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The X-Files

The X-Files

85
Balasaur Score
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1993–2018 · TV · 11 seasons · 218 episodes · TV-14

MysteryScience FictionFantasyCrime

The read

A Balasaur Score of 85 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 8.6/10. The series ran 11 seasons across 218 episodes and has finished, so there is no cliffhanger risk. Streaming on Hulu.

Synopsis

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.

Ratings

IMDb8.6/10

3,704 audience votes

Seasons

1Season 124 ep1993
2Season 225 ep1994
3Season 324 ep1995
4Season 424 ep1996
5Season 520 ep1997
6Season 622 ep1998
7Season 722 ep1999
8Season 821 ep2000
9Season 920 ep2001
10Season 106 ep2016
11Season 1110 ep2018

Key crew

Cast

Episode ratings

6.48.4

218 of 218 episodes rated on TMDB

Season 6 is the peak: 7.7 average across 22 episodes. Season 11 drops to 6.7.

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Themes

fbiinvestigationsupernaturalufoalienconspiracyparanormal phenomenaparanormal investigationgovernment cover-upphenomenonamerican folkloresupernatural power

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