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The Best Seasons of The X-Files

Every season of The X-Files ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best seasons of The X-Files!

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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

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Season 6

22 Episodes

First Aired: Nov 1998

8.1/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE4 · Dreamland (1) 8.9

Season 5

20 Episodes

First Aired: Nov 1997

8.0/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE12 · Bad Blood 9.2

Season 3

24 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1995

8.0/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE4 · Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose 9.2

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Season 4

24 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1996

7.9/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE7 · Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man 9.0

Season 2

25 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1994

7.8/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE25 · Anasazi (1) 9.1

Season 8

21 Episodes

First Aired: Nov 2000

7.7/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE21 · Existence (2) 8.7

Season 1

24 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1993

7.6/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE24 · The Erlenmeyer Flask 8.9

Season 7

22 Episodes

First Aired: Nov 1999

7.5/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE22 · Requiem 8.5

Season 11

10 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2018

7.4/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE4 · The Lost Art of Forehead Sweat 8.1

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Season 10

6 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2016

7.4/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE3 · Mulder & Scully Meet the Were-Monster 8.0

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Season 9

20 Episodes

First Aired: Nov 2001

7.4/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE19 · The Truth (1) 8.2