"The X Files" (1993) TV series 1993-2002

Creator:

Chris Carter

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9

Release Date:

10 September 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

The Truth is Out There

Plot:

Two FBI agents, Fox Mulder the believer and Dana Scully the skeptic, investigate the strange and unexplained while hidden forces work to impede their efforts.

Plot Keywords:

FBI | FBI Agent | Alien | X Files | Conspiracy

Awards:

Won 5 Golden Globes. Another 65 wins & 142 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Tue. Nov. 24	2:00 AM	SYFY	Unruhe	#4.4
Wed. Nov. 25	2:00 AM	SYFY	Teliko	#4.3

Cast

Gillian Anderson	...	Dana Scully / ... (200 episodes, 1993-2002)
David Duchovny	...	Fox Mulder (176 episodes, 1993-2002)
Mitch Pileggi	...	Walter Skinner / ... (82 episodes, 1994-2002)

Also Known As:

The X-Files (USA)
Akte X - Die unheimlichen Fälle des FBI (Austria) (Germany) [de]
Los expedientes secretos X (Mexico) (Peru) [es]
Досиетата X (Bulgaria: Bulgarian title) [bg]
Секретные материалы (Russia) [ru]
Akte X (Germany) [de]
Arkiv X (Sweden) [sv]
Arquivo X (Brazil) [pt]
Aux frontières du réel (France) [fr]
Código X (Argentina) [es]
Dosjei X (Croatia) [hr]
Expediente X (Spain) [es]
Ficheiros Secretos (Portugal) [pt]
Files in the Dark (Israel: Hebrew title) (literal English title) [iw]
Salaiset kansiot (Finland) [fi]
Salatoimikud (Estonia) [et]
Strengt fortroligt (Denmark) [da]
The X Files (Greece) [el]
X Files (France) [fr]
X Files, aux frontières du réel (France) [fr]
X-Fairu (Japan) [ja]
X-File (Japan: English title) [en]
X-Files (Italy) [it]
X-akták (Hungary) [hu]
Z archiwum X (Poland) [pl]

Runtime:

45 min

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Australia:M (some episodes) | Iceland:12 (some episodes) | Iceland:16 (some episodes) | Netherlands:12 | Finland:K-18 (DVD) (2007) (self applied) | South Korea:15 | New Zealand:M | Australia:MA (some episodes) | Peru:14 | Argentina:13 | Germany:16 (DVD rating) | Hungary:18 | Ireland:12 (some episodes) | Ireland:15 (some episodes) | Ireland:18 (some episodes) | New Zealand:R13 (season 9) | Poland:15 | Singapore:NC-16 (season 8) | Singapore:PG | Sweden:15 | UK:12 (some episodes) | UK:15 (some episodes) | UK:18 (one episode) | UK:PG (some episodes) | USA:TV-14 (some episodes) | USA:TV-MA (some episodes) | USA:TV-PG (some episodes) | Portugal:M/12 (DVD rating)

Filming Locations:

Ashcroft, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Trivia:

Gillian Anderson's contractual obligations to this series stated that she could not play an F.B.I. agent in any other production during the series run. As such, Anderson lost out the chance to portray Clarice Starling in Hannibal (2001).

Goofs:

Errors in geography: In numerous episodes in the earlier seasons, characters are seen driving cars with British Columbia License plates.

Quotes:

Mulder: [upon seeing the Cigarette Smoking Man in a hospital] Please tell me you're here with severe chest pains.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Laserhawk (1997)

Addictive

Forget alcohol, this absolutely incredible show is quite possibly more addicting. The acting is to say the least amazing, and the characters are so real it's a bit spooky. The first fours seasons are the best, combing sci-fi, horror and reality drama into a most satisfying combination. I find the show fearlessness when showing gore is refreshing (no i do not have a gore fetish)and ability to back up the most wild theories is almost unimaginable. The scripts are so unbelievable, that you might laugh them off at first thought, but they draw you in making you want to believe. Most episodes in the first 5 seasons are phenomenal, though there are some duds, after all, nobody can have perfection. The chemistry shared between the two main characters, Mulder and Scully is at times choking, they seem so connected that you can help but momentarily forget, they aren't real. Splitting them up pretty much wrote the epitaph for the show, bringing them back together for the series finale did boost it ever so slightly. Even before I watched the show I knew half the catch phrases, Trust no one, the truth is out there, i want to believe and characters names, now what does that say? The show will forever be remembered hopefully when it was strongest, not toward then sad end it had.