad for a show that cracked the top twenty once in its nine season run. Unless you were abducted by aliens for the entire decade, you're probably already familiar with The X-Files' premise. Agent Fox "Spooky" Mulder (David Duchovny) is haunted by his past. When he was twelve years old, his younger sister, Samantha, mysteriously disappeared from her bed one night. Now he spends his time investigating weird cases that no one else in the F.B.I. will touch - the X-files. Even though these paranormal cases are considered bunk, Mulder's investigations are seen as a threat by several shadowy forces within the government. Bureau officials partner rational, no-nonsense Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) with Mulder in the hope that she will discredit him. Scully is skeptical of Mulder's methods and beliefs at first, but as their relationship grows, she comes to realize that things aren't always easily explained by science and rationalization. The series' episodes fall into two basic categories: monster-of-the-week vs. mythology. In the monster-of-the-week episodes, Scully and Mulder investigate an endless variety of strange creatures and unexplained phenomena - including the Jersey Devil, flesh-eating insects, and a killer who can morph his body to squeeze into tight spaces. The mythology episodes center on Mulder's quest for answers about a massive government cover-up that seemingly stems from the 1947 crash of an extraterrestrial spacecraft in Roswell, New Mexico. The monster-of-the-week episodes are self-contained. The agents start their investigation at the beginning of the episode and wrap up the case - satisfactorily or not - by the end of the episode. The plotlines of mythology episodes unfold over the course of entire seasons as, bit by bit, the scope and scale of the conspiracy becomes clearer.Read full review
Purchased in our attempt to collect all the limited edition X-files box sets before they vanish completely. Series One is showing its age a little bit now. There are some truly horrific (and comedic) blouses and haircuts, especially on dear old Scully who is nowhere near as smooth as she was in later series; all the computers are green screen and absolutely NOBODY has a mobile phone. Kinda makes me hanker for the early 90's. But while the look is dated, the plots are timeless, and in some cases ("Shadows"), eerily up to date. And, as a bonus, the stories have yet to fall into a bewildering tangle of layered conspiracy theories, and instead stick largely to the "Monster of the Week" theme. Overall, Series One has the feeling of a show just beginning to find its feet. Sure, there's the occasional stumble ("Conduit"), the odd bit of clunky acting, and those blouses, but in episodes like "Squeeze", there's a strong indication of the brilliance that was to follow.Read full review
Came in a nice gatefold diplay case with cardboard sheath. Very good introdution to the epic series that was X-files. Went on to run for 9 seasons with two spin off shows Millenium and Lone Gunmen. Series One starts you on the journey dipping you into the intrigue and cover ups of the unexplained. Following Mulder and Scully through their very first cases together. Their confrontaions with their various nemesis's while seeking out the truth. From kids from the same class all being mysteriously murdered and found with identical marks to gentetically engineered alien babies. All supposedly based on true stories but that final decision i'll leave up to you. After all it's all about the quest for the truth
X-files series 1 What can I say, by the way I am not a Si Fi man, in fact I cant stand it. However the X-files is legendary, and series one was by far the best. Forget the new 2008 movie, its old school xfiles that are what you want to see. And you cant go wrong with every episode of series one on DVD. Hours of viewing pleasure, that you can watch over and over again.
Thirty-seven thousand years ago, a deadly secret was buried in a cave in Texas. Now the secret has been unleashed. And its discovery may mean the end of all humanity... When a terrorist bomb destroys a building in dallas, Texas, FBI Agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) are drawn into a dangerous conspiracy surpassing anything they've ever encountered. With the dubious assistance of a paranoid doctor (Prior Academy Award winner Martin Landau), Mulder and Scully risk their careers and their lives to hunt down a deadly virus which may be extraterestrial in origin - and could destroy all life on earth. Their pursuit of truth pits them against the mysterious Syndicate, powerful men who will stop at nothing to keep their secret safe, leading the agents from a cave in Texas, to the halls of the FBI, and finally to a secret installation in Antarctica which holds the greatest secret of all.Read full review
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